Music Trade Review

Issue: 1920 Vol. 71 N. 11

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THE MUSIC TRADE
SEPTEMBER 11, 1920
49
REVIEW
A JAZZ WAR IN WASHINGTON
One Orchestra Leader in National Capital Loses
Job Because He Refuses to Play Jazz
\bu can't go
wrong with
any'Feist
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 6.—Washing-
ton's musical world is stirred to its depths by a
bitter war raging within the ranks of musicians
over "jazz." The battle, which all declare is to
be to a finish, was precipitated by the action of
the management of one of Washington's most
fashionable hostelries in discharging an entire
orchestra because of the leader's refusal to play
"jazz." The leader last week retaliated with a
suit for $15,000 against the management for al-
leged breach of contract.
Bert Saulsman, leader of another Washing-
ton orchestra, ushered in the fifth day of the
battle to-day with a stirring defense of "jazz,"
which the discharged orchestra leader and
other leaders declare is not music but merely a
series of discordant sounds. In defending
"jazz," Saulsman, who is the author of several
of the most popular "jazz" dance hits of the
season, says:
CAN YOU FIND A MORE
"You can laugh at jazz, despise jazz, swear
ATTRACTIVE
PROPOSITION?
at jazz, or disown jazz, but one thing cannot be
denied—jazz is most decidedly a powerful means
of self-expression, a means of expressing the
impulsive, explosive, intense feeling of the hu-
man soul.
"To play real jazz you must have an artist's
THE WANDERINGS OF "MARY"
soul and temperament; you must be a genius.
You know how hard it is to teach some truly
'"Mary," the George M. Cohan musical com- excellent pianists to play ragtime. It's not in
edy which has had a long run in Boston, will them. Well, it's that way with jazz. You can't
early this month play a return engagement in teach a person to play soulful jazz unless he has
Philadelphia, where it had a week's run prior to jazz in his soul. He may understand perfectly
the Boston opening. It is understood that, fol- what jazz is, may know how the effects are pro-
lowing the Philadelphia engagement, the show duced, but the jazz tricks are not written into
will go to Chicago, thus delaying its New York the music—they can't be—and if he hasn't a
premiere until late in September.
jazzful soul he won't be able to squeeze any
"Mary," by the way, is the show in which the jazz out of the instrument."
big song and instrumental success "Love Nest"
is featured. This song has already been con-
sidered a national hit, and has been recorded by
Two Real Sellers
practically all the talking machine record and
music roll manufacturing organizations.
Song'
Three Clinchers!
Century Music Pub. Co.
"Since I Lost You"
15c Retail
Sept. 15th, 1920
(I FEEL SO BLUE)
Fox Trot Song
A Sure Hit
SELLING HITS
I'M IN HEAVEN (When I'm
in My Mother's Arms)
HONOLULU EYES (Waltz
Hit)
ALICE BLUE GOWN (From
Irene)
A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY
(The Music Box Song)
Write for Dealer*' Prices
L E O . F E I S T , Inc., FEIST Bldg., N« w York
FEIST PUBLISHES REVUE MUSIC
To Handle Scores of "Tattle Tales" and Wen-
rich's Show "Maid to Love"
Leo Feist, Inc., are the publishers of Jimmy
Hussey's new revue called "Tattle Tales," which
opened a few weeks ago at Atlantic City, and
is now playing at Pittsburgh, Pa. The prin-
cipal songs in the show are "Star Eyes," "In
Watermelon Time," "Lead Me to Laughter,"
"Those Mason-Dixie Blues."
They are also the publishers of the score of
Percy Wenrich's new show entitled "Maid to
Love," which opened last week in Asbury Park,
N. J. The song hits of the show are "There's
an Old Flame Burning," "We Were Made to
Love," "Aladdin" and "Oriental Serenade."
"My Old Home of Yesterday"
(Formerly 10c Music)
A Waltz Ballad of the Better Class
Dealers, write for special introductory prices
M E L R O S E BROS.Publishers
200% Profit on
63rd and Cottage Grove Avc,
World
Famous
CHICAGO, ILL.
ALWAYS IN DEMAND
SECULAR
Evening Brings Rest and You
There's A Long, Long Trail
The Magic of Your Eyes
My Rosary for You
Mother Machree
Kiss Me Again
Starlight Lore
Can't Yo' Heah Me Callln', Caroline
Ring Outt Sweet Bells of Peace
Spring's a Lovable La dye
Dear Little Boy of Mine
Sorter Miss You
Smllin' Through
Who Knows t
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Remick Song Hits
McKINLEY
MUSIC
"Avalon"
"Hold Me"
"La Veeda"
"Nobody to Love"
"All by Myself"
"Japanese Sandman"
"Just Like a Gipsy"
"If You Could Care"
"Hiawatha's Melody of Love"
"Your Eyes Have Told Me So"
"Don't Take Away Those Blues"
"Sweet Lullaby Come Back to Me"
The price of this big-selling edition of
teaching and concert music will advance one
cent to the dealer on September 15th, 1920,
and the new retail price will be 15c per copy.
Send in your stock orders now to get the
old rate.
50 NEW NUMBERS AND NEW
CATALOGS READY SEPT. 15TH
At the New Rate
All of the best reprints and more big-
selling copyrights than any other low-priced
edition.
Free catalogs with stock orders. We pay
for your advertising. Write for samples.
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
SACRED
Teach Me To Pray
I Come To Thee
The Silent Volee
A Little While
'
It Was For Me
Ever At Best
