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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
SINGING TEACHERS ORGANIZE.
A Society Incorporated to Maintain Standard
of Voice Building.
The National Association of Teachers of Sing-
ing has just been incorporated by Judge Dow-
ling, with the objects of establishing and main-
taining the standard of vocal instruction and
vocal instructors, thereby encouraging co-opera-
tion among teachers for the protection of their
interests and the maintenance of the standard
of voice building and development, and to ob-
tain State legislation compelling the registra-
tion of vocal teachers.
One of the objects of the association is to estab-
lish a normal school for the training of vocal
teachers and singers.
Some noted musicians and singers are inter-
ested in this project and have already lent a
helping hand, among them Prof. Rubner, of Co-
lumbia College, and Mme. Yeager, of the Metro-
politan Opera School.
by Ernest Hogan; "At the Meeting House To-
night," by Stephen 0. Jones.
CHAS. F. TRETBAR STILL BUSY.
Charles F. Tretbar, for many years connected
with Steinway & Sons, is now engaged in pub-
lishing music in Baden-Baden, Germany, being
in partnership with C. Dieckmann. Edward
Schuberth & Co. are the New York agents for the
firm's publication.
NO MADE-TO-ORDER ANTHEMS.
higher claim to estimation than "A Hot Time,"
and the minstrel tunes, with trifling words, were
dignified only because the air of each expressed
the soldier spirit and nothing better offered.
Our "Marseillaise" is not yet written. But it
never will be written in times of peace, when
men are too busy with selfish needs to be
stirred into fervid patriotism. The true anthem
of America will be written at white heat in
some hour when the nation is in peril, and poet
and composer meet in fortunate conjunction.
HOW TO MAKE AN AEOLIAN HARP.
According to an expert the proper way to make
The plea for a new national hymn is not new. ar Aeolian harp to be placed in a window
Every year or so some musical patriot awakens whereby what would ordinarily be referred to
to his country's need for an anthem. We hear as an annoying draught is turned into sooth-
again of the futility of "Hail, Columbia;" the ing melody, is as follows:
wretched music of the Englishman's "Anacreon
"An Aeolian harp should be made to fit into
in Heaven," fitted incongruously to "The Star a window so that the sash may be adjusted to
Spangled Banner"; the reprehensible cosmopoli- cause a strong breeze across the strings of the
tanism of "America, 11 written by a Frenchman, instrument. Make the box of thin, dry pine, the
taken by a German, loaned to the Engish, bor- top piece or sounding board of extra clear stuff,
rowed by the Swiss, stolen by our own country, about three-sixteenths of an inch thick. Sides
PERSONAL BRIEFS.
and the present national air of three lands be- and bottom can be one-quarter of an inch; length
two inches shorter than the width of your win-
Max Dreyfus, president and manager of T. B. sides our own.
dow; width ten inches; depth two and one-half
The
latest
complainant
is
the
North
American
Harms & Co., has been far from well for the
inches. The ends should be of hardwood, and
Review.
But
the
critic
fails
to
set
forth
the
rea-
past few weeks. When the weather is unpro-
thick enough at one end to hold the eyes or
son
why
all
such
pleas
meet
with
no
satisfactory
pitious Max does not venture to business.
studs for fastening the wires or catgut strings.
Geo. L. Standen, manager of the Publishers' response, says an exchange. Such anthems are At the other end the wood should be thick
not
made
to
order.
The
psychological
moment
Distributing Co., is meeting with considerable
enough to hold a set of violin keys, if you use
success in having publishers purchase stock in of a period of national stress and enthusiasm is catgut; or iron piano pins, if you use wire,
necessary
for
the
writing
and
the
acceptance
of
his company—a mutually satisfactory plan.
which should be steel. Two bridges of hard
Julius Witmark, of M. Witmark & Sons, who a country's song. Worthy hymns are written; wood are glued diagonally across each end, for
but
at
the
wrong
time.
At
the
right
time
the
had his left leg amputated some time ago, is
the strings to rest on. If steel wire is used, a
seen at the "Bee Hive" building in attendance people take what is at hand.
round wire should be inserted on each bridge,
"Yankee
Doodle"
was
a
chantey
of
ridicule
of
upon his duties every bright day. He is slowly
so that the sounding wires will not cut the wood.
the
very
people
who
made
it
their
song
of
tri-
recovering his strength and vigor.
