Music Trade Review

Issue: 1927 Vol. 85 N. 24

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DECEMBER 10, 1927
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Prominent American Composers Featured
in the Catalog of Robbins Music Corp.
Number of Those Who Write Exclusively for This House Steadily Growing — Past
Twelve Months a Period of Steady Advance for the Firm
ROBBINS, head of the Robbins Music
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Corp., New York, reports a highly success-
ful year for the house, both from the standpoint
of volume of business and the quality of the
ness since its inception in the early days of
the motion pictures. The success of this de-
partment of the Robbins catalog has been due
in great measure to the splendid services of
Mr. Savino as music editor, assisted by an
advisory board consisting of Nathaniel Finston,
general music director of the Publix Theatres;
Hugo Frey and Hugo Riesenfeld. The works
of the composers who write for the photoplay
catalog are carefully gone over by the music
editor and his advisory board, and by a rigid
process of revision, editing and elimination,
the exact type of music for photoplays.
In addition, during the past year, the firm
lias undertaken the publication of Arthur
Lange's book on "Arranging for the Modern
Dance Orchestra," and another book, just off
the press, called "How to Write Popular
Songs," by Abel Green. Altogether the house
has done its best to live up to its slogan—
"American Music by American Composers for
Americans."
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new publications added to the catalog. Always
having distinguished himself as an innovator,
Mr. Robbins outdid himself this year in setting
a high standard for the music publishing field.
The Robbins Music Corp. has also built up
an exceptionally fine professional staff as mu-
sical editors of the various departments of the
catalog, and by affiliating with the Paul White-
man Publications, Inc., in the capacity of ex-
clusively distributors, the Robbins concern takes
rank with the leaders in the music publishing
world.
The catalog of Paul Whiteman Publications,
Inc., now contains many important contribu-
tions to modern American music, including
specialties for the various instruments of the
dance orchestra, such as the saxophone, banjo,
trumpet, trombone, violin and piano solos by
the leading artists on these instruments. Such
artists include: Frank Trumbauer, "Red"
Nichols, Miff Mole, Joe Venuti and others.
Paul Whiteman Publications, Inc., have also
added several compositions to the literature of
American orchestral novelties, viz., "Doll
Suite," "Suite Romantique" and "Study in
Blue," by Domenico Savino, and "Three Shades
of Blue," by Ferde Grofe, who is under exclu-
sive contract with the house. "Study in Blue"
has been featured by Paul Whiteman and his
orchestra in various Publix theatres in which
he is appearing and has created an artistic
sensation wherever heard. All of these selec-
tions, including "Three Shades of Blue," which
is just off the press, have been published, of
course, as piano solos.
Other celebrated specialists who have pre-
pared original works for the Robbins Music
Corp. are Milton Charles, who has compiled
a series of "Organ Interpretations of Popular
Songs," the first publication of its kind to be
attempted in the music business. Mike Pingi-
tore, banjoist with the Whiteman orchestra,
has prepared a banjo method, and Rudy
Wiedoeft has written a saxophone method for
the house. Willard Robison, pianist-composer,
has also done several original piano suites for
the Robbins catalog.
The photoplay music catalog has always been
a mainstay in the Robbins Music Corp. busi-
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TWO DISTINCTIVE HITS
"MY STORMY WEATHER PAL"-"DANCING SHADOWS"
(ANOTHER "PAL OF MY CRADLE DAYS" AND BETTER, BY THE SAME WRITER)
(A "NATURAL" NOVELTY HIT)
AL. PIANTADOSI, MUSIC PUBLISHER, 1576 Broadway, Hew York
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WHAT DO WE DO ON A DEW DEW
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MR. AEROPLANE MAN
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IN LOVE
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SWEET MARIE
LOVE AND KISSES
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DON'T FORGET WHEN THE SUM
MER ROLLS BY
A SIREN DREAM
SOMEONE LIKE YOU MADE SOME
ONE LIKE ME LIKE YOU
From the new "ZIEGFELD
FOLLIES"
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IT ALL BELONGS TO ME
SHAKING THE BLUES AWAY
IT'S
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TO THE
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BOOKS THAT SELL
.UNIVERSAL DANCE FOLIO, No. 13
IRVING BERLIN SAXOPHONE
FOLIO No*. 1 and 3
IRVING BERLIN, INC. SONG HITS
FOR TENOR BANJO, Nog. 1, 2, 3
PAUL ASH NOVELTY PIANO
FOLIO
AL .IOLSON SONG HIT FOLIO
WORLD'S FAVORITE SONGS
PETERSON'S UKULELE METHOD
THE MOST POPULAR NEGRO
SPIRITUALS
Published in four separate folios for
TENOR BANJO, with piano accom-
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SAXOPHONE, for Eb, Bb and C Mel-
ody Saxophones
(Combined)
with
piano accompaniment
VIOLIN AND PIANO
PIANO AND VOICE
