Presto

September 20, 1924.
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PRESTO
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
BRAZIL PROTECTS COMPOSERS
Modified Copyright Law of South American Re-
public Provides Jail for Infringement.
According to Consul General A. Gaulin, Rio de
Janeiro, writing to the Bureau of Commerce, the
copyright law of Brazil has been modified by legis-
lative decree No. 4790, dated January 2, 1924, and
published in the Diario Official of May 24, 1924. Be-
fore enactment of this law, many foreign musical
compositions were copied locally and the authors and
publishers had no adequate means of protecting their
rights. The present decree is intended to give greater
protection to musical works in Brazil and define the
works intended for public performance which are sub-
ject to copyright protection.
The decree provides that the registration of
dramatic or musical compositions of whatever kind
shall be made at the Bibliotheca Nacional (Public
Library) by means of a printed or typewritten copy
signed by the author. Any unauthorized public per-
formance or execution of a musical composition,
tragedy, drama, comedy, or other production copy-
righted in Brazil, may be enjoined and the gross re-
ceipts of such performance or representation may be
seized by the owner of the copyright.
It is further provided that all copyrighted works
which are published under contract or for the account
of the author, shall be numbered consecutively. Penal
action may be instituted against the infringer of copy-
right.
JAZZ SUBSTITUTE SUGGESTED
Anne Shaw Faulkner Provides Stephen C. Foster
Program for That Purpose.
. In an article in Garden and Home, a "Substitute
Jor Jazz" is provided by Anne Shaw Faulkner (Mrs.
Marx Oberndorfer), national chairman of music divi-
sion of General Federation of Women's Clubs. As a
program for the month's meeting of women's clubs
Mrs. Faulkner suggests the music of Stephen C.
Foster in order that communities may become ac-
quainted with what she calls "the greatest of Ameri-
can folk songs."
"A question that is frequently asked by thoughtful
parents is, 'What substitute can I give my family
for jazz?' There seems to be a misunderstanding as
to what jazz really is and what part it has and will
play in the future music of America," writes Mrs.
Faulkner. "We are apt to designate all music of a
cheap, so-called 'popular' type as jazz, because this
is the music which is usually most easily put out of
joint, but jazz is not a type of musical composition—
it is the manner in which the music is played. Any
composition can be jazzed whether it be a bit of a
Beethoven symphony or a hymn, for jazz literally
means putting rhythm, melody and harmony out of
joint and it is the way it is done by the instruments
playing the music who produces what we call jazz.
"Many people who have the wrong idea as to the
definition of jazz classify under that title all music
that is in syncopated rhythm, whether it be the rag-
time of the American Negro or the czardas of the
Slavic people. Yet there is a vast difference between
good syncopation and jazz and it would seem that
a greater knowledge of good syncopated rhythms
would make jazz seem less attractive.
"We call the Negro syncopation 'rag-time/ and
good Negro ragtime is one of the important expres-
sions of folk music and composers of the past and
present American school have been influenced by
syncopation.
composers of the past and present American school
have been influenced by syncopation.
"Now jazz is something entirely different from rag-
time, for jazz throws the rhythm into syncopation but
changes the harmonic construction of a composi-
tion so that original melodies are often hardly recog-
nizable."
Mrs. Faulkner suggests a program which she says
"may be arranged for solos, duets, quartets or chor-
uses. Costumes may be worn if desired."
1. Short paper on the life and works of Stephen
C. Foster.
2. Early songs: Oh Susanna; Uncle Ned; Nellie
Was a Lady; Nellie Bly.
Middle Period: Old Folks at Home; Massa's in
the Cold, Cold Ground; My Old Kentucky Home;
Old Dog Tray; Oh, Boys, Carry Me Along; I
Dream of Jeanie; Gentle Annie.
Last Period: Old Black Joe; Come Where My
Love Lies Dreaming; Hard Times Come No More.
A WELL EQUIPPED STORE
The Melody Shoppe, Fort Wayne, Ind., Attractive
to Sheet Music Buyers.
The Melody Shoppe, Fort Wayne, Ind., a new
music store, located on East Wayne street, held its
formal opening last week. H. Lloyd Grosvenor,
prominent in local musical circles, is proprietor of
the new music store. Miss Bonita Christopher is
manager of the classical sheet music department and
Miss Pauline Miller manager of the popular sheet
music department. The Melody Shoppe is designed
along the same lines as the exclusive music stores in
the larger cities. The front window has been con-
verted into a music salon. Two large booths in the
rear of the store are equipped with phonographs and
pianos. Mr. Grosvenor has inaugurated a studio
service which will enable musicians and music lovers
to examine sheet music with the aid of experienced
pianist.
BAYNER DALHE1M & C a
A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music
Department Are Printed.
The Music Shop, Burlington, la., of which J. W.
