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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
MARCH 6, 1920
WORDS OF PRAISE FOR FLAMMER
Well-Known New York Publisher Subject of
Complimentary News Item in Pittsburgh Post
The following news item appeared in one of
the recent issues of the Pittsburgh Sunday Post
under the caption "Musical Comment and Cur-
rent Events." It is- certainly an unusual send-
Off for American musical publications, especially
inasmuch as it was found in a newspaper
column:
From the house of Harold Flammer, New
York, have come four songs that put the lie
to singers who say America cannot write decent
^ongs. The house of Flammer within a com-
paratively short time has forged itself ahead to
the place where it is now one of the foremost
song publishing firms in the country. I don't
know who the Flammer reader is, but be knows
how to pick winners.
The first of the four is a magnificent thren-
ody by Frank La Forge called "Flanders
Requiem" and is inscribed to Mine. Schumann-
Heink. It is a noble conception of an inspired
text. In the accompaniment there is a heavy
figure continually enunciated that gives the
work an almost funebre note. If there is a
singer in Pittsburgh who wants a heroic song,
this is it. It requires voice and emotion and
will more than repay the singer to learn it; it
v/ill also repay the audience to hear it. "The
Icicle," by Karolyn Wells Bassett, is a clever
conceit in which the composer has caught the
dripping quality of an icicle in the accompani-
ment.
The melody, what there is of it, is well
managed. For the singer looking for a con-
trast number, here it is. It is a whimsy of the
first whims. "Parting," by Frank Wright, is a
tuneful piece of writing. The melody sings
right along. It is lovely in its vocal aspects,
and is a sure-fire encore getter for the lovelorn
singer. Anne Stratton Miller has made a novel
setting of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The
Boats;" she called her setting "Boats of Mine."
It is a straight-away little song that will sing
itself straight into the hearts of an audience.
The accompaniment is fascinating and it fol-
lows the song along with an almost en bateau
motion.
"SLIDE, KELLY, SLIDE" APPEARS
The Triangle Music Pub. Co.. 145 West Forty-
fifth street, New York, has just issued some
advertising material on "Slide, Kelly, Slide,"
the new novelty trombone one-step, in the form
of blotters. This number, composed by George
F. Briegel, has been made a feature on the
Columbia records. Orchestras are encouraging
novelties as never before, and "Slide, Kelly,
Slide" has been arranged and issued for both
large and small orchestras, so it will have its
share of popularity from that source.
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LATEST HITS
Hand in Hand Again
My Isle of Golden Dreams
Venetian Moon
I'm Always Falling in Love
With the Other Fellow's Girl
Moonlight on the Swannee Shore
In Your Arms
Darktown Dancin' School
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
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LATEST HITS
Moondrift
A classical Waltz-Ballad by SIDNEY B. HOMOMU anil (HAS. I.KWIS.
The Bridge That Crosses Over Lover's Lane (Ballad)
By SIDNEY B. HOLC'OMB and (XAY I>. WHITE.
Dreams That Bring You Back to Me and If I Go Wrong
Waltz-Ball ad
By JOHN E. SALISBURY and WILLIAM H. HATC'RAFT.
Blues
Hush-a-Bye Baby
A Lullaby by HOWARD WADK and ARTH1R VAXX.
You'll Be Sorry You Made Me Pay
Prettiest Waltz ever written.
By LKN FLEMING.
I've Got the Blues for the Swanee Shore
By F A R R E L L a n d SIZKMOKK, tlie writers of " J a i l
House
Blues."
If You Were Up In the Sky (Fox-Trot)
By EDGAR RAY and I.EX
FLEMING.
Alamo Blues
By BENJAMIN F. SHARI*.
Artists are nsinic these number*.
Write tor Dealers' Prices and Big Bulletin of "Hits" and biff SELLERS by "Hit" writer*.
The Dennis B. Owens, Jr., Company, Inc.
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K A N S A S CITY, MO.
