Music Trade Review
Issue: 1908 Vol. 46 N. 7 - Page 43
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MUSIC TRADE! REVIEW
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work of one or two men who in their blind
Practice Makes Perfect.
egotism no doubt imagined that the public would
A well-known music publisher who claimed
flock to buy their august names neatly engraved that he was a poor hand at figures, has improved
upon title pages. Surely it is about time that considerably since he started in keeping a double
the younger generation of composers were given set of books.
a fair showing, for it is an undisputed fact that
Originality and Success.
the younger generation are making the money
No
sooner
does a novelty song strike the popu-
The past week has been singularly barren of wherewith the publisher pays the oftentimes use-
any excitement in the music publishing world. less old timer the enormous advance royalties lar fancy than a hundred and one imitations of
Truly some excellent new popular songs have which he demands but does not, and cannot, it spring up like mushrooms in the night. Of
been launched on the already overcrowded mar- earn. It must not be understood that all of the course, the fault lies with the song writer, who
ket, yet such numbers as Will R. Anderson's older generation of composers are useless. F a r does not seem to realize that the very fact that
"Just Some One" (M. Witmark & Sons), "I'm from it. There is ample room for both the estab- he descends to imitation stamps him as an in-
Starving for One Sight of You" (Charles K. Har- lished, as well as the rising generation of song competent. Success cannot be copied nor suc-
ris), the songs from "A Waltz Dream" (Joseph writers. But one thing is apparent. The old timer cessfully imitated. It is an original force, a
W. Stern & Co.), and Audrey Kingsbury's "You must justify his right to existence on what he is creative process. Every man will be a failure
Can't Guess What He Wrote on My Slate" (Theo. doing, and not on what he has done or was sup- just in proportion to the ratio in which he
Bendix), are taken haphazard as being really posed to have done in the misty past, of which gets away from himself and tries to be some-
body else and to express somebody else instead
welcome additions to the season's novelties. Of
but a memory remains.
of himself. In every profession or business—
course, there is other good material—a great
song writing included—men who can do things
Why Is It?
deal of it—but it is not mentioned by name for
The fact that two well known and reputable in new and better ways are the men who are
the excellent reason that the writer has not yet
had the opportunity of personally looking it over publishing houses seem to be taking a keen de- needed, and the composer who imagines that be-
and therefore hesitates to recommend it on light in antagonizing each other by publishing cause his ideas have no precedent, he will be
hearsay. . . . For some unaccountable rea- songs bearing identical titles, suggests the ques- refused a hearing, is suffering from acute faint-
son the publishers' end of the sheet music busi- tion: "Why is it that full grown men will descend heartedness. The man who has anything new
ness has shown a slight falling off from the last to the face scratching tactics which should have to offer to the publisher will not only be listened
two weeks in January, but the retail trade is been cast aside with their pinafores? Without to, but welcomed. This is the day of the man
making no complaint. Generally speaking, in- attempting to answer the question or place the with strong individuality who dares to think his
deed business remains brisk and prospects for blame on either of the firms in question, it is own thoughts to originate his own methods and
the months of March and April are unusually almost safe to say that the figuring is six of one who is not afraid to be himself. And even if
and half a dozen of the other. And taking it all originality does not entail success it means gain-
bright.
in all the innocent suffer. In satisfying some ing the respect of one's fellowman, which is
Where Young Blood Is Needed.
It is Howard Herrick who is responsible for petty resentment, the publisher vents his spite something even in the world of music publishing.
an excellent little song entitled "Ole Time Things not only on his competitor, but also upon the
are Good Enough for Me." However true Mr. unfortunate song writer who, although he does ANOTHER VICTIM OF BOGUS PUBLISHER.
Herrick's sentiment may be in the abstract, it not care a rap about his publishers' quarrels,
A special to the New York papers from Roch-
certainly does not apply to the average "old sees his prospective royalties fall somewhere be-
time" composer who seems to imagine that his low the zero mark. Of course, this may cut ester, N. Y., Feb. 8, says: "Mrs. Oscar Goodrich
successes of a decade or more ago entitle him both ways, but then anything that cuts both committed suicide here to-day by drinking car-
at the present time to a first mortgage on the ways cuts twice as hard, and twice as often. bolic acid. Among her effects were found several
unfortunate music publisher's body and soul. While a similarity of title is often unavoidable, communications from a firm of bogus music
Whether these same composers now in the "has the exercise of the same diplomacy and tact publishers in New York demanding the sum of
been" class get careless, or whether they are con- which the publisher uses in inducing a song $35 to publish a song which she had written.-
It was owing to her inability to spare this sum
tent to rest on past achievements, is a point un- writer to sign over his exclusive services, would
necessary to discuss. Suffice it to say that within save the retailer a deal of trouble, the purchaser that Mrs. Goodrich took her life. A son of the
the last few years a certain well known publish- a deal of annoyance, and the song writer a deal deceased woman threatens to take action in the
matter."
ing house has lost a fortune in exploiting the of heart burning.
