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SEPTEMBER 17, 1927
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The Music Trade Review
Golucchi to Write for
New Cohan Production
Robbins Music Corp.
Scores Boston Success
"The Merry Malones," Score of Which Is Pub-
lished by Witmark, Sure to Be Big Success in
New York
Well-known Tenor Banjoist to Write Series
for Their Banjo to Be Published by That
Firm.
The new George M. Cohan show, "The Merry
Malones," was produced last week at the Colo-
nial Theatre, Boston, and according to the con-
sensus of press opinion in that city was a huge
success. The entire production was Mr. Cohan's
own work, including the book, lyric, music and
"business." In fact, due to the unfortunate, sud-
den death of the principal comedian, a day or
two before the opening, Mr. Cohan stepped into
Tony Colucchi, the famous tenor banjoist,
has signed a long-term contract with the Rob-
bins Music Corp., New York, to write a series
of compositions for the tenor banjo. These
compositions will consist of a series of original
novelty banjo solos, a new folio on the art
of improvising, and a new book of chords for
the banjo. In addition, Mr. Colucchi will pre-
pare a series of folios of easy material for the
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Display of "The Merry Malones" Music
the cast on the premiere in this role and con- tenor banjo. This series will be done in con-
tributed greatly to the general success the pro- junction with Mike Pingitore, the well-known
banjoist of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, for
duction had in Boston.
The new piece is replete with George M. Paul Whiteman Publications, which are distrib-
Cohan novelties and he has never written more uted exclusively by the Robbins Music Corp.
lively, agreeable and essentially popular musical
In the past few years the Robbins Music
numbers. The score and sheet music for Corp. has built up a formidable catalog of tenor
"'The Merry Malones" are published by M. Wit- banjo music, and in the opinion of many pro-
mark & Sons, New York, and among the hits of fessionals it is the best catalog of this music in
the production are "Molly Malone," "The Easter the world.
Sunday Parade," "Like the Wandering Min-
strel," "A Feeling in Your Heart," "Roses
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Understand," and "To Heaven on the Bronx
Express."
The doings of Will Von Tilzer, president of
Practically every review of the show in the the Broadway Music Corp., New York, lately
Boston papers praised the music as well as the have been causing interest in the music pub-
settings and general taste of the production. lishing trade, and the belief that he' is about
The Boston Post reviewer stated: "The music is to bring out another number of the "Muddy
of a higher order than in many of Mr. Cohan's W r ater" caliber is rapidly spreading. Mr. Von
previous efforts. There is also a fetching num- Tilzer admitted that he has discovered some-
ber of a romantic order, running through the thing marvelous in the song line, but will not
score, which catches the ear and is rather on a disclose what it is. The goings-on about the
high plane." The Boston Herald said: "Mr. office of Broadway Music Corp. are becoming
Cohan has always given us a suggestion of Gil- more and more mysterious. One observer saw
bert & Sullivan in his musical comedies of re- no less than six orchestra leaders go into pri-
cent years, but 'The Merry Malones' rings out vate consultation with him, one at a time,
in true comic opera form in many of the scenes." within the period of half an hour, and each
The Boston Globe said: "The music is tuneful time the strains of some haunting new melody
and well adapted to its purpose." The Boston filtered through the closed door. The conclu-
Evening Transcript stated: "It has characteristic sion is that a new hit is about to be born.
tunes with quick, insistent rhythm and melodies
Bearing this out is the established fact that
with a lilt and swing to them."
two young unknown song writers have been
The opening of the new Cohan production was added to the professional staff of the Broad-
signalized in the trade by many attractive way Music Corp. From an outside source it
counter and window displays, particularly one was learned that one of the most celebrated
engineered by James Smith, manager of the re- dance orchestra leaders in the country went into
tail department of the Oliver Ditson Co. The a closed session with Mr. Von Tilzer this week,
accompanying photograph shows a complete following which he made for a telegraph office
window of this famous store devoted exclusively and paid out of his own pocket for a 50-word
to the showing of the various numbers issued straight wire to Chicago to tell one of his
by M. Witmark & Sons, which brought excel- arrangers what he had heard. What's it all
about?
lent results.
After its run of three weeks in Boston, "The
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
Merry Malones" will come to New York on Sep-
tember 26, where it will open for an indefinite The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
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