Music Trade Review
Issue: 1906 Vol. 42 N. 2 - Page 47
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
47
REVIEW
take no backward step in each branch for which day in our building, a few notes of my latest tri-
they have an established reputation. From what umph, 'Dreaming Love of You,' reached her and
has been intimated not a few capital composi- the prima donna promptly dropped a bunch of
The New Year Has Opened Up in Splendid
tions of a popular flavor may be expected, such contracts and got after the one song of the sea-
Shape With Music Publishers, and Sales Are
as are likely to make more than an ephemeral son, which she says suits her as if the composi-
Becoming Larger and Stronger in All
tion was specially written, every word and note
impression.
Branches of the Business.
On general conditions, a bright publisher who of it, for her own exclusive use."
As was expected, trade has steadily improved is broad enough to see and understand a few
Next week Isidore Witmark, senioV of M. Wit-
since the first, and publishers have not been dis- things beyond his own business, expressed him- mark & Sons, is positively designated to sail to
appointed. Sales have become larger and stronger, self as follows to The Review: "As I said before, the summer clime of the Caribbean Sea, where
and throughout every part of the business a more December is a flat month, but in January an im- he goes to enjoy a long-needed rest from business
buoyant feeling prevails. With commercial af- provement is bound to be seen. Business is much
and pick up his health.
fairs in a condition to create no anxiety, the ex- better than for some weeks, and it is bound to
increase and multiply as the days flit. Already
penditure for entertainments, diversions and
I. Waldman Teschner, the Co. of Willis Wood-
amusements has not been curtailed; and the pros- the orders coming into our house are larger and
ward & Co., a gentleman of particular activity,
pects for a lively season in theatricals and mu- of better quality, and I hear our brethren in the who has been suffering from his eyes, requiring
sical plays, the demand for melodies of both the publishing fold are having the same pleasant the services of specialists, will return to his post
lighter sort, as well as of a serious and educa- experience. It is not always an easy matter to of duty in a few days. His many friends have
tional character, will be increased proportion- judge what will sell in popular issues, though expressed their sympathy in this trying afflic-
ately. This appears to be the consensus of opin- with publishers of more pretentious and mu- tion.
ion among the well informed in the line, and there sically correct things the scope of prophecy is
"Talk about the vicissitudes of the publishing
is scarcely a house of any note but that is pre- arrayed along more definite and positive lines.
paring for a call upon its resources and reper- This is a blessing in its way, though the gam- business," observed a now prosperous publisher,
bling chances are not so alluring, nor are the re- "I remember only too well my soul-trying ex-
toire.
turns quite so ample if you hit it right. Pros- perience in raising $15 to print my first song.
Publishers are once again discussing the pects are brighter, and trade looks finer as it de-
I had been playing the banjo in all sorts of
chances of the proposed copyright law, that
velops."
entertainments, on and off the stage, and had a
means so much to them should Congress act fa-
few pupils besides; but it was a precarious liv-
vorably. Information concerning this measure is
ing. Therefore when I made a 'hit' in the song-
exceedingly meagre, and while no official state-
REVIEWOGRAPHS.
writing line my good fortune was hard to be-
ment is vouchsafed as to its status, either in the
George Primrose, in a letter to Willis Wood- lieve. Then the time I had introducing my
copyright office or elsewhere for that matter, it
songs, and inducing professionals to use them!
is believed, however, that progress is being made, ward & Co., said that the best minstrel song he
My! the very thought of looking backward gives
at least in the preparation of the text. It must had sung in a long time was Geo. Rosey's "When
me the creeps. In consequence, however, no one
the
Corn
Is
Waving,
Dora
Dear."
It
is
a
tenor
be acknowledged that the interests involved are
can tell me anything about the popular song
so diffuse and so important, each in its own solo with a chorus arrangement of six voices.
business, either in the writing, publishing or
The
Geo.
Primrose
Minstrel
Company
has
also
way, that the utmost care and circumspection
introductory stages. I have been through the
put
on
"Don't
Argify,"
rendered
by
the
inimi-
must be exercised in the premises, otherwise an
mill, and have sounded the deeps and know the
egregious blunder may be committed. This might table G. P. in person. Rosey's "The Juggler,"
shallows." Then the P. P. gazed fondly at a
jeopardize the enactment of the bill, hence cau- the march two-step, is selling well, as is also
life-size bust of himself surmounting a pedestal
tion should be displayed and conservative meth- "When the Sun Sinks in the Golden West."
in his luxuriously furnished business quarters
ods prevail.
r.nd indulged in a reminiscent smile.
