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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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Remarkable Waltz Song Success.
NOVEMBER IS, 1919
On AH Records and Rolls
WeePJNG WILLOW I>AN6
Chicago
McKINLEY MUSIC COMPANY
New York
Victor November Record.
Emerson November Record.
MANY HONORS FOR SONG
hummed by the audience and finally it becomes
a triumph of the power of the actress to unite
"The Bells of St. Mary's" Being Placed on Many her personality to her audience through a musi-
Important Programs, Mme. Petrova Singing the cal medium."
Number With Great Success Everywhere
As a matter of fact, the number is rapidly com-
ing to the fore in this country and there seems
Madame Olga Petrova, the eminent singer, to be every reason that it will repeat its Euro-
actress, and moving picture star, starts out on a pean success here. The song has been honored
tour through vaudeville in the near future. Among
her numbers she is using the famous bell song,
"The Bells of St. Mary's," by Emmett Adams.
Tt was with this number that she created such a
furore at Atlantic City some weeks back. One
of the local papers writing on her appearance
there says:
"There are moods to songs as there are moods
to character. A great deal of what the music
masters call the accent and rhythm of music is
really the mood of the writer of the notes, often
mingled with the text of the verse. The indi-
vidual artist who sings the song puts either
more or less than the author's intention into the
presentation of his verse and again you have a
rew article. With Petrova and the several songs
that she introduces into her act there is a great
deal of delight in watching these 'moods.' There
is the author's intention and still more of the
personality of the actress in each and every num-
Mme. Olga Petrova
ber. At first you are impressed with the sin-
cerity with which she sings 'There, Little G'rl, by being selected as one of the songs of memory
Don't Cry,' by Ward-Stephens, and you almost for the great National Memorial Sing, which took
feel that there is a child somewhere near to re- place throughout the entire United States on
"Armistice Day," November 11. It is one of the
ceive the suggestion.
"It is the simplicity of the lyrics and the plain- biggest things that has ever been arranged and
ness of the music that allow so much to the a great deal of honor is due to the chairman of
artist's expressive ability. For contrast she gives the community music department of the National
Council of Women, Mrs. David Allen Campbell.
"The Bells of St. Mary's" has also been selected
as one of the prize numbers by the Eisteddfod
Association of Iowa. Chappell & Co. are the
publishers of "The Bells of St. Afary's"
WANT THE MUSIC PUBLISHED
Royalties From Performances of "The Gumps"
Proving Too Slim
CHICAGO, II.I... November 1.0.—Through a contro-
versy between the Waterson, Berlin & Synder office
and Morton, Bonnell & Klimt, producers, it appears
that "The Gumps," a cartoon-created musical show
touring hereabouts, is paying $2 gross per perform-
ance as royalties, equally divided between the author
and the composer.
It seems that Frank Clark, representing the
music publishers, loaned the writers to the firm to
do a rush job, and partially undertook to publish
the numbers. So far they have not been published
on the ground that the time played is too bush-
league to warrant it.
The producers desire to fatten their income—
probably to help meet the royalties—by selling
music in the lobbies, and are making dire threats
of legal action unless the special songs are im-
mediately sent to press.
Everyone SINGS
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SONGS
PRICE FOR NOVEMBER 18G.
Everyone SELLS
"WONDERLOVE"
30c
"WHEN YOU'RE LONELY, SO LONELY,
JUST DRIFTING"
15c
"JUST FOR A PLACE IN YOUR HEART"... 15c
"I'VE GOT A LITTLE HOME IN THE
COUNTRY"
15c
"CLOVERTIME"
15c
"THE BUSTED BLUES"
15c
"THE ONlY SWEETHEART I EVER HAD". 15c
"SAILING DOWN MANILA BAY"
15c
"THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE FOR
EV'EYTHINC- (comic)
15c
"I'M A DANCING FOOL"
15c
Special trade price 7c per copy on all our
numbers, except "Wonderlovet" on which
your price is
18c
Order Thru Any Jobber or Direct.
IRVING BERLIN, Inc. 1587 Broadway, N. Y.
C. ARTHUR FIFER MUSIC CO.
the 'Parrot Song,' with its shrill cry, which is more
of a vocal trick than an actual song, and then
introduces an old English song that mystifies as
By IRVING BERLIN
to its purpose, but allows an extreme of shading
and intonation with Mme. Petrova playing her
Biggest instantaneous hit in the history of the
own accompaniment—an extreme that the au-
Music Business
thor probably never dreamed of. Then comes the
FEATURED IN EIGHT
light popular air, 'The Bells of St. Mary's,' that
the audiences almost wear out with insistence
NEW YORK PRODUCTIONS
on encores. At first it is a song, then it is
"YOU'D BE SURPRISED"
Ql'INCY, ILLINOIS.
There is only one hit from
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