Music Trade Review
Issue: 1907 Vol. 44 N. 13 - Page 45
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THE
REVIEW
MUSIC
Then the plugger must get in touch with the
the love of a maid for a man and you have the
ballad form. Work in a few green trees and managers of the houses where the song is to be
orchard effects, a moon or two, a reference to sung. He must arrange to have the privilege
of selling the song in the lobby after the per-
twilight, if you like, and you can't go wrong. If
you want to win fame with the "coon" composi- formance. For if a song pleases and is sung by
tion make your subject the victim of misfor- a pretty woman a good many in the audience will
tune, says the New York Herald. Poke fun at be willing to buy it if they are approached at the
him; get him broke around rent time; make his psychological moment. Besides attending to the
girl prove fickle; hold him up to ridicule. That's stage end, the plugger must look after the depart-
ment stores. The work of the plugger does not
all. There's your coon song.
These are only two classes that really count— end there. He must get in touch with the talk-
as classes. Now and then there will be an enor- ing machine people and have the song appear
mous song success of the "romantic" sort, one on their records.
that is not a ballad yet still tells a love story. This done, he approaches Counter Tenor, of
This is exceptional. But the two steady favorites "Biff, Blauff, Bluff," which is sure to run a year.
After 200 performances in various parts of the are ballad and the coon song. As for the musical Here the "Plugger" has his really hard work, but
country, "The Grand Mogul'" made its introduc- composition, anybody with a knowledge of the his pocketbook comes into play again and ar-
tory bow to a New York audience Monday even- pianoforte and any reasonable sort of memory rangements are made which assures the "Dad"
ing a t the New Amsterdam Theater. Frank can attend to that part of the undertaking.
song being heard six nights and two matinees a
Pixley is responsible for the book, and Gus So now, if you please, knowing exactly how to week for a year. And so the song is at last "pop-
Luders wrote the music, which was ranked set about it, we will write our popular song.
ular." I t has taken months of time and called
above the average. Several of the songs made
Scene—Apartment of Scribbler and Pounder, out a lot of thought and ingenuity, and the
hits, among them being "Nestle by My Side," the famous song writers. Two pianos in the money cost has been tremendous—but .something
"Ahola" ( a drinking number of merit), "My drawing room. Liberal photographic exhibit of like a million copies have been sold and there still
Hula-Hula Girl," etc. Frank Moulan, of "The stage celebrities, most of the pictures autographed remains a monster profit for publishers and au-
Sultan of Sulu" fame, played the title role.
by the fair subjects. A cabinet cellaret well thors. And this is the real truth about the mak-
stocked with every variety of straight and ing of a popular song.
blended goods. Pounder, at the piano, reading a
THE MAKING OFPOPULAR SONGS.
song popular twenty years ago and picking out
HAVILAND & CO.S POPULAR PRINTS.
How These Concoctions Are Prepared and the composition with one finger. Scribbler read-
Served Up, Interestingly if Not Truthfully ing a newspaper. (Note.—Scribbler used to be
Villiers and Lee are using "Arrah Wanna,"
Described by a Writer in The Herald.
a proofreader in Park Row. Pounder was a "Nobody's Little Girl" and "Loving Time."
printer, until one day they got together and Donovan, Arnold company, Fleman and Miller,
Why is a popular song?
put out a song success.)
Fitzgerald and Gilday and Lillian Tyce report
Answer by the composer. Because of the en-
Scribbler—Here's a hot one. Despatch from great success with Morse and Drislane's big song
trancing music.
Poughkeepsie says a twenty-year-old girl has mar- hit, "Arrah Wanna." Virginia Tyson is featur-
Answer by the author. Because of the beautiful
ried a millionaire of seventy. Whadda you think ing "Arrah Wanna" during her vaudeville tour.
thoughts expressed in my words.
of that?
So is Viola Van Ordier and Ed. Boyd. Wood,
Answer by the artist employed by the music
Pounder—No accounting for tastes. Was she Stone and Coal, at Pastor's, are singing "Maybe
publishing house. Because of the splendid deco-
stuck on him?
