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THE MUSIC TRADE
JANUARY 6, 1923
REVIEW
53
PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION MEETS
GILBERT MUSIC CORP. CHARTERED
WORK OF AMERICAN MUSIC GUILD
Important Session of National Body Held at
Hotel Astor, New York, Last Week
L. Wolfe Gilbert Incorporates His Publishing
Company Under Laws of Delaware
Carrying on Active Program for Bringing
Works of American Composers to Attention
of Public—Series of Concerts at Town Hall
The last quarterly meeting of the Music Pub-
lishers' Association of the United States was
held on Thursday evening of last week at the
Hotel Astor, New York City. Those who at-
tended included the representative publishing
houses of the industry and probably from that
angle was the most important session since the
annual meeting of the Association.
The companies represented included Theo-
dore Presser, of the Theodore Presser Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.; C. A- Woodman, Oliver Dit-
son Co.; Michael Keane, Boosey & Co.; J. T.
Roach, Hinds, Hayden & Eldredge, Inc.; Ed-
gar F. Bitner, Leo Feist, Inc.; W. Deane Pres-
ton, B. F. Wood Co.; Walter Fischer, Carl
Fischer; E. T. Paull, E. T. Paull Music Co.;
Harold Flammer, Harold Flammer, Inc.; Henry
C. Schultz, Arthur P. Schmidt Co.; Frank E.
Kneeland, Boston Music Co.; J. M. Priaulx,
Charles H. Ditson Co.; Alfred L. Smith, Music
Industries Chamber of Commerce; Henry
Spitzer, M. Witmark & Sons, and Carl Fischer,
J. Fischer & Bro.
L. Wolfe Gilbert, the well-known composer
of popular songs and head of the L. Wolfe
Gilbert Music Corp., 1658 Broadway, New York
City, recently incorporated his company under
the laws of the State of Delaware. The officers
of the new company are: L. Wolfe Gilbert,
president; Tom J. Geraghy, vice-president, who
is also supervising director of the Famous-
Players Lasky Corp.; Alfred Wolfe, secretary
and treasurer, and the following directors: Jack
Diamond, president of the Yale Taxicab Corp.;
Dr.' S. T. Lentas, Kingston, N. Y.; Myer Segal,
Camden, N. J., and Edward Wolfe.
"MARTHA," A NEW F0X=TR0T
J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co. Featuring New
Number in a Big Way
J. W. Jenkins' Sons Music Co., Kansas City,
Mo., recently introduced a new fox-trot entitled
"Martha." The number is already having a
heavy sale and the Jenkins organization ex-
pects it to equal in popularity anything that
company has heretofore published. "Martha"
JACK MILLS SONGS IN ENGLAND
combines a simple melody, well arranged with
The English publishing firm of Lawrence a consistent lyric. It is sung by a great num-
Wright Music Co., London, has closed arrange- ber of vaudeville performers and has been
ments with Jack Mills, Inc., whereby it will played in fox-trot form by a large number of
publish that firm's songs in England for the orchestra leaders. The fact that it is excep-
tionally popular in song form will do much to
next three years.
increase its popularity and add to its sales.
FEATURES ENOCH & SONS SONG
KORTLANDER'S NEW FOX=TROT
The American Music Guild, in focusing atten-
tion on serious creative efforts made in America
in musical composition, is meeting a necessity
that has long been realized in all branches of
art, except, music.
The result gained through co-operation, con-
structive criticism and mental stimulation has
always proven beneficial in an art group when
the members have been sincere and the cause
impersonal; the need for such a movement was
recognized by a few of the younger American
composers a year ago, and out of their informal
meetings, with the primary object of knowing
each other's works, the American Music Guild
was formed.
The objects of the guild to-day are to bring
worthy American works to the attention of the
American public; to encourage the writing of
new serious works; to establish a place for the
American composer in the growing interna-
tionalism of musical art. Without any further
encouragement or financial support than the
courage of their own convictions, the members
of the American Music Guild have launched a
series of three subscription concerts to take
place at Town Hall the evenings of January 3,
February 7 and March 7. These public concerts
have been preceded by two private concerts at
the Fifty-eighth street Library, which have
already won friends to the cause and have
aroused interest and curiosity.
IRVING BERLIN, INC., BUYS "IVY"
Vladimir Rosing included in his recent
Max Kortlander is the writer of a new fox- Plan to Feature Number in a Big Way—Al-
Aeolian Hall recital a new Irish folk song by
Herbert Hughes entitled "My Father Has Some trot song entitled "Some Winter's Night," which
ready Popular in the West
Very Fine Sheep." This number is one of the has been accepted for publication by the
new novelties in the catalog of Enoch & Sons. Triangle Music Publishing Co., New York.
Some weeks back the scouts of the Irving
Berlin organization discovered that there was
quite popular in Chicago a song called "Ivy"
(Cling to Me). Negotiations for the purchase
of the number were immediately and success-
fully carried out and the result is that Irving
Berlin, Inc., has added this song to its catalog.
A simple melody-beautifullu JI^^^W Hundreds of acts and sincere
During the month of January the professional
arranged - combined v#th do
M^ beiny constantly added to ^reat
and band and orchestra departments of the
consistent lyric.
j j j j ^ throny now s\n$mcfY[KKTY\K' Berlin organization will feature this number in
addition to the acknowledged successes of the
catalog, "Homesick" and "Open Up Your
Arms" (My Alabawiy).
4 Reasons for "MARTHA" being a big hit —o
DUNCAN SISTERS AS SONGWRITERS
Now beinci played by
every orche5tra in the
country.
READY
ALL TALKING- MACHINES
O R D E R NOW
The best sinyinq fox-
trot now before me.
public.
PUBLI3HEO BY
The Duncan Sisters, who will shortly open in
a new musical show, have in recent months
branched out as songwriters. The B. A. Pub-
lishing Co., 1658 Broadway, has accepted their
song, "Somebody." They are also singing in
their present vaudeville appearances the same
publishing company's popular song success,
"Sunny Jim."