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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
DECEMBER 11, 1920
EXCEPTIONAL PROGRESS MADE BY IRVING BERLIN, INC.
perience in both the sales and mechanical de-
partments of other large publishing houses. He
During the Past Eighteen Months This Firm Has Risen to the Front Ranks of the Metropolitan is exceptionally well liked, and his ability to
place all of the resources of the Berlin organi-
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Music Publishing Concerns—Saul H. Bornstein Assisted by an Able Staff
zation at the disposal of those he comes in con-
Irving Berlin, Inc., the well-known music pub-
The position the firm has attained from a busi- tact with has won him much favor.
lishing firm, is at this period of its career cele- ness standpoint can, to a great extent, be
A. Schwartz, business manager of the com-
brating its first eighteen months' progress. credited to Saul H. Bornstein, secretary, treas- pany, has for many years devoted all of his
Never in the history of the music business has urer and general manager of the company, a energies to the development of the business
a publishing house man of broad vision, much magnetism and a management of music publishing organizations,
attained the promi- wealth of experience.
and his association with well-known music pub-
nent position in the
Mr. Bornstein has been ably assisted by Rob- lishing houses has made him widely known in
industry as has this ert Crawford, sales manager of the company, the publishing field.
o r g a n i z a t i o n who in the music publishing industry is noted
Following such past successes as "Mandy,"
of which Irving for his many original sales innovations, ideas, "You'd Be Surprised," "Nobody Knows and No-
Berlin is president. and for that gift that is commonly referred to body Seems to Care," the present catalog is
It is seldom that as " p e p "
featured with "Tell Me, Little Gypsy," "Tired
song writers
Bill Jacobs, the traveling representative of of Me" and several other big current hits.
achieve success as the firm, has for many, many years been in
It is understood that Irving Berlin will be the
p u b l i s h e r s , al- close touch with practically all the leading deal- author and composer of at least three musical
though it is a quite ers in the United States. His ever-ready smile shows for the ? ason 1921. One of these will be
f r e q u e n t occur- is always welcome, and with the Irving Berlin produced in his own theatre, The Music Box,
rence for them to catalog he is in a position to "always leave in a short time.
enter into that field. them laughing when he says good-bye."
The announcement has just been made that
Irving Berlin, how-
Max Winslow, the vice-president of the com- the Irving Berlin organization has closed nego-
ever, has accom- pany, is also the professional manager. This tiations with the well-known lyric writers, Sam
plished this and in latter position he occupied for years with the Lewis and Joe Young, who are to collaborate
no small way. In publishing house of Waterson, Berlin & Sny- with Walter Donaldson. This fact, together
Saul H. Bornstein
a d d i t i o n to his der, and professional singers in all the various with the other writers already on the staff and
company having turned out hits month after channels of their activities rely implicitly upon Irving Berlin himself, will no doubt make for
month since its entry into the ranks of the pub- his ability to select songs that will add value to continued progress of the concern.
lishers, it has also built an organization that their program.
compares most favorably with any of its prede-
Edward Christy, manager of the mechanical
FUSION MAKES FOR HARMONY
cessors. It has branches in all the leading cities department of the concern, had, prior to his
in the United States.
entry into this Berlin executive position, ex- Music Publishers' Protective Association and
American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers Agree to Co-operate for Good of
the Industry—Move Hailed as New Era
S4M FAX HITS
ALABAMA MOON OUR SHINING EXAMPLE OF
A NATIONAL HIT, IS? BEING CLOSELY FOLLOWED
BY EIGHT OF THE BEST POPULAR H I T S
WE EVER PUBLISHED
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The Music Publishers' Protective Association
and the American Society of Composers, Au-
thors and Publishers have recently held a series
of meetings for the purpose of working out a
plan of affiliation. According to the most re-
cent announcement, the negotiations have been
closed and an arrangement has been consum-
mated whereby in the future the two organiza-
tions will work in unison.
The board of directors of the American So-
ciety is to be made up of an equal number of
writers and publishers and the music publishers
who are members of the Music Publishers' Pro-
tective Association and who are not now con-
nected with the American Society will join. In
addition, any of the American Society members
who are not now members of the Music Pub-
lishers' Protective Association will, through
this new arrangement, become affiliated.
It is also understood that many of the weak-
nesses in the methods of collecting royalties
from the various sources, such as theatres, mo-
tion picture houses, hotels, cabarets, etc., will be
eliminated, and a plan and an arrangement will
be devised which will simplify such future
royalty collections and eliminate any hostile
feeling which the old methods created.
It is understood that, instead of having attor-
neys in various large cities in the United States
from which it operates into the smaller com-
munities for the purpose of collecting royalties,
the combined organization will carry on a pub-
licity campaign incorporating some educational
copy which will acquaint those who will operate
under the authority of the two organizations
with the aims and objects, methods and justice
of the tax.
During the past few years the publishers have
through their various organizations made much
progress and with the above announcement a
new era for the music publisher as well as all
those interested will result.
AL DODSON NOW IN DETROIT
Al Dodson, formerly Chicago manager for the
music publishing firm of Stark & Cowan, Inc.,
recently resigned to accept an executive posi-
tion with the Harrison Music Co., of Detroit.
Tt is understood he will be superintendent of
the music departments of the Metropolitan 5 to
SO-cent store*,-which the Harrison Co. controls