Sometime." Among the new publications from
ration in colors on the cover.
Scribbler—No, the paper says she was poor, the F. B. Haviland Publishing Co. are: "Loving
Answer by the actress. Because I sing it.
and her father was sufferin' because he didn't Time," "It's Great to Be a Soldier Man," "Arrah
Real answer. Because of the tireless work of
have proper food and attention.
Wanna," "Maybe Sometime" and "Nobody's Little
the "plugger."
Pounder—That couple'll never get along to- Girl," all by Morse and Drislane, and a few of the
Long and unusual words do not belong in the
gether. They won't be congenial.
performers using them are The Bell Trio, The
popular song. As for the story, all you have to
Scribbler (springing to his feet)—Pounder, old Rogers, Frank Ross and Dalton and Allen.
do i s to tell of the love of a man for a maid or
pal, I've got it. There's the title of our next
song, "She Married Just to Give Her Dad a
Important Announcement
Home."
Pounder—Immense!
"THE TOURISTS," by Burnside e,nd Kerker
Our Position of Sole Selling Agents for the
Scribbler—It'll be a knockout.
Geprg Rosey Publishing Company permits
"THE SOCIAL WHIRL," by Herbert and Kerker
Pounder—Great! How'll this do for the music?
us offering their successful numbers
"THE ROSE OF ALHAMBRA," by Cook andHosmer
(Dashes off a few bars of the properly conven-
Sta.ndak.rd American Airs
tional stuff.) *
Grand Opera Bits
Scribbler (enthusiastically)—That's all the Complete Vocal Score and Special Numbers
Motor-March a n d Two-Step
money. (Now let's go down to the shop and get
Song Hits from t h e "Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer"
Wooing-Intermezzo
'em started on the printing). Which they do.
"DON'T
YOU WANT A PAPER, DEARIE?" POKER LOVE
At Especially Attractive Rates. Write for
The manager of the "professional" department—
Descriptive Circular and Special Rates
"BAG PIPE SERENADE," by Jerome D.Kera
that is his official title, but all the world of song
HINDS, NOBLE <& ELDREDGE
T. B. HARMS COMPANY
and footlights knows him briefly as "the Main
31 W e s t 15tK S t r e e t . N e w York City
1431-1433 Broadway
NEW YORK
Plugger"—approves "She Married Just to Give
Her Dad a Home." He says: "Here is a song
BALLADS
with real sentiment and soul in it. Young girls
"RED DOMINO" Down Whan Mohawk
all over the country will appreciate this one.
Flow*, Goldto Aotumn
•Dearie"
WE ARE THE PUBLISHERS OF
Tim. Sw..t Elalnt, ET«-
March
The song plugger touches a bell, and some of
nlng Breue Sighing Horn*,
BtUtd
Sweat Homa, Haart'a To-
THESE SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTIONS
t n d Two-Step night In Tannsaaaa.
the artists connected with the establishment ap-
pear. "Get right to work on a cover design," says
JOS. W. STERN
the manager. "Picture of a beautiful girl, in a
"AFTER THEY
"THE
BIRD
& CO.
bridal gown, white veil and all that junk, bending
Th« HOUM of H1U
ON
GATHER
102-104 W. 38th St..
over an invalid's chair, in which is her aged
NELLIE'S
HAT"
New York
THE HAY"
father. Alongside the bride, regarding her fondly,
HM~ Stnd for rates
stands the bridegroom, an old man, too, but
Ambolene, My Kaffir
Queen
"
PETITE
dressed within an inch of his life. Put a lot
Do Re Mi I Was Never
Kissed Like
TONKINOISE"
That Before
of tenderness into the girl's expression as she
Fa Sol
Bob White Is Whistling
Parisian Two-
in the Meadow
looks
at her father." And the artist withdraws,
Shining on
La Si Do' Huraat Moon
Step Craze !
