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infringement a crime, as in other cases of theft,
"THE MAN ON THE STREET."
but Great Britain has now taken a long step
ahead of us by broadening and extending that Periodical Publishers Association Dine T. P.
O'Connor—What a Wise Publisher Says—
protection. Shall we lag behind Great Britain
Another Good Story About Victor Herbert
or advance still another step, again putting our-
Worth Reading Twice—Those O'Connor
selves in the position of leader? If the proposed
Resolutions Will be Presented to Him in
bill, as it now stands before the Committee on
MR. B. HOWARD ON COPYRIGHT LAW. Patents, becomes a law, we shall take that step
London—Oscar Hammerstein Served With
Papers in the "La Boheme" Suit.
President of the American Dramatists' Club in the world's leadership. A slight modification
of
the
criminal
clause
would
put
us
side
by
side
Dilates on the Significance of the British
Emulating the splendid example of the mush;
Copyright Law and Its Influence on Our with Great Britain, but if the criminal clause is
publishers, whose banquet is the talk of the trade,
omitted
entirely,
as
its
enemies
desire,
we
shall
Copyright Legislation.
the Periodical Publishers' Association gave a
fall back to the rear in the march of nations."
luncheon to T. P. O'Connor, M. P., Thursday,
Following the dinner tendered T. P. O Connor,
in the rooms of the Aldine Association. The dis-
PUBLICATION OF MUSIC IN AMERICA.
M.P., by the Music Publishers' Association of the
tinguished Irish parliamentary leader was given
United States, October 19, at the Hotel Astor,
an enthusiastic reception by the publishers of
Philadelphia prints more than one-quarter of
New York, Bronson Howard, a guest and presi-
the leading magazines and weeklies. Mr. O'Con-
dent of the American Dramatists' Club, expressed all the music published in the United States, nor is himself the editor and publisher of three
himself on the pending copyright law as follows: says the Philadelphia Record, and the total weeklies in London, and therefore felt as if he
"The new law in Great Britain providing a amount of it is six times as great as it was fif- were in the hands of his friends. Of course, he
criminal penalty for the infringement of musi- teen years ago. But while Europe shows no had a word or two to say about the British copy-
cal copyright is of great significance on both such increase as that, this country's total output right law which he was the chief agent in having
sides of the ocean. In Great Britain nearly all is still less than half of that of Leipsic, Ger- enacted. Instead of sailing for home Wednesday,
the musical publishers had approached the very many, and less than that of several other Euro- as originally planned, he went Saturday on the
edge of bankruptcy; in some cases they had pean cities. In this city the amount of instru- "Lucania," of the Cunard Line.
fallen to the edge, and they had even combined mental music printed used to exceed that of
iu an agreement not to publish certain classes of vocal music. This was due, it is said, to the
"The Belle of London Town" is the name that
music at all, notably, what are known as popu- cheapening of pianos in recent years and the has been chosen by the Shuberts for the Stange
popularity
of
banjo
and
guitar
music.
Now,
lar songs and melodies. The writers of these
& Edwards musical comedy in which Camille
songs were losing all profit in them, being however, the banjo, at least, has lost some of its D'Arville is to star this season.
popularity,
and
the
gain
in
vocal
music—until
it
obliged to turn to other forms of authorship, and
the composers were simply at the starving point. is about equal to the instrumental in quantity—is
One publisher eminently successful expresses
Meantime, the pirate chiefs, publishing without attributed to the current prevalence of musical
the
situation in this frank fashion: "No use
the slightest fear of the British law as it stood comedies. In vocal music the comic and the sen-
talking about the problematical condition of af-
timental
keep
about
even.
The
gain
in
religious
before the passage of this statute, were building
fairs in the future. Sell your goods now, and
magnificent private residences and flaunting their music has not been so great as that in other lines. never wait on what may or may not happen.
success in the faces of honest men.