Marshall S. Murphy, Sales MAnaiter
ENGLISH COMPOSER IN AMERICA
M. W. BALFE A CHILD PRODIGY
Writer of Sam Fox Publishing Co. Number,
"Borderland," Gaining in Popularity
Composer of "Bohemian Girl" Wrote Many
Operas—On Stage as a Child
The following was clipped from the columns
of one of the large English newspapers and
should be of some interest to American music
lovers:
"I hear from America that Mrs. Herbert Clif-
ton is making a name for herself among singers
of distinction, which means, of course, that she
is becoming a composer of consequence in the
eyes of music publishers. One of her latest
songs, 'Borderland,' was sung at a party given
in New York to the Prince of Wales, who
listened with evident pleasure and said nice
things about it afterwards. Mrs. Clifton is a
Plymouthian and was known to theatre and
concert goers as Miss Hilda Light previous to
her marriage. So the fact that she is adding
success as a song writer to popularity as a
song singer is distinctly a feather in old Mother
Plymouth's already well-plumed cap." The Sam
Fox Pub. Co. publish "Borderland."
Michael William Balfe, the composer, was
born in Dublin, May 15, 1808. In his seventh
year he performed in public on the violin, and
at sixteen took the part of the Wicked Hunts-
man in "Der Freischuetz" at Drury Lane.
In 1825 he went to Italy, wrote the music
for a ballet, "La Peyrouse" for the Scala Thea-
tre at Milan, and in the following year sang at
the Theatre Italien, Paris, with moderate suc-
cess. He turned to Italy and at Palermo pro-
duced his first opera, "I Rivali," in 1829. For
five years he continued singing and composing
operas for the Italian stage.
In 1835 he returned to England and his "Siege
of Rochelle," received with favor at Drury Lane,
was followed by the "Maid of Artois," 1836;
"Joan of Arc," 1837; "Falstaff," 1838; "Bo-
hemian Girl," 1843; "Maid of Honor," 1847;
"Rose of Castile," 1857; "Satanella," 1858;
"Blanche de Nevers," 1860, etc. The composer
died October 20, 1870. His posthumous opera,
"The Talisman," was first performed in London
in June, 1874. His operas are melodious and
many of the airs are excellent.
A FINE PRODUCTION RECORD
Witmark & Sons Publish Music of Five Shows
Playing Boston During a Single Month
Five Witmark musical shows one after the
other is the record established by that publish-
ing house during the current month in Boston.
This is a remarkable showing for one publishing
concern, and M. Witmark & Sons point to it as
an instance of the substantial musical production
successes they are interested in just now. The
shows in question are all first-class New York
successes, all of them having had long runs on
Broadway, and, needless to say, their success is
being duplicated in the busy Massachusetts me-
tiopolis. The shows in question are "The Royal
Vagabond," by W. C. Duncan, Geo. M. Cohan
and Anselm Goetzl; "The Greenwich Village
Follies," by John Bartholomae and A. Baldwin
Sloane; "Take It From Me," by Will B. John-
stone and Will A. Anderson; "The Magic
Melody," by Fredk. Arnold Kummer and Sig-
mund Rombert, and "Elsie Janis and Her Gang,"
recently from the Geo. M. Cohan Theatre.
T. J. Donlan, New York representative of the
Sam Fox Pub. Co., Cleveland, O., returned late
last week after several days' visit to the trade
in New England territory.
MUSIC STUDIOS LURE BURGLARS
New York has had a series of robberies dur-
ing the past several months and music publishers
have not been excluded from attack by the en-
terprising profession of burglars. Included in
the places that have been entered by the thieves
recently were the professional studios of Leo
Feist, Inc., 711 Seventh avenue, and those of
Richmond, the publisher, 1552 Broadway. The
loss was not great in either instance.
TWO BALLADS FEATURED EVERYWHERE
"ASHES OF DREAMS"
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GOLDEN DAYS"
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