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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
OCTOBER 22, 1921
CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
SYNCOPATED HARMONY VS. JAZZ
ADDS TO ORCHESTRA FUND
Syncopated Harmony Gaining Popularity, De-
clares Ray Miller, and Will Eventually Replace
the Present Forms of Jazz Music
Will of Mrs. Cornelia J. Aldis Also Bars Ger-
mans From Benefiting by Fund
Jazz began with primitive man and, until a
substitute is found for it that answers all the ends
of jazz plus something more, it will continue
until the end of time. This is according to the
idea of Ray Miller, leader of the Black and White
Melody Boys, at the Folies Bergere. He fur-
ther states that a substitute is being found for
jazz.
"Syncopated harmony will eventually put an
end to jazz, which, by the way, has been a long
time dying, despite the opposition of the many
who have been against it," said Mr. Miller.
"I have been curious enough to trace the his-
tory of jazz and have found mention made of it
in many famous books. Of course, it was not
called jazz until the past few years, but that does
not say it has not existed. In Plutarch's Lives
there is the description of a banquet given by
one of the rich men of Athens. In it he tells of
a piper and a drummer, with an oddly shaped
drum, who played primitive and intoxicating
tunes so that the guests leaped from their seats
and danced. The celebrated old Greek writer
called attention to the fact that more persons
were intoxicated by the music than there were
by the wine.
"Jazz is nothing but getting down to the primi-
tive in man and inspiring him with primitive
passions by means of rhythmic beats. There is
no harmony nor music to jazz. There is just the
primitive beat or rhythm that impelled the
American Indians to go on the warpath after
their war dance, or caused other trouble after
their different dances. You can combine this
rhythm with harmony and melody in syncopated
harmony and rout jazz more effectively than
preaching against it. That is what we are doing
in our music to-day—and, best of all, we are
killing jazz."
SONGS THAT SELL
Irving Berlin's
Song Hit of the Hour
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 17.—Mrs. Cornelia
J. Aldis, sister-in-law of Thomas Nelson Page,
Ambassador to Italy, who died recently, adds
$16,000 to the fund of $50,000 left by her sister,
Mrs. Page, to the Chicago Orchestral Associa-
tion, according to the will filed here.
Mrs. Page's will contained no clause barring
German-born students of music, but the will of
Mrs. Aldis, her sister, forbids any German-born
student from benefiting by the endowment fund,
which goes to the association as an addition to
the "Bryan and Helen Lathrop Memorial,"
founded by the two women in honor of their
parents to assist promising students of music.
ANNOUNCE "BLACK BORDER SERIES"
Fisher Thompson Co. Preparing New Series of
Songs of Semi-classic Type
The Fisher Thompson Music Publishing Co.,
of Butte, Mont., and New York, will shortly an-
nounce a new series of songs of a semi-classic
nature which are to be known as the "Black
Border Series." These songs will be of a higher
type than those generally referred to as popular
and will sell at a slightly higher price.
The first title in this series, as announced, is
"I Live for Love Alone" and, in addition to
being a popular ballad, it lends itself readily for
teaching purposes.
Fisher Thompson's "Mammy's Loving Lulla-
by," released in the firm's "Popular Edition," is
being exploited by the company as a waltz of no
mean merit.
All By Myself
—
—
—
Drowsy Head (Waltz)
Oh, My Sweet Hortense
Once in a Blue Moon
Bungalow
When the Sun Goes Down
I've Got the Joys
The New Sensational Hit
Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old
'Tucky Home
Some of the Songs That Are Popular on the
West Coast—Caruso's Song Featured
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., October 14.—The Elite
Music Shoppe, of San Francisco, reports among
"Blue Moon," by Kerr and Uurtnett, which
its best sellers Irving Berlin's "Say It With
achieved local fame in Los Angeles circles, was Music," "Ma," "Cry-Baby Blues" and "Isle of
recently taken over by Leo Feist, Inc. The View" by Henry "R. Cohen and Vern Elliott,
number is said to have been one of tfic "quifkest" published by the Ell & Ell Co., of Los Angeles.
hits that was ever released from that territory
Herman Heller, a well-known violinist of the**
and it is now understood that the Feist organiza- city, featured "Isle of View" recently at the Cali-
tion will give it national prominence.
fornia Theatre.
The sheet music department of the H. C. Han-
"Mickey O'Neil" is the title of a new number
son Music House, San Francisco, has been giving
by Harry Pease, Ed Nelson, Howard Johnson special advertising attention to Caruso's "Dreams
and Frerl J. Coots, published by Leo Feist, fnc. of Long Ago." and reports excellent sales.
I Wonder Where
My Sweet, Sweet Daddy's Gone
You're Just the Type for a
BEST SELLERS IN SAN FRANCISCO
"BLUE MOON" FOR FEIST
Cry Baby Blues
Birds ol a Feather
My Mammy
Home Again Blues
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway,
New York
USING NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
Forster, Music Publisher, Inc., of Chicago,-ill.,
is carrying out an extensive advertising campaign
in the daily papers throughout the country. The
song featured is the success "Mississippi Cradle."
The publicity has already appeared in the New
York Times and papers in other large cities.
THE COUNTRY'S QUICKEST "BLUES" HIT
EVERYWHERE IS HEARD THE
Ta De Da Da. De Dura
Already obtainable for player-piano
Publishers J. W. JENKINS SONS MUSIC CO., Kansas City, Mo.
and any talking machine
Also Publishers of "12th Street Rag," "Sweet Love," "Colleen O'Mine"