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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1919 Vol. 68 N. 23

NEW YORK, JUNE 7, 1919
SCHIRMER'S SIGN UP LEE ROBERTS
Well-Known Composer and Music Roll Man
Signs Contract Wirth Prominent Publishers
G. Schirmer, Inc., haye
signed contracts with
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Lee S. Roberts, the weN-known compos e r, to
publish hi , works for a term of three years.
\ I"hile Mr. R o berts is most widely known as the
compos er of " Smiles," one of the biggest-selling
songs of a ll time, this by no means completes
his history as a successful writer, as he is the
Lee S. Roberts
author of numerous works having large sales.
Among these are "Littl e Birch Canoe" and
" A ft e r All."
In addition it is understood he is writing mu-
TO 6000 McKINLEY AGENTS
46 New Numbers
and New Catalogs
Now Ready for 1919
YOU ARE SURE TO HAVE CALLS
Better MUllic, Better Paper, Better Title.
for a musical show to be produced this fall.
This and the fact that many in the trade believe
that all of his works , a s indeed most of them in
the past ha ve, can be retail ed at 30 cents is what
probabl y sugge s ted the idea to the house of
Schirmer to sign him up .
Lee Roberts , besides his success in the song
writing field, is vic e-president of th e Q R S
Co., one of the largest manufacturers of music
rolls in the \"orld and' one that is constantly
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All of the Best Reprints and more
Big Selling Copyrights than any
other 10 Cent Edition.
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
New York
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FAMOUS
McKINLEY
10 CENT MUSIC
Chicago
Joseph W. Stern & Co. Secure the Rights to
Barrymore Number "Madrigal of May"
Joseph W. Stern & Co. hav e r e ccntly com­
pleted arrangements with Mallfice N itke, mu­
sical director for Arthur Hopkins' sensiltional
st"ge production, "The Jest," now p laying at the
Plymouth Theater, Ne\\ York, and featuring
John and Lionel Barrymore, wh e r e by they will
grov"ll1g.
pl,blish the sweet and melodious number entitled
"Madrigal of May." sung by John Barrymore
MANUEL KLEIN PASSES AWAY
at each performallcc.
Prominen t Musical Director and Composer Dies
:vlaurice Nitke is a violinist and compo ser of
After Long Illness
ex ceptional merit. and in addition to writing the
incidental music for "The Jest," he wrote all the
Manuel Klein, known to thousands as the mu­ mus ic for that sensationa l play, "Redemp tion,"
sical director of the Hippodrome from 1904 until
w hi ch rail for si x months at the Manhattan
1913, died SUllda y at a sanitar ium in Yonkers.
Opera HOllse and w hich wi ll shortly tour the
He had long, been ill, his sickness dating from a . enited States. He has a lso composed music for
night in London, wilen the Gayety Theatre, of such prominent and celebrated artists as Guy
which he wa, mllsical director, was bomb ed by Bates Post and Margaret .'\ nglin anci wrote most
a Zeppelin.
of the ml\sic in l<.ichard Walton Tully's greatest
Mr. Klein was forty-two years old, was born
S\.1ccess , "Olllar the Tentmaker." Stern & Co.
in ~ew York, a nd was the brother of Charles
will publish all of Mr. Nitk e's numbers.
Klein, pla y\v right, who was lost with the "Lusi­
tallia."
BIG ATTENDANCE PREDICTED
Manuel had a sOLlnd musical education.
He
wrote se veral w ell -known so ngs of the more se­
Con ven tion of Sheet Music Dealers Will Have
rioLls t y pe, in addition to his lighter ou tput .
Record Attendance
Of these latter lIippodrome goers will remem­
ber "Lucia" and "The Whole Year Round ."
According to a ll ' r e ports the coming conven­
Mr. Klei n also wrote the comic operas "Mr. tion of the Nationa l :\ssociation of Sheet Music
Pickwick," "The :Man From Now," "The Top 0' Dealers next 'weck will be the best attended in
the \;Yorld" and "The Pied Piper."
~hc history of th e o rganization.
The dealers
h3.ve closed a most prosperous season, and the
The music for a new musical show by Joe outlook for a continuance of good business for
McCarthy and Harry Tierney, which will prob­ the balance of the year, aild indee d for the next
ably be pro duced the coming' fall, has been ac­ few years, is most promising. This general
cepted for publication by Leo Feist, Inc.
prosperity is no doubt the main reason for th e
promised la rge gathering.
150% Profit on
Free catalogs with stock orden. We pay
for your advertising. Our music is as staple
as wheat.
Write for samples.
TO PUBLISH SONG FROM "THE JEST"
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Artmusic Gems
"Forever Is A Long,
Long Time"
"When the Evening
Bells Are Ringing"
"Oh! You Don't Know
What You're Missin'"
"Waters of Venice"
(Instrumental)
"Floating Down the
Sleepy Lagoon"
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(So ng version "Waters of Venice")
ARTMUSIC, Inc.
145 West 45th St.
NEW YORK
116
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
LEADING THE REMICK LIST
DITSON'S SUCCESSFUL POLICY
"I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" Increasing in
Popularity Constantly
Prominent Boston Music Publishing House Has
Achieved Remarkable Results by Co-operat­
ing With Dealers and Building Up a Strong
and Thoroughly Representative Catalog
" 1'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" see lll S' bent
on topping the list of the present seaso n's songs
from the catalog of Jero me H . Remick & Co,
T he numb er is being featured by a long list of
v~udeville stars and is played considerably by
(h e leading orche,tras.
