Music Trade Review
Issue: 1910 Vol. 50 N. 13 - Page 49
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THE
WITH THE CHICAGO PUBLISHERS.
Frank Daniels Offers $500,000 for Three Mu-
sical Comedies on Shakespearean Plays—His
Idea—Thompson Music Co. Changes—Tenor
Features Witmark
Numbers—That
Music
Publishers "Contest"—Other News Regard-
ing " H i t s " and "Near Hits."
(Special to The Kevlew.)
Chicago, March 21, 1910.
On the arrival of Frank Daniels and his Belle
of Brittany Company in Chicago last week to
begin a several weeks' engagement at the Lyric
Theater, the comedian, never at a loss to secure
valuable publicity, proceeded to tickle the ear of
local composing aspirants by offering $500,000
for three musical comedies based on Shakes-
pearean plays. For the benefit of those who may
wonder how an actor can be so reckless with his
money it may be stated that Mr. Daniels does not
propose to part with any of his own hard-earned
"simoleans" for the lyrics and music to Julius
Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, etc. "He should say
nou" It simply means that in Mr. Daniels'
opinion musical comedy par excellence can be
framed on plays of the Bard of Avon ind that
$500,000 will roll in in royalties while he him-
self will reap as large a fortune.
The following is the comedian's line of argu-
ment: "There has been nothing new in the field
of musical comedy for several years. The same
old plays have been changed around a bit, a new
bit of stage management has made an entire
play. Still the people flock to see the musical
comedy, all the while complaining of the plot.
Now, why not take one or two of Shakespeare's
plays and build a musical comedy on them?
"Take Romeo and Juliet, for instance. There
is plenty or love interest in it, the parts could
be changed a bit, and the parts of the rival
heads of the houses could be made into 'screams'
for 'old men parts.' The opportunity for scenic
investure is there. What more could be asked?
Read what The Evening
Mail, America's Best even-
ing paper, has to say about
the Famous
CENTURY
EDITION
TEN-CENT SHEET MUSIC
"Easily the best proposition in
the musical world; none better
at any price."
MUSIC
TRADE
Sacha Schlionsky, director of the Budapest
Hungarian Orchestra, who was the first local
orchestra leader to play "Echoes of the Parade,"
the new military march and two-step of the
Miller Music Publishing Co., says that it sur-
1 178 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
THAT
ITALIAN
RAG
By AL PIANTADOSI,
Creator of Italian Character
"Santa Fe"
Irish Cowboy Song. By Williams and Van Alstyne.
"I'm On My Way To Reno 11
By Jerome and Schwartz.
"What's The Matter With Father"
A New One.
CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
49
"This idea may sound a little outre, but still I passes any of the old and new marches and is
am serious. I think that if we take Shakespeare simply "great." The march is being played by
and turn his plays into musical comedies tnere Ballman's orchestra at the North Side Turner
will be thousands in it and besides it will do a Hall Sundays and will be rendered by Ballman's
great deal towards starting another Shakes- band at the opening of the Bismarck Garden.
pearean revival."
Other leaders are just as enthusiastic and predict
Upon the expiration of the Grand Opera House enduring popularity for the number.
lease of the professional department of the Advices have been received from Detroit,
Thompson Music Co., on May 1, the company an- Mich., to the effect that Grinnell Bros., the well-
nounce that they will conduct all of their busi- known concern of that city who in addition to
ness from the headquarters store at 346 Wabash their piano business have recently joined the
avenue. Otis Colbourn, local representative of ranks of the publishers of sheet music, are this
the Dramatic Mirror and the Success Song month bringing out a bass solo, "When Night
Bureau, who has represented the Thompson Co. Falls O'er the Sea," by J. R. Shannon.
professionally, will continue to occupy the quar-
Caro Roma was a welcome caller at the local
ters, which he will share with Tell Taylor, now offices of M. Witmark & Sons' last Monday. She
on the fifth floor.
was en route to New York on her return from
Albert Von Tilzer, the New York music pub- San Francisco, where she has been for several
lisher, recently opened an office in the Grand months on a recital tour. This prolific singer
Opera House building. He is represented by and writer has composed such songs as "Resig-
Jules Von Tilzer.
nation," "Faded Rose." Her latest success is
The following item appeared in the Chicago "In the Garden of My Heart," which is being
American, March 12:
featured all over the country.
