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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NOVEMBER 23, 1918
MUSIC PUBLISHERS AND DEALERS HOLD ANNUAL DINNER
CHAPPELL TO HANDLE SERVICE SONG
Yearly Affair of Local Association Well Attended, and Proves Most Enjoyable—Paul B. Klugh the
Principal Speaker—Value of Closer Organization Discussed—Those Present
Publish "Every Town Is Your Home Town,"
Prize Song of War Camp Community Service
The annual fall dinner and entertainment of
the Greater New York Music Publishers' and
Dealers' Association was held on Tuesday eve-
ning of this week in the Green Room of the
McAlpin Hotel. Over fifty-five representative
publishers and their guests, among these a
prominent piano manufacturer, attended. Short-
ly after 6.30 dinner was served, and while it
conformed in every way to the edicts of the
Food Board there was ample and satisfying sus-
tenance for all, as the pleased look of the diners
demonstrated.
Throughout the evening several entertainers
made things pleasant by singing many well-
known popular songs. In most of these the en-
tire assemblage joined in the choruses, as a very
well arranged program which was laid at the
plate of each diner carried the words of many
of the numbers.
Of course, the affair was
opened with the singing of "The Star Spangled
Banner," which was sung with so much spirit
as to leave an onlooker under the impression
that each singer was the exclusive publisher of
the work.
Paul B. Klugh, president of the Autopiano Co.,
arid well known for his work in behalf of trade
organizations, was the speaker of the evening.
Mr. Klugh paid a glowing tribute to the pub-
lishers, and said that they had done more to
solidify patriotism in America than any other
body. He also congratulated Lee S. Roberts,
of the Q R S Co., on the honor his well-known
composition "Smiles" has brought him, which
is without doubt one of the biggest hits in
years.
His words were roundly applauded.
Others who spoke on "organization" were E, B.
Marks, of Jos. W. Stern Co., and George Suther-
land, of Allen & Co., prominent music dealers
of Melbourne, Australia.
. Maurice Richmond and Geo. Bliss, both of-
ficers of the State of New York, by virtue of the
appointment by Secretary of State Hugo, as a
committee presented Harry L. Newman with
the badge of a State officer in a most solemn
and impressive manner. In making announce-
ment of the honor they were about to confer
on their colleague Geo. Bliss referred to the
medals and decorations that the boys had been
winning on the fields of France, which left Mr.
Newman speechless.
This year's affair was without doubt the most
successful in the history of the organization.
Practically every well-known music roll manu-
facturer had a representative there, as well as
several members of the talking machine indus-
try, these including W. D. Fay, of the Universal
Music Co.; Arthur Conrow, of the Connorized
Music Co.; W. H. Penn, of the Pathe Freres
Phonograph Co.; G. Howlett Davis, of the
Standard Music Roll Co., and Geo. Bliss and
Lee S. Roberts, of the Q R S Co. Others who
attended were: Jerome Keit, J. H. Remick &
Co.; Maurice Richmond, Enterprise Music Co.;
F. J. Smith, Carrie Jacobs-Bond; Walter East-
man, Chappell & Co.; F. C. Shubert, Paul
Heinecke, Carl T. Fischer, Fred. Kraft, Felix
Meyer, Karczag Publishing Co.; W. H. Cronk-
hite, Bernard M. Beck, E. L. Hoffman, Hamilton
A. Gordon, Hamilton S. Gordon Co.; Jos. P.
McClellan, assistant manager, McAlpin Hotel;
C. A. Kellar, Lorenz Publishing Co.; W. Her-
man Rose, Pathe Freres Phonograph Co.; A. J.
Stasny, A. J. Stasny Music Co.; W. H. Miller,
Geo. H. Hilbert, Otto Jordan, M. Witmark &
Sons; M. W. Weippert, Chappell & Co.; Harold
Caldwell, J. R. Elliott and Michael Keane,
Boosey & Co.; Allen Germain, Plaza Music Co.;
C. C. Church, C. C. Church & Co.; Lawrence B.
Ellert, B. F. Wood Co.; Benjamin Richmond,
J. A. Cantor, L. O. Rogers, J. Milton Delcamp,
J. A. Decatur, Leo Feist, Inc.; Walter S. Fischer,
W. L. Coghill, T. C. Dunn, J. A. Schmidlin, J.
M. Priaulx, Jos. Glassmacher, Chas. H. Ditson
& Co.; Harry L. Newman.
The War Camp Community Service some time
back held a competition for the best song suit-
able for chorus singing in the camps, and out
of many manuscripts submitted by the most cele-
brated American composers the song, "Every
Town Is Your Home Town," by Miss Gena
Branscombe, was selected the prize winner.
