Music Trade Review
Issue: 1906 Vol. 42 N. 21 - Page 51
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THE MUSIC TRADE
NEW COPYRIGHT BILL READY.
REVIEW
the reproduction of them in any form or system
of notation, follow:
Sec. 1. That the copyright secured by tills act shail
include the sole and exclusive right. . . . (Para-
graph g) to publicly perform [for profit | a copyrighted
musical work, or any part thereof, or for the purposes
set forth in subsection (b) herein to make any arraiige-
(Special to The Review.)
raent or setting of such work, or of the melody there-
Washington, D. C., May 21, 1906.
of, in any system of notation ; or, in the case of any
To-day copies of the draft (the third) of a pro- musical composition published and copyrighted after
posed bill to amend and consolidate the acts re- this act shall have gone into effect, to reproduce to the
specting copyright were distributed by the Regis- ear the whole or any material part of it by means of any
ter of Copyrights, Thorvald Solberg, to the so- device or any mechanical appliance whatsoever, and
to make, sell, distribute, or let for hire, any such de-
cieties, associations, organized bodies and persons
vice or mechanical appliance.
participating in the various copyright confer-
Sec. 25. That any person who wilfully and for profit
ences. Two of these meetings—one May 31 and shall infringe any copyright secured by this act shall
June 2, inclusive, the other November 1-3—were be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall
be imprisoned for a period not exceeding one year, or
held in New York, and the third in this city lined
in a sum not less than $100 and not over $1,000,
March 13-15 of this year. The Hon. Herbert Put- or both.
nam, Librarian of Congress, desires a fourth con-
Sec. 38. That the right to make any mechanical de-
ference, to assemble here June 4, as he expects to vice by which music may be reproduced to the ear
be deemed a separate estate subject to as-
have the bill introduced in the Senate and House signment, shall
lease, license, gift, bequest, or Inheritance.
Final Draft Submitted to the Lines of Business
Affected—Sections Pertinent to Publishers.
either the 5th or 6th succeeding, with a hearing
to be had before the House Committee on Pat-
ents on one or the other of these days. Should
the measure not be in readiness for introduction
en the dates mentioned, then it will go over for
a week.
The bill covers 26 printed pages, has 64 sec-
tions, with numerous sub-divisions besides.
Those parts dealing with musical compositions,
TWO
GREAT
HITS!
"Where the Mississippi Meets the Sea"
AND
*'S W EEXHEARX"
MELVILLE MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
55 West 28th Street, New York
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engravers and Printers
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF TITLE
FOR ESTIMATE
2 2 6 WEST 2 6 t h STREET, NEW YORK CITY
OUR "NEW ISSUE"
PROPOSITION
Is of Interest to all dealers—we furnish
you with any quantity of our new
thematic catalogues without charge.
We publish "Blue Bell." T e e l l n ' for
You/' "What the Brass Band Played"
and other big hits.
Let us get In touch with you—write us.
F. B. Haviland Pub. Co.
125 W. 37th Street, New York
WILLIS WOODWARD & CO.
PUBLISHERS OF
May Irwin's Great Hit of this Season,
"DON'T
ARGIFY"
By John B. Lowitz (Swifty).
Elizabeth Murray's Great Success,
"PEGGY
SHEA"
By Arthur Gillespie and Paul Schindler.
And the New Summer Waltz Song,
"HELLO
PEACHES"
By John B. Lowitz and Henry Arthur Blumcnthal.
For a limited time the above can' be had at 80% from
list price.
By section 64 the existing law—section 4966
of the Revised Statutes—is continued in full
force and effect, as follows, omitting the conclud-
ing court procedure:
Know?" by Eugene Cowles; "In Dreams I Wan-
dered with Thee," by J. C. Bartlett; "Belinda,"
by Gertrude Rogers and Mark Leeder, and
"Sparkin' by de Gate," by Julie M. Lippman and
Charles F. Manney.
Jerome H. Remick, the enterprising head of
Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York and De-
troit, has recently purchased property in the lat-
ter city for $100,000, on which he will erect a
handsome building specially designed to be sole-
ly occupied by his music publishing business—
the Western end. Mr. Remick is regarded as the
broadest and most enlightened publisher in the
country.
INCORPORATED TO PUBLISH MUSIC.
The H. W. Gray Co. has been incorporated in
New York to publish musical works, with a capi-
tal of $100,000. Incorporators, H. Binney, T. W.
Surette and H. W. Gray, all of New York City.
THE POPULAR REMICK MELODIES.
Sec. 40(50. Any person publicly performing or rep
resenting any dramatic or musical composition for
which a copyright has been obtained, without the con-
sent of the proprietor of said dramatic or musical com-
position, or his heirs or assigns, shall be liable for
damages therefor, such damages in all cases to be
assessed at such sum, not less than one hundred dollars
for the first and fifty dollars for every subsequent per-
formance, as to the court shall appear to be just. If
the unlawful performance and representation be wilful
and for profit, such person or persons shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be imprisoned
for a period not exceeding one year.
