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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
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In tKe World of Music PublisHing
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week. It stands to reason that they cannot look
over all of them carefully. Consequently, those
The Outlook Is Flattering for an Early Fall that are properly arranged get their first and
Trade of Satisfactory Dimensions—Pub- best attention. In fact, in nine cases out of ten
lishers Hope a Price Maintenance Will be meritorious manuscripts are rejected because
Respected—Cutting and Slashing Demoral
they are not properly arranged. It is a well-
izes Business Badly—Some Favor the Es- known fact that a beautiful painting often loses
tablishment of a Price Agreement—Views of
its effectiveness if not placed in the proper light;
a Prominent Publisher.
so a good manuscript loses all its charm by
faulty arrangement."
Business is beginning to regain its old-time ac-
Further along it is said manuscripts, to make
tivity, and scarcely a house of any prominence them presentable for publication, should be ar-
has other than favorable reports to make of the ranged from a practical standpoint. Then this
past week. The outlook is also very bright and is appended in a cautionary way: "It is better
orders from jobbers and dealers are coming in to submit your compositions to a publisher in
rapidly and are of good size. The success of
manuscript form rather than hecktographed, as
popular music being dependent to a great extent the latter form leads him to believe that your
upon the prosperity of the theatrical season, numbers have been handed around' promiscuous-
every enterprise in that line is scanned closely ly. Many concerns make glittering promises to
for opportunities. It is agreed no greater and prospective customers, assuring them that they
more profitable period is before the dramatic and will realize fabulous sums from their composi-
operatic ventures than the one just opening. tions. We do not believe in these methods. AH
Every indication points that way, and publishers we say is that there have been great successes,
are accordingly in a pleasant frame of mind in and there has been much money realized from
anticipation.
compositions by practically unknown writers."
Publishers are in hopes that prices will be In conclusion, it is added that "publishing and
Which is
more uniformly maintained this fall, and if cer- exploiting is another proposition."
tain events transpire by which great store is laid most decidedly true.
this consummation devoutly to be wished will
be brought about. Plans with this end in view
ENGLISH MUSIC PIRATES.
are being seriously and sincerely discussed, and
the firms directly interested are the largest and Some of the Kind Who Profit by the Work of
Others in London.
best in this country, controlling the greatest and
most diversified catalogues and the leading and
They are having trouble with music pirates on
most successful productions. Were these houses
to agree upon a selling policy, the situation would the other side of the water. According to the
be under instant control, and the cutting and London and Provincial Music Trades Review,
slashing and general demoralization so much in George Wootton, giving an address at Clarence
evidence since the first of the year would be in street, Islington, was summoned at North London
by the Music Publishers' Association, to show
the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
cause why 287,790 copies of pirated music, seized
Chatting of the situation as seen through his at his warehouse, should not be destroyed. C. V.
spectacles, which, by the way, are clear-sighted Young appeared to prosecute; but the defendant,
and never dimmed, a publisher remarked to The who was proved to have had the summons, did
Review Monday: "Yes, indeed, the situation is not respond.
greatly improved. The road companies are fast
Police Inspector Harris stated that on July 17
disappearing.up the turnpike, each with a reper-
he and some constables, with an official of the
toire of the best songs ever heard, not to mention
association, entered a warehouse at Bentley
superb dance arrangements and beautiful orches-
road, Kingsland, and seized a large quantity of
tral effects, from which we all expect gilt-edge
pirated music. These were taken in a van to the
results. The season is opening up fine. The reg-
police station.
ular trade is also looking good. There is a
healthier tone, a better and cleaner feeling, if 1 A. Williams, of Bentley road, said the ware-
may so express it. Perhaps the publishing atmo- house was empty when Wootton took it, but
sphere is being purified; at any rate, the sunshine soon afterwards it was fitted with selves and
is permeating and bracing, from which only good tables and chairs, and the packing of orders had
can possibly come. Wouldn't it be great if the commenced. The rent had been paid up to Thurs-
publishers would put their foot—some have a day last.
Mr. Fordham ordered that the music be de-
pretty heavy one, let me tell you—down, on just
a few things that are like thorns in the sides of stroyed and £10 10s. costs paid.
the business? We are looking for it, too. Just
THE LATEST BROADWAY SUCCESS.
watch and wait and maybe The Review will hear
something weighty drop."
"Twenty-two songs, all good ones," is one or
the lines in the New York Herald's caption be-
"New Extravaganza Scores a Success,"
ARRANGING MUSIC FOR PUL1SHERS. ginning,
that heads the article, in the issue of Tuesday
Practical Hints and Suggestions-—Why Manu- last, descriptive of Paul West, W. W. Denslow
and John W. Bratton's new and charming enter-
scripts Are Rejected.
tainment, "The Pearl and the Pumpkin," which
A leading house has issued an interesting lit- opened the season a t the Broadway Theatre.
tle booklet intended "for those who create orig- After praising the music of the production, the
inal melodies, but have not the technical knowl- Herald's article concludes: " 'The Pearl and the
edge to put the same in tangible form, or to ar- Pumpkin' has come to stay, which is a rare thing
range the same practically; for those who can for a production that opens the season."
arrange correctly, but have not the time to do
Other New York papers, one and all, are equal-
so, preferring to devote their entire time to com- ly, if not even more enthusiastic about the ex-
posing; for those who have time, and are able travaganza than the Herald, but that line in the
to arrange properly, but who realize that an es- caption, "Twenty-two songs, all good ones,"
tablishment which makes a specialty of this work sounds the keynote of the success of Messrs.
can arrange compositions more suitably to the Klaw & Erlanger's latest and great spectacular
public taste than they themselves can."
venture.
Another excerpt explains why manuscripts are
Of these twenty-two numbers the prime favo-
rejected as follows: "Many of the larger pub- rites seem to be among the following principal
lishers receive hundreds of manuscripts each songs in the piece, each of which is literally a
BUSINESS WITH THE PUBLISHERS.
"hummer" in its way: "Jack o'Lantern Joe,"
"Come, My True Love," "When the Moon is in
the Sky" (shadow song), "The Daughter of
Annie Rooney," "A String of Pearls," "Honey-
moon Hall," "My Combination Girl," "Lily
White," "Fol Ue Iddley Ido," "Who Makes the
Finest Ginger Bread?" "My Party," "Hang To-
gether," "It is the English," "Sitting on the Star-
board Tack," "On a Desert Island with the One
You Love," and "The Innocent Games of Child-
hood." So much for the songs; the favorite in-
strumental numbers are "The Squirrels' Picnic"
and "The Phantom Brigade."
The songs and instrumental numbers of "The
Pearl and the Pumpkin," including the selection,
waltzes, march and full score, are published by
M. Witmark & Sons, who are, naturally, much
pleased with its emphatic success on Broadway.
PROFESSIONAL PERFORMERS.
Mills and Morris, the black-face minstrel girls,
are singing "Keep a Little Cosy Corner in Your
Heart for Me," and report great success with the
big song hit.
Kathryn Miley is using "Keep a Little Cosy
C," "My Yankee-Irish
Girl," "The Leader of the German Band," "Long-
ing for You," and "She Waits by the Deep, Blue
Sea," and receives four and five encores at each
performance.
Radie Furman, who has just returned from a
successful European tour, has added "Keep a
Little Cosy Corner in Your Heart for Me" and
"The Leader of the German Band" to her clever
act, and writes us they are two sure fire num-
bers.
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