The tuning should be harmonic, or, say, thirds,
Meyer Cohen, manager of the Harris House of umph. "John Brown's Body" was a good fifths and octaves. Make about four holes in the
rhythmic
tramping
tune;
but
Mrs.
Howe's
noble
Ballads, was in Philadelphia, Pa., last week,
sound-board, one inch in diameter under the
calling on the jobbers, and was pleasantly re- words were written too late to make it, in truth, strings.
the
battle
hymn
of
the
republic.
"Dixie"
had
no
ceived everywhere.
Of one of Theodore Morse's latest songs, pub-
FOR TEACHER. PUPIL. AND
A MONTHLY PUBLICATION
lished by the F. B. Haviland Publishing Co., an
LOVER OF MUSIC
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS
English print says: "A song which I think is
OF MUSIC
going to be a big favorite is 'Arrah Wanna.'
OLIVER DITSON COMPANY
15 CENTS PER COPY
This song is based on the idea of an Irishman
$1.50 PER YEAR
singing a love-song to an Indian girl. She de-
EDITED BY THOMAS TAPPER
mands, as a condition of hei consent to be his
bride, that some great race shall call him big
chief."
OPEN LETTER TO THE MUSIC TRADE
Victor Herbert is now spoken of as "Lucky
Victor," from the fact he has fully ten or a dozen
We urge you to push, the sale of THE MUSICIAN over your
of his operas now playing to big business.
N. Goldfinger, the strenuous sheet music buyer,
eonnters with, all the energy at your command
The reason for this
for Siegel, Cooper & Co., New York, and man-
la two-fold:
ager of the department, recently came within one
of going into the publishing business "on the
1st. There is a greater profit in selling single num-.
side." The deal fell through, a dose of "cold
bers than In yearly subscriptions.
feet" upsetting the arrangements.
Fred M. Belcher, manager of Jerome H. Rem-
2nd. The customers who get the habit of coming to
ick & Co., returned to New York last week from
your store for THE MUSICIAN are also customers to whom other things
a Christmas visit to Detroit, Mich., with his wife.
BOSTON
NEW YORK
PHILADELPHIA
PUBLISHERS
can be sold.
RECENT MUSIC.
FROM JOS. W. STERN & CO.
Vocal—"Popular Songs" (in "The Little
Cherub"), by Clare Kummer; "We Have No
One to Care for Us Now," by S. R. Henry; "Dan,"
by May Irwin; "When the Wild Rose Blooms
Again," by Chas. E. Casey. Instrumental—
"Apollo," two-step, by Eugene Platzmann; "Vir-
ginia House Warming," by Rosser Evans.
FROM F . B. HAVILAND PUBLISHING CO.
Vocal—"The Careless Heart" (in "The Rose of
the Rancho"), by William Furst; "Yimini
Yee! I Yumped My Yob for You," "Maybe, Some-
time" and "Paradise," by Theodore Morse. In-
strumental—"The Seasons," a collection of piano
pieces of medium grade, by Bessie Bradford.
FROM CHARLES K. HARRIS.
"Somewhere," "Would You Care," "Dreaming,
Love of You," "Without a Wedding Ring" and
"A Little Child Shall Lead Them," by Chas. K.
Harris; "I Know a Girl Like You," by Bille
E. Taylor; "The Nightingale," by Arthur A.
Penn; "Moon Boy," "Dixie-Anna Lou" and "I
Love You All the Time" (in "Rufus Rastus"),
Do not forget that all of our advertisements in THE
MUSIOIAN instruct the reader to order of the Home Dealer which
means you.
A music dealer in a oity near New York wrote us not
long ago:
"We have concluded to posh TEE MUSICIAN* ae we
find that it gives excellent satisfaction
Send us
some samples and ciroulars to help the good work
along."
We gladly complied with the request and will do the
same for you.
A prominent music teacher says of THE MUSICIAN:
'It broadens musioianship and keeps one abreast
with modern thought in all that pertains to m u s i c " .
You will make no mistake if you push THE MUSICIAN first»
last, and all the time.
Let as hear from you at once.
Tours truly,
OLIVER DITSON COMPANY.
70712A