"Interested
owners
of
phonographs
still
oc-
So far the number of forthcoming publications
in every branch of the business is compara- casionally suggest that it would be an excellent
Libby Blondell introduced "Silver Heels" re-
tively few, but in a few weeks their increase and plan to print the complete words of all the songs cently, and finds that it is one of the best songs
frequency will be more notable. It is safe to of which we make records and include a copy in she has used this season, never failing to win
say, however, that publishers in every line wiil each record that we send out," says the National spontaneous encores.
Phonograph Co., in its Edison's Phonograph
Monthly. "Viewed in the light of a few copies,
this suggestion seems quite feasible and attract-
ive. When, however, the total quantity of rec-
ords made each year is considered, the idea as-
sumes a very different phase, for even at a total
Is of Interest to all dealers—we furnish
The Dainty Novell/ Ballad Success of America.
cost of a few cents per thousand the total cost
you with any quantity ol our new
thematic catalogues without charge.
in a year would be many thousands of dollars.
We publish "Blue Bell," "Feelln* for
Since there would be no return whatever for
You," "What the Brass Band Played"
The March Ballad Hit of America.
this
service, the expenditure would be an entire
and other big hits.
loss.
Then,
too,
the
publishers
of
the
various
Let us get In touch with you—write us.
songs would probably take exception to this use
The Descriptive Rustic Ballad Hit of America.
of the words and demand a money return for the
Send for Our Mew Catalogues.
privilege. Altogether, the suggestion is out of
125 W. 37th Street, New York
PUBLISHED BY
the question."
C H I D l H H M N e w Amsterdam Theatre Bldg. D a m Vn*l#
TRADE SHOWS IMPROVEMENT.
OUR "NEW ISSUE"
PROPOSITION
3 REAL SELLING HITS 3
" C O M E BACK"
"GOOD-BYE 'DIXIE' DEAR"
"NEATH THE SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE"
F. B. Haviland Pub. Co.
O U L DLUUIY!,
WILLIS WOODWARD 6 CO.
Announce the Publication of
George
Rosey's
Latest and Greatest Two Step
"The Juggler"
Special
Rate
to January
80 PER CENT. FROM
THE PUBLIC'S CHOICE
1st, I9O6
LIST
PRICE
Chas. K. Harris last week said: "Nella Bergen
has appropriately been termed the handsomest
prima donna on the American stage, but she is
also probably one of the most astute and far see-
ing. When the singer first started in vaudeville
she herself says that her one great difficulty
was in finding some songs that were really new
and of a quality that was away from the 'Soldier
Boy,' 'Beating Drums,' and 'Fruit Trees' that
had been persistently and perennially done to
death in the continuous houses, until it looked as
if anything on the popular order would be an
utter impossibility so far as her own repertoire
was concerned. Visiting a vaudeville office one
From the Comic Opera
THE PUBLIC'S CHOICE
MLLE. MODISTE"
Now Triumphantly Reigning at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York
VOCAL
The Nature Class.
I Want What I Want When I Want It.
The Keokuk Culture Club.
I'm Always Misunderstood.
When the .Cat's Away the Mice Will Play.
The
Mascot of the Troop.
The Time, The Place and The Girl.
The Dear Little Girl Who is Good.
If I Were on the Stage.
Ze
English
Language.
Love Me, Love My Dog.
The Nightingale and the Star (Waltz Song).
Hats Make the Woman.
INSTRUMENTAL—Selection, March, Waltzes, Landers, Complete Score.
Order Right Away; the Demand Is Steadily Increasing
1VI. Witmark & Sons
42d Street, near Broadway
N c W lOlK
OUR STANDARD MUSIC FOLIOS
THE MOST POPULAR COLLEGE SONGS.
NEW SONGS FOR MALE QUARTETS.
FIFTY NEW COLLEGE SONGS.
SONGS OF WESTERN COLLEGES.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SONGS.
SONGS OF ALL THE COLLEGES.
NEW SONGS FOR COLLEGE GLEE CLUBS.
100 NEW KINDERGARTEN SONGS.
SONGS OF EASTERN COLLEGES.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SONGS.
Special Introductory Rates
for the Fall Season.
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE,
31-35 W. 15th Street,
New York City.
