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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
JANUARY 25, 1919
CHAS. K. HARRIS' NEW BALLADS
DOING WELL AS PUBLISHERS
LOOKS LIKE A NATURAL HIT
Has Several Very Attractive Numbers of That
Type in His Catalog at Present
Sherman, Clay & Co. Have Enjoyed a Goodly
Number of Successes During Past Season
"Till We Meet Again" a Ballad That Is Show-
ing Up in Excellent Fashion
As ballads seem to be about the most pop-
ular type of song at the present time it would
appear that Chas. K. Harris, who always has a
The publishing department of Sherman, Clay
& Co., San Francisco, Cal.,' the big Pacific
Coast music house, reports tremendous success
for their hits of the past season.
After establishing a world-wide reputation as
publishers and selling agents for Hawaiian
music and musical instruments, it seemed only
natural that manuscripts of real merit should
find their way to Sherman, Clay & Co. "Li'l
Liza Jane" is an example—no one ever dreamed
that a song of this type would become one of
the best sellers on the market. It obtained big
popularity with the army and navy.
"While the Incense Is Burning" was one of
the outstanding Oriental hits of the past sea-
son. And now comes "Mummy Mine," which
is having a big run with quite a number of
vaudeville acts using it. "Rose Room Fox-trot
and Song" is another one of their successful
publications.
Among the other hits which this house has
published are "Bring Back a Belgium Baby to
Me," "Can't You Love Me?" "My Dream Girl,"
"Roses at Twilight," "Yokohama," "I'd Love to
Have Love Come to Me" and "Palm Court Fox
Trot."
When the boys of the office of Jerome H.
Remick & Co. speak of "Till We Meet Again"
they say, "Natural hit," and
BRING BACK THOS
BYGONE DAYS TO M
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EDMUND J.MKftW
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WANT GERMAN NAMES TO STICK
Title Page of New Harris Ballad
long list of such works in his catalog*, should
have a very active year.
One of the best songs recently published by
his house is a ballad by Edmund J. Porray, en-
titled "Bring Back Those Bygone Days to Me,"
which during the past few months has met
with much success.
The number has been
given a most attractive title page, and it serves
to create attention wherever it is displayed. A
reproduction of the title page is shown here-
with.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT FOR ARMY
Plans to Create Permanent Office of
Buyer for United States Army
Music
One of the lessons brought out by the war
is that the United States Army needs music
both in war and peace, and that this same music
proves a powerful sustainer of the morale of
the fighting men. The result is that realizing
the call for army music that is going to be felt
in the future, plans are under way for the estab-
lishment of a permanent music department in
the army, with a competent music man in
charge as buyer. The position will be a per-
manent one with the rank of captain, and his
duties will be to select and purchase suitable
music for bands, as well as song sheets and
books for the soldiers.
Although German talking machine records
were interned in many sections of the country
during the war, and German music was frowned
upon, a recent effort to change German names
of Chicago streets has aroused some protest.
The names that it is believed should remain in-
clude Beethoven, Mozart, Schiller and Schubert,
and it is claimed that these masters of music did
not belong to the age of "kultur" and therefore
should not prove offensive.
PUBLISH NEW AFTER-WAR SONG
The Meyer Cohen Music Co. will shortly re-
lease a new song entitled "Now That the War
Is Over" (A Toast), of which G. Howlett Davis,
president of the Standard Music Roll Co.,
Orange, N. J., is the author.
This song has
already been issued in music roll form and has
been a good seller, which induced the above
publishers to negotiate for the rights.
"Dreaming Sweet Dreams of Mother," the
new song from the catalog of Leo Feist, Inc.,
is meeting with success, according to reports
from the sheet music dealers. The recent or-
ders for the number have been steadily mount-
ing in both size and volume.
WHEN I COME HOME
TO YOU
Dealers throughout the country associate John
Prindle Scott with "The Voice in the Wilder-
ness" and other sacred songs.
Mr. Scott has
a new contribution of that style entitled "The
Promised Land."
Huntzinger & Dilworth are
the publishers.
We Are the Publishers
of the Tremendously
Popular Ballad
"WAITING"
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th Street
NEW YORK
347 Yonge Street
TORONTO, CAN.
both the popularity of the
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number and the sales seem
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to bear out the assertion.
It is a ballad that with no
great sales campaign behind
it has quickly acquired a
place among the best sellers
of this season's catalogs.
The number has a great ap-
peal, and being of the bal-
lad type it meets the public demand at the pres-
ent time which appears to be for ballads and
more ballads.
CATALOG OF AMERICAN SONGS
Huntzinger & Dilworth, the well-known stand-
ard publishing house, have just issued a new
catalog of songs and part songs, etc., by Ameri-
can composers. It is issued in pamphlet form
and is well arranged and attractively gotten up.
It includes secular songs, sacred songs, also is-
sued in duets, children song collections, songs
for teaching purposes, encore songs and other
works.
NEW TRIBUTE TO_SALVATION ARMY
J. Brandon Walsh and Jack Norworth have
written a new song entitled "My Salvation Nell,"
which is a melodious tribute to the Salvation
Army girls, who carried on no matter what the
obstacles and served coffee and doughnuts to
the boys over there. It is of the ballad type,
and from present indications it should have a
full measure of populartiy as the professional
copies which have just been issued have been
eagerly sought after. The number is now ready
for general distribution.
THE Sensational Oriental Intermezzo
"Arabian Nights"
Song
Intermezzo
By
One-Step
M. DAVID and WM. HEWITT
Published by
T. B. HARMS & FRANCIS, DAY & HUNTER
C. C. CHURCH & COMPANY
60 ALLYN ST.. HARTFORD, CONN.
Succemora to CHURCH. PAXSON & CO., New York
"
Words by WILL J. CALLAHAN
Muic b T FRANK H. GREY
3 Keys
A NEW SACRED SONG
BEE!? "J^ffifl
Music Engravers and Printers
"SAMMY LAD"
M. G. TEST
Hif h Voice
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Low Voico
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF
TITLE FOR ESTIMATE
3 A 1 West 43d Street
New York City
HUNTZINGER & DILWORTH
159 Weit 57th Street
NEW YORK
Pace & Handy, originators of the "BLUES,
specialists in rags and Southern ballads, offer
TWO SENSATIONAL HITS
The Kaiser's Got the Blues
(He's
Got Them Weary Blues)
By BROWN and HANDY
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
SEND FOR CATALOG
PACE & HANDY MUSIC CO., Inc.
1547 Broadway (Gaiety Theatre Bid*.), NEW YORK
BUY YOUR MUSIC FROM
BOSTON p » blisher *
WALTER JACOBS
• Boswortk S t .
Publisher
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of
BOSTON, MASS.
Oliver Ditson Company
BOSTON
NEW YORK
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.