AND MANY OTHERS
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DETROIT
N E W YORK
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Remarkable Waltz Song Success. On All Records and Rolls
Chicago
WILLOW LAN6
McKINLEY MUSIC COMPANY
New York
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THE MUSIC THADE
50
Waltz Lullaby Success!
SEPTEMBER 11,
On All Records and Rolls
PICKANINNY BLUES
Chicago
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
New York
ber, of the Berkshire Quartet, and Ugo Ara, for-
BERLIN BOOSTING "FAIR ONE"
merly of the Flonzaley Quartet.
The result of this competition is of interna-
Irving Berlin, Inc., has inaugurated a big
Italian Composer's Work Chosen From 136
Manuscripts From All Parts of World as Win- tional importance, as composers from all parts campaign both in trade and professional circles
ner of Berkshire Music Colony Competition of the world sent manuscripts. They came from on the new Ted Lewis and George Mallen num-
America, England, France, Italy, Belgium, Hol- ber, "Fair One." Besides being most popular
Starting in a modest way a few years ago, the land, Bohemia, Austria, Germany, Jugo-Slavia as a song, the number is having unusual success
Berkshire Music Colony competition for cham- and Switzerland. Thirty-six manuscripts ar- in the orchestra field.
ber music has taken on an international sig- rived too late to be taken into consideration.
Signor Malipiero, who is now in Capri, Italy,
nficance. Compositions from all over the civil-
JUST READ 'EM AND WEEP
ized world have been offered, with America pre- was immediately cabled of his success in the
Coolidge
competition.
His
work
received
four
The new comedy coon song entitled "Read
dominating. This year the competition was for
'Em and Weep" recently written by Al Bernard
a string quartet, and the prize of $1,000 was of the five votes of the jury.
The title of the prize composition is "Rispetti is being published by the Triangle Music Pub.
awarded to an Italian musician who is little
known in this country, Francesco Malipiero. e Strambotti," which are the names of two an- Co. The number is featured successfully in
The award was made on Sunday two weeks .ago. cient forms of Italian poetry. A "rispetto" is a "Come Seven," now playing in New York.
The prize is offered annually by Mrs. Frederic sort of madrigal to be sung to the loved one;
S. Coolidge. Next year all compositions sub- a "strambotto" is a short drollery—a grottesco
NEW POST FOR N. C. WILSON
mitted must be trios for piano, violin and 'cello. in miniature. The initial performance of the
prize
composition
will
be
given
by
the
Berk-
Neal C. Wilson has been appointed district
The Malipiero Quartet was selected from 136
scores submitted to the jury, the members of shire String Quartet at the last concert of the director of the music publishing department of
which were Ernest Bloch, composer; Felix Berkshire Chamber Music Festival on Septem- Sherman, Clay & Co., San Francisco.
Borowski, music critic; Louis Svecenski, for- ber 25.
Francesco Malipiero, born in Venice some
merly of the Kneisel Quartet; Emmeran Stoe-
thirty-six years ago, is already a predominant
figure in European musical circles. His or-
chestral works and piano pieces are known in
Italy, France and England. His symphonic
poem, "Le Pause del Silenzio," was performed
Popular Edition 7 Cents
with marked success by the Boston Symphony
Everything Is Going Up
Orchestra two years ago under Henry Rabaud
Chasin' the Blues
and last year under Pierre Monteux.
Saxophone Blues
"Grottesco," a new chamber music work of
Nightie Night
the
same artist, for several wind instruments,
Think of Me Little Daddy
will have its initial performance on January 16
Beautiful Land of Dreams
by the Friends of Music in New York.
High Class Edition 18 Cents
Malipiero's opera, "Sette Canzoni," was per-
formed a few weeks ago at the Paris Opera, and,
That Thing Called Love
on account of its ultra-modern tendencies, was
Checkers, It's Your Move Now
hissed by the general public while declared a
Make That Trombone Laugh
Pickaninny Rose
remarkable work by a small circle of intel-
St. Louis Blues
lectuals, who, headed by Florent Schmitt and
Maurice Ravel, started an active and energetic
pro-Malipiero campaign.
MALIP1ERO WINS $1,000 PRIZE
PACE & HANDY HITS
Pace & Handy Music Co.,Inc.
232 West 46th Street
New York
Dear Heart
II You Would Care
for a Lonely Heart
Drifting
Sunshine Rose
CarmeneUa
Standards of the W,,r!d
" "~ erlinn on Silver"
terlin on Songs"
FOUR SONG HITS
MY SAHARA ROSE
I'LL
SEE YOU IN
C - U - B - A
TIRED OF ME
AFTER YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.,
^ F TYOR£
Al Jolson's Sensational Song HIT
"SWANEE"
By GEORGE
GERSHWIN
DEALERS, ATTENTION!
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AY
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Main Offices: 62-64 Stanhope St., Boston.
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago
HAVE YOU
"I've Been A-Longin* For You"
"Just A Rose"
"After It's Over, Dear" and "Alpine Blues"?
THEY'RE WINNERS
Order direct or through your jobber
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Gaiety Theatre Building, NEW YORK CITY

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