Music Trade Review

Issue: 1920 Vol. 70 N. 18

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THE
MAY 1, 1920
MUSIC TRADE
They are by no means on such a basis to-day,
and when there are so many publishing houses
to be considered in any agreement this new
s.tuation, if it goes into effect as now proposed,
will always be in a position to assault the
higher priced goods.
Many publishers have made an effort to con-
tinue relations with the F. W. Woblworth Co.,
and some of them looked with much displeas-
ure upon their discontinuance. However, as
one publisher recently said, there can be no
half-way measure in eliminating ten-cent cata-
logs. They should be abolished. Any effort
tending to continue relations with ten-cent syn-
dicates, in whole or in part, will only be the
means of making the permanent establishment
of thirty-cent catalogs that much harder.
REVIEW
The Song and Dance Triumph of the Country
"WOND'RING"
Vingf
SONG
"Clouds"
(That Pass in the Night)
" Tents of Arabs "
" Romance "
Head of Publishing House Back at His Desk
After Severe Illness—Staff Make His Return
the Cause of a Joyful Celebration
B. D. NICE & CO., 1 5 4 4 Broadway, NEW YORK
ployes of the home office and in addition nu-
merous messages and flowers arrived from other
sources to mark the occasion. During his sick-
ness at one period Mr. Witmark was quite low,
having a very severe case of pneumonia. While
convalescing he spent some time at Atlantic City
enjoying a real rest and the ocean breezes at
that resort.
He lost no time in attacking the accumulated
work he found upon his desk and showed that
he had lost none of his old energy. M. Wit-
mark & Sons, by the way, have had one of the
busiest seasons that they have ever enjoyed and
the- prospects are that there will be an un-
d'minished continuance of this throughout the
coming year.
TO PUBLISH IN CANTON, 0.
CANTON, O., April 26.—Karl King, well-known
composer, has opened a music publishing com-
pany here and will commercialize his talent.
King, who for several seasons was bandmaster
of the Sells Floto Circus band, and who until
last season was director of the Barnum & Bailey
Circus band, is head of the company. King
will publish his own compositions, he being the
composer of many of the popular marches now
being played by bands throughout the country.
His most popular number is "A Night in June,"
Isidore Witmark
which
was his feature number of the concert
part of which time he was confined to his home,
found that there was a celebration awaiting him. on the Barnum show. King is also director of
This was participated in by the staff and em- the Grand Army concert band of this city.
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AR? PL^yinQ THEM
FOX-TROT
SONGS THAT SELL
ISIDORE WITMARK WELL AGAIN
Isidore Witmark, president of the firm of
M. Witmark & Sons, upon the return to his
office recently after an absence of two months,
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HARRY TIERNEY BACK FROM LONDON
Composer of "Irene" Returns From Supervising
London Opening of Show
Harry Tierney, composer of the musical show
"Irene," the song hit, "My Baby's Arms," and
other successes, returned to New York early
this week after supervising the opening of the
London production of the above show. "Irene,"
by the way, is one of the big successes of the
present New York season and its London en-
gagement bids fair to duplicate its success here.
Joseph McCarthy, author of the lyrics of the
"Irene" show and who also arrived on the same
boat, is writing lyrics for a number of musical
productions, some for English producers.
TO CULTIVATE NEGRO MUSIC
The New York Syncopated Orchestra has
been incorporated with a capital of $50,000. The
purpose of the new organization is to cultivate
negro music and the men interested in the
company and the incorporators are V. A. Flem-
ing, R. P. Lattimer and H. B. Gray, Jr., ISM
Dean street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Leo Feist, Inc., has just appointed Floyd
Kinney manager of the Philadelphia branch of
the company, succeeding Fred Wright.
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
1, 1920
MAY
THE COMING CONVENTIONS
Sheet Music Dealers and Music Publishers to
Hold Conventions During Month of June
The National Association of Sheet Music
Dealers will hold its seventh annual meeting at
the McAlpin Hotel, New York, on June 14 and
16. On June 15 the annual meeting of the Music
Publishers' Association of the United States will
be held at the Astor Hotel, New York. Either
on June 17 or 18 it is proposed to hold the an-
nual outing of the Greater New York Music
Publishers' and Dealers' Association, to which
all the visiting dealers then in New York will
be invited to attend.
A formal notice of the annual meeting of
the National Association of Sheet Music Deal-
