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THE
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MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
FEBRUARY 21, 1925
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
Will Inclusion of Saxophone Arrangement
in Popular Sheet Music Create New Market?
Ukulele Arrangements Increase Sales—Popularity of Saxophone With Youth of Country Should
Make Feasible Inclusion of Saxophone Arrangement in Near Future
' I * HK inclusion of ukulele arrangements in
the piano copies of popular music is now in
vogue with most publishers. Only a few of the
newer issues fail to carry such arrangements
and these do not lend themselves readily for
such purposes. The darce folios also now in-
variably carry these ukulele additions. All this
is done not only to sell more music but to give
greater value to the purchaser. A couple of
years ago one popular publisher for a short time
added to his piano copies the arrangement for
the saxophone. This appeared on the back page
of his popular piano copies. The idea did not at
that time meet with much success and this may
have been due to the limited popularity of these
particular issues. At any rate, the saxophone
arrangement was discarded after a short trial.
It has been estimated that there are close to
a million saxophones now in use and while this
does not compare with the number of ukuleles
that have been sold during a score of years, the
continued interest in the saxophone will un-
doubtedly make more feasible, at a not-too-late
date, the inclusion of an arrangement for saxo-
phone renditions in all piano music.
It has often been said, and there is no evi-
dence to disprove it, that most of the popular
sheet music is sold to girls. Naturally, it is the
youth of the country who are interested in the
latest dance steps, the novelty and the comedy
songs. While the girls do not buy all the
music, most of it is bought for them.
The saxophone, however, while an instrument
of the newer generation, is confined mostly to
boys and herein undoubtedly lies a market for
several hundred thousand sales of sheet music,
at least of the best dance numbers, which would
hardly otherwise be sold. The young saxo-
phone player is an enthusiast and the fact that
he has purchased such an instrument shows
that he is quite modern and wants to be up-to-
date, so there is every reason to believe that he
will purchase the latest dance tunes.
If this is an added market for sheet music,
and there undoubtedly are many sales to be had
in this channel, there is hardly any obstacle
from the publisher's viewpoint in including an
arrangement for the saxophone. The present
ukulele arrangements appear on the same page
with the melody for the piano so no additional
space in the copies is required to include this
music. The outside back cover of popular sheet
music is given over to publisher's advertising,
and generally carries titles and thematics of
Music Publishers' Association Leaves
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors Unanimously Decide to Leave Body Because of Latter's Attitude on New
Perkins' Copyright Bill Now Pending Before House of Representatives
A T a special meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Music Publishers' Association
of the United States, held in the offices of G.
Schirmer, Inc., 3 East Forty-third street, New
York City, it was una'nimously voted to with-
draw as a division member of the Music In-
dustries Chamber of Commerce.
The action was taken following the appear-
ance of Alfred L. Smith, of the Music Indus-
tries Chamber of Commerce before the Patents
Committee of the House of Representatives, re-
cently at a hearing against the Perkins copy-
right bill. Heretofore Mr. Smith has acted as
executive secretary of the Music Publishers'
Association of the United States.
M. E. Tompkins, vice-president of G. Schirmer,
Inc., was appointed temporary secretary of the
meeting at which the vote was taken.
The action taken by the Publishers' Associa-
tion has been anticipated for several days, owing
to the fact that a number of members of the
trade were quite outspoken regarding their
opinion that it was not exactly consistent for
the executive secretary of their organization
to appear in Washington and present arguments
in favor of opposing interests.
Mills Denies Publishers
Plan to Form Trust
I dislike to destroy its figment but must say
to you that so far he is the only one that knows
of the proposed or actual organization of a
music trust of any kind, style or sort. The
music publishers know nothing of it nor do they
contemplate any such activity, and if they did
I would have nothing personally to do with it
and would be the first one to tell you gentle-
men of it. I especially request that the con-
tents of this telegram be inserted in the rec-
ord immediately following the report of the
remarks made by Germaize. I am leaving on a
much-needed vacation, otherwise would appear
personally before your committee."
Speaking of the compulsory licensing pro-
vision of the law, Mr. Germaize had declared
in his testimony:
"We believe that the repeal of this provision,
or any amendment of it, will tend to give a
monopoly to one or two phonograph companies
now in existence, and will create a trust among
a few others and will destroy all the rest. The
music publishing industry is ready to launch a
very big combination and trust, of which the
head will be Mr. E. C. Miller."
Chairman of the Executive Board M. P. P. A.
Denies Statement Made by Phonograph Man
at Copyright Hearings in Washington
WASHINGTON, D. C, February 16.—Denial that
the music publishers contemplate the formation
of a trust as testified to by Arthur E. Germaize,
representing the Columbia Phonograph Co., is
made in a telegram received by Chairman
Florian Lampert, of the House Patents Com-
mittee, from E. O. Mills, chairman Executive
Board Music Publishers' Protective Association,
New York.
Mr. Germaize appeared before Mr. Lampert's
committee in opposition to the pending Perkins
copyright bill. In his telegram Mr. Mills said:
"Understand Germaize, of Columbia Phono-
graph Co., not only predicted the formation of
a gigantic music trust but stated preliminary
steps looking thereto were now actually under
way. Germaize has an active imagination, and
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numbers that are being featured by the house.
This space will readily carry the arrangement
for the saxophone and there will hardly be any
additional cost to the publisher in making the
inclusion.
This country seems bent upon becoming a
great musical nation. No doubt at some later
period the homes of the country will find it
necessary to purchase full orchestrations instead
of piano copies in order to serve the needs of
the various musical members of the family.
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