COMMENTS B Y - „
c
M
are the publishers of all the songs
SUNG BY
HARRY LAUDER
and all the successful songs
SUNG BY
VESTA VICTORIA
NEW YORK 15 West 30th St. NEW YORK
SPECIAL TO THE TRADE!
POR THIRTY DAYS ONLY
These 1907 Song Hits at 10c. per copy or $10 per hundred.
"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
PAULA VAL.SE CAPRICB
will pay you to keep in touch with ua. Write to-day
TIIEBES-STKRLIN MUSIC CO., St. Loots, Mo.
A MONEY-MAKER
For MUSIC DEALERS
HANDLING I T .
Costs You 3 Cents
Write To-Day for Samples and Special Offer
McKINLEY MUSIC CO. WM. McKINLEY, Pros.
158 Harrison St., Chicago
VICTOR KREMER CO.
NEW YORK
1431 Broadway
CHICAGO
152 Lake Street
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR NEW FOLIO
"The Most Popular
Piano Duets"
The finest Duet Folio published. Arranged by
George Rosey. Special Dealers' Introductory
Rates on application. Send for them at once.
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE
31 W. 15th Street, New York City
74 5th Ave., N. Y.
PUBLISHERS
"Under the Tropical Moon," "Won't You
Let Me Put My Arms Around Y o u , "
"Cinderella," Inst. and Song.
"Not Be-
cause Your Hair Is Curly," " W i l l the
Angels Let Me Play," "Paddy," "Can You
Keep a Secret," "Vanity Fair," " I Never
Can Forget You Dear," Kremer's Mandolin
Folio, No. 1, etc., etc.
NOTICE TO THE TRADE
THE T. B. HARMS CO. ARE NO LONGER
SELLING AGENTS FOR ANY OF OUR
SONGS.
"UNDER THE MATZOS TREE"
The best Jewish novelty song ever written, being funny without being offensive, and
"WHEN THE MOON PLAYS PEEK-A-BOO WITH YOU"
By that writer, FRED. FISHER, author of " If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon." Take
notice that there is an imitation song with a similar title, but it is not I T
THE
FRED.
FISHER
MUSIC
FRED. FISHER
1431-33 BROADWAY,
PUBLISHING
COMPANY
NAT. SHAY
NEW YORK
THE
MUSIC TRADE! REVIEW
43
irrmrWoRLDW ^wSlTF^IJSrtlJw
work of one or two men who in their blind
Practice Makes Perfect.
egotism no doubt imagined that the public would
A well-known music publisher who claimed
flock to buy their august names neatly engraved that he was a poor hand at figures, has improved
upon title pages. Surely it is about time that considerably since he started in keeping a double
the younger generation of composers were given set of books.
a fair showing, for it is an undisputed fact that
Originality and Success.
the younger generation are making the money
No
sooner
does a novelty song strike the popu-
The past week has been singularly barren of wherewith the publisher pays the oftentimes use-
any excitement in the music publishing world. less old timer the enormous advance royalties lar fancy than a hundred and one imitations of
Truly some excellent new popular songs have which he demands but does not, and cannot, it spring up like mushrooms in the night. Of
been launched on the already overcrowded mar- earn. It must not be understood that all of the course, the fault lies with the song writer, who
ket, yet such numbers as Will R. Anderson's older generation of composers are useless. F a r does not seem to realize that the very fact that
"Just Some One" (M. Witmark & Sons), "I'm from it. There is ample room for both the estab- he descends to imitation stamps him as an in-
Starving for One Sight of You" (Charles K. Har- lished, as well as the rising generation of song competent. Success cannot be copied nor suc-
ris), the songs from "A Waltz Dream" (Joseph writers. But one thing is apparent. The old timer cessfully imitated. It is an original force, a
W. Stern & Co.), and Audrey Kingsbury's "You must justify his right to existence on what he is creative process. Every man will be a failure
Can't Guess What He Wrote on My Slate" (Theo. doing, and not on what he has done or was sup- just in proportion to the ratio in which he
Bendix), are taken haphazard as being really posed to have done in the misty past, of which gets away from himself and tries to be some-
body else and to express somebody else instead
welcome additions to the season's novelties. Of
but a memory remains.
of himself. In every profession or business—
course, there is other good material—a great
song writing included—men who can do things
Why Is It?
