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Issue: 1923 1910

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PRESTO
March 3, 1923
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
TO PUBLISHERS
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THE COMBINED CIRCULATION
OF PRESTO (EST. 1884), AND MUS-
ICAL TIMES (EST. 1881), IS BY FAR
THE LARGEST IN THE FIELD OF
THE MUSIC TRADE. COMBINA-
TION RATES OF SPECIAL AT-
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS-
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB-
LISHERS.
This department is designed to advance the sales
of sheet music, and give any current information in
the Sheet Music Trade.
This publication believes that Sheet Music will
pay the dealer, just as any other commodity pays
those who merchandise it properly.
The conductor of this department will review
any numbers that are sent in for the purpose. It is
not the intent to criticise, but to review these offer-
ings, giving particular information of the theme and
a description of the musical setting of the number
discussed.
Address all communications to Conductor Sheet
Music Dept, Presto, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, 111.
BUFFALO PUBLISHERS FAIL
—which the publisher calls "luck"—to the thirteen on
the list.
"When I decided to go into the writing of popular
songs I concluded that success would come if I wrote
songs fit to go into the American home," said Mrs.
Smith recently. She has persisted in her purpose.
Mrs. Smiths' songs have the charm of fine melody
because she has the musical feeling and the musical
training. After completing her musical studies in
Cologne she first wrote operettas and classical music.
Of late years she has devoted her talents to the pro-
duction of popular songs of the kind that appeal to
tasteful people. The numbers in the "Lucky Thir-
teen" are good samples of her musical and lyrical art.
OPENS SHEET MUSIC SHOP.
The Wagner Music Store, located at 113 N. Whit-
field street, Pittsburgh, Pa., just off Penn avenue, has
A voluntary petition of bankruptcy was filed in opened with a complete line of music. They are
Federal Court in Buffalo, N. Y., last ,week, by Cor- specializing in all editions of teaching bocks, classics
nelius O'Hargan, 1799 Jefferson avenue, president of and popular music. The store will also carry musi-
the Melody Publishing Company, formerly with cal instruments and accessories. Mr. Wagner, the
offices in the Root building. The assets are $38,723 manager, is a graduate of the University of Pitts-
and the liabilities are $6,823.
burgh and Carnegie Tech.
Among the tangible assets is a five-year contract
to publish two songs on one sheet of paper which is
PROGRESS.
valued at $25,000. In actual currency the company
"What," inquired the literary editor, "has become
has a bank balance of $6.16.
of the poet who used to write a sonnet to milady's
The Melody Publishing Company was incorporated eyebrows ?"
two years ago for $50,000. Stock certificates were
"Him?" said the dramatic critic. "He's turning
sold for $45 in the company. The company claims out snappy jazz about her ^shoulders now."—Ameri-
$3,767 due from 49 stockholders on unpaid certificates. can Legion Weekly.
According to the plan of the company, song-
writers contributed their works to the company.
A new sheet music department' is now well under
Each of these contributed with their song $45 for a way in the George J. Birkel Co.'s store, Los An-
stock certificate which would entitle them to partici- geles, Cal.
pate in the dividends and the royalty on their songs
that were published.
Luck Synonymous with Merit When Success of
Eliza Doyle Smith's Productions Is Considered.
Thirteen continues to be the lucky number for
Eliza Doyle Smith, music publisher, 59 East Van
Buren street, Chicago. That is the number of songs
on a list widely advertised by the publisher, and
every one on the list is bringing in returns in sales,
including "Jonah," the thirteenth, which is a "whale
of a song" for sales.
The lyrics in the Eliza Doyle Smith songs have
what one writer called "sane sentiment." And when
one considers the mawkish sentimentality of many
lyrics inflicted on the song buying public, the versify-
ing art in the lyrics of the publisher named can be
warmly appreciated.
This high character in the
words of the Eliza Doyle Smith songs has an equal
part with the melody in imparting the selling quality
7 FOREMOST SELLERS
Just Foolin' With You
That Wonderful Sweetie of Mine
You're the One Little Girl for Me
Love of the Ages
Dreaming of Love's Old Dream
When I Dream That Auld Erin Is Free
HERBERT J. GOTT
Music Publisher
177 No. State Sf.
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CHICAGO
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Gladly
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ANY PUBLISHER
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OUR REFERENCE
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"Carolina in the Morning" is crowding "Nobody
Lied" for the honor of a Remick best seller. From
all parts of the country come reports of lively sales
of the former. The favor for it is expressed not only
at the sheet music counters but by orchestra leaders
who include it in programs in theaters.
"California," "Silver Swanec." and "Sweet Indiana
Home," are three songs of J. H. Remick & Co.,
which have already brought big profits to sheet
music dealers. They continue high up in the list of
the good sellers. The claims on sheet music buyers
of "Dixie Highway," are still a marked feature in
the sheet music departments.
