Music Trade Review
Issue: 1903 Vol. 37 N. 14 - Page 47
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THE:
MUSIC TRADE
47
REVIEW
In tKe World of Music Publishing
PRICE CUTTING OF MUSIC.
Department Stores Again the Offenders—Chance
For Association Action—Something Must be
Done to Relieve the Situation.
Price cutting" is again disturbing the
otherwise calm serenity of the music pub-
lisher. A polite settlement, or, rather, a
feasible suggestion, with that end in view,
is evidently one of the "burning questions''
of the business. The appearance early in the
week of an announcement from a depart-
ment store commanding a great trade
opened up the wound afresh, so to speak,
and the chief of a firm notable for its "on
the level" methods, apropos of the "cuts"
offered to the public on reigning songs,
said to The Review Monday:
"It is the same old question in which the
publishers adopt a suicidal policy. There
is no good and sufficient reason for giving
the department stores the advantage over
the regular dealer. The former handle mu-
sic like calico or any other merchantable
commodity—have a bargain counter rush,
as it were; and the outcome is always a
disturbance of trade prices and anything
but amiable feelings of competitors toward
the offending publisher. The Music Pub-
lishers' Association of the United States,
at its convention in June, discussed this
matter in executive session, but no plan for
abolishing the discreditable practice was
adopted. Several plans were suggested,
but evidently the subject was what might
be termed 'a burning question,' and no one
seemed to have the right kind of tongs at
hand for pulling it out of the fire.
"The members of the Association," con-
tinued the gentleman, "are certainly deep-
ly concerned in the proper adjustment of
a discount scale of sufficient elasticity to
meet the requirements—if not necessities—
of the average publishing business, but
now it seems such an arrangement, like
Topsy, must 'jes' grow,' until there is
enough confidence established between the
influential firms to tincture the entire bus-
iness. Perhaps the millennium may be not
far off by the time this delightful state of
affairs is reached, but we shall keep on try-
ing just the same."
Other publishers discussed the issue in
much the same vein, with a few expressing
themselves quite emphatically.
A FAMOUS SINGER AND HIS SONGS.
Francis Archambault, the well known
concert singer, has a magnificent bass voice
of cantata quality, and he chooses his songs
with rare discretion and discernment, al-
ways using just the sort which are perfect-
ly adapted to bring out the very best tones.
8onn of AU the College. - -
Song* of the Eaitern College*
Song*
S f of
h the
W Weatern
C l Colle«r,i
l
New Sons* for Glee Clu>-» .
New |
id***Taken Prizes •
That wm T»ke Priie*
Fiece»forX»«r|rOcc»tJon .
5 Min.U Oedamationa for College Men
S-Mlnnte Reading* for College OlrU
How to Attract and Hold an Audienoa
Pahner'* New Parliamentary
y Manual
a
Pros and Con*. (Complete Debates)
i o n s , Eitaj*,
Commencement ParU ( (Orations,
Ei
Gnnnbon's
New D
Dialogues and Plays
G b ' N
IUIIIIUIII
[Special to The Review.]
Boston, Mass., Sept. 29, 1903.
"For the Flag" is a stirring military
march and two-step by J. Bodewalt
Lampe, composer of the now famous "Cre-
ole Belles," which Walter Jacobs has just
published for orchestra.
Mr. Jacobs has also brought out as piano
solos, several of his band, orchestra and
mandolin orchestra hits such as "The Hap-
.py Hayseed," a characteristic march two-
step, by Walter Rolfe ;; "Pepeeta," vals es-
panol, by R. E. Hildreth; "The Marconi-
gram," march and two-step, by Thos. S.
Allen, and "A Tip-Topper," march and
two-step by W. A. Corey—rattling good
numbers, every one.
CUNDY MUSIC HOUSE SUCCESSES.
[Special to The Review.]
FRANCIS ARCHAMBAULT.
At present the most attractive numbers in
his repertoire are two fine songs by Her-
man Devries: "SiJ'Etais Dieu,". the words
of which are by Sully Prudhomme, and
"Bon Jour Suzon," written to Alfred Mus-
set's poem of that name, a ballad "A Kiss
of Spring," and a charming encore number
by Lillian Heckler, "Must You Go?" These
songs are all published by M. Witmark &
Sons.
"NEW SONGS FOR MALE QUARTETTES."
£?J
M?t>le,Pu blishers, 31 W.?ftkSt+
If. r.City, wtil send you any 0/thestiooks sub-
Jtct to approval. Enclose this adrrrtisement.
WALTER JACOBS HAS SOME "WINNERS."
Hinds & Noble's "New Songs for Male
Quartettes" is now in press, and is expected
to be published and ready for delivery
about the middle of the month. It is an
excellent collection, carefully selected, with
many really meritorious compositions, and
promises to be one of the most successful
books issued by this enterprising and pro-
gressive firm, indubitably headquarters for
the best music of this class. The advance
sale of the work is more than satisfactory.
