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MUSIC TRADE
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CHAS. K. HARRIS' STRONG CATALOG
"Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France," the New
Feist Patriotic Song, Be'ng Strongly and
Successfully Featured All Over the Country
Is
"Good-bye Broadway, Hello France," will be
heard from coast to coast if the predictions of
the Feist organization are fulfilled. This new
patriotic song has a melody from the pen of
Billy Baskette, who was responsible for the
song hit, "Hawaiian Butterfly," and has words
by Chuck Reisner and Benny Davis, two Chi-
cago boys. The song on its initial tryout in
Chicago was received with enthusiasm rarely ac-
corded a new song, and this, too, by song buy-
ers who are prone to look at patriotic numbers
at this- season as far too numerous for encour-
agement.
When the publicity staff of Leo
Feist, Inc., get behind a song the great majority
of the public are bound to hear about the song
and consequently to have a desire for it. The
Feist publicity staff are certainly behind
"Good-bye Broadway, Hello France."
Chas. K. Harris, who through long experi-
ence is fully awake to the sort of songs that sell
both summer and winter, has at present a cata-
log of catchy ballads and novelty numbers that
seem to meet all demands especially well. His
revival of his former great success of Spanish
War days, "Break the News to Mother," has
been particularly appropriate, as is evidenced
by the volume of orders being received from
music dealers throughout the United States.
Other successes in the present Harris catalog
include: "Thou Shalt Not Steal (a Heart Away),
"Come Back, Let's Be Sweethearts Once More,"
"A Study in Black and White," "You Came, You
Saw, You Conquered," "Let Him Miss You Just
a Little Bit," "Love Me All the Time," as well
as the novelty song hits: "My Little China
Doll," "It's a Long, Long Time Since I've Been
Home," "At the Hula Hula Ball" and the suc-
cess, "Lelia"—Pasillo
waltzes—now
being
played by all the largest orchestras in the mov-
ing picture theatres throughout the country.
McCORMACK^ON SINGING
Declares the American Singers Do Not Receive
Proper Appreciation
John McCormack has this to say about Amer-
ican singers:
"I am inclined to speak favorably, indeed, of
American singers, since I've set about being an
American myself. You know I took out my
first papers the 16th of January. Please remem-
ber, too, that when I speak as I do I have no
operatic aspirations in mind, for I do not want
such a career at all, and could not accept it if
it ever were offered me.
"The fact is, that the American singer is no-
where.
He is a pariah in his own country.
Look at the many fine names among our own
vocalists. Every one with discrimination knows
that they are far superior to the foreigners who
have their rightful places. Yet, they are out
in the cold. Here we are, the greatest organ-
izers in business, putting our most important
musical organization into the hands of foreign-
ers. It is pure tradition and is all wrong."
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
BOSTON
Publishers
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
Full of Excellent Numbers—Revival of
"Break the News to Mother" Proves Most
Timely, as Is Shown by Volume of Orders
IGNORANCE IN SONG WRITING
Music Editor Has Some Sharp Comments to
Make Regarding the Abilities of Some of
Those Who Are Turning Out Patriotic Songs
Lucien G. Chappin, a local musical editor,
recently sent to the New York Sun an interest-
ing but caustic letter regarding the prevalent
patriotic song mania and its results, following
an editorial on the same subject appearing in the
Sun. In describing the technical knowledge dis-
played by many writers of patriotic songs, Mr.
Chappin said in part:—
"Give a fifteen-year-old child of ordinary in-
telligence a bushel basketful of carefully assorted
words and phrases and tell him to make up out
of this material an essay on Shakespeare or any
abstruse subject. You know what the result
would be. Yet musical children (just a little
beyond infancy) are engaged all over the land
in much the same sort of occupation. At the
moment they are turning out 'patriotic' stuff
in appalling quantities, mostly songs, with
words by themselves in nearly every case. No
one would believe me if I were to attempt to
tell of the crass ignorance dumped into many
of these 'compositions'—ignorance of the first
and simplest rules of poetry and song structure.
The Sun's editor is to be congratulated if
'nearly all the compositions with which we have
lately been favored have merit in a considerable
degree.' Other editors have not been so for-
tunate.
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"This avalanche of patriotic compositions had
its start in a widespread fiction that there is a
demand for such things. Perhaps there may be,
but it is not found in song publishing quarters.
The publishers did imagine such a demand ex-
isted something over a year ago, and literally
fell over themselves in the rush to put patriotic
songs on the market. Now they know better,
because hardly one of these songs ever paid for
the expense of its publication, and the publishers
are naturally rather reluctant to add to the piles
of dead stock mouldering into dust on their
shelves. The self-starter never did and never
could work in a car, however splendid, filled
with 'composers' steeped to the ears in igno-
rance of the primary principles of musical com-
position. Pardon this corruption of your stun-
ningly pungent metaphor."
MRS. A. J. STASNV^ON BUSINESS TRIP
Mrs. A. J. Stasny, wife of A. J. Stasny, of
the A. J. Stasny Music Co., left early this week
on a trip through the Middle West and Canada.
Mrs. Stasny will be gone about four weeks,
and will divide her time while away between
business and pleasure. Among other cities in
her itinerary are Cleveland and Detroit, and
St. Thomas, London and other points in
Canada.
Two Wonderful Ballads
"ATEAR,AKISS,ASMILE"
"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
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America's Biggest Hit
"KEEP THE HOME-
FIRES BURNING"
('Till the Boys Come Home)
By CHAS. K. HARRIS
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St.
NEW YORK
PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
"
"Break the News
To Mother"
The Song of the Moment
White-Smith Music Pub. Co.
Main Offices: 62-64 Stanhope St., Boston.
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago.
TWO CONCERT BALLAD SUCCESSES
O R D E R
Red, White, Blues
Mister Buzz Saw
Alpine Sunset, Valse Romantlque
Valse Egyptian
The Jubllator March
Visions of Madrid, Spanish Serenade
The Isle of Palms
A Night In June, Serenade
FROM ANY JOBBER OR
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For ninety days, only
7c
This song has never sold under
12 l / 2 c per copy. The same song that
created a furore during the Spanish-
American war and repeating the
same today.
Dealers: Here's your chance to
get in on the ground floor. Don't be
afraid to order. The song sells at
sight.
PUBLISHED BY
CHAS. K. HARRIS
Broadway and 47th St.,
New York Citv