Popular music is not merchandise in a sense of
"It was due to exertions of almost martyr-like
SLEEP FOR THE PRODIGY.
being suitable for all times. It is more like
determination and persistence on the part of
Rosalind's advice to the shepherdess, 'Marry
Mr. T. P. O'Connor that the new law was framed
The correspondence which followed the when you can. You are not made for all mar-
and passed, and the English-speaking world cer- papers read at the British Association on "Na- kets.' "
tainly owes him the praise and gratitude that ture's Sweet Restorer," inspired Punch, which
a martyr to civilization and honesty deserves. gave a picture of a small child with the hair of
Here is another story about Victor Herbert,
This new British law has a peculiar significance genius, in charge of its nurse, who enters the which comes via the northwest: "Music publish-
in America just at this time, when a complete mother's room with a studious air holding a roll ers are the most unprejudiced folks in the world,"
revision of our entire copyright legislation is of music.
remarked a successful song writer. "An un-
before the present Congress in the hands of the
Nurse (to fond mother of celebrated musical known writer has just as much chance to dis-
Committee on Patents.
prodigy)—Please, mum, is Master Willy to 'ave pose of his wares as a composer of reputation,
"The provision for a criminal penalty has ex- 'is morning sleep, or go on wlv 'is Sixteenth provided of course his work has merit. Pub-
isted in the United States for about ten years— Sympherny ?—Music.
lishers are always ready to read and hear every
since the passage of the now famous 'Section
song submitted. As an illustration of this not
4966'—signed by President Cleveland in 1897.
so long ago Victor Herbert sent a composition
NOTES
FROM
JEROME
H.
REMICK
&
CO.
But this penalty applies only to infringement of
of his own to his publishers, using another name
dramatic and musical copyright by illegal pro-
Guyer & O'Neill introduced Vincent Bryan's and address. The script was disguised in such
duction on the stage. It is now desired to extend
latest success, "If I Only Had the Nerve" and a way that every chance of identifying the real
this production to the printed book and the
the new waltz song by Gumble and Bryan, composer was removed. Mr. Herbert made a
printed sheet of music. It is evident that our
"Somebody's Waiting for You," at Hammerstein'a wager with a friend that if a piece of music
legislators will have before them this proposi-
was meritorious it would be accepted no matter
last week.
tion. The United States has led our English-
Mose Gumble, manager of the professional de- who composed it. A few days later Mr. Herbert
speaking world in making a certain kind of
partment of the above concern, has had the new got a letter from his publishers accepting the
ballad, "Won't You Come Over to My House?" composition and asking the author to call and
Mr. Klein is not only a writer of interpolated
songs, but is the composer of music of the opera
of the "Man from Now," which is having such
a successful run, and has written the incidental
music for several plays.
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worked in four different ways at the Star and
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nie Higgins, with slides; second by the Bowery
Boys' Quartette; third by Colton and Darrow,
with a little baby, and fourth by the Farrell-
Taylor Trio; sung by Tommy Taylor. This is
one of the many odd ways to boom their song.
Bessie Wynne, who just made her debut in
vaudeville, has a complete repertoire from the
house of Remick, namely, "Iola," "Somebody's
Waiting for You," "Tell Me," and a little nov-
elty song by Williams and Van Alstyne, called
"When You Kiss the Girl You Love."
Delia Fox, another headliner in vaudeville, is
featuring an entire song act from the house of
Remick. Her big hits are "Alice, Where Art
Thou Going?" and "Iola," to which she responds
to many encores.
Trixie Friganza in vaudeville is singing the
waltz song hit, "Somebody's Waiting for You,"
and reports it the hit of her act.
The Oliver Ditson Co. have just issued Tapper's
Graded Course for the Piano, Part 6, also
"Adoration," a fine Christmas cantata by George
B. Nevin. The edition of Home Songs for mixed
voices has proven to be one of the biggest sellers
this company ever put on the market.
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