Rlrar
puffing hard on an evil smelling cigarette.
flower, authors and composers have been emu-
lating each other in writing songs upon this sub-
ject, none of which, however, has become popu-
lar. A few weeks ago it was suggested to Miss
McKinley to dedicate a ballad to the national
schools—a descriptive work of contemporaneous
interest. Availing herself of the golden rod
idea, she resolved to wed the flower to music. To
make the text, however, a narrative one, she
concluded to identify the flower with femininity;
in other words, to typify the plant as an Amer-
ican girl. Leo Feist has been the exclusive pub-
lisher of all of Miss McKinley's musical composi-
tions.
NEW MUSICAL COMEDIES
"The
"The
"The
"The
Little Cherub"
Little Michus"
Blue Moon"
Spring Chicken"
(BAPPELL & CO., ltd. ^l
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Mnsic Engravers and Printers
SPECIAL TO THE TRADE!
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF TITLE
FOR ESTIMATE
These 1907 Song Hits at 10c. per copy or $10 per hundred.
226 WEST 26th STREET, NEW YORK CITY
TWO
GREAT
HITS!
"Where the Mississippi Meets the Sea"
AND
••SWEETHEART"
MELVILLE MUSIC P U B L I S H I N G CO.
85 West 28th Street. New York
FOR
THIRTY
DAYS
ONLY
"EVERYONE IS IN SLUMBERLAND BUT YOU AND ME."
"TWINKLING STAR."
"SWEETHEARTS MAY COME AND SWEETHEARTS
MAY GO."
" WHERE THE JESSAMINE IS BLOOMING, FAR AWAY."
Instrumental
P A U L A VAL.SE CAPRICE
It will pay you to keep in touch with us. Write to-day
THIEBES-STNERLIN MUSIC CO., St. Louis, Mo.
PUBLISHERS' DISTRIBUTING CO.
61 West 28tta Sfrec t, New York
JOBBERS ONLY
We do NOT PUBLISH Music. SELLING AGENTS
exclusively.
Carry Music of til the Publisher*. W« solicit the
Sheet Music Business of Dealers throughout the country.
Orders properly taken care of and (oodf. promptly shipped.
THE
REVIEW
MUSIC
Then the plugger must get in touch with the
the love of a maid for a man and you have the
ballad form. Work in a few green trees and managers of the houses where the song is to be
orchard effects, a moon or two, a reference to sung. He must arrange to have the privilege
of selling the song in the lobby after the per-
twilight, if you like, and you can't go wrong. If
you want to win fame with the "coon" composi- formance. For if a song pleases and is sung by
tion make your subject the victim of misfor- a pretty woman a good many in the audience will
tune, says the New York Herald. Poke fun at be willing to buy it if they are approached at the
him; get him broke around rent time; make his psychological moment. Besides attending to the
girl prove fickle; hold him up to ridicule. That's stage end, the plugger must look after the depart-
ment stores. The work of the plugger does not
all. There's your coon song.
These are only two classes that really count— end there. He must get in touch with the talk-
as classes. Now and then there will be an enor- ing machine people and have the song appear
mous song success of the "romantic" sort, one on their records.
that is not a ballad yet still tells a love story. This done, he approaches Counter Tenor, of
This is exceptional. But the two steady favorites "Biff, Blauff, Bluff," which is sure to run a year.
After 200 performances in various parts of the are ballad and the coon song. As for the musical Here the "Plugger" has his really hard work, but
country, "The Grand Mogul'" made its introduc- composition, anybody with a knowledge of the his pocketbook comes into play again and ar-
tory bow to a New York audience Monday even- pianoforte and any reasonable sort of memory rangements are made which assures the "Dad"
ing a t the New Amsterdam Theater. Frank can attend to that part of the undertaking.
song being heard six nights and two matinees a
Pixley is responsible for the book, and Gus So now, if you please, knowing exactly how to week for a year. And so the song is at last "pop-
Luders wrote the music, which was ranked set about it, we will write our popular song.
