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THE: MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
THAT the house of Ricordi are still receiving
all sorts of congratulations on scoring their cen-
tury mark.
THAT the retailer who fails to secure Ernest
R. Ball's "Down in the Valley Fair" has missed
THAT R. H. Brennan is not by any means the one of the most beautiful songs in a generation.
only offender.
THAT this number in itself would stamp Ball
THAT a few song writers will shortly see the as a composer of the first grade.
inside of the Criminal Courts Building.
THAT Jerome H. Remick has a number of won-
THAT our "Man on the Street" has and will ferful sellers.
render material aid in their prosecution.
THAT "Sweetheart Days" and "I'm Afraid to
THAT the defection of F. A. Mills from the Come Home in the Dark," to say nothing of
American Music Stores has absolutely no signifi- Clare Kummer's "The Road to Yesterday" are all
cance.
forging into the "hit" class.
THAT this chain of retail stores will go merrily
THAT JOS. W. Stern, too, has a number of first-
along until such time as the dealers throughout class songs.
the country realize the fact that in their hands
THAT "Ziz" (E. T. Paull), has started on its
lies the remedy.
scenic tour with considerable success.
THAT Chas. K. Harris has purchased the pub-
THAT "Looking for the Love Light in Your
lishing rights of a new opera by Robt. Smith
Eyes"
(Francis, Day & Hunter) is a song thai
and Alfred Aarons.
will be heard from shortly.
THAT the energetic Louis Dreyfus is endeavor
ing to corner the music market.
•A NOVELTY, INDEED.
THAT he has lately acquired the selling agency
of the Great Eastern Music Publishing Co., of
"What we want is a novelty song," said the
1431 Broadway.
well-fed-looking music publisher, encouragingly.
THAT Maurice Shapiro has just issued a high- "I see," answered the cadaverous-looking song
class number, "The Chalice," which he speaks writer, thoughtfully. "You mean one on which
very highly of.
you will pay a little royalty occasionally," and
THAT GUS Edwards is the busiest man on then dim shadows crept silently around.
Broadway these days.
THAT his new song, "Everybody Loves Me but
GREAT CONTEST OF TENORS.
the One I Love," is said to be a decided novelty.
The recent contest of 120 tenors at Toulouse to
THAT JOS. W. Stern's press agent should be se-
decide which were worth trying in a large Paris
verely spoken to.
theater brought out competitors from all classes
THAT there is neither manliness nor justice in of society. There were waiters as well as mem-
covert attacks upon women, especially upon bers of an army general's staff among the lot.
women who have materially increased their Each contestant was allowed to sing whatever
(Stern's) banking account.
he pleased.
THAT such press matter will receive scant
One of the tenors, who had taken cold, but still
courtesy in this office.
wanted to try his luck, promptly "got the hook"
THAT Leo Feist has secured from the Lechner before he had an opportunity to finish two bars of
& Schoenberger Co., of Pittsburg, the celebrated a sentimental Arabian romance. A youthful tenor
"Rose Song," by J. A. Wallace.
of 1G, weighing more than 200 pounds, could utter
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only a few faint stutters. Another made a long
speech frequently interrupted with tears implor-
ing the attention of his judges before he began
to sing. No singer was discovered who could
even get a "booster's job" in "tin pan alley."
D'ALBERT'S "THE LOWLANDS."
To be Performed at Vienna Under Weingart-
ner's Direction.
Eugen d'Albert's "The Lowlands" is soon to be
performed in the Imperial Opera House in Vienna
under the direction of Felix Weingartner. The
latter has lately aroused great animosity among
the patrons of the Viennese opera house by dis-
missing Holene Bland, for some years a popular
singer there. He has engaged in her place Ger-
trude Kennyson, one of Henry W. Savage's opera
singers.
Weingartner made his first appearance as con-
ductor at a performance of Beethoven's "Fidelio."
He is determined to remove as far as possible
all traces of the Mahler regime from the theater
and has announced his intention of having his
own artists to take the place of those he may
dismiss.
NEW SONGS IN "THE SOUL KISS."
New songs were introduced into "The Soul
Kiss" this week, at the New York Theatre.
Chief among them is one called "Under the
Bargain Tree," a Hebrew novelty love song (M.
Witmark & Sons). The words are by Harry B.
Smith and music by Maurice Levi.
ADVICE TO COMPOSERS.
Advice to those about to compose music:
Don't. The president of the Deutsche Buch-
hiindlerverein announces that the music publish-
ers of Germany have decided not to pay any at-
tention hereafter to manuscripts sent to them
unsolicited.
To the McIQnley Agencies:
^ The cost of P A P E R and labor having materially in-
creased, it has been found necessary for us to discon-
tinue the jobber's discount.
C| In the future, therefore, jobbers will furnish our music to
the trade at 4 cents per copy.
tj Considering the advantages gained, the dealer being
able to procure the McKinley edition with his " popular"
publications this advance is but nominal.
^ Dealers who prefer to send their orders direct to us can pro-
cure the McKinley edition at 3 cents per copy as heretofore.
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