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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
APRIL 3, 1920
BOSTON PUBLISHERS KEEP ACTIVE
All Classes of Numbers in Good Demand—
Ditson Co. Featuring Popular Catalog—Wood
Co. Starts Building New Headquarters
BOSTON, MASS., March 29.—To judge from the
activity of the various leading publishers in the
Boston district, they are enjoying an unex-
ampled period of prosperity, with orders flood-
ing in in sufficient quantities to keep the staffs
working at full speed and into the night get-
ting off shipments. It is no unusual thing to
see the chief himself with his coat off helping
in the filling of orders. The demand appears
confined to no one class of music and the call
for standard works and library editions is quite
as active in a sense as that for popular prints.
The shortage of paper is proving a distinct
handicap with some of the "publishers, who find
their stock getting low without any immediate
prospect of being able to replenish it. The re-
sult is that they are concentrating on the out-
put of the more successful selections, leaving
the other class to wait until paper is more plen-
tiful.
The Oliver Ditson Co. are just now giving
considerable attention to their catalog of pop-
ular music, and in that list is found several num-
bers that are proving distinctly successful,
among them "Dreaming Alone in the Twilight,"
"Longing, Dear, for You," "Yogiland," "You
Can't Drive My Dreams Away," the latest com-
position of Lieut. Gitz-Rice, "Indian Smoke
Dance," and "Red Rose of Love, Bloom Again."
The first two numbers have been recorded on
talking machine records, and "Yogiland" is
proving very popular in music roll form. The
Ditson Co. are concentrating to a great extent
on the popular catalog and are finding their ef-
forts rewarded.
Another feature of the Ditson list of publica-
tions that is forging ahead rapidly is the School
Credit Piano Course, a course so practical that
it is being taken up by educators in all sec-
tions of the country. The four-year course- is
complete in every detail and for the guidance
of those who may be interested there has been
provided a complete synopsis of the course, to-
gether with a series of typical examination
questions covering each of the eight half-year
terms.
Walter Jacobs has just completed the com-
pilation of a number of special lists of music
for piano, guitar, mandolin, etc., for which there
has long been a strong demand. The list of
piano solos, for instance, contains over 350 se-
lections ranging from jazz to classic, and carry-
ing the names of a number of composers of
wide reputation. For the guitar there are listed
nearly 400 live titles, and for the mandolin or-
chestra nearly 700 titles are offered in a special
bulletin. This mandolin orchestra music is re-
garded a special favor. Special up-to-date list-
ings for band music and selections for the banjo
have also been compiled by the House of Jacob,
and all combined they make a most impressive
showing.
The White-Smith Music Publishing Co.. who
INDIANA MOON
SALLY
BOW-WOW
By ARTHUR FREED and OLIVER G. WALLACE, composer of "Hindustan."
A brand new waltz that is sweeping: the West like a prairie fire. Literally sweeps you off your feet!
/SHAME ON Y0U\
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Yon remember MOBET'S "Mickey" and "Peggy," now meet their charming little sister, "Sally"—
Some Girl!
ONE-STEP
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The biggest and best orchestras in New York are playing this wonderful one-step and comedy bit.
DANIELS & WILSON, INC.
SAN FRANCISCO
New York Office
145 West 45th S t .
RAINBOW ISLE
B> BETTY JJENTLFY and JAMES W. CASEY
Feature theme in D. W. Griffith'* New South Sea Island Picture. " T H E IDOL DANCER." now
•hoffn in every town.
A WALTZ SONG THAT WILL SURELY SWEEP THE COUNTRY
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UNDER WESTERN SKIES
LITTLE JO DOWN KENTUCKY WAY SANDY
Order Direct or From Your Jobber
ECHO MUSIC PUB. CO.,
Peoples Bank Bldg.,
are now quite settled in their new home at
40-44 Winchester street, have been giving at-
tention as usual to a general line of publica-
tions, including the works of Charles Wakefield
Cadman, although, owing to scarcity of paper
and other production problems, the company has
sought to curtail the number of new issues so
that more attention can be given to those
actually published. The White-Smith Co. have
recently issued a complete catalog of organ
music which, in view of the increasing vogue
of the organ, is most interesting at this time.
The catalog is carefully arranged alphabetically,
both as to titles and composers' names, and
there is also a complete list of organ books.
The new home of the White-Smith Co. is
one of the show places in the music trade of
Boston just now. The three floors and base-
ment of the building have been arranged sys-
tematically and most modernly equipped, from
the oil burning furnace in the basement to the
bindery on the top floor.
The company are operating what is said to
be the first lithographing press in the city
equipped with a self-feeding attachment, mak-
ing possible a speed of over a thousand impres-
sions an hour—a substantial figure in litho-
graphic work. Presses and other machinery
are equipped with individual motors. There are
SEATTLE, WASH.
numerous windows on three sides of the build-
ing, which is a daylight plant in the fullest sense
of the word.
The B. F. Wood Music Co. is just now ex-
periencing a demand for its music that is tax-
ing the facilities of the company to fill, and
which runs pretty well through the entire cata-
log. Ground has been broken for the Wood
Co.'s new building on St. Stephens street, which
is expected to be ready for occupancy by Fall,
and which will provide increased facilities that
are badly needed and will be most appreciated.
Benj. F. Sharp, of Sinton, Tex., has recently
released a waltz song entitled "Lonesome for
You" to the Dennis B. Owens, Jr., Co., Inc., of
Kansas City. The words are by Ruby Mae
Smith.
IN THE AFTERGLOW
By J. Will Callahan and Frank Grey
Programmed by America's Foremost Con-
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New York (9 East 17th St.)
Toronto (Ryrie Bldg.)
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Copyrighted, 1919. by Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc.
HINDS, HAYDEN & ELDREDGE, Inc.
11 UNION SQUARE
NEW YORK CITY