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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
54
MARCH 23, 1918
BOSTON, MASS., March 18.—Plans of a tentative
character are already under way for tin- next
dinner of the Boston Music Publishers" Associa-
tion, when President Banks M. Davison will en-
deavor to keep the ball rolling on- the important
topic of American music. He's got something
"up his sleeve" which ought to develop an in-
teresting program for the members at the April
dinner.
]i. F. Wood, of the B. "K. Wood Music Co., is
anxiously awaiting the advent of spring so that
he can hie himself to his country estate at Sher-
born. Already he has made several trips there
and got things started, for he plans to occupy
the estate some time in April.
Charles Thompson, of C. W. Thompson & Co.,
has been finding business fairly good the past
few weeks considering the general conditions.
He says that there lias been less call for new
Easter music than in a long time.
Walter Jacobs is having a great demand for
his "Battle Song of Liberty," which is one of
the patriotic pieces his publishing house put out
a while ago. Large orders have come from
New York and the call has been so insistent that
Jacobs has got quite used to such words as
"rush" and "hurry" coming over the wire from
New York. "Some Shape"' is the title of an-
other of Jacobs' publications. This is by George
L. Cobb, who has been putting out some good
stuff lately. This piece first appeared in Jacobs'
Orchestra Monthly,, and there was an imme-
diate call, for it in sheet form even before the
house had started having it printed. "Send Me
a Line When I'm Across the Ocean" has been
played lately by the orchestra at the l'ark The-
atre, and gets any number of encores. Another
Cobb number is "Mississippi Volunteers," which
is proving a Jacobs' winner.
A local caller on the publishers was Charles
Ray Cox, of the Buckeye Music Publishing Co.,
of Columbus, O.
Another caller has been George B. Nevin, the
composer, of eastern Pennsylvania, who is
known especially for his "The Adoration" and
"The Crucified." He is the father of George
Balch Nevin, of New York. Mr. Nevin while
here was a special guest of the Oliver Ditsou
Co.
The Get-Together Club of the Oliver Ditson
Co. has taken a new lease of life, and while its
officers feel it is a bit too late to have a dinner
this season, all efforts will be concentrated on
making the summer outing something long to
be remembered.
Some new music lately published by the Oliver
Ditson Co. are the following: "Arab Love
Song," by Francis Thompson, set to music by
Gustave Ferrari; "When I Go Alone," by A.
Huzzi-Peccia, words by Rabindranth Tagore;
"On Her Dancing," by Albert Spalding, words
by James Shirley; ''Let All the World Rejoice,"
by Philip Greely, words by Frank J. Bonnelle;
"Roadways," by John H. Densmore, words by
John Masefield; "Pirate Dreams," by Charles
Jluerter, with words by Louise Ayres Garnett.
There are three Russian songs. One is by
Modest Moussorgsky, with translation from
Russian by Constance Purdy, called "Little Star,
Where Art Thou?"; "The Lark," by Anton
Rubinstein, translated by Arthur Westbrook;
and "The Snowdrop," by A. Gretchaninoff, with
translations by A. M. von Blombcrg.
The White-Smith Music Co. is especially in-
terested in the forthcoming production by the
Metropolitan Opera Co. in New York of "The
Robin Woman" ("Shanewis," it is in Indian).
which is by Charles Wakefield Cadman. with
libretto by Nelle Richmond Kberhart. The
opera is in one act. Banks M. Davison, of the
White-Smith Co, which publishes the score,
plans to go over for the performance which
comes off the latter part of March. There is
some possibility that it may be given in Bos-
ton when the Metropolitan Co. occupies the
Boston Opera House the week of April 22.
WHAT PATRIOTIC SONGS MEAN
PRAISES "BRING BACK MY DADDY"
Cleveland Writer Points Out the Excellent
Effect Patriotic and Semi-Patriotic Selections
Have on the Minds of the Public
Little Miss Madge Evans, Whose Picture
Adorns the Title Page of Popular Feist Song,
Writes Letter of Praise to the Publishers
I. S. Metcalf of the staff of the Cleveland
Plain Dealer recently wrote an article for that
paper on popular songs, with special emphasis
on those of a patriotic order. He said: "There
is hardly a show comes to town but what you
hear one or more of such songs as 'Over There,'
'So Long, Mother,' and 'T May Be Gone for a
Long, Long Time.' You hear them floating from
the windows of the phonograph shop, whistled,
and played as dance music."
In commenting further on the value of such
songs, he says: "One may question the value
of the war play. Even such powerful, if ill-
advised, productions as 'War Brides' and 'Mo-
loch' failed to accomplish in any measure the
end they were designed to serve. The red sham-
bles between Saint Quentin and the Scarpe does
not lend itself to dramatic treatment. To at-
tempt it seems sacrilege. Comedies with mili-
tary settings and musical shows with uniforms
and empty pistols are different, but the serious
war play gets nowhere.
"The patriotic song and especially the stirring
music to which it goes counts for far more.
The great war may not produce a 'Marseillaise.'
Yet there is no marching tune that does not stir
the blood. When you lament the tardiness of
America's awakening to its duty, it is worth con-
sidering that the despised popular song has
played an honorable part in dispelling apathy."
One of the prettiest title pages issued this
season was that of "Bring Rack My Daddy to
Me," published by Leo Feist, Inc. The num-
ber, which'has had
a large sale a n d BRING BACK MY DADDY TO ME
which still is creat-
i n g a heavy de-
mand for itself, has
a likeness of little
Madge Kvans, one
of the child stars
in motion picture
land. Mr. F e i s t ,
president of L e o
Feist, Inc., recently
received a letter
from little M i s s
E v a n s , showing
bow pleased she was with the song. The letter
read as follows:
"I am so pleased that you have dedicated your
new song to me. I like 'Bring Back My Daddy
to Me' very much. My own daddy is over in
France now with the British Army. He sends
me a letter every week, and he always tells me
how glad he'll be when he comes back to me.
1 do want him back again so much. Thank you,
Mr. Feist, for the song, and for putting my pic-
ture on the cover. Yours truly,
NEW ARTMUSIC THEMATICS
INCORPORATED
Artmusic, Inc., have just issued a little folder
containing thematics of their "Vocal," "Instru-
mental." "Classic" and "Production" editions.
Over twenty numbers appear in the pamphlet,
which is well gotten up in easy-to-read style.
The John Franklin Music Co., of Manhattan,
was incorporated this week with the Secretary
of State at Albany, N. Y., with a capital stock of
$5,000. Those interested are: F. J. Lawson, J.
W. Standish, J. F. Sheridan, 1531 Broadway.
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Tentative Plans Now Being Prepared for Next Association Dinner—Jacobs Reports Big Demand
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