Music Trade Review

Issue: 1923 Vol. 77 N. 3

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BANJO ORCHESTRAL SCORES
Ralph E liaser , of S an Francisco B anjo P laye rs'
Clu b, Poi n ts O ut Need for Such Publications
Properly A rranged
SAN
FHANC JSCO,
CAL. , July l6.- The Ban jo
P laye rs' C lub , Headquarters, Loca l No.6, Ame r ­
ican Federatio n of Mu sicians, h eld a m eeting
last week and electe d] osep h Eckste in pres iden t.
Th e othe r offi cers elected were: W. M. Rin gen,
v ice-pr es ide nt; Ralph E li aser, r ecor ding and
[·,n P. B utti, se r geant-a t-arms. Ow in g to th e iu ­
creas in g use of the banjo in jazz orc hest ras the
Ila nj o Pla ye r s' Club is a s ub sta ntial o r ga ni za­
lion. ]u<\ a t prese nt it is devotin g it s ses ­
sions la r ge ly to t r y in g to arrive at some sati~­
rac t ory understand in g regarding t h e· pri nted or­
l"hest ral scores for th e banj o . I t see m s t hat th e
sco res for banjo so lo wo rk , as iss u ed by pub­
li <11ers of m us ic for thi s instrume nt, are sa ti s­
[:lctory, but th e scores for e nse mbl e w ork a re
iar from being so. Ralph E li aser , sales man­
ager for the Hans on Mu s!.;: H o use a nd a u t hor
o f a book on harmony a nd ch o rd s us ed in stud y­
in g th e tenor banjo, said to The Re v iew repr e­
se ntat ive :
"T h e s ubject is go in g to take a long tim e
10 se ttl e beca u se th ere are so many conflicting
Ih eor ies. l'vI any of the ba nj o pla yers in orches­
tra s a rc not pay in g a ny attention to th e ir orche s­
tra l sco res on th e gro und s that th e existen t
sco re s only confu se th e m . M a ny o f t he ar­
ra n gers do not u nd erstand th e banjo, a nd eve n
whe n th e a r rangers cons ult th e players a nd tr y
10 a rr a nge th e sco res to su it th em t he y find so
many conflic ti '1 g t h eories on th e part of the
encore~encouragers
"home sweet home lullaby"
"little lad 0' dr.eams"
"sweetheart o'mine"
"music of a baby"
"land o'romance"
"callin' you"
encore-repealers
"april fool & little pignose"
"three encore songs"
"the lilac tree"
"the newlyweds"
"wishes three"
hinds, hayden & eldredge, inc.
publishers
new york city, n. y.
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
playe r s th at t heir work fait s t o g ive ge neral
sa ti sfac ti o n . 'liVe have had seve ra l m ee tin gs de­
vo t ed to thi s s ubj ec t and have, as ye t, m a d e
little h ea d way. H ow ca n we, when cac h man
has differe nt ideas?"
YIr. E liaser, who has devoted much of hi s
tim e during th e pa s t thr ee years to tea c hi ng the
banjo a nd tr y in g to s t anda rdi ze notation fo r the
banjo, sai d th at, in s tead of r eading no tes indi­
vi du ally as p layers for all other instrum ents
do, a banjo player s hould recoe:ni ze an e ntir e
cho rd f rom a co mbin a tion of notes in the music
o r by fi g ur es p lac ed under the melody.
]UI.y 21, 1923
TEO BARRON HONORED
Te d Ba rro n, th e we ll-kn ow n so ngw riter a nu
also one of the b est ch ess player s in New York
C it y, has ha d the hi g h honor of bein g e lecte d
chair man of t he publicatio n committee of th e
A m eri can Ch ess Co n g ress, which is ho ldin g th e
nint h t o urn ame nt of all the A me rican che ss
masters at th e Ala111ac Hotel , at Lake Hopat ·
co ng, 1\'. ]., A u g us t 6 t o A u gust 20, inclusive .
:t·,II r. Ba rro n ha , obtained from Harr y La tz a
donation t o defra y ex pe nse<.
A b e O lma n, we ll-kn ow n songw ri ter, has or­
ga ni;c ed O lm a n, In c. , for th e purpose of en gag­
in g in the business of mu sic pUblishing.
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"Chicago"
"The Thief"
"That Red Head Gal"
...
"No One Loves You
Any Better Than Your
M-A-Double M- Y"
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SPLASHING HIT I
ONAH"ASM~SH'N~
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ELIZA DOYLE SMITH
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59 E.VAH BUREN 51.(HICAGO
REMICK'S ~EST SELLERS
Beside a Babbling Brook
(Donaldson and Kabn·s late SI)
Barney Google
Dreamy Melody
Sweet One
My Buddy
On the Isle of Wickl
WacklWoo
Carolina In the Morning
First, Last and Always
Girl 01 the Golden West
Lou'slana
Falling
JEROME H. REMICK EI
DE TROI T
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NEW YORK
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co.
