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IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PUBLISHING
Conducted By V. D. Walsh
J. Fischer & Bro. Has
Published "King's Henchman"
New Opera by Deems Taylor to Have Pre-
miere at Metropolitan, February 17, in That
Publisher's Catalog
ropolitan had put me in. She responded with a
scenario. After that was approved she sent me
the first act.
"Writing the score is just as simple. All you
have to do to write music is to remember a
tune that's never been written.''
Miss Millay (Mrs. Eugen Jan Boissevain) be
came ill while working on the book and there
was some delay, but the opera was completed
in about a year. Her work is described as metric
prose, with here and there blank and rhymed
verse. J. Fischer & Bro. will publish the vocal
score.
Written by Americans but without an Ameri-
can locale, the coming premiere of "The King's
Henchman," by the Metropolitan Opera Com-
pany, on February 17, has received more ad-
vance publicity than any new production in
years. There are several reasons for this, of
course, the most important being the fact that Flammer to Publish
the score is by Deems Taylor, one of America's
Swanson Film Song
outstanding composers, and the libretto by
Edna St. Vincent Millay.
In an interview with the Associated Press, "The Love Waltz," by Jacquet and Brennan,
to Be Used With New Photoplay, "The Love
Mr. Taylor recently said: "No one but an
of Sunya"
American could have written it, whether it is
good, bad or indifferent. The principals selected
Harold Flammer, Inc., has just completed
for the premiere will be, in the majority, Anglo-
Saxons. Lawrence Tibbets, American; Edward negotiations for a theme melody inspired by
Johnson, Canadian, and Florence Easton, an Gloria Swanson entitled "The Love Waltz,"
English woman will sing the three chief roles."
"The King's Henchman" will be the twelfth
American piece produced at the Metropolitan
under Gatti-Casazza's directorship. Only one of
these is in the repertory at present. It is John
Alden Carpenter's "Skyscrapers," a one-act bal-
let. In 1910 Gatti-Casazza produced "Pipe of
Desire," poem by George Edwards Barton and
score by F. S. 'Converse. It had two perfor-
mances. Next came "Mona," in 1912. This
opera, with score by Professor H. W. Parker, of
Yale, and book by Brian Hooker, won for its
authors a $10,000 prize offered for the best
American opera. It had four performances.
Followed Walter Damrosch's "Cyrano," with Gloria Swanson, H. M. Jacquet and Harold
book by W. J. Henderson. It was withdrawn
Flammer
after being presented five times. Victor Her-
bert's "Madeleine" was presented four times, in composed by H. Maurice Jacquet. The lyric is
1914. "The Canterbury Pilgrims," book by Percy by J. Keirn Brennan.
"The Love Waltz" will be used as a musical
MacKaye and score by Reginald de Koven, had
six performances in 1917. "Dance in Place theme for Miss Swanson's new photoplay, "The
Congo," H. I-". Gilbert's pantomime ballet, was Love of Sunya," which is the screen version of
presented four times in 1918, the same year'that the drama, "Eyes of Youth," in which Marjorie
Charles Wakefield Cadman's "Shanewis" had Rambeau achieved success several years ago.
The title page will contain one of Gloria
five performances. In 1919 "The Legend,"
Swanson's
latest photographs, and an unusual
score by J. Breil and book by Jacques Bryne,
and John A. Hugo's "The Temple Dancer" were program of co-operation with the music trade,
photoplay exhibitors and tttfe producers has
each presented three times.
been arranged. Copies are to be forwarded to
In 1920 "Cleopatra's Night," by Herbert Had
the trade shortly.
ley, had four performances.
Taylor Summons Miss Millay
Despite these efforts the cry of favoritism for Many Artists Using
foreign operas continued. ^ To silence this the
"A Brown Bird Singing"
Metropolitan summoned Deems Taylor, then
music critic of the New York World, and com-
Chappell-Harms Number in Programs of Allen
rnissior ed him to write an American opera.
McQuhae, Johnj McCormack, Reinald Werren-
The Metropolitan was controlled in its selec-
rath and Othefjs v
tion by Taylor's "Through the Looking Glass,"
suite and his symphonic poem "Jurgen," both
Chappell-Hariris, Inc., has a long list of
performed by symphony orchestras here.
"For me, writing the libretto was simple," prominent artists singing Haydn Wood's "A
Taylor said. "All I did was drop a note to Miss Brown Bird Singing." Among these are Alien
Millay, telling her what a predicament the Met- McQuhae, John McCormack, Ecinald -Werren-
rath, Colin O'More, and others.
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The same catalog has two popular successes
which coincidentally were written by women
writers. "In the Garden of To-morrow," by
Jessie L. Deppen, and "I Found You," by Lillian
Rosedale Goodman, composer, of "Cherie, I
Love You." Both of these numbers are proving
unusually successful, and probably set a new
precedent by having two successes in one cata-
log in a single season contributed by women
writers.
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
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