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The Music Trade
NOVEMBER 3, 1928
17
Review
three months' trip across the country. Mr.
Fischer spent most of his time in the West,
but also covered the South and Eastern Canada.
He reports doing a good business in practically
Vice-President of G. Schirmer, Inc., and Former severy section and states that he developed a
Head of Music Division of Library of Con- substantial increase in his road sales this year
gress, Succumbs to Operation
as compared to last year's Fall trip. Mr. Fischer
found the trade particularly interested in two
Oscar G. T. Sonneck, vice-president of G. specialties, both piano solos, "Crapshooters,"
Schirmer, Inc., music publishers, editor of the by Eastwood Lans, and "Flame Dance," by
Musical Quarterly, and one of the foremost James P. Dunn. The firm's secular and sacred
authorities on music in the United States, died songs are also selling well in most parts of the
in St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, on Tues- country, he stated.
day evening from the effects of an operation for
appendicitis.
Mr. Sonneck, who was fifty-five years old,
was born in Jersey City and received a
thorough musical education in Germany where
he spent over ten years in study, including a
Charles K. Harris, veteran composer and
year at Heidelberg, an,d four at the University publisher, has been engaged by two New York
of Munich, in addition to studying under a radio stations for a series of broadcasts, in
number of famous masters.
which he sings and plays some of his best-
In 1902 Mr. Sonneck was appointed chief of known ballads. One of these periods is called
the Music Division of the Library of Congress the American Hour, conducted on Sunday eve-
and held that post for fifteen years during nings from Station WHN; the other period is
which time he performed services of the great- the Old Timers' Hour from WMCA on Wed-
est value to students of music. Through his nesday evenings, his first engagement here hav-
efforts there was assembled in the Congres- ing been on October 31. Mr. Harris is singing
sional Library one of the finest music collec- request numbers only, among them being his
tions in the world, including some particularly ballad, "Would You Care?" which has recently
valuable material regarding American patriotic been reissued to meet popular demand. An-
and folk songs. He was a prolific writer on other of his newer songs is "The Last Dance
musical subjects, and took an active part in the at the Ball." His programs will also include
work of various musical organizations, going to such favorites as "Hello Central," "Break
Europe on several occasions as delegate. At the News to Mother," "For Old Times' Sake"
the time of his death he was a member of the and "After the Ball."
executive committee of the Society for the Pub-
lication of American Music.
Mr. Sonneck is survived by his widow and his
mother, who is in Germany. Funeral services
were held at the Plaza Funeral Home later in
the week.
A detailed analysis of the original score of
J. S. Zamecnik for the Paramount picture, "The
Wedding March," starring Erich Von Stroheim,
has been released- io -motion picture exhibitors
throughout the country through Paramount
Picture News. This is expected to focus the
Joseph Fischer, son of George Fischer, of the attention of the picture industry on the theme
r-landard music publishing firm of J. Fischer song, "Paradise," as well as the high points of
& Bro., New York, returned recently from a the score itself. The analysis was prepared by
S. M. Berg, general manager of the sound pic-
ture department of the Sam Fox Publishing Co.,
New York and Cleveland, to which Mr. Zamec-
is under contract and which is releasing the
The Song you've had so many calls for nik
song "Paradise" in sheet music form.
O. G. T. Sonneck, Noted
Musical Authority, Dies
Charles K. Harris in
Radio Broadcasts
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"Sidewalks of New York"
in Times Square Movietone
Perhaps the most sensational exploitation ol
the campaign song, "Sidewalks of New York,"
during the past month has been the presentation
of the song in the free Movietone show several
times each evening in the open air at Forty-
sixth street and Broadway, New York, under
the auspices of the Democratic National Com-
mittee. Following the appearance of leading
Democratic orators on the Movietone, Homer
Rodeheaver, choir leader for Billy Sunday, loads
the crowd in singing this Al Smith song. The
crowds on their way to and from theatres
respond quickly and thousands swell the churn--
of "East Side. West Side."
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Triangle Songs on Records
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M. WITMARK 6c SONS
165O BROADWAY
NEW YORK
Several Okeh record releases of songs pub
lished by the Triangle Music Publishing Co.,
New York, have been showing up big in sales,
among them being "Dusky Stevedore" and
"Pake Your To-morrow and Give Me To-day,"
as sung by Emmett Miller. Mr. Miller was
formerly with Al. G. Fields Minstrels and is
well known all over the country. Mr. MillerV
record of "I Ain't Got Nobody Much and No
body Cares for Me," also a Triangle release,
lias been one of the biggest sellers in the Okeh
catalog^...
Too BUSY
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CHESTER COHN^
LEO. F E I S T I N C
231 w. 4 0 ST NEW YORK