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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
JULY 28, 1923
, INlffi:WOiUlfaF=~g
CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
SEES GOOD IN PRESENT TENDENCIES OF "JAZZ" MUSIC
SONGS THAT SELL
Carl Engel, Curater .of the Cengressienal Library, Leeks Ferward te Original Type .of American
Music Being Develeped Fr.om So-called "Jazz"-True "Jazz" Already Passe
Carl Enge l, curator of th e Music Divis ion of
the Congress ional Library, is on e of the many
preminent musicians .of national a nd interna
tien al fame who do not fell ow the mental att i
tude .of those whe d eneunce
Ja zz
mu sic.
While, naturally, he does not advocate it as the
be; t American type of music, he sees much good
in these original musi c tendencies and looks
forward te there bein g de ve leped from them a
distinctly American type of music which should
win recognition from the lov ers .of bette r-cl ass
mu sic.
This brings to mind the erroneo us conception
of the term "jazz," In popular music publi sh
in g c ircles, which are r espensi bl e for th e pub
li cation of s uch music, th e term "jazz" ha s
a lmost beceme pas se . There are a fe w of th e
pre se nt-day numb ers that will be so terme d by
popular pllblishers , Ind ee d, the s trictly "jazz"
numbers are not no\-\; creating wide sales. Of
the current succe sses probably only two songs
would come under ~ uch a h eading. Unusually
geod "jazzy" pieces centinue to have seme pop
ularity, but the limitation s are se d efi ned that
the publi s hers a re wary .of accep ting them for
publicat ien .
"Host o f the "jazz" number s are to-day pub
lished by various small hous es and are written
parti cularly for colored perfermers and for ren
dition on talkin g machine r ecords, the manufac
turers of which have de ve loped a wide colored
following.
To th e b etter class of music le vers, partiCll
larl y thos e who are considered a uthori ties, all
present-day popular numbers are called "jazz."
The re s ult of thi s is that newspape rs continue
te frequently ref er to "jazz" music, This is a
misnomer, hewev er, as probably 98 per cent of
(:Llrrent fox-trot s are stri ctly meledy numbers.
In their .original form they ca n be s ung to
advanta ge as goo d vocal sele ct iens. For the
use of the dan ce o rch estras the arrangers in
orchestrating often includ e additiona l musi c
which g ives full use to the modern orchestra,
If the publisher do es net do this the arranger
fer the leadin g .orchestras adds those feature s.
Suc h orchestras, how ever , t e rm themselves
sy ncopated symphonists and, whether or not
this is the best de s criptive term , it must be
adm itted that most of the pre se nt-day orches
tras, e ith er appearin g en the dan ce floor or in
the vaudeville theatres are g r ea tly impro ved
cembinations over the "jazz" aggrega tions
whic h wcre so promine nt in th e early pest-wa r
perie d, The s ucc ess of those ea rli er orches tras
was based upon the volull1 e o f noi se, th e specia l
tricks, th e we ird us e of th e c larin et and saxo
phene and the addition of old ha ls, tin bucket s
a nd be ll s, to get unu s ual effects,
;\[e s t of the modern dance orchestra s hi\\'e
elimini\ted such effects a lte ge ther, or the y are
Down Among the
Sleepy Hills of
Ten-Ten-Tennessee
Indiana Moon
That Old Gang
01 Mine
When You Walked
Out Someone Else
Walked Right In
Love (My Heart Is Calling YOll)
You Tell Her-
I Stulter
You Know You
Belong to
Somebody Else
used to a very small de gree and po ss ibly once in
an eve nin g 's performance to g ive no vel ty to the
program. The word "jazz," rightfu lly used, is
takin g lon ge r to die than jazz music, which is
almost ex tin ct.