Among the newer Remick songs, "Honeymoon
Hojne," from "Elsie," and "Time Will Tell," from
"Sally," are having a good run. "I'm Through Shed-
ding Tears Over You," and "I'm Just a Little Blue
for You/' are two songs now developing a big share
of interest in the Pacific Coast cities.
13-Our Lucky-13
OF
A SONG
Including "JONAH" A WHALE
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
"I'd Give It All for You"
"Honey" (An Alabama Lullaby)
"If It Makes Any Difference to You"
"Dear Heart, Tell Me Why"
"In Candy Land with You"
"My Days Remember"
"Sweet Norah Daly"
"Tea Rose" (Japanese Romance)
"Stop Looking At Me"
"Dance Me On Your Knee"
"Alanna Macree"
"Misty Moon"
"Jonah"
ELIZA DOYLE SMITH
Music Publishers
59 East Van Buren St.
CHICAGO
RUTH
AVERS AND P
est
Analys : s of Sales at Sheet Music Counters Discovers
Very Cheerful Facts.
A LIVE PUBLISHING FIRM.
Stark & Cowan, Inc., music publishers at 46th
street, New York, have expanded within the last
few months. They now have the following branch
offices and representatives out of town: Lou For-
dan, Chicago; John Heinzman, San Francisco; Nat
PUBLISHERS' MANAGER DIES.
Madison, Boston; Bill Schuyler, Pittsburgh; Ches-
Charles Bradley, manager for Shapiro & Bernstein,
ter Carpenter, Detroit; Jack Walters, Minneapolis.
Since the first of the year many new songs by Clark music publishers of New York, with offices at No. 270
and Leslie have started the profession talking about Tremont street, Boston, died suddenly last week.
He was well known to music lovers of Boston and
the work this firm is doing.
was also prominent in theatrical circles. Mr. Brad-
ley was well known to music publishers and for many
MUSIC PUBLISHERS SUE.
years had been a singer in Greater Boston vaudeville
Jerome H. Remick & Co., Irving Berlin, Inc., and theaters. He was born at Richmond, Va., 2>7 years
Shapiro & Bernstein Co., New York, have entered ago. Besides his father he is survived by his widow,
suits in the United States District Court in Sacra- Mrs. Grace Bradley, and a daughter, Virginia, aged 6.
mento, Cal., against the proprietors of the Hotel Sac-
ramento, Globin's Grill and the Victory and Liberty
treaters in Sacramento, alleging violation of the na-
tional copyright law. The plaintiffs charge that these
places played copyrighted music without permission.
Melody Music Company File Assets, $38,723, and
Liabilities, $6,823, in Voluntary Petition.
THIRTEEN LUCKY SONGS
REMICK SONG FAVORITES
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ALL PROCESSES
?054-2060 W.Lake St., Chic ago, 111.
REMICK SONG HITS
Nobody Lied
Sweet Indiana Home
My Buddy
California
Tomorrow Will Be Brighter
Than Today
Carolina in the Morning
Silver Swanee
Childhood Days
When Shall We Meet Again
Lovable Eyes
Out of the Shadows
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Dixie Highway
Just a Little Blue
Polly
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
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PRESTO
JAZZ ON TRIAL BY CLUB
Strange Variation of Opinion Develops in Discussion
at Chicago Meeting.
The Music Study Club, Chicago, is holding a series
of discussions on "Jazz Rhythm the Basis of a
Purely American Type of Music," and in it is re-
vealed that husbands call it the fountain of youth
and wives say it is mere jangles of sound that need
discipline. At a meeting of the club this week A. C.
Babize, the publisher, said:
"Jazz is the fountain of youth for America.
The progress of a nation is shown by its
changing, original types of music. We should be
proud of our jazz music. It is the coming form of
composition."
Mrs. Babize sounded a discord by saying:
"Jazz is an American child that needs discipline.
It should be taken to a foundling institution and be
given the proper bringing up. Jazz is an outrage
to America."
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bird also differed.
"Jazz music is a sign of progress," said Mr. Bird, a
music critic.
Then Mrs. Bird: "Jazz is a jingle-jangle. It is not
music, but a dangerous disease. It is only a fad and
will not last."
The "Trial of Jazz" was continued until the meet-
ing next week, at which grand opera stars and lovers
of the opera will be invited to testify for "the state."
Testimony will include: Exhibit A—Selections of
Wagner, Beethoven and other operatic writers. Ex-
hibit B—Choice bits from modern song hits.
REMICK SONG IN ROLL.
One of the big sellers in Ampico rolls of new popu-
lar music with words is "Carolina in the Morning,"
a fox-trot published in the sheet music form by
Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York. As a hit it is
a big profit-maker in sheet as it will be following its
appearance as a roll in the March Ampico recordings.
March 3,
number in the H&H catalogue and had attracted
much attention from the fact that it was much differ-
ent both in words and music from the usual run.
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music
Department Are Printed.
Harry W. Potter has been appointed manager of
the sheet music department of Cohen Bros., a big de-
partment store in Jacksonville, Fla.
The Hyannus Music Shoppe, recently opened in
Hyannus, Mass., has a sheet music department in
charge of H. L. Baker.
