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OLIVER DITSON CO. HAS ELABORATE WINDOW DISPLAY
BOSTON, MASS., July 8.—The Oliver Ditson Co.
attracted a great deal of attention from local
music lovers recently with an elaborate window
display in which was featured Howard White,
the noted artist, who has been singing with
a Little Fellow," by Dichmont; "Softly Soundeth
Thro' My Soul," by Manney, and "Pirate
Dreams," by Hueter.
The copies of all these songs were displayed
attractively in the window, together with por-
JULY 13, 1918
'DJER--KISS" WALTZ NOW READY
Piano copies, band and orchestra arrange-
ments of the new novelty waltz "Djer-Kiss,"
published by Leo Feist, Inc., are now ready.
This number is being well advertised by the
publishers and they insist it is the most sensa-
tional waltz issued in some seasons. The num-
ber has been given a beautiful title page, in
several colors, a reproduction of an advertise-
ment of the "Djer-Kiss" products and used by
the courtesy of the Alfred H. Smith Co. Milton
Ager is the author of this new waltz and it is
probably the best work from his pen since he
joined the Feist forces.
COSMOPOLITAN CO. INCORPORATED
The Cosmopolitan Music Publishing Co., of
Milwaukee, was recently incorporated with a
capitalization of $95,000 for the purpose of en-
gaging in the publication of sheet music, etc.
Offices have been opened in the Alhambra The-
atre Building, Grand avenue and Fourth street,
Milwaukee, and arrangements are being com-
pleted with a number of composers and authors
for exclusive rights to publish popular and stand-
ard selections.
IRVING BERLIN WRITES NEW SONG
Ditson Window Featuring Howard
great success "Bon Jour Ma Belle," by Behrend;
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot," by Rogers; "Road-
ways," by Densmore, and "Witch Woman," by
Deans Taylor, and his charming wife, Mme.
Evelyn Scotney, who has been featuring "To
the West Wind," by Mary Turner Salter; "Such
ED PETERS IS DEAD—BURIED
Aton Music Co. Tells of the Passing of the
Edition Peters and of the Progress Made by
American Publishers With the Reprints of
the German Numbers Contained Therein
The Aton Music Co., Sioux City, la., in its
live little house organ, "The Key Note," calls
attention to the passing of the Edition Peters,
and to the excellence of the reprints- of the ma-
jority of the numbers in the German edition now
published in this country. The company takes
occasion to comment upon the tendency of some
teachers who persist in recommending the Peters
Edition, and the necessity for educating this
class anew. The company says:
BUY YOUR MUSIC FROM
BOSTON
Publishers
WALTER JACOBS
8 Bosworth St,
Publisher
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BOSTON
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Anticipate and supply Every Requirement of Music
Dealers
White-Smith Music Pub. Co.
PUBLISHERS,
PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 62-64 Stanhope St., Boston.
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago.
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
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traits of Mr. White and Mme. Scotney. A time-
ly patriotic touch was given to the window
through the display as a centerpiece of a stand
of colors of the Allies. This is one of several
recent Ditson windows that have been particu-
larly worthy of comment.
"Our office humorist says that we should in-
form our musical friends that 'Ed Peters is
dead.' And as the negro preacher said: 'Who
am dis heah Ed Peters anyway?' Well, Ed
Peters is simply an abbreviation for the Edition
Peters, which is an edition of various studies for
piano and other instruments. The Edition
Peters is a German edition, printed in Germany,
a product of German labor, but before the war
principally sold in this country. Its large sales
were doubtless due to our belief that anything
German must necessarily be superior. While
some numbers in the Peters Edition were Ger-
man-owned copyrights that could not be dupli-
cated in any American edition, yet practically all
the big selling numbers were reprints, and were
also issued by American publishers.
"It is astounding when we stop to consider
the thousands of copies of Beethoven Sonatas,
Mendelssohn Songs without Words, the Czerny
Studies and many similar numbers that were
sold to our American public in this German edi-
tion, when the leading American publishers—
Schirmer, Wood, Presser, Fischer, Ditson and
others—were publishing duplicates which were
just as carefully edited, just as accurate, as well
printed and even lower in price, but lacking in
what our people fancied was superiority—they
were not made in Germany. But the astound-
ing thing is that, now that the Peters Edition
has been off the American market for nearly
four years on account of the war, and now
that we ourselves are at war with Germany,
there are still a few music teachers left, either
so ignorant or so unpatriotic, that when they as-
sign a study book to a pupil they always tell
them, 'Insist on getting this at your dealer's in
the Peters Edition.
It is better than any
American edition.'
"Fortunately the number of teachers who do
this is few, and they are not representative of
music teachers as a class, but there are just
enough of them to irritate the poor music
dealer. Please help us preach Americanism; if
any musician or music teacher talks Peters Edi-
tion to you, tell them, 'Ed Peters is dead.'"
Irving Berlin, who is a member of the United
States forces stationed at Camp Upton, has
written a new comedy song entitled "Oh, How
I Hate to Get Up in the Morning." This num-
ber has already made a big hit with the soldiers
and sailors and Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, who
publish the song, are giving it other good pub-
licity.
FEIST BUYS GARTON CATALOG
Garton Bros., well-known publishers of popu-
lar music in Boston, have sold their entire cata-
log to Leo. Feist, Inc. Teddy Garton, manager
of the concern, was called for military service in
the draft last week, and this necessitated the
selling out of the catalog.
The Song of the Moment
"KEEP THE HOME-
FIRES BURNING"
(Till the Boys Come Home)
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St.
NEW YORK
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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