It has been r eco rded by
practically every talking machin e record and
music roll manufacturer, and this a nd other in­
(l1 cat ion s point to an unusual popularity for the
so ng.
USING WITMARK NUMBER
The Duncan Sisters, who recently finisbed a
tour of the Keith circuit, are now appear ing in
"She's a Good Fellow " at the G lobe 'fheatl' e,
a nd m eeting w ith even greater s ucc ess tball th ey
enjoyed In va ude vill e.
" Have a Smile for
Everyone You Meet and Th ey 'Nil! Have a
Smile for You" contilllle.s to be o ll e of their fea­
ture so ngs.
The number is published by M.
V/itmark & SOliS.
SHOULD BE GOOD MUSIC
Twe lve composers will conduct the orchestra
at the Lambs' public gambol at the Manhattan
Opera House next Sunday night. They will be
John Philip Sousa, Raymond Hubbell, Gustav
A. Kerker, Silvio Hein, A. Baldwin Sloane,
Percy Weinrich, Jerome Kern, Harry Tierney,
E. Ray Goetz, Irving Berlin, Charles A. Price
and Gitz-Rice. The affair promises to be a well
conducted one!
NEW "LITTLE BABY" NUMBER
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., I nc., will shor tl y
publish a new number from the pens of Edward
Nelson and Harry Pease entitled ".'\I1Y Littl e
Baby That's a Lovin' Little Baby."
BOSTON, MAS S., Jun e 7.-The prestige enjoy~(r
by the Oliver Ditson Co. in the music publish­
ing world is not ill a'ny se llse a matter of acci­
dent, bilt rath er the result of genuine achieve­
ment-successful achiev ement-in a chosen field.
The Ditson hous e has 'Non its way to s uccess
by building on a basis of fairness, both to th e
dealer and to th e ultimate purchaser.
To the deal er particularly th e Ditso n sys tem
has appealed , beca use not only does all advertis­
ing issued by th e ho use dir ec t the reader to the
'store of the dealer, but th e company has so ar­
r~ nged its novelty offer of sheet music and books
tllat the retailer can order freely of the items
that have the strongest appea l without fear of
having dead stock on his hands. Moreover, he
i5 protected through th e fact that the Ditson
novelty bulletins, whi ch are furnished free to
the dealer to be di s tribut ed with his imprint,
are in no case sent out t o th e general public.
For the further protection of the retailer the
Ditson Co. has recently provided a trade trans­
fer order blank which, when oppor tunity pre­
sents itself, carries th e following infor mation 'to
the dealer: "\I\'e hav e r eceived an or,d er from
customer whose name is given below and who
is not on our ' ledge rs. VYe have, th e refor e, sent
and charged tb c sa m e to you and ask yo u to
handle it with the und e rstanding that if you do
not care to do so it may be returned for credit,
which will include costs of transportation."
,\s to the various Ditson publications, the
Musicians' Library of eighty volumes, contain­
ing the masterpieces of sOllg and piano music,
is indeed a wonderful achievement, and so on
through the list; the Mu s ic Students' Library,
Favorite Songs of Favorite Si nge r s, Tapper's
Graded Course, Marzo's .\r t of Vocali za tion , the
Ditson Edition-all the best in their line-and
JUNE
now th e best complete system of pian o instruc­
ti on, the Schoo l Credit Piano Course, endorsea
by leading conductors, school supervi sors and
conven ts, bring home to us with added fo r ce the
virility and preparedness of Oliver Ditson Co.
NEW STASNY NUMBER
"Girl of Mine" Promises to be One of the
Season's Hits
"Girl of Mine" is the title of a new song now
the presses, shortly to be relea sed by the
.\, J . Stasny Mu s ic Co. The number was pur­
chased by th e above firm from Harold Free­
man, of Baltimore, Md. It has a very appealing
melody and an orchestration arranged for one
step will be sen t to
the leaders throughout
the country ~ the next few days. The number
will be published with a beautiful eight-colored
title page and thousands of extra copies of these
will be issued for display purposes. The A. J.
Stasny Music Co. expects "Girl of Mine" to
be one of th e most popular summer songs of
the coming season .
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NEW SONG FOR BERT WILLIAMS
In th e Ziegfeld Follies, w hich opened in A t­
lantic City las t week; Bert Williams introduced
a new song called "Save Your Money, John."
The show is shortly to have its New York pre­
mier, a.nd it is now understood that Williams,
considering th e r ecep tion the above number re ­
ceived at th e recent opening, will make it the
feature song- of his appearances.
F. E. BELCHER WEDS
Frederick E. Belcher, vice-presidell t and sec­
retary of Jerome H. Remick & Co., was mar­
ried last week to Miss Flo Hart, of "Look and
Listen," a musical show now en tour.
The
ceremony took place at Longport, N. J.; and
was performed by the Mayo r of that city.
.Carrie Jacobs-Bond's
New Songs­
"Out in the Fields"
" Your Song"
"Old Friend of Mine"
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