POPULAR SONG and INSTRUMENTAL HITS
When the Harvest Moon Is Shining on the River
When the Evening Breeze Is
Peter Piper Murch
e, Sweet Home
|
Sname on y o u
Down Where the Silvery
Mohawk Flows
My Heart's To-Nlght in
Tennessee
Big Indian Chief
Mllo
Duke of Duluth
Isle of Spice
Lady Teazle White Cat
THE CATCH OF THE SEASON
Published by
jOS. W. STIKN 6 CO.,
34 Etst 21st S t , Ntw York
THE
MUSIC TRADE
47
REVIEW
take no backward step in each branch for which day in our building, a few notes of my latest tri-
they have an established reputation. From what umph, 'Dreaming Love of You,' reached her and
has been intimated not a few capital composi- the prima donna promptly dropped a bunch of
The New Year Has Opened Up in Splendid
tions of a popular flavor may be expected, such contracts and got after the one song of the sea-
Shape With Music Publishers, and Sales Are
as are likely to make more than an ephemeral son, which she says suits her as if the composi-
Becoming Larger and Stronger in All
tion was specially written, every word and note
impression.
Branches of the Business.
On general conditions, a bright publisher who of it, for her own exclusive use."
As was expected, trade has steadily improved is broad enough to see and understand a few
Next week Isidore Witmark, senioV of M. Wit-
since the first, and publishers have not been dis- things beyond his own business, expressed him- mark & Sons, is positively designated to sail to
appointed. Sales have become larger and stronger, self as follows to The Review: "As I said before, the summer clime of the Caribbean Sea, where
and throughout every part of the business a more December is a flat month, but in January an im- he goes to enjoy a long-needed rest from business
buoyant feeling prevails. With commercial af- provement is bound to be seen. Business is much
and pick up his health.
fairs in a condition to create no anxiety, the ex- better than for some weeks, and it is bound to
increase and multiply as the days flit. Already
penditure for entertainments, diversions and
I. Waldman Teschner, the Co. of Willis Wood-
amusements has not been curtailed; and the pros- the orders coming into our house are larger and
ward & Co., a gentleman of particular activity,
pects for a lively season in theatricals and mu- of better quality, and I hear our brethren in the who has been suffering from his eyes, requiring
sical plays, the demand for melodies of both the publishing fold are having the same pleasant the services of specialists, will return to his post
lighter sort, as well as of a serious and educa- experience. It is not always an easy matter to of duty in a few days. His many friends have
tional character, will be increased proportion- judge what will sell in popular issues, though expressed their sympathy in this trying afflic-
ately. This appears to be the consensus of opin- with publishers of more pretentious and mu- tion.
ion among the well informed in the line, and there sically correct things the scope of prophecy is
"Talk about the vicissitudes of the publishing
is scarcely a house of any note but that is pre- arrayed along more definite and positive lines.
paring for a call upon its resources and reper- This is a blessing in its way, though the gam- business," observed a now prosperous publisher,
bling chances are not so alluring, nor are the re- "I remember only too well my soul-trying ex-
toire.
turns quite so ample if you hit it right. Pros- perience in raising $15 to print my first song.
Publishers are once again discussing the pects are brighter, and trade looks finer as it de-
I had been playing the banjo in all sorts of
chances of the proposed copyright law, that
velops."
entertainments, on and off the stage, and had a
means so much to them should Congress act fa-
few pupils besides; but it was a precarious liv-
vorably. Information concerning this measure is
ing. Therefore when I made a 'hit' in the song-
exceedingly meagre, and while no official state-
REVIEWOGRAPHS.
writing line my good fortune was hard to be-
ment is vouchsafed as to its status, either in the
George Primrose, in a letter to Willis Wood- lieve. Then the time I had introducing my
copyright office or elsewhere for that matter, it
songs, and inducing professionals to use them!
is believed, however, that progress is being made, ward & Co., said that the best minstrel song he
My! the very thought of looking backward gives
at least in the preparation of the text. It must had sung in a long time was Geo. Rosey's "When
me the creeps. In consequence, however, no one
the
Corn
Is
Waving,
Dora
Dear."
It
is
a
tenor
be acknowledged that the interests involved are
can tell me anything about the popular song
so diffuse and so important, each in its own solo with a chorus arrangement of six voices.
business, either in the writing, publishing or
The
Geo.
Primrose
Minstrel
Company
has
also
way, that the utmost care and circumspection
introductory stages. I have been through the
put
on
"Don't
Argify,"
rendered
by
the
inimi-
must be exercised in the premises, otherwise an
mill, and have sounded the deeps and know the
egregious blunder may be committed. This might table G. P. in person. Rosey's "The Juggler,"
shallows." Then the P. P. gazed fondly at a
jeopardize the enactment of the bill, hence cau- the march two-step, is selling well, as is also
life-size bust of himself surmounting a pedestal
tion should be displayed and conservative meth- "When the Sun Sinks in the Golden West."
in his luxuriously furnished business quarters
ods prevail.
r.nd indulged in a reminiscent smile.