Prof. Walter Howe Jones, manager of
H. & N.'s music department, a composer of
rank, in the process of acclimation has un-
dergone several sieges of sickness, and last
week he had another inning that kept him
away from business until Tuesday. His
fancies during this period were far from
musical, though he has several good things,
in the process of incubation, which will be
heard from later.
Boston, Mass., Sept. 29, 1903.
A big hit for brass bands is "Remin-
iscences of 100 Years," a history of a mil-
itary company, by F. W. Clements, pub-
lished by the Cundy Music Co., No. 93
Court street. This house also brought out
recently a new cornet solo by Clements,
called "Rex." This is a valse brilliante. It
is published for cornet and piano, cornet
and orchestra and cornet and band.
New clarionet solos recently brought
out by the Cundy Music Co. are "Sally
in Our Alley" (air varie) ; Huson's
"Louise de Montfort" (air varie by Berg-
son) and other clarionet solos with band,
orchestra and piano accompaniment, all
published for the first time in August.
DE KOVEN'S "RED FEATHER" AT BALTIMORE.
Baltimore is to have the initial perfor-
mance of the Ziegfeld Opera Co.'s produc-
tion of "Red Feather" in which Grace Van
Studdiford is to star. The book is by
The New Instrumental Novelty
By THEODORE BENDIX
"SILLY BILLY."
An Excellent Characteristic by a Popular Composer.
Already in Big Demand.
M. WITMARK & SONS,
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
LONDON
Separate Numbers and Scores
of the following
•
C o m i c O p e r a and Musioal
t : : C o m • d y S u o c e s a e s : : :
"THB JBWEL ©P ASIA"—By Frederic Ranker, Harry
B. Smith and Ludwig Englander.
"NANCY BROWN"—By Frederic Ranken and Henry
K. Hadley.
"THE nOCKINQ BIRD"—By Sidney Rosenfeld and A.
Baldwin Sloane.
"SALLY IN OUR ALLEY"—By Geo. V. Hobart and
Ludwig Englander.
"THE WILD ROSE"—By Harry B. Smith and Ludwig
Englander.
''THE J8RSEY L1LY"-By Geo. V. Hobart & Reginald.De
Koven.
"A QIRL FROM D1XIE"-By Harry B. Smith.
"THE ISLE OF SPICE"—By Allen Lowe & Paul Schindler
r.bn.n.dDT JOS. W. STERN &CO.
NEW Y O R K
34 East Slit Street
uirnuHcooo
CHICAGO
WIDOH
THE:
MUSIC TRADE
47
REVIEW
In tKe World of Music Publishing
PRICE CUTTING OF MUSIC.
Department Stores Again the Offenders—Chance
For Association Action—Something Must be
Done to Relieve the Situation.
Price cutting" is again disturbing the
otherwise calm serenity of the music pub-
lisher. A polite settlement, or, rather, a
feasible suggestion, with that end in view,
is evidently one of the "burning questions''
of the business. The appearance early in the
week of an announcement from a depart-
ment store commanding a great trade
opened up the wound afresh, so to speak,
and the chief of a firm notable for its "on
the level" methods, apropos of the "cuts"
offered to the public on reigning songs,
said to The Review Monday:
"It is the same old question in which the
publishers adopt a suicidal policy. There
is no good and sufficient reason for giving
the department stores the advantage over
the regular dealer. The former handle mu-
sic like calico or any other merchantable
commodity—have a bargain counter rush,
as it were; and the outcome is always a
disturbance of trade prices and anything
but amiable feelings of competitors toward
the offending publisher. The Music Pub-
lishers' Association of the United States,
at its convention in June, discussed this
matter in executive session, but no plan for
abolishing the discreditable practice was
adopted. Several plans were suggested,
but evidently the subject was what might
be termed 'a burning question,' and no one
seemed to have the right kind of tongs at
hand for pulling it out of the fire.
"The members of the Association," con-
tinued the gentleman, "are certainly deep-
ly concerned in the proper adjustment of
a discount scale of sufficient elasticity to
meet the requirements—if not necessities—
of the average publishing business, but
now it seems such an arrangement, like
Topsy, must 'jes' grow,' until there is
enough confidence established between the
influential firms to tincture the entire bus-
iness. Perhaps the millennium may be not
far off by the time this delightful state of
affairs is reached, but we shall keep on try-
ing just the same."
Other publishers discussed the issue in
much the same vein, with a few expressing
themselves quite emphatically.
A FAMOUS SINGER AND HIS SONGS.
Francis Archambault, the well known
concert singer, has a magnificent bass voice
of cantata quality, and he chooses his songs
with rare discretion and discernment, al-
ways using just the sort which are perfect-
ly adapted to bring out the very best tones.
8onn of AU the College. - -
Song* of the Eaitern College*
Song*
S f of
h the
W Weatern
C l Colle«r,i
l
New Sons* for Glee Clu>-» .
