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THE MUSIC TRADE
WITMARK PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES
Publications of This House Well in Evidence in
the Music Season Just Now Opened Up
Musical productions are keeping M. Witmark
& Sons pretty busy these days. This house was
always in the lead in this class of business and
the 1919-1920 season is going to be no exception
to the rule. Hardly a week passes that some new
contract is not signed for the publication of the
music of a new show on Broadway or elsewhere.
A glance at the productions this season now
playing or on the eve of presentation, the music
of which is published by M. Witmark & Sons,
will be ample indication of the tremendous extent
to which the activities of this house have grown
in this important branch of the publishing busi-
ness.
Foremost among these musical plays are "The
Velvet Lady," by Victor Herbert and the late
Harry Blossom; "The Royal Vagabond," the
famous "Cohanized comic opera;" "Buddies" to
which B. C. Hilliam has contributed such fascin-
ating music; "The Rainbow Girl;" "Going Up,"
(two companies); "Come Along;" "Take It From
Me" (two companies); "Fiddlers Three" (two
companies); "Some Night;" "Flood of Sun-
shine;" "The Greenwich Village Follies," and the
new Sigmund Romburg piece, "The Magic
Melody," in which the composer of "Maytime"
and "The Blue Paradise" has excelled himself,
'tis said; Chauncey Olcott, in a notable revival of
"Macushla" with all new songs by J. Keirn
Brennan and Krnest R. Ball. The immortal "So
Long Letty" must be added to the list, as well as
the tabloid version of "The Only Girl" and "Three
Twins" now appearing as headline acts on the
vaudeville stage. Finally, there are "Twinkle,
Twinkle," the latest musical comedy by Daniel
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T. Sullivan and Matthew Ott, and the postnumous
Manuel Klein piece for both of which producing
contracts have just been signed. Also "Tillie'r
Nightmare" with Marie Dressier with complete
new score. In addition, there are some individual
song successes published by the house of Wit-
mark that are big hits in various other produc-
tions, such as "Give Me The Sultan's Harem"
which is a feature in no less than three Broadway
successes, to wit, "The Shubert Gaieties," sung
by George Jessel, "O, What A Girl," sung by
Lew Cooper and "The Greenwich Village Fol-
lies," sung by Al. Herman. "Can't Yo' Heah
Me Callin', Caroline," sung by Irving Fischer, is
one of the outstanding features of the "Shubert
Gaieties of 1919." In "Bubbles" the new one act
musical dream play now headlining in all tin-
principal vaudeville theatres, "Bubbleland," a
beautiful waltz song by Arthur Anderson is fea-
tured and sung by Carlos Sebastian. This all-
embracing list is only a forerunner of the season's
expected activities in the production line so far
as this busy firm is concerned.
NEW HARRIS PUBLICATION
The Harris Music Co., 70 Jonathan street,
Providence, R. I., are the publishers of "Hello
Bill," a march and two-step dedicated to the Elks.
The number is meeting with some good success
and was featured recently at the Elks' gathering
at Atlantic City. The words and music are by
J. Solomon Harris, also author of "I'll Be Waiting
Where the Honeysuckles Bloom."
OCTOBER 11, 1919'
VICTOR DEALERS AID PUBLICITY
J. Krod Coots, assistant manager of the New
York office of the McKinley Music Co., has com-
pleted arrangements with several of the local
dealers of the Victor Talking Machine Co., where-
by a prominent advertising display will be made
of the Holt & Rosedale records of "Sweet Haw-
aiian Moonlight." This publicity will include
large canvas signs together with photographs of
the recording artists and other materials that
will add to the artistic effects of the windows and
demonstrating booths of the stores. It is under-
stood this is to be followed with a nation wide
campaign of similar purport.
CARO ROMA TO MOVE TO FLORIDA
Caro Roma, the prominent and successful com-
poser, announces that she is about to shake the
dust of New York from her feet and make her
home for the future in Miami, Fla., where she will
take charge of the Conservatory of Music. In
addition to her work with the Conservatory, Miss
Roma will also do considerable newspaper work
of a general order. Miss Roma will be greatly
missed in musical circles in New York, in whifh
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she has long been an active factor.
WEEKS BUYS INTRUST IN ECHO CO.
Harold Weeks, one of the authors of "Hindu-
stan," the sensational success of last season, who
has recently written other successful songs in-
cluding "Chong," has purchased an interest in
The Echo Music Co. of Seattle, Wash., of which
Jas. Casey is the head. It is understood that the
firm will shortly re-enter the New York field.
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