Music Trade Review

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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
CONDUCTED BY B. B. WILSON
COMPOSERS' SOCIETY'S WARNING
Calls Attention of Hotel and Restaurant Men
to Recent Supreme Court Decision
Following a recent decision by the United
States Supreme Court upholding the rights of
the copyright owners to prohibit the playing of
their music in restaurants, cabarets, etc., with-
out special permission, and the payment of roy-
alties, the American Society of Composers, Au-
thors and Publishers, which was instrumental in
pushing the case against a New York hotel and
restaurant, has sent out a letter calling atten-
tion to the decision and warning those who de-
sire to use the music controlled by its mem-
bers to secure a license. The letter is accom-
panied by a copy of the Supreme Court deci-
sion, and that section of the Copyright Law
applying to the public performance of copy-
righted music under which the decision was ren-
dered.
The Most Intimate and Appealing Ballad of Many Years
CALLING ME HOME TO YOU
An INSTANT and POSITIVE SUCCESS
By FRANCIS DOREL
One of our foremost melody writers
Composer of the Highly Popular Songs
KRESGE STORES RAISE MUSIC PRICES
When My Ships Come Sailing Home
The Garden of Your Heart Love Bells, etc.
CALLING ME HOME TO YOU
Thirty-Cent Rate Adopted for Production Music
—May Mean More for Publishers
has won the hearts of the big song-loving public
with its MELODY OF INTRINSIC BEAUTY
It is announced that the S. S. Kresge stores
handling sheet music, which for some time past,
have been selling production music at 25 cents
per copy as against 10 cents for popular songs,
have tried the experiment of selling production
music for 30 cents a copy with such success
that that price will be the permanent one in the
future for the higher grade songs. The raise
was made upon the orders of E. Wertman, music
buyer for the Kresge chain. The establishing
of the 30-cent price should enable the publishers
to realize a little bit more at wholesale.
L. WOLFE GILBERT IN VAUDEVILLE
L. Wolfe Gilbert, the popular song writer, is
still playing the Loew circuit of theatres, where
he is offering his newest song, "Love Is a Won-
derful Thing." This song is also being used
by Henry Lewis, principal comedian in the Anna
Held "Follow Me" show.
You Are Sure to Have Calls for the
Greatest "Blues" Song Ever Written
Victor February Record
NUMBER 18152
RETTY PAPA! Ort PRETTY PAPA!
A Laugh in Every Line
McKinley Music Co.
New York
Progressive Dealers:
You Cannot Afford to Overlook This Winner
B O O S E Y & C O . , 9 East 17th Street, New York, N.Y.
Ryrie Building, Yonge Street, TORONTO, CAN. and LONDON, ENG.
BOOSEY & CO. RAISE PRICES
"CANARY COTTAGE;' IN NEW YORK
Also Find the Suggestion That Dealers Con-
fine Themselves to Discount of One-Third Off
Has Met With General Favor in the Trade—
Other Publishers May Take Same Step
Musical Farce Composed by Earl Carroll Opens
in New Morosco Theatre
The recent announcement by Boosey & Co.
that commencing February 1 all their publica-
tions should retail at one-third off, instead of
the usual one-half, as such publications have
sold heretofore, has been received favorably by
both music dealers and the song buying pub-
lic. In letters which Boosey & Co. sent out
to the trade, conditions justifying the raise were
emphasized and the benefits that would accrue
to the dealers under the new arrangements
were thoroughly covered.
Michael Keane, manager of Boosey & Co., in-
vestigated conditions in several of the cities
in the East before his company took this step,
and according to the consensus of opinion, as
he found it, the dealers are more than willing
to co-operate in this rise which means just so
much more profit for the dealer.
Boosey & Co. have at the same time raised
their prices, but in no case is the raise more
than one or two cents, not enough to meet the
increased costs of paper, printing, labor, etc.
Since July 1 last, local dealers have been sell-
ing the library editions at a discount of one-
third off and that, too, with hardly any com-
plaint from the music buying public, and there
should be no reason why this new movement on
the part of Boosey & Co. should not meet with
the same success. The dealers themselves
should do all that is possible to make it suc-
ceed, for have they not complained time after
time that their profits were too small and that
the publishers ought to do something to assist
them in making more than a bare living out of
the selling of sheet music?
There has recently been some talk of other
publishers following out this new policy inaug-
urated by Boosey & Co., and if their decision
proves favorable it should bring about improved
conditions in the music publishing and dis-
tributing world, the necessity of which has long
been recognized.
"Canary Cottage," a musical farce with book
by Oliver Morosco and Elmer Harris, and music
and lyrics by Earl Carroll, and which achieved
great success in the West, arrived in New York
on Monday and opened the new Morosco theatre
on West Forty-fifth street. "Canary Cottage"
is a musical show of familiar pattern with some
good comedy, elaborate scenery and costuming
—although at times the chorus does not wear
much—and with the distinctly interesting come-
dienne, Trixie Friganza. There are a number
of pleasing song numbers that will probably be
heard for sometime along Broadway, the best
being "I Never Knew," for which a very happy
melody has been composed by Mr. Carroll. The
music is published by Leo Feist, Inc.
'JEROME H.REMICK&Cp:S
Sensational Son£ Hits.
"I'm Glad You're Sorry"
"I Brought Red Roses In
December to You"
"Whose Pretty Baby Are You Now"
"If You Ever Get Lonely"
"She's Dixie All the Time"
"Where the Black Eyed Susans
Grow"
"Down Honolulu Way"
"Just a Word of Sympathy"
"Mammy's Little Coal Black Rose"
I "How's Every Little Thing in Dixie"
"There's Egypt In Your Dreamy
Eyes"
"Because You're Irish"
INSTRUMENTAL HITS
Pozzo— Fox-Trot
Tiddle-de-Winks—Fox-Trot
Whispering Hearts—Waltz
JEROME H. REMICK & CO.
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