ular." I t has taken months of time and called
above the average. Several of the songs made
Scene—Apartment of Scribbler and Pounder, out a lot of thought and ingenuity, and the
hits, among them being "Nestle by My Side," the famous song writers. Two pianos in the money cost has been tremendous—but .something
"Ahola" ( a drinking number of merit), "My drawing room. Liberal photographic exhibit of like a million copies have been sold and there still
Hula-Hula Girl," etc. Frank Moulan, of "The stage celebrities, most of the pictures autographed remains a monster profit for publishers and au-
Sultan of Sulu" fame, played the title role.
by the fair subjects. A cabinet cellaret well thors. And this is the real truth about the mak-
stocked with every variety of straight and ing of a popular song.
blended goods. Pounder, at the piano, reading a
THE MAKING OFPOPULAR SONGS.
song popular twenty years ago and picking out
HAVILAND & CO.S POPULAR PRINTS.
How These Concoctions Are Prepared and the composition with one finger. Scribbler read-
Served Up, Interestingly if Not Truthfully ing a newspaper. (Note.—Scribbler used to be
Villiers and Lee are using "Arrah Wanna,"
Described by a Writer in The Herald.
a proofreader in Park Row. Pounder was a "Nobody's Little Girl" and "Loving Time."
printer, until one day they got together and Donovan, Arnold company, Fleman and Miller,
Why is a popular song?
put out a song success.)
Fitzgerald and Gilday and Lillian Tyce report
Answer by the composer. Because of the en-
Scribbler—Here's a hot one. Despatch from great success with Morse and Drislane's big song
trancing music.
Poughkeepsie says a twenty-year-old girl has mar- hit, "Arrah Wanna." Virginia Tyson is featur-
Answer by the author. Because of the beautiful
ried a millionaire of seventy. Whadda you think ing "Arrah Wanna" during her vaudeville tour.
thoughts expressed in my words.
of that?
So is Viola Van Ordier and Ed. Boyd. Wood,
Answer by the artist employed by the music
Pounder—No accounting for tastes. Was she Stone and Coal, at Pastor's, are singing "Maybe
publishing house. Because of the splendid deco-
stuck on him?
Sometime." Among the new publications from
ration in colors on the cover.
Scribbler—No, the paper says she was poor, the F. B. Haviland Publishing Co. are: "Loving
Answer by the actress. Because I sing it.
and her father was sufferin' because he didn't Time," "It's Great to Be a Soldier Man," "Arrah
Real answer. Because of the tireless work of
have proper food and attention.
Wanna," "Maybe Sometime" and "Nobody's Little
the "plugger."
Pounder—That couple'll never get along to- Girl," all by Morse and Drislane, and a few of the
Long and unusual words do not belong in the
gether. They won't be congenial.
performers using them are The Bell Trio, The
popular song. As for the story, all you have to
Scribbler (springing to his feet)—Pounder, old Rogers, Frank Ross and Dalton and Allen.
do i s to tell of the love of a man for a maid or
pal, I've got it. There's the title of our next
song, "She Married Just to Give Her Dad a
Important Announcement
Home."
Pounder—Immense!
"THE TOURISTS," by Burnside e,nd Kerker
Our Position of Sole Selling Agents for the
Scribbler—It'll be a knockout.
Geprg Rosey Publishing Company permits
"THE SOCIAL WHIRL," by Herbert and Kerker
Pounder—Great! How'll this do for the music?
us offering their successful numbers
"THE ROSE OF ALHAMBRA," by Cook andHosmer
(Dashes off a few bars of the properly conven-
Sta.ndak.rd American Airs
tional stuff.) *
Grand Opera Bits
Scribbler (enthusiastically)—That's all the Complete Vocal Score and Special Numbers
Motor-March a n d Two-Step
money. (Now let's go down to the shop and get
Song Hits from t h e "Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer"
Wooing-Intermezzo
'em started on the printing). Which they do.