Bert Burns, John Shaffer and W. J. O'Neill have
opened a publishing business at 765 ElmwOod ave-
nue, Buffalo, N. Y., to be known as the Burns-
Shafer Co. Mr. O'Neill is organist of the Lafayette
Theater and known as a clever composer. W. T.
Shaffer is manager of the company.
Edward Little, manager of the sheet music pub-
lishing department of Sherman, Clay & Co., San
Francisco, reports a big business in the company's
song publications.
"'America, My Home," is the name of a new pa-
triotic song composed by Maud Dudley, Water-
loo, la.
H. H. Prinehouse has opened a music store at 86*^
Broadway, Portland, Ore.
Gillespie Bros, is the name of a busy music store
in Bloomfield, Neb.
The Heneger Music Store is a new concern in
Mitchell, S. D.
The six-page folder issued by the National Bureau
for the Advancement of Music to assist dealers in
promoting music in their localities, may be had in
quantities from the bureau, 105 West Fortieth Street,
New York.
THE ORIENTAL FOX-TROT.
She—(tum-ty tum-tum, tum-ty turn turn)
Is a-waitin' for me—
(tum-ty tum-tum, tum-ty tum-tum)
Do-wown in Pharaoh-Land
(whack, bam, tiddle-dy-wham, zip, clash, RAP!)
Oh! Oh, oh, oh, Oh!
(tum-ty tum-tum, tum-ty tum-tum)
She loves me so—
(to, ra, dahhh, dee, deeee)
My ka-ween of the de-he-sert sand—
(slap, sling, crackety crackety crack, whee, zing,
Pow!)
And I'm goin' back
With a shovel and a pick
To get that girl
And get her quick
(tum-ty tum-tum, tum-ty tum-tum)
Three thousand years I've waited for her
(tum-ty tum-tum, tum-ty tum-tum)
I mean for She
She
-
(ta ra, dahhh, dee, deeeee)
My Fairy of Pharaoh Land!
(wham, BAM!)
RIQ, in Chicago Tribune.
BEWARE THE BARITONE.
John Charles Thomas, the well known baritone
idol of the musical comedy stage, was divorced by
his wife because he bit her in the shoulder until the
blood came, says the Chicago Tribune. Which proves
that, if a girl must marry a singer, she should wed
only a tenor or a bass. Baritones must be the rough
old things.
DEALER WIDELY KNOWN.
Wm. J. Murray, proprietor of Billy Murray's Mu-
sic Store, New Kensington, Pa., is an accomplished
musician as well as an energetic dealer. Mr. Murray
REVIEW OF SOUTHERN SONGS.
is leader of the Kaniki Troup, a Hawaiian orchestra
Rita Smith, Chicago girl, dramatic reader and orig- established by himself. He has become a prom-
EGYPTOLOGICAL JAZZ.
inator of "guitarologues," presented "Songs and inent figure in the radio world, which he helps to
A correspondent writing to George Phair's column Stories of the South Before the Civil War," in cos- entertain with good music. Fans in every state in
in the Chicago Herald and Examiner asks: "How tume at a joint recital at Lyon & Healy Hall this the union have complimented Mr. Murray on his
soon will it be before some enterprising American week.
Kamiki concerts broadcasted from various stations.
song-writer cashes in on Tut's tomb? Perhaps in
this manner:
" 'I will meet you in the moonlight
NEWYORK
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CHICAGO
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By Too-Too-Tutie's Tomb.' "
JtlAKUJMAlM,
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"GOING HOME" CHANGES HANDS.
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R.oubhcBI HARDMAN PIANO
The Joe Clement Music Co., of Boston, Mass., has
taken over the song "Going Home" from Holcomb &
Henderson, of Erie, Kansas. This was the leading
The Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
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THE
Manufacturers of the
Owning and Operating the Autotone Co. makers of the
Owning and OperatingE.G.Harrington&Co. > Est.i87i l makersot the
AUTOTONE GSJMS)
HARRINGTON PIANO
The Hardman Autotone
The Harrington Autotone
The Autotone The Playotone The Standard Player-Piano
(Supreme A tnong Moderately Priced Instruments)
The Hensel Piano
The Standard Piano
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PIANOS £LAm&&&r*ljA
MAKERS
of NEW YORK
AFFILIATED
In Three Parts:
1. Instruments of Established
Names and Character.
2. Instruments that bear Spe-
cial Names or Trade Marks.
3. Manufacturers of Pianos
and Player-Pianos with Chap-
ters on Piano Building and Buy-
ing designed for the guidance
of prospective purchasers.
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anufacturing for the trade
Upright and Grand Pianos
Player Pianos
Reproducing Pianos
Auto De Luxe Player Adtions
Standard Player Adtions
Art De Luxe Reproducing Actions
Parts and Accessories
Fac-simile Fall-
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and Player-Pianos in Colors
Revised Annually
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CAN AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT H \
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Price .50 cents per copy.
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