New |
id***Taken Prizes •
That wm T»ke Priie*
Fiece»forX»«r|rOcc»tJon .
5 Min.U Oedamationa for College Men
S-Mlnnte Reading* for College OlrU
How to Attract and Hold an Audienoa
Pahner'* New Parliamentary
y Manual
a
Pros and Con*. (Complete Debates)
i o n s , Eitaj*,
Commencement ParU ( (Orations,
Ei
Gnnnbon's
New D
Dialogues and Plays
G b ' N
IUIIIIUIII
[Special to The Review.]
Boston, Mass., Sept. 29, 1903.
"For the Flag" is a stirring military
march and two-step by J. Bodewalt
Lampe, composer of the now famous "Cre-
ole Belles," which Walter Jacobs has just
published for orchestra.
Mr. Jacobs has also brought out as piano
solos, several of his band, orchestra and
mandolin orchestra hits such as "The Hap-
.py Hayseed," a characteristic march two-
step, by Walter Rolfe ;; "Pepeeta," vals es-
panol, by R. E. Hildreth; "The Marconi-
gram," march and two-step, by Thos. S.
Allen, and "A Tip-Topper," march and
two-step by W. A. Corey—rattling good
numbers, every one.
CUNDY MUSIC HOUSE SUCCESSES.
[Special to The Review.]
FRANCIS ARCHAMBAULT.
At present the most attractive numbers in
his repertoire are two fine songs by Her-
man Devries: "SiJ'Etais Dieu,". the words
of which are by Sully Prudhomme, and
"Bon Jour Suzon," written to Alfred Mus-
set's poem of that name, a ballad "A Kiss
of Spring," and a charming encore number
by Lillian Heckler, "Must You Go?" These
songs are all published by M. Witmark &
Sons.
"NEW SONGS FOR MALE QUARTETTES."
£?J
M?t>le,Pu blishers, 31 W.?ftkSt+
If. r.City, wtil send you any 0/thestiooks sub-
Jtct to approval. Enclose this adrrrtisement.
WALTER JACOBS HAS SOME "WINNERS."
Hinds & Noble's "New Songs for Male
Quartettes" is now in press, and is expected
to be published and ready for delivery
about the middle of the month. It is an
excellent collection, carefully selected, with
many really meritorious compositions, and
promises to be one of the most successful
books issued by this enterprising and pro-
gressive firm, indubitably headquarters for
the best music of this class. The advance
sale of the work is more than satisfactory.
Prof. Walter Howe Jones, manager of
H. & N.'s music department, a composer of
rank, in the process of acclimation has un-
dergone several sieges of sickness, and last
week he had another inning that kept him
away from business until Tuesday. His
fancies during this period were far from
musical, though he has several good things,
in the process of incubation, which will be
heard from later.
Boston, Mass., Sept. 29, 1903.
A big hit for brass bands is "Remin-
iscences of 100 Years," a history of a mil-
itary company, by F. W. Clements, pub-
lished by the Cundy Music Co., No. 93
Court street. This house also brought out
recently a new cornet solo by Clements,
called "Rex." This is a valse brilliante. It
is published for cornet and piano, cornet
and orchestra and cornet and band.
New clarionet solos recently brought
out by the Cundy Music Co. are "Sally
in Our Alley" (air varie) ; Huson's
"Louise de Montfort" (air varie by Berg-
son) and other clarionet solos with band,
orchestra and piano accompaniment, all
published for the first time in August.
DE KOVEN'S "RED FEATHER" AT BALTIMORE.
Baltimore is to have the initial perfor-
mance of the Ziegfeld Opera Co.'s produc-
tion of "Red Feather" in which Grace Van
Studdiford is to star. The book is by
The New Instrumental Novelty
By THEODORE BENDIX
"SILLY BILLY."
An Excellent Characteristic by a Popular Composer.
Already in Big Demand.
M. WITMARK & SONS,
NEW YORK
CHICAGO
LONDON
Separate Numbers and Scores
of the following
•
C o m i c O p e r a and Musioal
t : : C o m • d y S u o c e s a e s : : :
"THB JBWEL ©P ASIA"—By Frederic Ranker, Harry
B. Smith and Ludwig Englander.
"NANCY BROWN"—By Frederic Ranken and Henry
K. Hadley.
"THE nOCKINQ BIRD"—By Sidney Rosenfeld and A.
Baldwin Sloane.
"SALLY IN OUR ALLEY"—By Geo. V. Hobart and
Ludwig Englander.
"THE WILD ROSE"—By Harry B. Smith and Ludwig
Englander.
''THE J8RSEY L1LY"-By Geo. V. Hobart & Reginald.De
Koven.
"A QIRL FROM D1XIE"-By Harry B. Smith.
"THE ISLE OF SPICE"—By Allen Lowe & Paul Schindler
r.bn.n.dDT JOS. W. STERN &CO.
NEW Y O R K
34 East Slit Street
uirnuHcooo
CHICAGO
WIDOH
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