Mose Gumble, general manager of the profes-
sional department for J. H. Remick & Co., an-
nounces that the Six Musical Cuttys, one of the
feature acts at the Colonial, are singing
"Cheyenne," also using "Silver Heels" for an in-
strumental number. Dorothy Kent and Harry
Le Van, with the "Old Isaacs from the Bowery"
company, at the American last week, introduced
"Jessamine," "Alice, Where Art Thou Going?"
and "Cheyenne," the cowboy song.
The brothers and sisters Ford are using an en-
REVIEWQGRAPHS.
.tire dancing medley from the J. H. Remick pub-
lications, comprising some of their biggest hits,
Experts avow it is about time publishers teach
including "Cheyenne," "Why Don't You Try?"
some of the talking machine "talent" how to
and "Alice, Where Art Thou Going?"
sing their songs properly, so as to secure bet-
ter results in the production of records. Voices
USED THE WITMARK SONGS.
referred to belong to the prehistoric age when
tone or harmony are considered; in other words,
A highly creditable and very amusing minstrel
what they lack in skill they make up in vigor,
show
was given in Brooklyn last week to a "full
with the rightful coloring or phrasing of the
music a negligible quantity. "Talent" in this capacity" house. The amateurs were coached
category may possess penetration and volume of by Archie E. Morrow, who assumed the role of
sound—excellent attributes in record-making— interlocutor; and who has so successfully staged
but that is not the only quality now appre- plays, operas and minstrel shows in New York,
ciated. Publishers at all interested in having Baltimore and other cities. The songs given
their selections rendered so as to afford pleasure were "Moon Dear," "Will You Love Me in Decem-
rather than torture to the listener, could give ber As You Do in May," "Three Last Seats for
Smokers," "Take Me to Your Heart Again,"
this matter attention to their advantage and
"Cupid Is the Captain of the Army," "In the
profit.
Land of Cotton," "I Want a Ping-Pong Man,"
and "Bill Simmons." The latter song hit the au-
After an absence of nearly six weeks, suffering dience so hard that they were with difficulty per-
from a prolonged attack of acute rheumatism, I. suaded to let some one else beside "Bill Simmons"
Waldman Teschner, of Willis, Woodward & Co.. occupy the center of the stage for awhile. These
returned to business for the first time on Thurs- are all Witmark publications.
day, staying from his home a few hours only a
day. The energetic "Tesch" has been greatly
T H E FOLIO SUCCESS OF 1906 IS
missed in the trade. Among the latest issues of
the firm are the following: Vocal—"Lucinda
Lonely," by Harry Arthur Blumenthal; "When
the Golden Corn Is Waving, Dora Dear," by Geo.
Rosey; "Peggy Shea," by Paul Schindler; "Hello!
Peaches!" by Messrs. Lowitz and Blumenthal.
OUR ] 24-PAGE FOLIO, CONTAINING 137 OF
"The Most Popular
Home Song*"
The Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, have just issued
a small book, which will be of great value to mu-
sicians. It is entitled "Training of Boys' Voices,"
by Claude E. Johnson. Four new songs have just
come from the Ditson press, which are of more
than ordinary merit. They are: "Dear, Did You
They'll All Be Asking For
THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS AND POP-
ULAR SONGS.
Our Advance Orders Were Over 25,000
If you have not seen this Folio, send 25c.
for a (postpaid) Sample copy, with Special
Offer Card.
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE
31-33-35 West 15th Street,
"Priscilla"
BILL SIMMONS
1)
("I've Got to Dance Till the Band Gets Through") Maud Raymond's Phenomenal Hit in
"The Social Whirl." BD PREPARED FOR THE DEMAND.
You will also soon have calls for "ANNA HANNA FROM MONTANA," by Wm. C. Kreusch.
Just off the press.
M. WITMARK & SONS, Publishers,
51
YORK
Intermezzo
and Two-Step
"SINCE
FATHER
WENT
BALLADS
Down Where Mohawk
F l o w s , (jiolfifln Autumn
Time Sweet Elaine, Eve-
ning Breeze Sighing Home,
Sweet Home, Heart's To-
night in Tennessee.
JOS.
W . STERN
& CO.
The House of Hits
34 E. 21 S t . , N . Y .
TO WORK"
t'W Send for rates
"Little Girl
You'll Do"
Father Laid Carpet on
Stai i s
Little Buttercup
Young Antelope (In.lian-
esque)
Harvest Moon Shining on
River
New York City
"Dearie"
B&ll&d
"Robinson
Crusoe's
Isle"
"Peter
Piper"
March
THE MUSIC TRADE
NEW COPYRIGHT BILL READY.
