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V USING "CHRIST IN FLANDERS"
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Lambert Murphy Having Great Success With
Chappell Number on Present Concert Tour
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
ARE OUR COMPOSERS RETROGRADING
Daily Newspaper Writers Declare That the
Light Opera Music of To-day Is Far Behind
That of Only a Few Years Ago
Lambert Murphy, one of the best known of
the younger tenors, is now making an extended
It's a tough world, mates, for the spirit of
concert tour and among the songs he sings melody has forsaken our light opera composers,
with great success is "Christ in Flanders." and instead of making progress in their art, they
Recently he gave a concert at Aeolian Hall, New are dropping back from their records made years
York, and the following day many laudatory ago.
At least one of the writers on a local
notices of his work appeared in the New York newspaper holds the view that the light opera
composers have written themselves out and re-
cently took occasion to prove this contention as
follows:
This year the composers seem to have struck
a snag. Jerome Kern, indefatigable since his
' They Wouldn't Believe Me" days, seemed to
have drained his well of melody dry nearly a
year ago.
Louis Hirsh, who wrote a dozen hits between
"Hello, Frisco" and "Tickle Toe," tried his
hand at "Oh, My Dear" But, like all the others,
it is just fair to middlin'.
Rudolph Friml, who showed in his "Firefly"
and "Katinka" that he comes very near to be-
ing a true musician as well as a popular com-
poser, wasn't able to write a successful song for
either "Glorianna" or "Sometime."
Ivan Caryll, who usually writes one line score
a year like "The Pink Lady" or "Sybil," couldn't
find a single melody that would haunt you for
more than twenty-four hours for either "The
Girl Behind the Gun" or "The Canary."
"Listen, Lester," seems to be the most pop-
Lambert Murphy
papers. In speaking of his appearance the New ular musical show just now, but its music is trite,
York Sun says: "His group of French songs aid it succeeds mostly because the whole pace
won him a discriminate appreciation, while the is so lively that for the moment we forget the
fast-growing 'Christ in Flanders' reaped a "Maytime" and "Going Up!" of last year.
Victor Herbert's first music of the season
tempest for him at the end of the afternoon's
came to the New Amsterdam recently in "The
applause."
"Christ in Flanders" indeed appears to be an Velvet Lady," and at the same time De Koven's
exceptional song. One of the better known New "Kobin Hood" brings his band to the Park.
The two will offer a fair comparison of the
York critics has the following to say in regard
to the number, which seems to have taken such comic operas of yesterday and to-day. "Robin
a grip on him as to lead him to write a very Hood" belongs with the Gilbert and Sullivan
group, for it was brought out by the old Bos-
worthy description:
"Creation and destruction are always strangely tonians just after "Pinafore" had sailed trium-
intermingled in the great scheme of evolution phantly back and forth across the country for
and flowers of the spirit are frequently born in nearly ten years.
If Victor Herbert can't bring something note-
the desert's desolation, so that the beautiful
thought which inspired this poem is the natural worthy to the music of the year then it's safe
outcome of the spiritual awakening occasioned to say that nobody can. He is really the last
by the world war, and these two verses will hope for the composers of to-day. The Park
probably go down to posterity as one of the Co. feels so sure that its "Robin Hood" revival
undying treasures unearthed by the greatest will succeed that it is temporarily taking off the
cataclysm of all time. The most difficult task rest of the repertoire to give the De Koven
of providing adequate music for such a poem has opera an uninterrupted run.
been undertaken with unqualified success by Mr.
When you think that not one or two, but all
Ward-Stephens, whose capacity in this regard the popular composers have been so unfortunate
has so often been proved, and he has by most this season, it must have been that, like every
delicate treatment so preserved the appeal of the
words that not a single thought is spoilt or
obliterated. The simple style of the earlier
lines is reverentially maintained, and the climax,
while quite in keeping, is so forceful that an
Word, by WILL J. CALLAHAN
Muic by FRANK H. GREY
impression is created as of one having seen a
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"WHEN I COME HOME
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"VICTORY" A NEW FOX=TROT
A new instrumental (fox-trot) entitled "Vic-
tory" has recently been written by C. V. Duck-
ett and is being published by Hamilton S. Gor-
don. The number has been placed in the popular
catalog of the company.
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Surely happiness is the first ingredient of a
popular song, and now that it can be had with-
out any restrictions or substitutes there's no
reason why our musical comedies shouldn't be
more joyous and lilting than ever.
All we are waiting for are the "words and
music" men. The managers are ready to pro-
duce the best operettas that are offered them,
and the bonafide musical comedy stars who know
enough dancing and singing to seem artless
and spontaneous and give us something besides
ai e just waiting for some good parts to come
along.
"KISSES" A BIG SUCCESS
New Fox Song Hit Proving Popular in Every
Section of the Country
"Kisses," the big song and waltz success from
the Sam Fox Pub. Co. catalog, is without doubt
increasing in popularity. This is shown by the
frequency with which the orchestras play it and
by the reports of sales from the various jobbing
houses of the country. It is not generally known
that as early as last August "Kisses" was an
admitted success as a waltz sele'ction, and it was
because of numerous suggestions from the
dealers that the publishers decided to also issue
it in song form, Harry D^ Kerr, of Los Angeles,
being called upon to supply the lyrics. The
list of concert and high-class vaudeville stars
who program "Kisses" assures it of popularity
as a song and as the above publishers are to
increase the extent of the campaign in its be-
half it should have an increased demand during
the coming months.
SOME NEW W., B. & S. SONGS
Among the new songs in the catalog of Water-
son, Berlin & Snyder which appear to be songs
of exceptional promise are "Don't Cry, Frenchy,
Don't Cry," and "That Tumble Down Shack in
Athlone," the latter a new Irish ballad on which
the company will make a big spring drive.
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