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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
JANUARY 17, 1925
MOST POPULAR MUSIC BOOKS
are positively unmatched at the price
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Hinds, Hay den & Eldredge, Inc., Publishers, New York City
Robyn, Isadore Witmark, Henry Bereny, Ben
M. Jerome, Max Hoffmann, Maurice Levi, Alex-
ander Johnstone, W. T. Francis, William
Loraine, William Schroeder, Harry Girard,
New Organization, Known as The Witmark Howard Talbot, H. L. Heartz, John W. Brat- Priced at 50 Cents, These Include Russian
Music Library and Arthur W. Tarns Music ton, Herman W. Albert, Robert A. Keiser, Al-
Music, Bach, Handel, Haydn and Mozart
fred Cellier, Adam Itzel, Jr., Louis A. Hirsch,
Library Consolidation, Formed
Anselm Goetzl, Jean Gilbert, Charles Cuvillier,
The Ditson novelty list for January partic-
The Witmark Music Library and Arthur W. Milton Schwarzwald, Edmund Eysler and \V. ularly ,features the new series of fifty-cent
"•booksfVthe first volumes of which are now
Tarns Music Library Consolidation, Inc., a H. Batchelor.
This transfer does not affect + the separate in the hands of the trade. They include "The
merger of the two interests, named as regards
their collections used in public renditions, was concern, M. Witmairk & Sons, music"publishers, . Ten Russian Piano Pieces" and "Miniature
completed late last week. These are said to be who will not only continue publishing popular •Classics Volume 1" (Bach and Handel) and
the two largest collections of printed and manu- and classical songs and other" sheejt music, but •Volume 2 (Haydn and Mozart). The list
will enlarge their activities, in this field, that proper has new songs by Charles Wakefield
script music extant and the estimated value of
these two collections is said to be $1,000,000 being one of their principa~],-aims iji turning the Cadman, "Wild Sweet Land," "Starry Waters"
operatic library over to the consolidation.
and "Moon Flower," all of which are for recital,
each.
leaching and concert, and a number of other
The joint properties will; be in charge of
This will be interesting news to the trade
inasmuch as in the future the right to use these the Tarns forces, of which Sargent Aborn 'is compositions, vocal and piano, which have been
great collections can be obtained from one managing director. The Tarns equipment also previously reviewed in these columns.
source. This will undoubtedly further the in- includes complete furnishings, such as cos-
&
terests of both and materially increase the num- tumes, properties, wigs, etc., for all the operas
in the music library, a building having been
ber of public renditions of these properties.
The Metropolitan Opera Co. in New York erected in West Forty-sixth street especially to
and the Chicago Civic Opera Co. are the only house this paraphernalia.
Sargent Aborn, former operatic producer, has Thirty Organization Leaders Meet in New York
two institutions maintaining libraries contain-
ing material for all of the operas in their reper- acted as the peacemaker in bringing together
to Promote Wider Music Advancement Work
toires. All other operatic organizations, pro- Tarns and the Witmarks. In managing the
fessional and amateur, when presenting grand or Aborn English Grand Opera. Cos. -for twenty-
Co-operation on a nation-wide scale to ad-
comic opera or musical comedies not originat- five years, he had done a great deal of busi- vance American music and musicians was dis-
ing with them have invariably had to go to ness with Tarns and the Witmarks. When he cussed by experts in musical and other lines at
either Tarns or Witmark for orchestrations, became secretary and general manager of the a conference of some thirty heads of influential
Tains Music Library he began his efforts to organizations held recently at the St. Regis
scores and other material.
The Tarns organization had the largest col- bring the competitors together.
Hotel, New York City. Most of the organiza-
lection of cantatas, oratorios, masses and ex-
tions represented were active women clubs, in-
cerpts in the world. The Witmarks had a
cluding'the National State and City Federations.
wealth of material in modern musical comedy
Prof. Franklin Robinson, in one of the leading
successes, including the scores of thirty operas
addresses, speaking in behalf of Mrs. T. H.
CHICAGO,
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,
January
10.—Billy
Cripps
has
by Victor Herbert and other valuable assets of
Harriman's American Orchestral Society, pic-
been
appointed
profelsional
manager
of
the
similar character, including some works of Reg-
tured what three million American clubwomen
Chicago
ftffice
of
Jerome
H.
Remick
&
Co.,
190
inald deKoven, John Philip Sousa, Julian Ed-
could do in founding community choruses and
wards, Leslie Stuart, Earl Carroll, Manuel Klein, North State street, succeeding J. P. Kalver, orchestras, whereby a hundred cities might en-
who
joined
Irving
Berlin,
Inc.
Harry
Wert-
Paul A. N. Rubens, Ivan Caryll, Ludwig Eng-
joy symphony or oratorio and opera perform-
lander, Gustav Luders, Karl Hoschna, Richard han, who has been with Jerome H. Remick Co. ances.
for
over
twenty-five
years,
continues
as
man-
Carle, A. Baldwin Sloane, Franz Lehar, John
Stromberg, Raymond Hubbell, Alfred G. Wat- ager of the Chicago branch.
hall, Charles J. Gebest, Leo Fall, Alfred G.
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Tarns and Witmark
Merge Musical Libraries
January Ditson List
Features New Books
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Increased Music Interest
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