Music Trade Review

Issue: 1917 Vol. 64 N. 14

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NOW RUNNING
Hook up your selling
forces with the big mid-
winter a d v e r t i s i n g
campaign of
"CENTURY
EDITION"
and make your cash
register play a merry
tune
Century Music Pub. Co.
231-235 West 40th Street, NEW YORK
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MREVIEWflEARS
THAT we are now threatened with a flood of
Maori music, the melodies of the South Sea
Island savages, as an immediate substitute for
Hawaiian airs.
THAT with the Zulus and other savage tribes
to draw on there should be no occasion to fall
back on regular music for some time to come.
THAT according to newspaper accounts hired
applause makers at the Metropolitan Opera
House—the claque—will clean up $20,000 dur-
ing the season for their services.
THAT the high brows still take the oppor-
tunity of snickering at popular song pluggers.
THAT the barring of the American flag from
the title pages of music is going to put a moth
on more than one promising song product of
alleged patriotic cast.
THAT Jack Yellen and Al Piantadosi have just
written a new novelty Southern song entitled
"There's a Vacant Chair in My Old Southern
Home."
THAT, although Chas. K. Harris has proven
himself one of our best little scenario writers,
he continues from time to time to produce bal-
lads with the Harris punch.
THAT the patriotic songs continue to increase
at a rate which must please the printers.
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Can't Go
Wrong
With a
jFeist So
EXTRA PROFIT SPECIALS!
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"I Met You, Dear, In Dreamland"!
"When the Roses Bloom In |
Loveland"
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When the Day Is Done"
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"You Don't Have to Be Irish to |
Be Welcome in an Irishman's |
Home"
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Pretty Melodies
Beautiful Title Pages 1
Easy Sellers
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$6.00 per hundred copies, assorted i
Smaller quantities, 6 ' i c . a copy
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LEO. FEIST, Inc., FEIST Bldg., New York !lllllllllllll§
FEW MUSIC ENGRAVERS IN ENGLAND
WINS HEARTY APPLAUSE
Austrians and Germans Who Practically Mon-
opolized That Branch of the Music Publishing
Business Now in Internment Camps
Lynn Cowan and Bill Baily, who assist
Blossom Seeley in her offering on the Keith
circuit, are successfully singing Geo. M.
Cohan's "There's Only One Little Girl." Re-
According to reports from England, the music cently at a performance given in this city the
publishing business in that country has been hit applause for the number was so great as to
in several ways by war conditions. After some force the above team to give encore after
difficulty the members of the trade were able encore, this, too, despite the fact that they are
to get a fair amount of copper from which to not supposed to be the leading feature of the act.
make music plates, but soon discovered that it
was not possible to secure a sufficient number
of skilled engravers due to the fact that before
the war the bulk of the music engraving was
The most complete collection of National and
done by Germans and Austrians who since have
Patriotic Songs ever published—includes the
National Song of every Nation in the world
been interned. The situation is so serious that
members of the trade have suggested that a
number of German and Austrian engravers be
brought from internment camps to work at their
trade under careful supervision.
IsThis Book in Your Window?
Under the caption "Jazz Song Sensations,"
I,eo Feist, Inc., will insert in the Saturday Eve-
ning Post of April 19 an advertisement featuring
"Hawaiian Butterfly" and "Hong-Kong," and to
doubly assist the dealers who are taking advant-
age of the publicity they have issued some very
attractive posters which can be hung in con-
spicuous places. The two numbers mentioned
above are nearing the sensational hit class.
The hit of "Betty"
"M-i-s-s-i-s-s-I-p-p-l"
"The" song of vaudeville. 18c per copy
"There's Only One Little
f « l _ , l 99 By Geo. M. Cohan
Vrlrl.
His best
"Come Over Here, It's a
Wonderful Place"
The song that makes "Come Back to
Erin" the Hit of the International Circuit.
7c per copy
Wm. Jerome Publishing Corporation
Strand Theatre Building,
NEW YORK CITY
"Winn's Practical Method of Popular Music
and Ragtime Piano Playing," which is published
in two books, has had a heavy demand during
the past few months, according to reports from
dealers. No doubt some of this increase in
sales has been due to the co-operation live sheet
music dealers have been giving the publications,
which are said to create increased sales when
given conspicuous display. The dealers to a
great extent are also using Winn literature and
pamphlets, which, as requested, carry the deal-
er's imprint. The liberal profit which is re-
ceived from the sale of the books is a contribut-
ing factor in encouraging dealers to place the
books in advantageous position on their count-
ers, thus bringing profitable results.