FEIST INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN
Puts Heavy Publicity Behind "Cut Yourself a
Piece .of Cake and Make Yourself at Heme"
Leo Feist, Inc" is ru nnin g one of the bi ggest
publicity campaig ns on the new novelty seng,
" Cut Yeurself a Piece of Cake an d Mak e Yo ur
self at Home," ever inau g ur"at ed b y that pro
gressive publishing house, A lar ge advert is ing
appropr ia tien has been mad e te exp loit the num
ber and eve ry channel .of publicity which will
aid th e !lumber to popularity is being cover ed,
Som e particularly a ttractiv e dea ler material
ha s been forwarded to the trad e. This includes
han ge r s, cutouts, window strips and other sa les
creatOrS. A partic ularl y appropriate piece of
materia l fer counte r use is a cutout of a large
chocolate-cevered cake with an easel back which
can be placed a nywh ere in the store. The effect
.obtain ed with thi s multi-colored cu tout is quite
reali st ic, showin g, as it does, a ca ke from which
a genero us slice has been served and a kni fe
in a pesition ready fer thi s serv i c~.
(So Why Don't You Leave Me Alone 1)
Dearest
(You're the Nearest to My Heart)
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NEW ENGLISH COPVRIGHT BILL
Will Restore Public Performance Rights in
Old Bill of 1882
LONDON, ENGLAND" Ju ly 18,- A bill is being'
di sc us se d to restere the law relating to pub lic
performance to th e condition in which the law
was befor e the passing of the Cepyrig ht (Musi
cal Cempesitions) Act .of 1882, and the comin g
into forc e of the Copyrig ht Act of 1911. Thi s
Jaw, which was r ep ea led by the 1911 act, wa s te
th e effec t that th e owner of the perfermiu g
right in a musical work who wished to hold th e
rights of public perforlllance mu s t print a notice
on every cepy published reserv in g hi s ri g hts,
Th e new bi ll , wh ic h is introduced by Frank
Gay, will upho ld the ri g ht s .of the 1882 act, but
thewerding will be simp lified and moderated,
SETS NEW RECORD FOR SALES
"Louisville Lou," Successor te "Levin' Sam,"
Teps Mark in Kansas City, Me.
" Leui svill e Lo u, " th e novelty song fr0111 th e
ca taleg .of A g er, Yellen & Borns t ein, Inc. , ad
vert ised as the succe sser to "Lovin' Sam," has,
according to reports, set a new record for hi g h
sales in Kansas City, ~ifo. J. W . Jenkin,' Sons
Jvlu s ic Co" .o f that city, reperts sales of over
10,000 copies .of the song since June 1. Both
of the S, S, Kresge stores of that city have
ordered Cjuantit ies and the sma ller sheet music
departm enls have a ls o found th e sa les very
active . Th e pub li s he rs tire goin g te continue
an active campaign on this s uccess ful number
RECORDS "NEPENTHE MARCH"
The l : nited States Musi c Roll Co" Chicage,
Il l. , has re corded "Nepenthe March," pub li shed
by the compose r, Kate Roskopp, Mt. Cleme n s,
Mich. Thi s numb e r was published seme seasons
back but its r ecegnition as a meritor iou s work
has shewn s teady development,
Ala Moana (new)
Nuthin' But
By the Shalimar
Crinoline Days
Frnfn In'lug Berlin's
New :M llSic Box H e , "uc
Lady 01 the Evening
l " r om In' inJ; Berlin 's
New l\hlsic Dox Revue
Pack Up Your Sins
and Go To the Devil
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It,'om Irving: TIcrlin's
New l\IlIsic Box RevlIe
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Does She Come
From the East?
:F rom JrvjnJ;" Berlin 's
Ne,v l\[usic Box Rcvu~
IRVING BERLIN, Ine.
1607 Broadway, New York
PARAMOUNT PUB. CO, CHARTERED
FOND Du LA C, VVIS., July 24,- A new music
publishing house te be ca lled the Parameunt
Publishin g Co, has ju s t filed papers of incor
poration her e, wit h a capitalization .of $10,000,
The company will bu y, se ll, copyrigh t and pub
lish s he e t mu s ic, H . G. Schroeder, M , J.
Hae ss ly a nd Th o llla s M. Mangan si g ned the
articles .of or gani za tion, which require a pres i
dent, vice-pres ident, secreta ry and a board .of
five director s.
The Bri g htweod ;I'Iusic Shoppc has opened
up attractive quart e rs a t 225 North Main stree t,
Sprin g field, l\{a ss , with a comp lete lin e .of
pianos, talkin g mach in es, reco rcl s, sheet mll sic,
rolls and small m us ica l in s trum e nts,
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