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SCHIRMER'S DEATH SHOCKS TRADE
Publisher Played a Prominent Part in Musical
and Trade Affairs of the Country
The death last week of Rudolph E. Schirmer,
president of G. Schirmer, Inc., in Santa Bar-
bara, as reported in The Review, proved a dis-
tinct shock to the members of the music pub-
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cess to the public easier. Thus the careers of
such composers as Charles Martin Loefrler, John
Alden Carpenter, Charles T. Griffes, Bryceson
Treharne, Kurt Schindler, Ernest Bloch, Percy
Grainger, Rudolph Friml, Enrique Granados,
John Powell, Daniel Gregory Mason, Henry
Hadley, David Stanley Smith and Rubin Gold-
mark have become indissolubly connected with
his own in American musical history. Such
names incidentally prove his keen and sincere
interest in the rising generation of American
composers and it is worthy of note that many
years before the discussion of the prospects of
the American composers became controversial
Rudolph Schirmer was seeking ways and means
for a practical furtherance of their art. His
interests extended to institutions, and in keep-
ing with his ideals he donated the Circulating-
Library of Music, founded by G. Schirmer, to
the Institute of Musical Art, New York, and
a select musical library to Santa Barbara in
memory of his infant daughter, who died in
191X."
The New York office of G. Schirmer, Inc., was
closed all day Monday of this week on account
of Mr. Schirmer's death.
STERN GETS KELLETTE'S NEWEST
Rudolph E. Schirmer
lishing trade, in which he had played such a
prominent part. Mr. Schirmer also had a wide
circle of acquaintances and friendships with
artists, great and small, and it is regrettable
that he could never be persuaded to wrjte down
his reminiscences covering a period of a half-
century and from the time of his boyhood. In
speaking of the part played by the deceased in
the world of music one of the associates of Mr.
Schirmer said:
"Rudolph E. Schirmer was characteristically a
publisher of the type that sees in a publisher
a trustee of the best interests of the art and be-
lieves that it is a publisher's duty to give to the
public not only what it wants, but what it needs.
In matters of real art he did not hesitate to sub-
ordinate commercial considerations to the higher
cultural aspects of an enterprise. Of this atti-
tude the Musical Quarterly, founded by him in
1915, is a typical example. Once his love of the
beautiful, his exquisite taste and his discrimi-
nating esthetic judgment convinced him of the
lasting merits of a new composer he would
spare no reasonable expense in making his ac-
TO 6000 McKINLEY AGENTS
46 New Numbers
and New Catalogs
Now Ready for 1919
"Bubbling Over" to Be Published Shortly by
That House—A Promising Number
Jos. W. Stern & Co. have secured the new
popular composition of John William Kellette,
entitled "Bubbling Over." The publishers are
to be congratulated on this addition to their
catalog, inasmuch as the competition for the
number was keen, to say the least.
Mr. Kellette, whose regular forte is the di-
recting of the Paramount-Briggs comedies, in-
cluding the "When a Feller Needs a Friend"
series, is the composer of "I'm Forever Blow-
ing Bubbles." The new number is now in prepa-
ration and will very shortly be presented to the
trade.
AUGUST 30,
ORGANIZING NEW COMPANY
Fiank Smith Interested in the International
Music Producing Co. of Indianapolis
Frank Swift, the well-known song writer of
Indianapolis, hid., is among those who are
organizing the half-million dollar corporation in
that city to be known as the International Music
Producing Co. In addition to publishing music
( f every description, the new firm will also
issue a monthly magazine to be known as "I'op-
ular Songs Monthly." Among others who will
be connected with the organization are Far-
quson Johnson, president; H. H. Hayner, iirst
vice-president; Frank Swift, second vice-presi-
dent; Claude L. Barker, secretary, and Charles
W. Swift, treasurer. The company plans to pub-
lish three songs every month as well as a like
number of instrumental selections.
TAKE IT FROM ME" IN CHICAGO
"Take It From Me," the musical comedy
which had its successful New York run recently,
opened at the Studebaker Theatre at Chicago.
This clever piece by Will B. Johustonc and Will
I\. Anderson appears, from the reception it is
receiving in the west, to be bent upon duplica-
ting its New York run. Chief among the song
successes of this show is "The Call of the Cozy
Little Home." The musical score of the comedy
is published by M. Witmark & Sons.
ART HICKMAN COMING EAST
Popular San Francisco Composer and Or-
chestra Leader to Visit New York City
Art Hickman, one of the writers of the "Rose
Room Fox-Trot," "Tears" and the song "You
and I," will arrive in New York from his San
Francisco home late this month. Besides being
a member of the writing staff of Sherman, Clay
& Co., Mr. Hickman is also leader of the Rose
Room Orchestra of the Hotel St. Francis in
that city.
Just prior to his leaving home, Mr. Hickman
received a feature write-up in the San Fran-
cisco Bulletin, and in it they described him as
"The King of the Jazz Orchestra."
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