(Each Volume, Words and Music
Complete)
& Co., the Portland representatives of the Stein-
way and Duo Art, took advantage of Friedman's
local appearance to feature him in a Steinway
and Duo Art window display in their main win-
dow at Sixth and Morrison streets and had large
display cards, presenting to the public his testi-
monials of the two instruments.
The Reed, French Piano Co., on Alder street,
opposite the large department store of Olds,
Wortman & King, which covers an entire block,
has increased its floor space in order to better
display the grand pianos, which are being fea-
tured. The company is the Portland representa-
tive of the Knabe Ampico. The company has
recently added a radio department with W. L.
Horrell, formerly with the G. F. Johnson Piano
Co., of this city, in charge.
The Portland piano trade was visited the
middle of November by O. N. Kruschke,
Pacific Coast representative of the Wurlitzer
company.
A silver tea was given by the Oregon division
of the National Federation of Music Clubs No-
vember 19, Mrs. Walter May, president, in order
to raise funds to hold contests of the junior
music students of the State during the coming
Winter. This was done in co-operation with
the National association as a means of develop-
ing more interest among the junior students for
advanqed musical education.
DECEMBER 10, 1927
studies and phonograph needles. Mr. Kane
states that he will have some important new
specialties to offer his clientele within a short
time.
Sam Fox Go. Develops
Musical Score Department
Dr. Edward Kilenyi Appointed to Assist J. S.
Zamecnik in Handling This Important
Division of Company's Business
Rapid strides have been taken recently by the
Sam Fox Publishing Co., New York and Cleve-
land, in developing the musical score depart-
ment of the business, the preparation of which
has been handled in the past principally by
John S. Zamecnik, well-known composer and
arranger, who is head of the Fox professional
staff. Announcement was made this week by
Sam Fox, president of the company, of the ap-
pointment of Dr. Edward Kilenyi, another
prominent composer-arranger, who will assist
Mr. Zamecnik in working on special scores. An-
other new addition to the Fox ranks is Albert
Sanger, who is taking full charge of the copying
and extracting of scores to be issued by the
Sam Fox firm.
Mr. Zamecnik is at present engaged in writing
scores for two large motion picture features,
which will reach Broadway shortly and give
every indication of equaling the success of
"Wings," for which he also wrote the musical
setting. The new pictures are: "The Wedding
Latest Entrant Into Jobbing Field Has Had to March" and "Abie's Irish Rose," the latter film
Increase Staff to Take Care of Steadily Grow- based on the celebrated play of the same name,
ing Volume of Orders
which broke all records for long runs in New
York. Dr. Kilenyi has had many years' ex-
Walter Kane, who established the new music perience in writing and adapting music for mov-
jobbing house of Walter Kane, Inc., 1595 ing pictures and quite recently has been col-
Broadway, New York, about six months ago, laborating with Henry Hadley, the prominent
reports an excellent Fall, during which he has orchestra conductor, in preparing orchestral
been required to double the personnel in his works for Vitaphone presentation. He is at
offices to facilitate the handling of the growing present in Los Angeles assisting Mr. Zamecnik,
business. Mr. Kane has been identified with who is thus enabled to extend his activities in
the music jobbing field about fifteen years in working on film settings.
various capacities and has built up a wide fol-
lowing throughout the country, which has made
possible such rapid strides of development
during the period he has been in business for
Al. Piantadosi has just written a new senti-
himself.
The Kane establishment is now one of the mental ballad, "I'm Tired of Making Believe,"
busiest music jobbing concerns on Broadway which will be off the press in another week or
and its many rows of shelves contain a com- two. Mr. Piantadosi, who will be remembered
plete stock of standard and popular music and as the writer of "Pal of My Cradle Days," is
dance orchestrations. The company also han- completing his first year as a music publisher
dles a complete line of music books, musical at 1S76 Broadwav.
New Music Jobbing Business
Meets With Quick Success
New Piantadosi Ballad
IRVING BERLIN In,
1607 Broadway New York City
Sherman, Clay & Go.
Tie Up With Artist
Arrange Special Steinway and Duo-Art Display
in Connection With Local Appearance of
Ignaz Friedman—Reed, French Co. Ex-
pands
PORTI.ANI). Out:.. December 1.—The second con-
cert of this season of the Portland Symphony
series was given November 21 with Ignaz Fried-
man, the famous Polish pianist and exclusive
Duo-Art recorder, as guest artist. Sherman, Clay
McKINLEY MUSIC
20 f A Copy*to Dealers^ 7* A Copy
McKINLEY MUSIC CO.
CHICAGO, ILL
TWO DISTINCTIVE HITS
"MY STORMY WEATHER PAL"-"DANCING SHADOWS"
(ANOTHER "PAL OF MY CRADLE DAYS" AND BETTER, BY THE SAME WRITER)
(A "NATURAL" NOVELTY HIT)
AL. PIANTADOSI, MUSIC PUBLISHER, 1576 Broadway, New York

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