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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
HOOVER THANKS MUSIC PUBLISHERS
TWO NEW FEIST NUMBERS
Expresses Appreciation of Publicity They Are
Giving to Food Conservation
New Type Song and Also a Plattsburg Favorite
Just Published
Tlio action of the majority of popular pub-
lishers in publishing food conservation notices
on the covers of their sheet music has brought
forth a letter of appreciation to the Music Pub-
lishers' Protective Association from Food Com-
missioner Herbert Hoover in which he says:
"Among the various forces aiding in the cam-
paign for conservation of food, advertising is
playing an important part.
"The co-operation which the Music Publish-
ers' Protective Association has accorded the
Food Administration as indicated in your reso-
lution has been most gratifying, and I desire
to express my personal thanks for the contribu-
tion of space that will appear on the back cov-
ers of so many millions of music editions.
"It is through this kind of patriotic effort that
America will be able to organize its resources."
Leo Feist, Inc., are publishing two new num-
bers; one is by that successful writer. Hilly
Baskette, entitled "Each Stitch Is a Thought of
You, Dear," a song with a new idea and a very
appealing story and melody. The other new
song is one the boys sang last summer at
Plattsburg, and which since that time has been
very popular in some of the Southern camps. It
is a little military song called "Give Me a Kiss
by the- Numbers," written by Lieut. Jos. 1\
Trounstine, U. S. R. This song, written by >ol-
dicrs, gives a military touch to it that cannot
be found in the majority of the "war songs."
"CARRY ON" TITLE OF NEW SONG
Huntzinger & Dilworth Issue New Number
Reflecting Fighting Spirit of Allies
The trade and public alike have been waiting
for some enterprising publisher to .give us a
song on "Carry On," which has become the
slogan of all the Allies during the war. While
the title is typically English, it has met the de-
mands of all the righting men of the Allies for
a word that would cover the win-the-war spirit.
Huntzinger & Dilworth have recently published
the number and its introduction to the trade
has met immediate response. Both the words
and music are excellent. N. F. Woodbury is
the author of the new song, and if the predic-
tion of some of the trade is fulfilled, his number
will become a very popular war song.
POPULAR SONGS FEATURE OF TRIAL
Order for Records Sent by Von Schack Intro-
duced to Illustrate Handwriting
Leo Feist, Inc., recently came into some pub-
licity for two of their numbers in a trial held
in San Francisco where E. H. Von Schack, the
former German consul, was being tried for con-
nection with Hindu revolutionary plots. It
seems that he was greatly interested in Amer-
ica's new patriotic songs and sent in a writ-
ten order to a talking machine shop for the
records of "Over There" and "Where Do We
Go From Here, Boys?" The order, falling into
the hands of the Government, was later intro-
duced at the trial as a specimen of his hand-
writing.
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BOSTON
Publishers
WALTER JACOBS
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of
BOSTON, MASS.
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BRITISH COMPOSERS PROTEST
Claim That the Policy of the Performing Rights
Society Is Unfair Alike to the Composer and
the Public—Society Defends Its Position
LONDON, ENGLAND, February 2.—Some interesting
correspondence has recently been published by
the Times newspaper from eminent composers
relative to the methods of working the provi-
sions of the Copyright Act, 1911, by the Per-
forming Rights Society. The initial letter,
which is signed by such eminent men as Sir
Joseph Beecham, Sir Frederick Cowen, Dr. Wal-
ford Davies, Sir Edward Elgar, W. Landon, E.
Ronald, Dr. Ethel Smyth and others, complains
of the injustice which the policy of the Perform-
ing Rights Society inflicts alike on the public
and the composer, and continues—"unless and
until the Performing Rights Society produce and
make available, at a reasonable inspection
charge, to those interested, a full list of the
works they claim to control, stating the prices
they mean to charge for performing rights, com-
posers of Allied and British nationality will
continue to suffer by the inference that expen-
sive legal consequences will result from the per-
formance of their recent works, and those inter-
ested will be compelled to avoid their music
and confine themselves to undoubted out-of-
copyright or enemy works."
In his reply to this letter William Boosey, the
president of the society, stated '"that the so-
ciety's composers and authors were perfectly
satisfied with the manner in which their business
was conducted and with the financial results of
the same, and claimed for the society freedom
to conduct their own business in their own way."
Whether or not this is a reasonable claim we
leave to the good sense of our readers. There
can be no doubt, however, that concert man-
agers feel a grievance in this matter, and while
that lasts the position must remain exactly as
The Song of the Moment
"KEEP THE HOME-
FIRES BURNING*'
(Till the Boys Come Home)
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St.
NEW YORK
FEBRUARY 23, 1918
JEROME H.REHICK&CO:S
^Sensational Son^ Hit
SONGS
'WAY DOWN T1IKKK A DIXIE BOY 18
'FOR YOU A KOSK"
'MAMMY JINNY'S IIAI,L OK FAME"
•SWKET MTTLE BUTTERCUP"
'SO LONG, MOTHER"
•SWEET PETOOTIE"
"SOME SUNDAY MORNING"
'SAILIN 1 AWAY ON THE HENRY CLAY"
'SO THIS IS DIXIE"
'DON'T TRY TO STEAL THE SWEET-
HEART OF A SOLDIER"
"ON THE ROAD TO HOME, SWEET,
HOME"
INSTRUMENTAL
•IN THE SPOTLIGHT" (WalU)
'CAMOUFLAGE" (One Step)
'SMILING SAMMY" (Fox Trot)
JEROME H. REM1CK & CO.
set forth by the complainants. We do not know
what the Performing Rights Society imagines it
has to lose by the publication of the names of
the composers, etc., whom they represent, anil
a little light on this dark subject would doubt-
less give all concerned the key to a better un-
derstanding.
NOW THE OFFICIAL "CHANTEY MAN"
Stanton H. King Appointed by the Government
to Teach Chantey Singing to the Sailors of
the New American Merchant Marine
The great importance of music in connection
with wartime activities is again emphasized
through the appointment by the United States
Government of Stanton H. King, of Boston, as
official "chantey man" of the American merchant
marine. It is believed to he the only war job
of its kind in this or any other country.
Mr. King's work will be to revive chantey
singing among the sailors of the new cargo
ships, under the direction of the Shipping Board
Recruiting Service, with headquarters in Bos-
ton. It is believed that if the sailors are
trained to sing at their work, as in the olden
days, they will handle their work better,
whether they are working on steamers or sail-
ing ships.
Mr. King, who is an old salt himself, favors
the songs of other days, real chanteys such as
"Bound For the Rio Grande," and "Blow the
Man Down.'
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
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