REVIEW
the reproduction of them in any form or system
of notation, follow:
Sec. 1. That the copyright secured by tills act shail
include the sole and exclusive right. . . . (Para-
graph g) to publicly perform [for profit | a copyrighted
musical work, or any part thereof, or for the purposes
set forth in subsection (b) herein to make any arraiige-
(Special to The Review.)
raent or setting of such work, or of the melody there-
Washington, D. C., May 21, 1906.
of, in any system of notation ; or, in the case of any
To-day copies of the draft (the third) of a pro- musical composition published and copyrighted after
posed bill to amend and consolidate the acts re- this act shall have gone into effect, to reproduce to the
specting copyright were distributed by the Regis- ear the whole or any material part of it by means of any
ter of Copyrights, Thorvald Solberg, to the so- device or any mechanical appliance whatsoever, and
to make, sell, distribute, or let for hire, any such de-
cieties, associations, organized bodies and persons
vice or mechanical appliance.
participating in the various copyright confer-
Sec. 25. That any person who wilfully and for profit
ences. Two of these meetings—one May 31 and shall infringe any copyright secured by this act shall
June 2, inclusive, the other November 1-3—were be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall
be imprisoned for a period not exceeding one year, or
held in New York, and the third in this city lined
in a sum not less than $100 and not over $1,000,
March 13-15 of this year. The Hon. Herbert Put- or both.
nam, Librarian of Congress, desires a fourth con-
Sec. 38. That the right to make any mechanical de-
ference, to assemble here June 4, as he expects to vice by which music may be reproduced to the ear
be deemed a separate estate subject to as-
have the bill introduced in the Senate and House signment, shall
lease, license, gift, bequest, or Inheritance.
Final Draft Submitted to the Lines of Business
Affected—Sections Pertinent to Publishers.
either the 5th or 6th succeeding, with a hearing
to be had before the House Committee on Pat-
ents on one or the other of these days. Should
the measure not be in readiness for introduction
en the dates mentioned, then it will go over for
a week.
The bill covers 26 printed pages, has 64 sec-
tions, with numerous sub-divisions besides.
Those parts dealing with musical compositions,
TWO
GREAT
HITS!
"Where the Mississippi Meets the Sea"
AND
*'S W EEXHEARX"
MELVILLE MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
55 West 28th Street, New York
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engravers and Printers
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF TITLE
FOR ESTIMATE
2 2 6 WEST 2 6 t h STREET, NEW YORK CITY
OUR "NEW ISSUE"
PROPOSITION
Is of Interest to all dealers—we furnish
you with any quantity of our new
thematic catalogues without charge.
We publish "Blue Bell." T e e l l n ' for
You/' "What the Brass Band Played"
and other big hits.
Let us get In touch with you—write us.
F. B. Haviland Pub. Co.
125 W. 37th Street, New York
WILLIS WOODWARD & CO.
PUBLISHERS OF
May Irwin's Great Hit of this Season,
"DON'T
ARGIFY"
By John B. Lowitz (Swifty).
Elizabeth Murray's Great Success,
"PEGGY
SHEA"
By Arthur Gillespie and Paul Schindler.
And the New Summer Waltz Song,
"HELLO
PEACHES"
By John B. Lowitz and Henry Arthur Blumcnthal.
For a limited time the above can' be had at 80% from
list price.
By section 64 the existing law—section 4966
of the Revised Statutes—is continued in full
force and effect, as follows, omitting the conclud-
ing court procedure:
Know?" by Eugene Cowles; "In Dreams I Wan-
dered with Thee," by J. C. Bartlett; "Belinda,"
by Gertrude Rogers and Mark Leeder, and
"Sparkin' by de Gate," by Julie M. Lippman and
Charles F. Manney.
Jerome H. Remick, the enterprising head of
Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York and De-
troit, has recently purchased property in the lat-
ter city for $100,000, on which he will erect a
handsome building specially designed to be sole-
ly occupied by his music publishing business—
the Western end. Mr. Remick is regarded as the
broadest and most enlightened publisher in the
country.
INCORPORATED TO PUBLISH MUSIC.
The H. W. Gray Co. has been incorporated in
New York to publish musical works, with a capi-
tal of $100,000. Incorporators, H. Binney, T. W.
Surette and H. W. Gray, all of New York City.
THE POPULAR REMICK MELODIES.
Sec. 40(50. Any person publicly performing or rep
resenting any dramatic or musical composition for
which a copyright has been obtained, without the con-
sent of the proprietor of said dramatic or musical com-
position, or his heirs or assigns, shall be liable for
damages therefor, such damages in all cases to be
assessed at such sum, not less than one hundred dollars
for the first and fifty dollars for every subsequent per-
formance, as to the court shall appear to be just. If
the unlawful performance and representation be wilful
and for profit, such person or persons shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction be imprisoned
for a period not exceeding one year.