"DON'T
YOU WANT A PAPER, DEARIE?" POKER LOVE
At Especially Attractive Rates. Write for
The manager of the "professional" department—
Descriptive Circular and Special Rates
"BAG PIPE SERENADE," by Jerome D.Kera
that is his official title, but all the world of song
HINDS, NOBLE <& ELDREDGE
T. B. HARMS COMPANY
and footlights knows him briefly as "the Main
31 W e s t 15tK S t r e e t . N e w York City
1431-1433 Broadway
NEW YORK
Plugger"—approves "She Married Just to Give
Her Dad a Home." He says: "Here is a song
BALLADS
with real sentiment and soul in it. Young girls
"RED DOMINO" Down Whan Mohawk
all over the country will appreciate this one.
Flow*, Goldto Aotumn
•Dearie"
WE ARE THE PUBLISHERS OF
Tim. Sw..t Elalnt, ET«-
March
The song plugger touches a bell, and some of
nlng Breue Sighing Horn*,
BtUtd
Sweat Homa, Haart'a To-
THESE SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTIONS
t n d Two-Step night In Tannsaaaa.
the artists connected with the establishment ap-
pear. "Get right to work on a cover design," says
JOS. W. STERN
the manager. "Picture of a beautiful girl, in a
"AFTER THEY
"THE
BIRD
& CO.
bridal gown, white veil and all that junk, bending
Th« HOUM of H1U
ON
GATHER
102-104 W. 38th St..
over an invalid's chair, in which is her aged
NELLIE'S
HAT"
New York
THE HAY"
father. Alongside the bride, regarding her fondly,
HM~ Stnd for rates
stands the bridegroom, an old man, too, but
Ambolene, My Kaffir
Queen
"
PETITE
dressed within an inch of his life. Put a lot
Do Re Mi I Was Never
Kissed Like
TONKINOISE"
That Before
of tenderness into the girl's expression as she
Fa Sol
Bob White Is Whistling
Parisian Two-
in the Meadow
looks
at her father." And the artist withdraws,
Shining on
La Si Do' Huraat Moon
Step Craze !
Rlrar
puffing hard on an evil smelling cigarette.
flower, authors and composers have been emu-
lating each other in writing songs upon this sub-
ject, none of which, however, has become popu-
lar. A few weeks ago it was suggested to Miss
McKinley to dedicate a ballad to the national
schools—a descriptive work of contemporaneous
interest. Availing herself of the golden rod
idea, she resolved to wed the flower to music. To
make the text, however, a narrative one, she
concluded to identify the flower with femininity;
in other words, to typify the plant as an Amer-
ican girl. Leo Feist has been the exclusive pub-
lisher of all of Miss McKinley's musical composi-
tions.
NEW MUSICAL COMEDIES
"The
"The
"The
"The
Little Cherub"
Little Michus"
Blue Moon"
Spring Chicken"
(BAPPELL & CO., ltd. ^l
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Mnsic Engravers and Printers
SPECIAL TO THE TRADE!
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF TITLE
FOR ESTIMATE
These 1907 Song Hits at 10c. per copy or $10 per hundred.
226 WEST 26th STREET, NEW YORK CITY
TWO
GREAT
HITS!
"Where the Mississippi Meets the Sea"
AND
••SWEETHEART"
MELVILLE MUSIC P U B L I S H I N G CO.
85 West 28th Street. New York
FOR
THIRTY
DAYS
ONLY
"EVERYONE IS IN SLUMBERLAND BUT YOU AND ME."
"TWINKLING STAR."
"SWEETHEARTS MAY COME AND SWEETHEARTS
MAY GO."
" WHERE THE JESSAMINE IS BLOOMING, FAR AWAY."
Instrumental
P A U L A VAL.SE CAPRICE
It will pay you to keep in touch with us. Write to-day
THIEBES-STNERLIN MUSIC CO., St. Louis, Mo.
PUBLISHERS' DISTRIBUTING CO.
61 West 28tta Sfrec t, New York
JOBBERS ONLY
We do NOT PUBLISH Music. SELLING AGENTS
exclusively.
Carry Music of til the Publisher*. W« solicit the
Sheet Music Business of Dealers throughout the country.
Orders properly taken care of and (oodf. promptly shipped.
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