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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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THE LATEST BOOSEY PUBLICATIONS
HARRIS BALLAD WINS AGAIN
REPORT SOME POPULAR NUMBERS
Songs of the Ballad Type Predominate Among
the Latest Offerings of Boosey & Co.
Chas. K. Harris' "Break the News to Mother"
won the contest for the most popular war and
patriotic songs in the contest held recently at
Keith's Theatre, Greenpoint, L. I. This is one
of a series of contests in which this song has
won first prize, having won. what was practic-
tically the national song contest held several
weeks ago at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New
York.
Lively Demand for Several Publications of Kal-
mar, Puck & Abrahams, Cons., Inc.
Among the interesting new publications re-
cently announced by Boosey & Co., New York,
are included: "When You Come Home," a
thrilling" song of patriotic tenor, by F. E.
Weatherly and W. H. Squire, and which proved
a sensation in England. The American edition
just published is dedicated to the American
troops overseas.
Other numbers include: "False and Fair," by
Gustave Ferrari, and with words by Claribel;
"Mother Earth," a new offering by P. J.
O'Reilly and Wilfrid Sanderson; "My Little
Doll," a quaint number with words taken from
Chas. Kingsley's "Water Babies" and music by
A. Buzzipeccia; "Little Hut by the Banyan
Tree," a serious ballad by Stephen Adams, with
words by F. E. Weatherly; "This Love of
Ours," a tender ballad with words by F. E.
Weatherly and music by David Derwood;
"Love and Life," two short songs by Cecil
Forsyth; " 'Twas Long Ago!" words by G.
Hubi-Newcombe and music by Frank St. Leger;
"Sorrow No More," a semi-sacred song with
poem by Fred G. Bowles, and music by Harold
Craxton; "The Song of All Ages," by W. H.
Squire, a musical seating to Ed. Teschemacher's
poem; "The Magic of the Knight," by Hilary
Vaughan, and "Violets White and Violets
Blue," a capable musical setting to Lucy H. G.
Stephens' poem, by Gwynne Davies.
BRITISH COPYRIGHTRULE OPPRESSES
Ten-Day Limit for Registering of American
Copyrights in Great Britain Causes Much
Trouble to Publishers in This Country Under
Present Ocean Mail Conditions
The interruption of mail service between the
United States and Great Britain, the greater
time required for mail to cross the ocean, to-
gether with the uncertainty of reaching there
safely, have all served to offer new problems for
American publishers in the matter of copyright
protection.
Under the English copyright law the Ameri-
can publisher has only ten days grace in which
to register his works in that country. In other
words, if he copyrights a number in the United
States and Canada on November 4, that num-
ber must be registered in England before No-
vember 14 to become effective. Instances have
been recorded where works upon which Eng-
lish copyright was desired have not reached the
copyright office in England until six weeks after
having been mailed in the United States.
The American copyright law is much more
liberal and English publishers have several
months in which to file their copyright claims
before they are outlawed. It is believed that
the differences in the law, as well as the Eng-
lish regulations, are working considerable hard-
ship on American publishers, and it has been
suggested that the music publishers in this
country get together and place the matter be-
fore the State Department, with a view to hav-
ing the department take up the matter with the
English authorities and secure relief if pos-
sible.
WAR SPIRITMN SONG
A feature of The New Singing Society, which
meets Monday and Thursday evenings in the
High School of Commerce, in West Sixty-fifth
street, under the direction of L. Camilieri, is
the singing of patriotic songs.
Dr. Henry van Dyke, in a letter of apprecia-
tion of the work accomplished by The New
Singing Society, has written recently to Mr.
Camilieri:
"I feel that your society is one which will cer-
tainly help to harmonize and unify the emotions
and thoughts of the people through the influence
of music. Upon the existence of such har-
mony and unity the happiness and welfare of
our great democracy and its success in this war
depend."
PIANTADOSI & C^OPEN OFFICES
Al Piantadosi & Co., Inc., recently opened
offices in both Chicago and Philadelphia. The
Chicago office is located at 143 North Dearborn
street and the Philadelphia office is at 11 South
Ninth street. H. Deacon Squires is manager of
the Philadelphia branch.
The Very Latest Music Co. of New York was
incorporated last week with a capitalization of
$5,750, the incorporators being J. J. Flood, F.
Mayer and H. Wong.
Max Stark, manager of Kalniar, Puck & Abra-
hams, Cons., I'nc, reports that several of the
company's publications are in great demand at
the present time, among the more popular be-
ing, "Pray For the Sunshine, But Always Be
Prepared For Rain," and "Hello, Wisconsin."
In the company's new fifteen-cent catalog they
are featuring "Bring Me a Rose," a song of
the better class.
NEW BALLAD IS MAKING GOOD
"When You Were the World to Me," the new
ballad published by the Win. Jerome Publishing
Corp., which has for its authors Harold Cool,
Arthur Daly and Harry Ellis, is having quite
a demand from the professional singers. The
number is credited by most musicians with be-
ing a high-class hit, however, it certainly has a
popular appeal.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
We have just purchased from the Jerome Publishing Corporation
"OVER THERE"
George M. Cohan's World-Wide Song Hit!
Of all the many so-
called war song hits
is in a class by it-
self and stands head
and
shoulders
above any other
song. That state-
ment may sound ex-
travagant but it's the
truth — every word
of it.
No matter how many copies of "Over There" you may have already sold you are going
to sell more—-many times more, because, and^we mean every word of it—"Over There"
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is going tojhe the biggest selling song we,have ever published and that means either the. • , ..
"Biggest.Seller" ever written or mighty close to it.
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(Signed) LEO FEIST, Inc.
Publisher of the "YOU CAN'T GO WRONG" kind of songs.
Special "QUICK ACTION" price 7c a copy
The 7 cent price on "OVER THERE" is subject to change without notice
Leo. Feist, Inc.,
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