Mose Gumble, general manager of the profes-
sional department for J. H. Remick & Co., an-
nounces that the Six Musical Cuttys, one of the
feature acts at the Colonial, are singing
"Cheyenne," also using "Silver Heels" for an in-
strumental number. Dorothy Kent and Harry
Le Van, with the "Old Isaacs from the Bowery"
company, at the American last week, introduced
"Jessamine," "Alice, Where Art Thou Going?"
and "Cheyenne," the cowboy song.
The brothers and sisters Ford are using an en-
REVIEWQGRAPHS.
.tire dancing medley from the J. H. Remick pub-
lications, comprising some of their biggest hits,
Experts avow it is about time publishers teach
including "Cheyenne," "Why Don't You Try?"
some of the talking machine "talent" how to
and "Alice, Where Art Thou Going?"
sing their songs properly, so as to secure bet-
ter results in the production of records. Voices
USED THE WITMARK SONGS.
referred to belong to the prehistoric age when
tone or harmony are considered; in other words,
A highly creditable and very amusing minstrel
what they lack in skill they make up in vigor,
show
was given in Brooklyn last week to a "full
with the rightful coloring or phrasing of the
music a negligible quantity. "Talent" in this capacity" house. The amateurs were coached
category may possess penetration and volume of by Archie E. Morrow, who assumed the role of
sound—excellent attributes in record-making— interlocutor; and who has so successfully staged
but that is not the only quality now appre- plays, operas and minstrel shows in New York,
ciated. Publishers at all interested in having Baltimore and other cities. The songs given
their selections rendered so as to afford pleasure were "Moon Dear," "Will You Love Me in Decem-
rather than torture to the listener, could give ber As You Do in May," "Three Last Seats for
Smokers," "Take Me to Your Heart Again,"
this matter attention to their advantage and
"Cupid Is the Captain of the Army," "In the
profit.
Land of Cotton," "I Want a Ping-Pong Man,"
and "Bill Simmons." The latter song hit the au-
After an absence of nearly six weeks, suffering dience so hard that they were with difficulty per-
from a prolonged attack of acute rheumatism, I. suaded to let some one else beside "Bill Simmons"
Waldman Teschner, of Willis, Woodward & Co.. occupy the center of the stage for awhile. These
returned to business for the first time on Thurs- are all Witmark publications.
day, staying from his home a few hours only a
day. The energetic "Tesch" has been greatly
T H E FOLIO SUCCESS OF 1906 IS
missed in the trade. Among the latest issues of
the firm are the following: Vocal—"Lucinda
Lonely," by Harry Arthur Blumenthal; "When
the Golden Corn Is Waving, Dora Dear," by Geo.
Rosey; "Peggy Shea," by Paul Schindler; "Hello!
Peaches!" by Messrs. Lowitz and Blumenthal.
OUR ] 24-PAGE FOLIO, CONTAINING 137 OF
"The Most Popular
Home Song*"
The Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, have just issued
a small book, which will be of great value to mu-
sicians. It is entitled "Training of Boys' Voices,"
by Claude E. Johnson. Four new songs have just
come from the Ditson press, which are of more
than ordinary merit. They are: "Dear, Did You
They'll All Be Asking For
THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS AND POP-
ULAR SONGS.
Our Advance Orders Were Over 25,000
If you have not seen this Folio, send 25c.
for a (postpaid) Sample copy, with Special
Offer Card.
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE
31-33-35 West 15th Street,
"Priscilla"
BILL SIMMONS
1)
("I've Got to Dance Till the Band Gets Through") Maud Raymond's Phenomenal Hit in
"The Social Whirl." BD PREPARED FOR THE DEMAND.
You will also soon have calls for "ANNA HANNA FROM MONTANA," by Wm. C. Kreusch.
Just off the press.
M. WITMARK & SONS, Publishers,
51
YORK
Intermezzo
and Two-Step
"SINCE
FATHER
WENT
BALLADS
Down Where Mohawk
F l o w s , (jiolfifln Autumn
Time Sweet Elaine, Eve-
ning Breeze Sighing Home,
Sweet Home, Heart's To-
night in Tennessee.
JOS.
W . STERN
& CO.
The House of Hits
34 E. 21 S t . , N . Y .
TO WORK"
t'W Send for rates
"Little Girl
You'll Do"
Father Laid Carpet on
Stai i s
Little Buttercup
Young Antelope (In.lian-
esque)
Harvest Moon Shining on
River
New York City
"Dearie"
B&ll&d
"Robinson
Crusoe's
Isle"
"Peter
Piper"
March
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