CHICAGO
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engravers and Printers
SE ND MANUSCRIPT A ND IDEA OF
TITLE FOR ESTIM A TE
New York City
311 W e st 43rd Stre e t
BUY Y OUR MUSIC FROM
BOSTON Publishers
Walt e r Jaco bs, Inc.
B·O~~~rt~fA8Js.
JACOBS' PIANO FOLIOS
A Com.I. ..
Llbror)P for
I'~ot.-I'loy
(V03~·S. )
Plonl,to
Oli ver Ditson Company
BOSTON
NEW YO RK
An ti cipate and s uppl y Every Requirement o f lvIusic
Dealers
White-Smith Music Pub. Co.
P UBL 1SHERS,
~-rain
AN D E NG RAVERS OF M:usrc
40·44 Win ches ter St. . Boston .
PRINTERS
Offices:
Branch Houses: New Yo rk and Chicago.
J U LY
THE
21, 1923
}n~SIC
'l'R.,ADE
"The Maker's Name and Reputation Are the
Real Protection of the Buyer"
BUSH & GERTS j~:PIANO COMPANY
General Office, Factory and Display Room.:,
~ery high-grade BUSH & GERTS piano h ears the name of its MAKERS. For .
f 1)!arter of a cent",ry BUSH & GERTS have made high-grade pianos . Both BU"l1
,~ GERTS are practical piano makers ~d have made 50,000 pia nos und er the ONL
~AME, ONE TRADE-l\IARK. DealerwJlwanted in all unoccupied t erritor y. Wri"
Weed and Dayton Streeb
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Chicago, Ill•
• fo r prices and terlIl1J.
THE FINEST FOOT·POWER PLAYER.PIANO IN THE WORLD
KURTZMA~N
PIANOS
REVIEVV
Manutactured by
BEHNING PIANO NEW CO
YORJ(~
East 133rd Street and Alexander Avenue
Retail Warerooms, 22 East 40th Street , at lIladi s on Avenue, New York
364 Livingston Street, Brooklyn
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Win Friends for the Dealer
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
FACTORY
526·536 Niagara St., Buffalo, N. Y.
FOTOPLAYER
Manufacturers of Exclusive High-Grade
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Factories and Warerooms:
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for the finest
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STULTZ & BAUER
338-340 E. 31st St., New York
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The AMERICAN PHOTO
PLAYER CO.
San Francisco
Chicago
FORT WAYNE, IND., U. S. A.
New York
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JAMES & HOLMSTROM PIANO CO., Inc.
TRANSPOSING
KEY.BOARD PIANO!
SMALL GRANDS PLAYER-PIANOS
Is Inside of t~e Sterling that ku made It. repu
Every detail of its construction receives thorougl
f ro.. expert workmen~very material used in it>
conatruction js the best-absolutely. Tbat means a piant
at PenJl8Deut excelJence in eTery particular in whick ..
piano lIb ould excel. The dealer sees tbe ""nneotion h<
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theae facts and the univeroal popularity of tIo,
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NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS. 130 WEST 42d STREET
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The Packard Piano Company
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THE STERLING COMPANY
EMinent aa an art PToauct for
Ollef'
Pric•• alld term. will illt.r.st yon.
Office: 25-27 West 37th St., N. Y.
60
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Factory: 305 to 323 East 13ld St., N. Y.
DERBY, CONN.
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'PRODUCTS A_E'8E.TER
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Always Reliable
BOGART
PIANOS ~~~~~:
BOGART PIANO CO.
1,351" SI. a .. d Willow A"e.
Telephone. Melrose 10155
NEW YORK
CABLE & SONS
Pianos and Player-Pianos
SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAY
Oitl .Elltabliflhed Hoo.e. Production Limited ,. ~
Qu .. UI.,o Our Players Are Perfeoted to
lhe Limit of In ve ntion.
CABI.E &: SONS. 550 W. 38th
Pianos and P l:ayer-Pianos
'DECKER
The details are vitally ;ntere~ting to you (
""Made by a Deeker Sinee 18M"
" A NAME TO REMEMBER "
BRINKERHOFF
' EST. i856
&. SON
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO .
PIANOS' and PIAYERS
209 South State Street. Chicago
697·7111 l:ael 1I5Ul Street. New ,York
LEUR
PIANOS ami
PLAYERS
Used and Endorsed by Leading Conserva­
tories of Music Whose Testimonials
are Printed in Catalog
OUR OWN FACTORY FACILITIES. WITKOllT
LAROE OITY EXPENSES, PRODII,CE FtNEST
INSTR'UMENTS AT MOD E RAT E PRICES
H. LEUR &
CO.,Easton~ Pa~
THE GORDON PIANO CO.
t!'-.ablished 1845)
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