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Century Music Pub. Co.
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Marks Publishing Score
of "High Lo" Production
The Ed. B. Marks Music Co., New York, is
publishing the score of the new musical comedy,
"High Lo," which will have its New York
premiere in a few weeks. The production has
a book by William M. Griffith, with a score by
Henry Sullivan and lyrics by Henry Myers, and
will feature Miss Juliet and Paul Specht's High-
Lo Boys. The score includes several tuneful
and original numbers, among them being "Hud-
son River," "Love Is a Terrible Thftig,"
"Lunching With Venus," "Let's Sing a Love
Song," and "Spotlight in the Sky." This is the
first complete score composed by Henry Sulli-
van, who returned recently from music study
abroad, where he was brought into close per-
sonal contact with such masters of light music
as Franz Lehar and Oskar Strauss. Mr. Sulli-
van was a classmate of Herbert Marks, of the
Marks publishing firm, at Dartmouth College.
Henry Grobe to Confine
Activities to Sheet Music
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., March 12.—-Henry Grobe,
who for the past 17 years has conducted
the small goods and sheet music departments
in the Wiley B. Allen Co. store here, has given
up his musical merchandise business and has
leased quarters in the main Wurlitzer .stoic
where he will devote his energies to the pub-
lishing and retailing of sheet music. He will
make a special feature of publications for
teachers and educational use.
Suit in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., March 12.—Use of popu-
lar songs in commercial radio programs is as-
THE NEW BALLAD SENSATION
serted to be an infringement of copyright in
a suit filed here this week in the Federal Dis-
trict Court. The action was started by Gene
Buck, of New York, president of the American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers,
and is against Dr. George W. Young, an optom-
etrist and jeweler, who operates station WDGY
of Minneapolis.
The complaint contends that Dr. Young's
station used "My Blue Heaven," published by
Leo Feist, Inc., New York, in a program on
December 20. Preceding and following the
song the announcer is alleged to have said:
"This is station WDGY, operated by Dr.
Young's jewelry store. Dr. Young will save
you 20 per cent at his store."
Alleging that use of the song in such an
advertising program was an infringement, de-
stroying the value of the copyright, the society
asks an injunction against the practice and asks
damages of $250.
MARCH 17, 1928
Pictorial Edition of
"Sweet Mystery of Life"
Victor Herbert Number Selling So Well That It
Bids Fair to Be Most Popular Composition
of Late Composer
M. Witmark & Sons have decided to break a
record. 'They have just issued a pictorial edi-
tion of a song by Victor Herbert, a number
that, like all the other Victor Herbert classics,
belongs strictly in their famous Black & White
series, but it just had to be. The fact of the
matter is that "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life"
lias grown so fast to the proportions of a real
big, steady seller that the publishers of the bulk
of Victor Herbert's works felt that a special
pictorial edition, bearing on its title page a fine
portrait of the composer, was more than justi-
fied. Demand for this edition was instanta-
neous. The popularity of "Sweet Mystery of
Life," both in vocal form and as a waltz, seems
New Releases in the
destined to reach unguessed-at proportions, for
number has only just started. In fact
G. Schirmer Catalog the
"Sweet Mystery of Life" will probably turn out
Some interesting piano selections are con- to be the biggest thing, from a sales standpoint,
tained in the February releases of G. Schirmer, that Victor Herbert ever wrote.
Inc., New York, which have just been an-
nounced. Among them is a seventeen-page
"Diane" Featured by
piano solo, entitled "Jutish Medley," by Percy
Grainger, based on Danish folk songs, collected
Denver Music Store
in Jutland by Evald Tang Kristensen and Mr.
Grainger in 1922, 1925 and 1927. Other new
DENVER, COLO., March 9.—A decorative and ef-
Schirmer piano publications include the follow- fective window display, featuring the waltz,
ing: "Impression," by Francis Frank; Concert "Diane," published by Sherman, Clay & Co.,
Etude, No. 14 in E-Flat Minor, by Aurelio San Francisco, was used recently by the Dutch
Giorni; "Feux-Follets" (Jack o'Lanterns) by Mill, local music store. The display tied up
Isidore Philipp; "La Nuit," by Robert Cima- with the showing of the William Fox picture,
dori; "By the Firelight" (for the left hand), by "Seventh Heaven," for which "Diane" serves
Charles Huerter, and several others. The re- as musical theme. Two attractive posters with
cent releases also include miscellaneous secular, large photographs of Janet Gaynor and Charles
sacred and choral music as well as instrumental Farrell, stars of the film, were placed in the
works.
center of the window, set off attractively by
sheet music copies of the song. Although
"Diane" has been selling consistently in Denver
Lively Demand for Sheet
since its release last year, the showing of the
picture
at the Aladdin Theatre served to add to
Music in Buffalo its popularity.
BUFFALO, N. Y., March 12.—Sheet music has
been selling more freely in the past two weeks
at the leading downtown stores. The visit of
"My Maryland" to Buffalo for its third week
. The Music by Lew Pollack, co-
here resulted in very large sales of "Silver
writer of Charmaine, Diane and
Moon" and "Your Land and My Land" at both
Miss Annabell Lee.
the Grant and Kresge stores.
The
lyric by Sidney Clare, co-
Another popular number is "I Still Love
writer of Then I'll Be Happy and
You," by Jack Yellen, a Buffalo "home-town"
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
boy, while other hits noted as moving excep-
tionally well are "Diana" by Sherman-Clay and
"Among My Souvenirs," by DeSilva, Hender-
son and Brown.
Another BIG One
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