The song in question is to be distributed to
all soldiers and sailors in the service, and the
selling rights of same to the general public
have been placed with Chappell & Co., Ltd. The
following is the first verse and chorus:
SINGING MEETS WAR NEEDS
TO FEATURE "MICKEY"
General Scott Says It Is of Great Value in Long
Marches
Song Will Be Featured in Connection With Film
of That Name
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 17.—A tribute
The W. H. Production Co.'s moving picture
"Mickey" is shortly to be released. Daniels &
Wilson, the publishers of San Francisco and
New York, are publishing the official song for
the production, and it is issued with the title of
the above picture. When it is shown through-
out the country dealers everywhere will feature
the song in their windows during the week in
which it appears at the local theatre.
to singing as military necessity among soldiers
on the march is paid by Major-General Scott,
commanding officer at Camp Dix, Wrightstown,
N. J., in an official bulletin issued by him at
camp headquarters. Ever since the first day he
assumed command of the New Jersey canton-
ment General Scott has made a study of the
psychological effect of singing on marching sol-
diers. He has found that a "song a mile for
the last ten miles" of a long hike is essential.
"While marching nothing will so effectively
keep up the spirits of the men and prevent them
from straggling as the singing of marching
songs," says General Scott in the bulletin. "The
soldier's mind is thus stimulated, and instead of
thinking of the weight of his equipment or his
physical weariness he develops a dogged and
cheerful determination. As a cadence exercise
singing is of great value in teaching combined
and concerted action. Men fail to keep in step
on the march, not by the fault of the legs, but
by the fault of the mind. They do not feel
the cadence, swing, or rhythm of the march
mentally. The mind, more than the leg, is in
need of training. Keeping in perfect step is a
mental, not a physical, matter.
"It is a very excellent plan to conclude phys-
ical drill with marching, the men singing. Bat-
talions should be assembled for this instruction
frequently. A cadence of 130 per minute will
meet with approval."
A new one-step intermezzo is being issued by
Artmusic, Inc., and will be placed in the "Instru-
mental" catalog. The number is called "Fi-Fi,"
and is from the pen of Otto Motzan.
NEW SCORING OF NATIONAL ANTHEM
Edward Schaaf, the, well-known composer of
Newark, N. J., who has been foremost in the
great campaign for American music, has just
issued a very effective arrangement of "The
Star Spangled Banner," the national anthem,
which he does not wish confounded with the
"standardized" version of the U. S. Bureau of
Education. The scoring is very effective, and
Dr. Schaaf is entitled to congratulations.
EDDIE DOOR RETURNS
Eddie Door, traveling representative of the
Harry Von Tilzer Music Co., has just returned
from a trip to the Pacific Coast, where he re-
ports the trade is in a thriving condition. He
promises a surprise in the way of a song very
shortly.
FEIST SONGS WITH FRENCH TEXT
All of the new songs issued by Leo Feist, Inc.,
and those now in the active catalog are being
and will be issued in the future with the French
text. This is a new innovation which the firm
believes will be welcomed by the public.
When you march off from the old town
Witli the flag floating high,
All the folks that love you
Will be there to say good-bye;
There'll be hearts that go with you,
There'll be words ringing true,
So keep your heart in the old town,
The town that loves you.
CHORUS
But every town is your home town,
And each day's your day,
For every mother loves a soldier boy
For the sake of the one away;
And everywhere that the flag Hies,
With its red, white and blue,
There are hearts like those in the old town
To welcome you.
The song was sung in Washington, D. C , last
week twelve times by Miss Yvonne De Treville
and aroused much enthusiasm there.
FEIST PUBLISHES NEW SONG BOOKS
Volumes Just Issued Particularly Adaptable for
Camp, Home and Community Singing
Leo Feist, Inc., have just issued two new song
books for the use of camp, fireside and com-
munity singing, and have immediately inaugu-
rated a very big campaign to popularize these
new works. The book which will be specially
featured in the company's campaign is "Songs of
Cheer," the contents of which include three com-
plete songs, thirty-eight complete choruses,
with words and music, nineteen well-known
songs with the words only and seventeen pop-
ular up-to-date choruses with the words only.
The other book, "Liberty Songs," is issued in
two volumes, one for mixed voices and the
other for male voices, simply arranged in four-
part harmony. These books, while they cover
a much wider field in both their use and the
number of songs found therein, are very closely
related to the original pocket-size song book
(four by five and one-half inches), some time
ajo published by Feist entitled "The Songs the
Soldiers and Sailors Sing," which proved so
popular during the past few months.
All these books will be advertised in a full-
page advertisement in the Saturday Evening
Post, issue of December 7, released on Decem-
ber 5, and a full page in the New York Tribune's
Rotogravure Section in the issue of December 8.
This will, of course, be followed by other pub-
licity, as these books will sell over a long
period, as was demonstrated with the original
book of this size published by Leo Feist, Inc.
"THE KAISER'S GOT THE BLUES"
The Pace & Handy Music Co., Inc., are the
publishers of a new blue song entitled "The
Kaiser's Got the Blues" (He's Cot the Weary
Blues), the work of Domer and Handy. The
number is probably one of the most original, as
far as melody is concerned, that has been issued
in the blue line.
"ROSES OF ARCADIE" ISSUED
"Roses of Arcadie," a new waltz song by
Otto Motzan, published by Meyer Cohen, has
just been issued, and is now ready for the trade.
The firm feels the new number is a great waltz,
and orchestrations of the number were speedily
rushed to the press and are now in the hands
of many orchestra leaders.