THE
SEPTEMBER 8, 1923
MUSIC
TRADE
55
REVIEW
CELEBRATES "BARNEY GOOGLE WEEK"
NEW DENVER PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
RECIPROCITY WITH FRANCE
Portland, Ore., Music Stores and Theatres De·
vote Entire Week to the Number
Sherman, Clay & Co. Estalblish Office in Colo
rado City, With Harry S. Wilson in Charge
A. S. C. A. and P. Completes Agreement With
French Society of Same Type and Aims
PORTLAND, ORE., September l.- -"Barn ey Google
Week" proved a big event in Portland and,
through the efforts of the local Remick Song &
Gi ft Shop, Barney and Spark Plug wer e fea
tured extensively in this city. Local deal ers in
shee t music co·operated and clever window di s
plays of Barney were featur ed by Seiberling &
. l.ucas, Sherman, Clay & Co., G. F. Johnson,
McDougall-Conn Music Co., Meier & Frank and
the Bush & Lane Piano Co. The Remi ck win
dow proved a knockout and created much com
ment, while the one displayed by Seiberling &
L ucas Mu sic Co., with Barney on Spark Plug
b eing chased by a huge tiger, was ap ropos, as
th e national convention of the Dramatic Order
of the Knights of Khorassan was held in Port
land during the showing. Amon g some of the
most clever introductions of Barney wer e those
g iven by Cecil Teague, master organist of the
:v[ajestic Theatre, and Francis Richter, of the
Columbia Theatre. Teague made a tour of the
world with Barney, booking Spark Plug in Ireland.
Scotland, Hong Kong, Mexico, Honolulu and
Portland, and the various int e rpretations given
by Teague on the big Wurlit zer in the manner
characteristic of each country proved a big fea
ture of the week's programs. Richter interpr eted
Barney as Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Wagner,
Cho pin and Strauss would have written this
clas sic, finishing his act by playing it "as is"
by Rose and Conrad.
SAN FRAN CISCO, CAL., September I.-Sherman,
Clay & Co. are opening a new professional of
fice in Denver, Col., accord ing to announcement
made by Ed. Littl e, manager of the publishing
a nd sheet music departm en ts. Harry S. Wil
son has been engaged as manager of this of
fice . Harvey Orr is starting on a long trip
for Sherman, Clay & Co., singing some of the
firm's latest hits, including "I Cried for You,"
"Other Lips," "Just an Old Love Song" and
"The West, a Nest and You." After singing
from the Coast to Chicago Mr. Orr will carry
his music missionary work through the South
ern States.
BALLAD BY ERNEST BALL'S SON
.Roland Ball, son of Ernest Ball, the success
ful ballad writer, has composed a melody for
"Come Ba ck to Mother Machree," the lyric of
which was written by George Graff, Jr. M.
\Vitmark & Sons, publishers of all the Ernest
Ball music, will also iss ue this new song as it
issues his father' s work.
The American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers has just closed arra~gements
with the French Society whereby, through a re
ciprocal agreement, French compositions con
trolled by the French Society will receive the
same protection in this country as is now ac'
corded to the composition of American mem
bers. Likewise, in France the ' American com
positions of members of the American Society
will receive French protection.
Of particular importance in this agreement is
the fact that the French Society will not pro
tect American works of other than those who
are members of the A . S. of C. A. and P. and,
likewise, . French compositions outside of the
French Society's control will not be accorded
"WANG" ONCE MORE REVIVED
protection through this recognized American
BALTIMORE, MD., September I.-Next week at the
source.
Carlin's Arena Theat,e De Wolf Hopper will
No mention is made at this time of the inclu
revive "Wang," aft er having laid it aside for
sion of either party in the declaration of divi
close on to twenty years. This piece will be
dends. Undoubtedly, at some later period a
staged by Frank Sh ea, and arrangements have means will be found of producing an equitable
been made to give this work the most elaborate distribution of funds to include the Societies of
production of the season. The prop elephant
both countries in the dividends of each Society
which the St. Louis Municipal Opera Co. used· on a basis of the use in these countries.
will be sent on here. Following the closing of
its Baltimore season, which is ten weeks this
NEW STASNY MUStC CO. SONGS
year, the company again goes on tour. Harms,
Inc., publish the ""'..rang" music.
Among the new songs added to the catalog of
the A. J. Stasny Music Co., Inc., is a waltz song
with a fox-trot chorus, entitled "How Can I
NEW CHARLES K. HARRIS NUMBERS
Believe You When You Lied to Me So Many
Among the new numbers relea sed by Charles
Times?" by Harry Pease . and Edward Nelson,
K. Harris are "Bad News Blues" and "If I
writer of "Pretty Kitty Kelly," "Peggy O'Neil"
Were in Love With Somebody Else" (I
and other successes. Ira Schuster and Pease
VVouldn't Be Here With You). Mr. Harris con
and Nelson are also the writers of a fox-trot,
entitled "It's All Your Fault." "Arabianna,"
templates a very active campaign in professional
and trade circles in behalf of the above two
fox-trot, by Fisher Thompson and Val How
numbers during the early Fall season. Both of
land, and a new fox-trot ballad, entitled "We
them have been introdu ce d in vaudeville with
Can't Get Along Together and We Can't Get
Along Apart."
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