Panly is proprietor, makes a good showing with a
sheet music department in the new store at 404
Jefferson street.
Mayor Shank of Indianapolis is opposed to any
change in the music books in use in the public
schools, and has instructed the corporation counsel
to institute an injunction suit against the school board
should any change in the books be attempted. The
mayor takes the stand on the claim that the city has
been put to too much expense recently in the con-
struction of new buildings and the effort of the ad-
ministration is to keep down the taxes.
The approaching season finds the Hearst Music
Publishers all set for one of the most extensive ad-
vertising and merchandising campaigns ever known
in the music publishing world. A big factor to be
taken into consideration as regards the success of the
Hearst company is the policy upon which all business
is transacted, "The Dealer First." The idea is kept
prominently in mind at all times—practical co-opera-
tion is extended dealers always.
J. C. Duncan, jeweler and music dealer of Mas-
sillon, Ohio, was re-elected president of the Ohio
Retail Jewelers' Association at the annual conven-
tion held recently at Cedar Point, Ohio.
It is an advantage to every music dealer to be
familiar with a convenient and dependable means
to the printing of music. He finds that in Rayner,
Dalheim & Co., 2050-2060 West Lake street, Chicago,
the largest firm of music printers west of New
York. It is a competent house and its reliability is
a matter of common knowledge in the music pub-
lishing business. "Any publisher our reference" is
the statement of the company.
The Harrisburg Music Co., Inc., Harrisburg, 111., is
holding a "closing out" sale preparatory to retiring
from business.
SONGS BY BLIND COMPOSER.
Mine. Amelita Galli-Curci will include in her pro-
grams next winter three songs by Miss Beatrice
Fenner, a blind composer of Los Angeles, according
to an announcement of the American Foundation for
the Blind, with headquarters in New York. Miss
Fenner is nineteen years old and sightless since child-
hood. She is coming to New York early in Septem-
ber to complete her musical education, with Mme.
Galli-Curci as one of her sponsors. In addition to
this honor Miss Fenner has attracted the attention of
Dr. Eugene A. Noble, secretary of the Juilliard Musi-
cal Foundation.
E. G. COUNCIL'S ANNIVERSARY.
E. G. Council, manager of the sheet music depart-
ment of the Brook Mays Co., Dallas, Tex., last week
celebrated the thirty-first anniversary of his entrance
into the music business. He began in the store of
E. B. Guild in Topeka, Kans., where the work ab-
sorbed some of the enthusiasm he evinced for ath-
letics. He had more than local fame as a baseball
pitcher, but when he began to put the piano sales
over the plate he was weaned from his original am-
bition to be a hero of the mound. He joined the
Brook Mays Co. in 1910 and has been the successful
manager of the sheet music counter for ten years.
N E W S H E E T MUSIC STORE.
A new sheet music business was opened in Ed-
wardsville, 111., last week under the title of Williams
Music Co. The building leased by the company is
now being repapered in radiness for early occupancy.
V. V. Williams and Earl Bopp, of Alton, are prin-
cipals in the new business. Mr. Williams, who for-
merly resided in Cleveland, Ohio, has had 20 years'
experience in the music line. He has a music store
at Alton and will leave Mr. Bopp manage the store
in Edwardsville.
GEO. D. LOTTMAN RESIGNS.
George D. Lottman, for the past four years in
charge of advertising and general publicity for Jack
Mills, Inc., music publisher, of New York, has ten-
dered his resignation to that concern. Mr. Lottman
states that he is considering several propositions, one
from a newly organized publishing firm, and that he
will announce his plans for the future at an early
date.
MORE JAZZ FOR PARIS.
Paris evidently likes American jazz, despite the
opposition of the French musicians. Another Yankee
orchestra under the management of Paul Specht has
been booked to play a long engagement at the Hotel
Claridge, of Paris. The French labor authorities
issued the necessary permits for the Specht organiza-
tion to enter.
W I N N E R S IN PORTLAND, ORE.
"Mandalay" (Jerome H. Remick) and "Rock-a-
Bye My Baby Blues" (Sherman, Clay & Co.) con-
tinue to be the big sellers in Portland, Ore. Also
good reports are received on "She's Everybody's
Sweetheart" (Berlin) and "Never Again" (Milton
Weil).
Estimates
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ANY PUBLISHER x
OUR REFERENCE
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
x
WORK DONE BY
ALL PROCESSES
2054-2060 W.Lake St., Chicago, 111.
REMICK SONG HITS
Where the Lazy Daisies Grow
I Wonder Who's Dancing with You
Tonight
There's Yes Yes in Your Eyes
Hula Hula Dream Girl
It Had to Be You
Mandalay
Bring Back the Old Fashioned Waltz
Until Tomorrow
Twilight Rose
Watchin' the Moonrise
Counting the Days
Not Yet Susette
Arizona Stars
If You'll Come Back
Land of Broken Dreams
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
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