ers, including a list of the subjects that will be
discussed at the convention, will be forwarded
to the members of that body at an early date.
According to the secretary of the Association,
the coming gathering will be the largest in the
history of the Association. Certainly the deal-
ers have had a prosperous twelve months, and
when the benefits to be derived from the attend-
ance and the constructive work of the body are
considered, the trip is certainly worth while.
The Association is making a big drive for
membership, and any information regarding the
organization can be obtained by addressing J.
M. Priaulx, C. H. Ditson & Co., New York.
FEATURING NEW FOX-TROT
I]. D. Nice & Co. are making a big drive in
trade and professional circles on their song and
fox-trot, "Wond'ring." A recent circular sent
to the trade reproduces some of the Saturday
F.vening Post publicity, advertising Ted Lewis'
Columbia record of this number.
BERT FELDMAN IN TOWN
Bert Feldman, head of the English music
house of B. Feldman & Co., is one of the recent
arrivals from London. While in New York he
will make his headquarters with Chas. K. Harris.
me
A Song of True Merit
By Edward J. Walt
Poem by Fred G. Bowles
"Lassie O'Mine" has suc-
ceeded on merit. Not one of
those overadvertised songs
which are forced upon the
public. With little previous
advertising it has gained in
prestige,
recognition and
sales solely on merit. We
are now preparing to stimu-
late its sale and popularity.
LIVE WIRE DEALERS
If you are in this class,
look up your stock and be
sure you have the song in all
keys; also the octavo and
duet arrangements.
We Are
Advertising Nationally
You
Should Feature
The Song Locally
n Fox Publishing Co
Cleveland US.A.
INDIANA MOON
SALLY (
BOW-WOW
By ARTHUR FREED and OLIVER G. WALLACE, composer of "Hindustan."
A brand new waits that U sweeping the West like a prairie fire. Literally sweeps you off your feet!
SHAME ON Y 0 U \
Words by LOUIS WESLYN
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Music by NEIL MORET.
You remember MORET'S "Mickey" and "iPeggy," now meet their charming little sister, "Sally"—
Some Oirll
ONE-STEP
B y W . WADSWORTH
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 St.
"THE BAREFOOT TRAIL"
A NEW "Love's Old Sweet Song"
Discovered and Endorsed by
JOHN McCORMACK
An American Ballad Success
Buy It NOW at Introductory Rate
BOOSEY & CO., The House of Song Fame
New York (9 Eaat 17th St.)
Toronto (Ryrie Bldg.)
TO OCCUPY NEW BUILDING
NEW MONTHLY PUBLICATION
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge to Have New Home
at 3 West Sixteenth Street
The International Music Pub. Co., Indian-
apolis. Ind., are the publishers of "Popular
Songs Monthly," issued in the interests of and
for devotees of popular songs. The first num-
ber is already in the mails.
Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc., the well-
known book and music publishers, who are at
present located at 11 Union Square, New York,
recently let contracts for the erection of a
seven-story building at 3 West Sixteenth street,
adjoining Fifth avenue, New York. The firm
will occupy the entire building, and it will be
most modern in every way.
FEATURING NEW EDITION
New Twenty-cent Catalog of Jos. W. Stern &
Co. Meeting With Success
Jos. W. Stern & C o , well-known New York
publishing house, who some time ago inaug-
urated a catalog of twenty-cent music, follow-
ing the elimination of their ten-cent edition,
arc making a big drive on all their numbers,
and are giving the trade big co-operation. Their
plans and arrangements seem destined to make
their twenty-cent popular edition a success. The
following are some of the numbers in this new
edition: "Whistle Song," by Joe Howard;
"Abadelle," "Anvil Trot," "One Little Rose,"
"A Little Sunshine Makes a Rainbow," and
others.
A new musical comedy called "High and Dry"
will have its premier at Atlantic City on May 10.
It is the work of Messrs. Me Hugh and Paulton,
with music by the late Manuel Klein. M. Wit-
mark & Sons will publish the score.
IN THE AFTERGLOW
By J. Will Callahan and Frank Grey
Programmed by America's Foremost Con-
cert Artists. Featured by
Vaudeville's Greatest Headliners
Played
by 15,000 Good Orchestras
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It is now understood that the various music
jobbers have formed an association for the
purpose of co-operating on credits, eliminating
duplication of bulletins, and to take construc-
tive measures for the general good of the music
business. Reports say that practically all of the
jobbing houses have joined the new body.
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Copyrighted, 1919. by Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc.
HINDS, HAYDEN & ELDREDGE, Inc.
I I UNION SQUARE
NEW YORK CITY

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