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APRIL 7, 1928
Leslie Stuart, Well-
Known Composer, Dies
Writer of "Floradora" and "Tipperary" Dies at
Age of Sixty-four in London
Leslie Stuart, British composer, who wrote
"Floradora," "On the Road to Tipperary," and
many other popular works, died last week at
his daughter's home in Richmond, near London,
at the age of sixty-four. Mr. Stuart spent con-
siderable time in the United States at various
periods, and in 1917 wrote the music for the
"Midnight Frolic." He is said to have realized
$100,000 from "Floradora," and net earnings of
about $17,000 from each of the following oper-
ettas: "The Silver Slipper," "The School Girl,"
"The Belle of Mayfair," "Havana," "Peggy" and
"The Slim Princess." Among more than a
score of popular songs written by Mr. Stuart
were "Louisiana Lou," one of his first com-
positions, sung with great success by Ellaline
Terriss in the "Shop Girl"; "Soldiers of the
Queen," "The Little Octoroon," "My Little
Black Pearl," and many others.
New Releases Announced
by Oliver Ditson Go.
Include Glenn Glee Club Book for Boys and
Number of Part Songs for Men, Women and
Mixed Voices
Among the recent releases of the Oliver Dit-
son Co., Boston, is the Glenn Glee Club Book
for Boys, which is edited by Mabelle Glenn and
Virginia French. Miss Glenn is the director of
the department of music of the public schools
in Kansas City, Mo. This collection of fifty
songs comprises three sections—miscellaneous
songs, folk music and sacred songs. The Dit-
son firm has also released an edition of about
twenty part songs for men and women's voices
and mixed voices. The part songs include such
numbers as the following: "Viking Song," by S.
Coleridge-Taylor; "Still as the Night," by Carl
Bohm, with text in English; "The Rose Stood
Bathed in Dew," by Robert Schumann; "The
Sacrifice of the Aryan Rose," by Charles Wake-
field Cadman; "Mother," by E. S. Hosmer, ar-
ranged by C. F. Manney especially for "Moth-
er's Day" ceremonies; "At Father's Door,"
traditional Russian melody transcribed by M.
Moussprgsky and others.
De Sylva, Brown & Hender-
son Issue Three New Folios
De Sylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc., New
York, have met with such success with their
dance folios that they are releasing three new
folios for piano, tenor banjo and saxophone
respectively. The second edition of the Su-
preme Dance Folio contains such songs as
"Among My Souvenirs," "Without You, Sweet-
heart," "Tin Pan Parade," "One More Night,"
and other late hits from the De Sylva, Brown
& Henderson catalog. The tenor banjo folio
No. 3 also contains. "Among My Souvenirs,"
and other popular hits, as does Saxopholio No.
2. In view of the record of "Souvenirs" as a
big seller nationally, the publishers are con-
fident that the three new folios will enjoy a
similar demand..
House Committee Reports
New Copyright Bill
D. C, March 28.—The House
Committee on Patents, meeting yesterday,
voted a favorable report on the divisible copy-
right bill (H. R. 8913) designed to amend the
copyright act to permit separate disposal of
the various rights arising under a copyright. In
connection with the separation of the rights and
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manner of their disposal the section of the bill
states: "The author, or other owner of any
copyright secured under this act or of any copy-
right heretofore secured under any previous
Act of the United States, may (to the extent
of his interest therein), by a written instrument
signed by him or by his agent duly authorized
for such purpose by power of attorney duly
acknowledged and executed after this act goes
into effect, assign, mortgage, license, or other-
wise dispose of the entire copyright or any
right or rights comprised therein, either wholly
or separately, either generally or subject to
limitations, for the entire term of such copy-
right or for a limited time, or for a specified
territory or territories, and he may bequeath
the same by will."
Robbins Campaign on
Fox-Trot "Speedy Boy"
Theme Song of Latest Harold Lloyd Film
Gaining Popularity as Widely Played Dance
Number
A many-sided campaign on the fox-trot,
"Speedy Boy," is being conducted by the Rob-
bins Music Corp., New York, publisher of the
number, which is showing up big as a dance
success with the large Eastern orchestras. This
number, which is the theme song of the new
Harold Lloyd comedy picture, "Speedy," gives
every indication of surpassing the success of
"Freshie," published by the Robbins firm about
two years ago as the theme for Harold Lloyd's
picture, "The Freshman."
The campaign on the number includes the
supplying of special organ copies, symphonic
orchestra arrangements, dance orchestrations
and quartet arrangements to the musical direc-
tors of several thousand large motion picture
houses in cities where the picture, "Speedy," is
to be shown. Most of the first-run houses
throughout the country have arranged to fea-
ture "Speedy Boy" in their prologues to com-
plete the tie-up. Music dealers in various sec-
tions are securing "stills" of the picture from
the theatre owners to use in window displays
of the song.
You CAN'T GO WRONG
WITH A N Y FEIST'SONG,
MY OHIO HOME."
THERE MUST BE
SILVER. LINING"
SHADY T R E E * ;
'BABY YOUR MOTHER"
'CHANGES"
IF I CANT HAVE YOU"
/Uu HEAD OVER HEELS J5/
KISS AND MAKE UP"
MY BLUE HEAVEN"
THAT MELODY OF LOVE"
U
THE SUNRISE
'WHAT'LL YOU DO?
YOU'RE WITH
SOMEBODV ELSE
Feist to Hold Walter
Donaldson Week April 9
In view of the popularity of six of Walter
Donaldson's songs at the present time, Leo
Feist, Inc., New York, his publisher, has an-
nounced a special campaign on these numbers
during the week of April 9, which will be
known as Walter Donaldson Week. The six
numbers, composed by Walter Donaldson, in
the current Feist popular catalog are "My Ohio
Home," "There Must Be a Silver Lining,"
"Changes," "What Are You Waiting For,
Mary?" "If I Can't Have You" and "A Shady
Tree."
The arrangements for the campaign on these
songs will include Donaldson hours by broad-
casting stations and many of the composer's
song hits, both past and present, will be fea-
tured in various parts of the country by orches-
tra leaders, organists, vaudeville artists and
other entertainers. Mr. Donaldson's pen has
been a prolific one in recent years, having writ-
ten such songs as "Mammy," "My Blue
Heaven," "At Sundown," "My Buddy," "Sam,
the Old Accordion Man" and many other popu-
ln.' compositions.
tOQUETTE*
'INDIAN CRADLE SONG
V A L E BLUES"
YOU PLAYED .
THE O R G A N ' '
'DOLOR.ES"
*THERE OUGHT TO BE
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A LAW AGAINST THAT/
THAT'S MY MAMMY'
*WAITI(\)'FOR KATY"
Chandler-Ebel Moves
The Chandler-Ebel Music Co., one of the
largest exclusive sheet music stores in Brook-
lyn, has just moved from 222 Livingston street
to new quarters at 218 Livingston street. The
firm was located at the former address for the
past twenty-three years.
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