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THE
NOVEMBER 8, 1919
STRIKE HURTS MUSIC PUBLISHERS
MUSIC
51
REVIEW
Golden Songs From the Golden West
Continued Tie-Up of Printing Establishments
in New York Causes Publishers to Resort to
Many Expedients in Order to Get Music to
Handle the Heavy Current Demands
The music publishers of New York are feeling
acutely the effect of the printers' strike which
has tied up over 245 publishing plants in the
metropolitan district. While the publishers fore-
saw the present situation and many of them tried
to stock up in their faster selling songs, it was
impossible to lay in a sufficient supply to carry
them over such a lengthy strike. The strike has
been in effect for a month.
Necessity being the mother of invention, the
publishers have laid awake nights figuring out
some method to cope with the present conditions.
Several publishing houses are not feeling tlr
effects of the present situation, owing to the fact
that their publishing plants are located else-
where than in New York, and as a number of
others have during the past year made connec-
tions with lithographing concerns who print
their title pages in many colors, they are con-
tinuing to receive sufficient quantities of such of
their numbers as they are issuing by that pro-
cess.
Many of the houses have reverted to the roto-
gravure process which had some vogue a little
over a year ago. These are one-color title pages
but have never been popular inasmuch as the
music and text has a smudgy appearance.
Of course all music is lithographed, and it is
only the title pages, which are printed in the
regular way, which really hold up the publica-
tion of music. For this reason some of the pub-
lishers have unearthed some of their old title
page plates, inserted up-to-date titles and arc
turning out their music, including the covers, in
lithograph form. Resorting to all these various
methods of publishing music, however, including
the use of many out-of-town plants, it has been
impossible, with the great demand for music
now being felt, to turn out songs in sufficient
quantities to meet the demands.
Never in the history of the music publishing
business has there been such a great demand for
sheet music. The publishers for over two years
have been working under most prosperous condi-
tions. This fall would have been a mammoth
one and of course the publishers do not look
with pleasure upon the loss of this business.
TRADE
PEGGY
An Irresistible Melody Fox-Trot by Neil Moret and Harry Williams, Already Recorded by the
Better Phonograph and Player-Roll Companies and Played Nightly by the Most Successful
Orchestras Throughout the Country.
Please Do Not Confuse Neil Moret's "Peggy" With Another Number of the Same Title.
'SOME NIGHT," Waltz With Words; "ROSE OF ROMANY," the Original
Gypsy Song; "SLOW AND EASY," an Indigo Fantasie.
BRANCH OFFICE
1 4 S WEST 4 5 t h STREET.
NEW YORK
DANIELS & WILSON, Inc.
San
Francisco
NEW DITSON CHRISTMAS SONGS
CALIFORNIA WINDOW DISPLAY
Many Sacred Selections and Christmas Carols
Among New Numbers by Oliver Ditson Co.
Unique Setting Used by Southern California
Music Co. Features Popular Number "Chong"
The Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, Mass., has just
issued some attractive Christmas music in the
form of anthems and part songs. Among the
Christmas anthems listed are: "Calm on the Lis-
tening Ear of Night," by R. Spaulding Stroughton,
"While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by
Night," by Cedric W. Lemont; "There Were
Shepherds," by George B. Nevin; "Thou Holy
Rabe of Bethlehem," by William R. Spencc;
two Christmas carols by J. Sebastian Matthews,
"The Golden Age Is Waking" and "Angels Sing
and Shepherds Pray," "Christ, Your King, Is
Born," by George A. Burdett; "America, My
Home," an addition to the list of music for
schools; "Volga Boatmen's Song," a Russian folk-
song harmonized by N. Clifford Page; "Oriental
Song," by Nikolas Rimsky-Korsakoff, arranged
by Victor Harris; "The Eyes of the Lord Arc
Upon the Righteous," by Nathaniel Irving Hy-
att; "A Night in June," by J. Katberine Mixtcr
and Arthur B. Targett; "Twelve Sacred Trios
for Women's Voices," arranged by Louis Vic-
tor Saar; "Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, in D,"
by Nathaniel Irving Hyatt, and "An American
Ace," by Frederick Stevenson.
Herewith is reproduced a display recently
shown in the window of the Southern California
Music Co., Los Angeles, Cal., which, according
to reports from that city, was one of the most
unique and attractive displays seen in some time.
The Southern California Music Co. put much
BAND USING STERN NUMBERS
New Window Display of "Chong"
t ; me and attention to the dressing of their win-
"Hell Fighters' Band" of Negro Musicians Fea-
dows, and the results they have obtained has
turing Several Selections Most Successfully
"HIMALYA" FEATURED WITH FILM
encouraged them to appropriate more than the
usual amount of money for that purpose, as they
The
"Hell
Fighters'
Band,"
the
clever
aggrega-
S. R. Henry's novelty composition "Himalya"
find the increased sales from attractive displays
was selected as the musical feature to accom- tion of negro musicians who won fame by jazz- have always warranted the expense. In the win-
pany the latest release of Miss Nnrma Talmadge ing their way through France during the war, dow shown herewith the figure of a Chinese boy
entitled "The Isle of Conquest." This new pic- is winning new laurels in this country under the automatically points one hand to the record of
ture will be simultaneously released in all the direction of F. Eugene Mikeli. The band is con- "Chong" and the other hand to the roll of that
stantly in Idemand, and has appeared before
Loew houses and in consequence the strains of
number, then folds his hands after which the
"Himalya" will be heard in all the principal large audiences in New York and other cities. performance is repeated. "Chong" is probably
cities of the United States at the same time. They are featuring a number of Stern & Co. one of the most popular song and dance selec-
publications, including "Indianola," and "Ken-
Stern & Co. are the publishers.
tions produced during the past season, and the
tucky Dream," as well as "You Didn't Want Me Pacific Coast is showing a very active interest in
Ernest R. Ball and J. Keirn Brennan are the When You Had Me," "Honeymoon," and "Blues the number.
writers of a new song entitled, "Let the Rest of My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me." The way
the World Go By," published by M. Witmark the band plays these several numbers gives a
NEW MEYER COHEN SONG
new meaning to the term jazz.
& Sons.
"Wrinkles" is the title of a new song, words
by Eddie Dorr and Bob Schafer, music by Dave
BE SURE TO GET
Ringle, which is published by the Meyer Cohen
Music Co. The number is of the ballad type,
and
a big campaign is being inaugurated by the
That Waltz Song success by those hit writers
publishers to exploit this song, which they feel
HOWARD JOHNSON & JOS. H. SANTLY
is most meritorious.
"DRIFTING O N "
-AND-
"WITH YOU, MY OWN"
A Beautiful Ballad Fox-trot by
JIMMIE FLYNN & W. M. OREST
Special prices for next 30 days to dealers
who will feature them.
WILL WOOD
233 W. 40th STREET
NEW YORK
TO HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET
The Greater New York Music Publishers' and
Dealers' Association will hold their annual ban-
quet at Castle Cave on Tuesday evening, Novem-
ber 18. The affair will be in the form of a beef-
steak dinner and many local celebrities will be
on hand to address the gathering.