WALTZ ARRANGEMENT FOR BALLAD
Otto Motzan, composer of "A Tear, a Kiss,
a Smile," has prepared a waltz arrangement to
the number which the publishers, the Karczag
Publishing Co., has just issued. The new ar-
rangement is being heard wherever dance music
is popular, and it is becoming one of the most
called for numbers by those who desire a good
waltz. The new issue has been given a very
attractive title page done in three colors and
with the descriptive title Valse Classique.
TO FEATURE JAZZ_SONG SENSATIONS
Have You Got Them?
THE LEADING SELLERS
" Sometime "
HOW DEALERS' CO-OPERATION HELPS
UIOYM
Write for Special Offer to Dealers
HINDS, HAYDEN&ELDREDGE, in,
11 Union Square West
New York City
TIKE BACH
HEIOVEYO
CAVE HE?
BALLAD
^ERNEST R.
Winn's Practical Method of
Popular Music
and Ragtime Piano Playing
Book No. 1
fVECOT
THE5WEE
GIRL IN
MARYLAND
NOVELTY SONG
^WALTER
D0NALDJ0I1
Book No. 2
Standard Numbers that Sell on Sight at
"50% Profit for the Dealer"
A Trial Order From Your Nearest Jobber
Will Convince You
WINN SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC
Established 1900
155 West 125th Street, New York
Correspondence Solicited
M.WITTiARKS SOMS
WITMARK BUILDING-
NEW YOR
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BELIEVES IN WINDOW DISPLAYS
SOME RECENT DITSON PUBLICATIONS
S. Ernest Philpitt Arranges Attractive Windows
in Miami Store
Ditson Community Chorus Selections of Timely
Interest—Other Excellent Volumes
MIAMI, FLA., April 2.—S. Ernest Philpitt, pro-
prietor of Philpitt's Music House, this city,
who has enjoyed a countrywide reputation as a
sheet music man through his long connection
with the trade, is putting some excellent ideas
Among the particularly interesting recent pub-
lications of the Oliver Ditson Co. is the Ditson
Community Chorus Collection, which, in view
of the present development of the idea of com-
munity singing, should prove a most timely pub-
lication. The contents is made up chiefly of
old songs that may be referred to as standard,
such as "Alice, Where Art Thou?" "Annie
Laurie," "Auld Lang Syne," "Good Night,
Ladies," "The Last Rose of Summer," "A Life
on the Ocean Wave," "The Minstrel Boy"
and "Sailing." Then there are patriotic songs
such as "America," "The Star Spangled Banner,"
"Battle Hymn of the Republic," old Southern
songs including "Old Black Joe" and the "Old
Folks at Home," and a selection of the more
popular hymns. It is a booklet of value in the
home and schoolroom, as well as to the com-
munity chorus.
Included among the recent issues are to be
found also a volume of twenty-five easy and
progressive studies for the piano under the
heading of: "Primary Schools," by J. B. Du-
vernoy and "The Practical Violin School," by
Carl Henning, a comprehensive volume of 150
pages, ranging from the elementals of violin
playing to the more advanced steps, the text
being in both English and German.
Attractive Display at Philpitt's Music House
into practice in his store here, as well as in
his departments in Jacksonville and Washing-
ton, D. C. One of the features of the local store
is a spacious show window with a door on each
side. Mr. Philpitt takes full advantage of the
opportunity for making an attractive display.
There is shown herewith a view of the Philpitt
window during the recent "One Fleeting Hour"
week, conducted by the Sam Fox Co.
ADD 50 NEW COMPOSITIONS
In response to the many requests the Century
Music Publishing Co. has received from dealers
urging them to issue more individual titles, an-
nouncement was recently made to the trade that
fifty compositions have been added to the cata-
log. The additional numbers are piano pieces
a'nd are issued in most attractive form and are
being well received by the -trade. Many dealers
are making special window displays of the new
issues and the results are said to demonstrate
the wisdom of the recent additions.
Two Sensational English
Ballad Successes
"Somewhere a Voice is Calling"
"The Sunshine of Your Smile"
T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter
62 West 45th Street
NEW YORK
BUY YOUR MUSIC FROM
p blIshers
BOSTON »
WALTER JACOBS
8 Bosworth St.,
Publisher
of
BOSTON, MASS.
"See Dixie First"
Oliver Ditson Company
BOSTON
NEW YORK
Anticipate and supply Every Requirement of Music
Dealers
NEW MACFARLANE PIECE
PORTLAND, ME., April 2.—"The Mystery of the
Roses," a comic opera sketch by Will C.
