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SHEET MUSIC and BOOKS
CHARLES A. WHITE HEADS
BOSTON MUSIC PUBLISHERS
The annual meeting and dinner of the
Boston Music Publishers' Association took
place at the Boston Art Club on the evening
of February 10, with President Davis Stevens
presiding. The principal item of business
was the election of officers which resulted as
follows: President, Charles A. White of the
White-Smith Co.; vice-president, Charles W.
Homeyer of C. W. Homeyer & Co.; and sec-
retary and treasurer, Arthur C. Morse of
Walter Jacobs, Inc., the last two being re-
elections.
Various matters of trade interest were dis-
cussed and William Arms Fisher was ap-
pointed chairman of a committee of three, the
other two being Mr. White and Walter
Jacobs, to draft a resolution protesting against
the decision of Mayor Curley to do away
with the Sunday band concerts next summer
in the interests of economy. One matter that
was given especial attention was the plight
of needy musicians today, so many of whom
are without employment, especially those who
have been in the habit of playing in theatres.
Following the dinner the company ad-
journed to the club's art gallery on the floor
above, where Francis M. Findlay of the public
school music department of the New England
Conservatory of Music gave some motion pic-
tures of the summer activities at the Eastern
Music School Association's camp in Maine,
these pictures several times introducing
Walter Damrosch, who is interested in the
camp and who directed the youthful orchestra
on one or two occasions.
HUNDREDS OF ENTRIES IN
SYMPHONIC MUSIC CONTEST
Five hundred and seventy-three American
composers have entered symphonic composi-
tions in the 1931 Orchestra Awards contests
sponsored by the National Broadcasting Co.,
according to a statement made by President
M. H. Aylesworth of that company.
Every section of the country is represented,
according to Deems Taylor, director of the
contest, and persons deeply interested in the
development of American music have accepted
invitations to sit as judges in the final selec-
tion on Sunday, April 3.
The awards will be made after a pre-
liminary selection of manuscripts by a com-
mittee of prominent directors composed of the
following: Walter Damrosch, NBC Musical
Counsel; Tullio Serafin, conductor of the
Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra; Nikolai
Sokoloff, conductor of the Cleveland Orches-
tra; Frederick Stock, conductor of the Chi-
Robert Teller Sons & Dorner
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cago Symphony Orchestra, and Leopold
Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia
Orchestra.
On Sunday, April 3, the five outstanding
compositions will be played over an NBC-
WEAF coast-to-coast network at 10:15 p. m.,
E.S.T., under the direction of Walter Dam-
rosch. The jury of 148 will be seated before
radio receivers in all parts of the country
and upon the conclusion of the program will
telegraph the order of their selections to the
awards office in New York City.
During the program on Sunday, April 10,
at the same hour, the five winners of the con-
test will be announced, and the composers
will be privileged to direct the symphony
orchestra in the playing of their own com-
positions. There will be $10,000 in awards.
The first prize is $5,000; second, $2,500;
third, $1,250; fourth $750; and fifth, $500.
Although the contest closed on December
31, 1931, awarding of the prizes has been
deferred to April 10 because of the large
number of manuscripts received.
Shriners Prize Song Committee, of which
Edward P. Little, head of the sheet music
department of Sherman, Clay & Co., is chair-
man. The song will be featured at the an-
nual Shriners' Conference in San Francisco on
July 26-28.
Get English Song Hit
The Robbins Music Corp., New York, has
secured from the British songwriters and
publishers, Campbell & Connelly, the Amer-
ican publishing rights for the great English
song success, "By the Fireside," which is the
current favorite of the Prince of Wales.
INCREASE IN SHEET MUSIC
SALES REPORTED IN OHIO
Sheet music sales continue to show improve-
ment in Canton, O., and vicinity, January
volume comparing favorably with that of
December, when sales reached a new high
for 1931. Increased interest in sheet music
is attributed to the presence in this and near-
by cities of many of the best-known name
dance and radio orchestras of the country.
Isham Jones' recent appearance here has done
much to make popular his newest number,
"Wooden Soldier and the China Doll"; Kay
Kyser's band revived interest in "Trees"
and "I Wouldn't Change You for the
World," "Time on My Hands" and "You're
My Everything" also have been top sellers.
Outlook for sheet music sales for some weeks
to come is most encouraging here. The quar-
ter music is doing the biggest volume of
business locally.
E. C. MILLS TO MANAGE
AMERICAN SOCIETY AFFAIRS
After a busy day or a long
motor trip, you crave the
comforts that The American
and The Annex afford. Good
rooms with bath, circulating
ice water, telephones and all
modern conveniences. Beds
that assure restful sleep. And
at rates of but $2.00 up.
Here you can really relax
when you visit St. Louis.
E. C. Mills, most recently president of the
Radio Music Co., has been elected general
manager of the American Society of Com-
posers, Authors and Publishers by the directors
of that organization to succeed the late J. C.
Rosenthal. Before becoming associated with
the Radio Music Co., Mr. Mills was chair-
man of the Music Publishers Protective As-
sociation and executive chairman of the board
of the American Society.
SHRINERS OFFER $500 FOR
NEW CONVENTION SONG
The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles
of Mystic Shrine is going to spend $500
for a song; in fact, announcement is made
that a prize of this amount will be awarded
in June for the best song submitted to the
REVIEW,
March,
1932
In ST. LOU1T
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