deal of it—but it is not mentioned by name for
The fact that two well known and reputable in new and better ways are the men who are
the excellent reason that the writer has not yet
had the opportunity of personally looking it over publishing houses seem to be taking a keen de- needed, and the composer who imagines that be-
and therefore hesitates to recommend it on light in antagonizing each other by publishing cause his ideas have no precedent, he will be
hearsay. . . . For some unaccountable rea- songs bearing identical titles, suggests the ques- refused a hearing, is suffering from acute faint-
son the publishers' end of the sheet music busi- tion: "Why is it that full grown men will descend heartedness. The man who has anything new
ness has shown a slight falling off from the last to the face scratching tactics which should have to offer to the publisher will not only be listened
two weeks in January, but the retail trade is been cast aside with their pinafores? Without to, but welcomed. This is the day of the man
making no complaint. Generally speaking, in- attempting to answer the question or place the with strong individuality who dares to think his
deed business remains brisk and prospects for blame on either of the firms in question, it is own thoughts to originate his own methods and
the months of March and April are unusually almost safe to say that the figuring is six of one who is not afraid to be himself. And even if
and half a dozen of the other. And taking it all originality does not entail success it means gain-
bright.
in all the innocent suffer. In satisfying some ing the respect of one's fellowman, which is
Where Young Blood Is Needed.
It is Howard Herrick who is responsible for petty resentment, the publisher vents his spite something even in the world of music publishing.
an excellent little song entitled "Ole Time Things not only on his competitor, but also upon the
are Good Enough for Me." However true Mr. unfortunate song writer who, although he does ANOTHER VICTIM OF BOGUS PUBLISHER.
Herrick's sentiment may be in the abstract, it not care a rap about his publishers' quarrels,
A special to the New York papers from Roch-
certainly does not apply to the average "old sees his prospective royalties fall somewhere be-
time" composer who seems to imagine that his low the zero mark. Of course, this may cut ester, N. Y., Feb. 8, says: "Mrs. Oscar Goodrich
successes of a decade or more ago entitle him both ways, but then anything that cuts both committed suicide here to-day by drinking car-
at the present time to a first mortgage on the ways cuts twice as hard, and twice as often. bolic acid. Among her effects were found several
unfortunate music publisher's body and soul. While a similarity of title is often unavoidable, communications from a firm of bogus music
Whether these same composers now in the "has the exercise of the same diplomacy and tact publishers in New York demanding the sum of
been" class get careless, or whether they are con- which the publisher uses in inducing a song $35 to publish a song which she had written.-
It was owing to her inability to spare this sum
tent to rest on past achievements, is a point un- writer to sign over his exclusive services, would
necessary to discuss. Suffice it to say that within save the retailer a deal of trouble, the purchaser that Mrs. Goodrich took her life. A son of the
the last few years a certain well known publish- a deal of annoyance, and the song writer a deal deceased woman threatens to take action in the
matter."
ing house has lost a fortune in exploiting the of heart burning.
COMMENTS B Y - „
c
M
are the publishers of all the songs
SUNG BY
HARRY LAUDER
and all the successful songs
SUNG BY
VESTA VICTORIA
NEW YORK 15 West 30th St. NEW YORK
SPECIAL TO THE TRADE!
POR THIRTY DAYS ONLY
These 1907 Song Hits at 10c. per copy or $10 per hundred.
"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
PAULA VAL.SE CAPRICB
will pay you to keep in touch with ua. Write to-day
TIIEBES-STKRLIN MUSIC CO., St. Loots, Mo.
A MONEY-MAKER
For MUSIC DEALERS
HANDLING I T .
Costs You 3 Cents
Write To-Day for Samples and Special Offer
McKINLEY MUSIC CO. WM. McKINLEY, Pros.
158 Harrison St., Chicago
VICTOR KREMER CO.
NEW YORK
1431 Broadway
CHICAGO
152 Lake Street
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR NEW FOLIO
"The Most Popular
Piano Duets"
The finest Duet Folio published. Arranged by
George Rosey. Special Dealers' Introductory
Rates on application. Send for them at once.
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE
31 W. 15th Street, New York City
74 5th Ave., N. Y.
PUBLISHERS
"Under the Tropical Moon," "Won't You
Let Me Put My Arms Around Y o u , "
"Cinderella," Inst. and Song.
"Not Be-
cause Your Hair Is Curly," " W i l l the
Angels Let Me Play," "Paddy," "Can You
Keep a Secret," "Vanity Fair," " I Never
Can Forget You Dear," Kremer's Mandolin
Folio, No. 1, etc., etc.
NOTICE TO THE TRADE
THE T. B. HARMS CO. ARE NO LONGER
SELLING AGENTS FOR ANY OF OUR
SONGS.
"UNDER THE MATZOS TREE"
The best Jewish novelty song ever written, being funny without being offensive, and
"WHEN THE MOON PLAYS PEEK-A-BOO WITH YOU"
By that writer, FRED. FISHER, author of " If the Man in the Moon Were a Coon." Take
notice that there is an imitation song with a similar title, but it is not I T
THE
FRED.
FISHER
MUSIC
FRED. FISHER
1431-33 BROADWAY,
PUBLISHING
COMPANY
NAT. SHAY
NEW YORK
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