23
PRESTO
April 21, 1923
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
APPEAL TO FRENCH PUBLISHERS
German's Ask Influence of French Society of Pub-
lishers in Ruhr Incident.
The boycotting of French goods in Germany, or-
hundred and fifty commercial radio stations being dered by the Berlin government, leads many in
considered in that respect.
France to suggest that the French government re-
Most of the broadcastings do not deny the justice taliate with similar action toward German goods.
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of the claims of the society that exploitation of mem- "Why not?" asks Louis Forest in "Le Matin," "There
bers work without the payment of a fee is a breach would then be war according to the formula, 'An eye
THE COMBINED CIRCULATION of
the copyright law. And with many of the broad- for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a stocking for a stock-
OF PRESTO (EST. 1884), AND MUS- casters
the mater is largely a question of fixing a fee ing, isinglass for isinglass!'"
ICAL TIMES (EST. 1881), IS BY FAR in settlement. The keen interest of the society seems
The methods of the German boycott are illustrated
natural when it states that 90 per cent of the music in the music trade. Every French music publisher
THE LARGEST IN THE FIELD OF broadcastd
has received a letter directing him to exert pressure
THE MUSIC TRADE. COMBINA- members. is covered by copyright owned by its on
the French government so that it may stop its
TION RATES OF SPECIAL AT-
According to a report from New York, royalties policy in the Ruhr. Here are a few passages from
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS- hereafter will be paid the society of composers, the missive:
and publishers by broadcasting stations there
"In consequences of the existing political crisis we
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS authors
using copyrighted compositions controlled by the greatly regret to have to inform you that we no longer
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB- organization.
shall be able to give you our orders for French music,
Station WEAF, controlled by the American Tele- destined for our customers in Europe and America.
LISHERS.
phone & Telegraph Company, and operated by the
"At any rate, the trade will suffer much under your
Western Electric Company, was the first to sign up. government's system; but we, too, have considerable
This department is designed to advance the sales It paid $2,500 for a year's right to all material of the losses, and the French Society of Publishers of Music
of sheet music, and give any current information in society. The Nelson Company, of Newark, N. J., has perhaps the power to address a petition to the
the Sheet Music Trade.
operating WAAM, also signed up.
government. We are confident that this time your
This publication believes that Sheet Music will
This action followed announcement by the West- steps will be successful. . . . Awaiting soon a
pay the dealer, just as any other commodity pays inghouse Electric Company that it would discontinue happy solution, we are, etc."
those who merchandise it properly.
broadcasting music owned by the society from sta-
After an inquiry the French syndicate of music pub-
The conductor of this department will review tion WJZ because the license fee was demanded.
lishers did not feel scared. It contented itself with
any numbers that are sent in for the purpose. It is
Following conferences last week in New York posting in the stores the names of the German pub-
not the intent to criticise, but to review these offer- among managers of radio broadcasting stations con- lishers who arc boycotting France. Besides, several
ings, giving particular information of the theme and cerning the demands made for royalties on all copy- publishers replied individually in a proper manner.
a description of the musical setting of the number righted music controlled by the American Society of
The Germans were mistaken in counting on French
discussed.
Composers, Authors and Publishers, it was announced music publishers for destroying harmony.
Address all communications to Conductor Sheet on behalf of some of them that this proposed tax
Music Dept., Presto, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, 111. would be ignored and that sending might be con-
tinued as usual unless court action should intervene.
Omcials and others of the Radio Broadcasting
Society, 50 Church street, which represents most of
the New York broadcasters, met last week in the A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music
office of its secretary, C. B. Cook, 154 Nassau street,
Department Are Printed.
Broadcasting Stations Show Different Atti- and decided to contest the stand taken by the Society
The Kratz Piano Co., Canton, O., has built up a
of Composers, Authors and Publishers. They are
tudes in the Crisis Created by Demands
big business in standard and teachers' music.
prepared to oppose any litigation.
A. E. Kemper has purchased the sheet music busi-
The Radio Broadcasting Society contends its mem-
for Royalties by Composers' Society.
bers are performing a public service without profit, ness of H. Bofifa in Clarksburg, W. Va. .
Radio programs of Chicago broadcasting stations and that therefore copyrights are not infringed.
Other compositions of Lee S. Roberts will follow
were considerably curtailed last week—and probably
"In moving picture theaters, cabarets and other "Oh, Harold," the song success just issued by Forster
will be indefinitely—by a demand of the American public places conducted for profit, we understand
Music Publisher, Inc., Chicago.
Society of Authors, Composers, and Publishers that that copyright holders are exacting, or will demand,
The treatment of music in education is covered in
broadcasters pay fees ranging from $200 to $5,000 for two cents for each seat where this music is pre- a book soon to be brought out by Mrs. L. V. Sweezey,
copyrighted music. This demand promptly silenced, sented," said an official. "At first the suggestion was director of music in Mills College, Oakland, Cal.
so far as radio fans were conmerned, College Inn made that we pay a similar fee, which might mean
Henry Page has closed out his sheet music shop
orchestra, which the Westinghouse station, KYW, that we would be taxed on 200,000 or more persons. in the Orpheum Arcade, Akron, O. He specialized
has been broadcasting, and the Jack Chapman or- The present proposals that we pay fees of $200 to in classical and teachers' music.
chestra, from WDAP (Drake Hotel).
$5,000 yearly are equally out of the question for a
Every week in April since the beginning o the
non-commercial form of broadcasting."
The facts stated are the first effects of the action
month has witnessed an increase in sheet music sales
Among those at the meeting were C. P. O'Connor
of the American Society of Authors, Composers and
by the Glenn Bros.-Roberts Piano Co., Salt Lake
Publishers to grade the annual fee demanded from of Newark, president of the Radio Broadcasting So-
the stations in proportion to their commercial im- ciety; C. B. Cook, its secretary; George Schubel, and
William P. Caldwell, its attorney, and Walker S.
portance. The Chicago stations are among the four
A WHALE OF
Moler, representing L. Bamberger & Co., Newark.
TO PUBLISHERS
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
PUBLISHERS AND RADIO
7 FOREMOST SELLERS
RUTH
Just Foolin' With You
That Wonderful Sweetie off 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 6 t .
CHICAGO
CHICAGO ERADICATING JAZZ
In Noting the Fact Local Newspaper Draws Atten-
tion to Noteworthy Change in Feeling.
In commenting editorially on a forthcoming Chi-
cago event the Herald and Examiner of that city
says:
"From May 20 to May 27 will be observed in our
high schools, we note, as 'Schubert Week.' Its main
purpose will be 'the eradication of obnoxious jazz
music'
"Schubert week in the high schools! And only five
years back the proposition was to forbid the playing
of German compositions in this country because they
were contaminated, somehow, by the German spirit.
The world do move!"
The Chisholm Music Co., formerly located on
Center street, Berkeley, Cal., has moved to a fine
store at Oxford and Center streets, at the main en-
trance to the University of California campus.
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