MacFarlane, municipal organist and composer,
received its first performance here recently as a
benefit for the British Imperial Relief. The
book is by Frederick H. Martens, who also
collaborated with Mr. MacFarlane in the oper-
etta, "Little Almond Eyes." The new work is
melodious and attractive.
Milton Ager's "Erin Is Calling" appears in
the April list of the Edison Blue Amberol rec-
ords. This number is meeting with unusual
success, and the publishers report the demands
for the song are on the increase. The Wm.
Jerome Publishing Corp. are the publishers.
The Song of the Moment
"KEEP THE HOME-
FIRES BURNING"
('Till the Boys Come Home)
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St.
NEW YORK
PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 62-64 Stanhope St., Boston.
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago.
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engraver* and Printers
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF
TITLE FOR ESTIMATE
311 W e s t 4 3 d Street
N e w York City
We Publish an Excellent Line of Teaching Mu«lc
, ftaxsmt unftGI am patty
13*7-13*9 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
WE ARE JOBBERS
OF MUSIC
Popular, Classic, Music
Books and Studies
Our prices on all classes of music will average the
lowest. Located in the center of the country and
carrying the tremendous stock that -we do we are
in a position to supply all your wants at a SAVING
TO YOU OF TIME, MONEY AND EXPRESS
CHARGES.
All orders shipped the day we get them.
GIVE US A TRIAL ORDER
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
1501-1513 E. 55th Street
CHICAGO
"PUTTING OVER_POPULAR SONGS"
In a Magazine Article E. M. Wickes Makes
Public Some Trade Secrets
In the April issue of the American Magazine
appears an article entitled " 'Putting Over' Pop-
ular Songs," written by E. M. Wickes, who
proves himself conversant with the methods
used by popular music publishers in creating
song hits.
The article consists of a condensed history
of popular music publishing from the days of
CARL SUMMERS _WRITES NEW SONG
"The Sidewalks of New York," "A Little Lost
Carl E. Summers, of Summers & Son, piano Child," "After the Ball" and "Smoky Mokes"
and music dealers of Jackson, O., who dabbles down to the successes of the present day, "Ire-
in the art of composing at times, and some years land Must Be Heaven, for My Mother Came
ago was responsible for the classic, "I've Got From There," "Love Is a Wonderful Thing,"
the Rheumatiz," has recently written the words "Pretty Baby" and "Somewhere in Dixie."
There also are reproduced portraits of Lina
and music for a new song, "Under the Bright
Autumn Moon," which is being published by . Abarbanell, Irene Bordini and May Naudain,
Summers & Son, and which shows signs of being who have helped to put over song successes of
the past and the present day.
a real success.
White-Smith Music Pub. Co.
PUBLISHERS,
TO MUSIC DEALERS
O-R-D-E-R
Red, White, Blues
Mister Buzz Saw
Alpine Sunset, Valse Romantlque
Valse Egyptian
The Jubilator March
Visions of Madrid, Spanish Serenade
The Isle of Palms
A Night In June, Serenade
F R O M A N Y J O B B E R OR
C. L BARHH0USE, O S K A n° S A A I A
Two Wonderful Ballads
"ATEAR,AKISS,ASM1LE"
"THAT'S WHY MY
HEART IS CALLING YOU"
Music b y OTTO MOTZAN
KARCZAG PUB. CO., Inc.
62-64 W. 45th St., 7th Floor, New York
CHAS. K. HARRIS
BIG HITS
"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL" (A Heart
Away) (New)
"MY LITTLE CHINA DOLL"
"COME BACK" (LET'S BE SWEET-
HEARTS ONCE MORE)
"IT'S A LONG, LONG TIME SINCE I'VE
BEEN HOME"
"YOU CAME, YOU SAW, YOU CON-
"AT THE HULA HULA BALL" (New)
"A STUDY IN BLACK AND WHITE"
"SONGS OF YESTERDAY"
"STORY OF A SOUL"
"ALL I WANT IS A COTTAGE, SOME
ROSES AND YOU"
"LOVE ME ALL THE TIME" (New)
"LET HIM MISS YOU JUST A LITTLE
BIT" (And He'll Think More of You)
INSTRUMENTAL
"SKATING WALTZES"
"AMERICAN HEARTS" (March)
"GRASSHOPPERS HOP"
"'NEATH THE HAWAIIAN MOON"
(Ukulele Waltzes)
CHAS. K. HARRIS
Columbia Theatre Buildinf, Broadway and 47ih Street,
New York

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