"Interested
owners
of
phonographs
still
oc-
So far the number of forthcoming publications
in every branch of the business is compara- casionally suggest that it would be an excellent
Libby Blondell introduced "Silver Heels" re-
tively few, but in a few weeks their increase and plan to print the complete words of all the songs cently, and finds that it is one of the best songs
frequency will be more notable. It is safe to of which we make records and include a copy in she has used this season, never failing to win
say, however, that publishers in every line wiil each record that we send out," says the National spontaneous encores.
Phonograph Co., in its Edison's Phonograph
Monthly. "Viewed in the light of a few copies,
this suggestion seems quite feasible and attract-
ive. When, however, the total quantity of rec-
ords made each year is considered, the idea as-
sumes a very different phase, for even at a total
Is of Interest to all dealers—we furnish
The Dainty Novell/ Ballad Success of America.
cost of a few cents per thousand the total cost
you with any quantity ol our new
thematic catalogues without charge.
in a year would be many thousands of dollars.
We publish "Blue Bell," "Feelln* for
Since there would be no return whatever for
You," "What the Brass Band Played"
The March Ballad Hit of America.
this
service, the expenditure would be an entire
and other big hits.
loss.
Then,
too,
the
publishers
of
the
various
Let us get In touch with you—write us.
songs would probably take exception to this use
The Descriptive Rustic Ballad Hit of America.
of the words and demand a money return for the
Send for Our Mew Catalogues.
privilege. Altogether, the suggestion is out of
125 W. 37th Street, New York
PUBLISHED BY
the question."
C H I D l H H M N e w Amsterdam Theatre Bldg. D a m Vn*l#
TRADE SHOWS IMPROVEMENT.
OUR "NEW ISSUE"
PROPOSITION
3 REAL SELLING HITS 3
" C O M E BACK"
"GOOD-BYE 'DIXIE' DEAR"
"NEATH THE SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE"
F. B. Haviland Pub. Co.
O U L DLUUIY!,
WILLIS WOODWARD 6 CO.
Announce the Publication of
George
Rosey's
Latest and Greatest Two Step
"The Juggler"
Special
Rate
to January
80 PER CENT. FROM
THE PUBLIC'S CHOICE
1st, I9O6
LIST
PRICE
Chas. K. Harris last week said: "Nella Bergen
has appropriately been termed the handsomest
prima donna on the American stage, but she is
also probably one of the most astute and far see-
ing. When the singer first started in vaudeville
she herself says that her one great difficulty
was in finding some songs that were really new
and of a quality that was away from the 'Soldier
Boy,' 'Beating Drums,' and 'Fruit Trees' that
had been persistently and perennially done to
death in the continuous houses, until it looked as
if anything on the popular order would be an
utter impossibility so far as her own repertoire
was concerned. Visiting a vaudeville office one
From the Comic Opera
THE PUBLIC'S CHOICE
MLLE. MODISTE"
Now Triumphantly Reigning at the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York
VOCAL
The Nature Class.
I Want What I Want When I Want It.
The Keokuk Culture Club.
I'm Always Misunderstood.
When the .Cat's Away the Mice Will Play.
The
Mascot of the Troop.
The Time, The Place and The Girl.
The Dear Little Girl Who is Good.
If I Were on the Stage.
Ze
English
Language.
Love Me, Love My Dog.
The Nightingale and the Star (Waltz Song).
Hats Make the Woman.
INSTRUMENTAL—Selection, March, Waltzes, Landers, Complete Score.
Order Right Away; the Demand Is Steadily Increasing
1VI. Witmark & Sons
42d Street, near Broadway
N c W lOlK
OUR STANDARD MUSIC FOLIOS
THE MOST POPULAR COLLEGE SONGS.
NEW SONGS FOR MALE QUARTETS.
FIFTY NEW COLLEGE SONGS.
SONGS OF WESTERN COLLEGES.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SONGS.
SONGS OF ALL THE COLLEGES.
NEW SONGS FOR COLLEGE GLEE CLUBS.
100 NEW KINDERGARTEN SONGS.
SONGS OF EASTERN COLLEGES.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SONGS.
Special Introductory Rates
for the Fall Season.
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE,
31-35 W. 15th Street,
New York City.
POPULAR SONG and INSTRUMENTAL HITS
When the Harvest Moon Is Shining on the River
When the Evening Breeze Is
Peter Piper Murch
e, Sweet Home
|
Sname on y o u
Down Where the Silvery
Mohawk Flows
My Heart's To-Nlght in
Tennessee
Big Indian Chief
Mllo
Duke of Duluth
Isle of Spice
Lady Teazle White Cat
THE CATCH OF THE SEASON
Published by
jOS. W. STIKN 6 CO.,
34 Etst 21st S t , Ntw York
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