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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
NOVEMBER 12, 1921
WHY THE ONE=STEPS ARE SCARCE
A QUESTIONNAIRE ON MUSIC
TIERNEY FIVE IN PHILADELPHIA
Too Much Energy Required for the Dance, De-
clares a Dancing Master
Alfred Golding, Sam Fox Co. Representative,
Tries to Improve on Edison's Idea
Popular Entertainers Meeting With Great Suc-
cess at Rittenhouse Hotel
There has been for some time past a scarcity of
one-steps and both the trade and public have
wondered why the "song makers" avoided the
production of that type of music. It is, of course,
realized that the one-step has waned in popular-
ity, but it has been felt that if a number of that
type has an appealing melody it should receive
a certain amount of popularity.
The main reason for the scarcity of one-steps,
however, is that the majority of dancers do not
favor the one-step as a dance, and of course the
orchestras are not encouraged to use such music.
The result is that a one-step is rather a novelty
in the majority of the dance programs,
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The specific reasons for the elimination of the
one-step were recently given by Walter U. Soby,
a well-known dancing master who conducts
Soby's Academy of Dancing in Hartford, Conn.
He said:
"At my academy of dancing we, of course, do
not use the metronome, but have a set standard
for the various tempos of dances which I think
will be of great value to dance orchestra leaders.
We make use of the watch, counting the number
of measures per minute, and have worked out a
standard that I insist upon my orchestra playing
at my academy every evening.
"For the up-to-date fox-trot, at the present
time we use forty-eight measures per minute as
against forty-four last year, as there is a tendency
for faster dancing of the fox-trot; for the waltz
we also use forty-eight measures per minute.
While the one-step is practically gone, the num-
ber of measures set for comfortable dancing is
sixty to the minute. I am very particular as to
the tempos played at my academy, and, thinking
that perhaps this method of setting tempos for
the up-to-date dances might be of value to your
readers, I give it for what it is worth."
The real reason for the lack of the one-step,
therefore, according to the dancing master, is
that, requiring 25 per cent more speed than the
waltz or the fox-trot, it proves too strenuous for
modern dancers.
TORONTO, ONT., November 4.—Alfred Golding,
the special Canadian representative of the Sam
Fox Publishing Co., has evidently been employ-
ing some leisure moments in Winnipeg trying
to improve on Mr. Edison's recent list of ques-
tions, with the result that the following "four-
teen points" were recently issued to the Canadian
sheet music trade:
1. "Who discovered the key of 'Fb'? What for?
2. "Who wrote the 'Hen's Last March,' and
was anything ever done about it?
3. "Where does the 'Fox Trail' lead? What
difference does it make?
4. "Where did the 'One Fleeting Hour' go?
Discuss the theory of relativity to prove it.
5. "Is 'Karzan' any relation to Tarzan, the
'Monkey Man'? Give an example.
6. "Who was it that said 'Think Love of Me
When You Are Truly Mine'? Did it get him
anywhere?
7. "Why did Jules Reynard? Had he any de-
fense?
8. " 'At Sunset' is the work of an R. B.
Brewer. Is this a 'home brew'? If so, give the
recipe.
9. "Give an excuse for the ukulele.
10. "Where was J. S. Zamecnik born? If so,
why did he move?
11. "What 'invocation' did 'Eleanor' use?
Did she mean it?
12. "Who coupled 'Mammy's Gone Away'
with 'Peace, Perfect Peace'? Where was he
married?
13. "If tights are a sign of loose living, what's
opera style? No names must be mentioned.
14. "We've just started golf. Would you pro-
nounce as written or, like the Scotch, knock T
out of it?"
The Tierney Five, singing orchestra and en-
tertainers, in the grill room of the popular Rit-
tenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia, are fast becoming
one of the biggest attractions in that city.
Costumed in black, with gold-braid trimmings,
they serenade the guests by strolling about the
tables to the accompaniment of their own strirfg
quartet.
During the Summer season the Tierney Five
were among the best-recognized entertainers in
Atlantic City, and their varied program was
most enthusiastically received at all times by
their patrons. They have been offered several
big contracts to go to Europe.
Frank Gibney, formerly connected with Jerome
H. Remick & Co., has been appointed manager
of the new branch office of the A. J. Stasny Music
Co., recently opened in Seattle, Wash.
SID CAINE TO PUBLISH
Sid Caine, formerly general manager of Jack
Mills, Inc., has opened up a publishing business
of his own under the firm name of S. C. Caine,
Inc., with offices at 145 West Forty-fifth street,
New York City.
The Ballad Success
There's Sunlight
In Your Eyes
Dealers who stock and display these
songs obtain gratifying results.
"THE LILAC TREE"
"HOME SWEET HOME
LULLABY"
"SOMEWHERE SOMEDAY"
"WHEN YOUR SHIP
COMES IN"
"IN THE AFTERGLOW"
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STANDARD SELLERS
Ansel's Prayer, Reverie Weary, Ballad Fox Trot
Our Boys and Girls, March
Dream of the Rose, Waltz
That's What God Made Mothers For (sons)
Somebody Stole My Gal (HOOK)
Love's Magic Spell (song: or inst.)
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It Must Be Some One Like You"
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SONGS THAT SELL
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"Wabash Blues," one of the recent additions
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the country and inasmuch as Leo Feist, Inc., the
publisher, has planned a most intensive sales
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