"Ted Barron, manager of M. Witmark's music
One of the first numbers issued by the Victor
house, will present Lou Leever, the New York
Kremer Co. from the pen of Nat D. Mann is a
tenor, as a headliner of the regular weekly bill little song entitled '"In the Same Old Way."
at the Cipher Club to-night. He will feature the This number is said to have every essence of
new song, 'To the End of the World With You,' popularity, with a beautiful set of lyrics.
in his act." Miss Veva Etholia, a well-known
prima donna, and Miss Helen Merron also enter-
Landon Ronald intends to introduce to London,
tained and were compelled to respond to encores. say advices from that city, the "Symphony in C
One of the most attractive features of the un- Major," which, bearing the name of Beethoven,
usually strong bill at the American Music Hall was discovered some weeks ago in the archives
last week was the song publishers' contest. The of the Jena Academy Concert Society, and nego-
winner thereof was decided by ballots taken by tiations are in progress to this end. Until the
the audience at each performance and the pub- work is heard in London no definite opinion can
lisher receiving the greatest number of votes be- be formed, either of its merits or its authentic-
comes the possessor of a $500 prize. The keen ity. In any case, it must l:e an early work of
rivalry of the singers, representing the publish- Beethoven, if it is one at all. The general con-
ers, was well reflected by the audience, and each struction of the work, however, has led some Ger-
vocalist had such a number of stanch supporters man experts to believe that it is a new master-
nightly that it was difficult to predict a winner. piece—in fact, "The Immortal Tenth"—by the
The program of Friday evening was as follows: great Kapellmeister of Bonn.
Harry Von Tilzer Music Co., "Put Your Foot on
the Soft Pedal," singer Lizette Fuller; Victor
Kremer Co., presenting "Go On Good-A-Bye,"
singer Charles Abbott; Jerome H. Remick Co.,
presenting "I'll Make a Ring Around Rosie,"
singer Arthur Beilin; Sunlight Music Co., pre-
senting "Tennessee"; Ted Snyder Music Co.,
presenting "That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn
'lime," singer Jean Jurende, and The Music
House of Laemmle, presenting "King of the
Bungaloos," singer Gene Green. The winning
song of the contest was "Tennessee," which re-
ceived a total of 1,721 votes.
Our Comic Specialty.
Can be had wherever music is sold.
REVIEW
By Williams and Van Alstyne.
"I'll Make A Ring Around Rosie 11
Jerome and Schwartz' Rosiest "Rose" Song.
Songs.
A POSITIVE HIT!
A PROVED SELLER!
Orders poured in the very day after this
song was first sung at Hammerstein's
Victoria Theater.
GOINQ STRONGER EVERY D A Y !
PUBLISHED BY
LEO. FEIST, NEW YORK
"I'm Afraid Of You"
HEAD HAS HITS
(George \V. Head, Jr.)
WORLD'S GREATEST BALLAD
"Without You The World
Don't Seem The Same"
An Endless Chain of Sales of This Song Will Start
From First Purchase.
Best Ballad Since the Time of Jenny Lind
THE HEAD MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1416 Broadway, Cor. 39th Street,
New York
Novelty Waltz Song.
By Bryan and Gumble.
Jerome |. Remick
WE ARE THE PUBLISHERS
of those two great songs—
"GO ON, GOOD-A-BYE"
and
i Contpanj
" I HAVE SOMETHING IN MY EYE,
AND IT'S YOU."
131 WEST 41st STREET, NEW YORK
68 FARRAR STREET, DETROIT
VICTOR KREMER CO.
Without a doubt the best sellers on the market.
152 Lake St., Chicago
THE
WITH THE CHICAGO PUBLISHERS.
Frank Daniels Offers $500,000 for Three Mu-
sical Comedies on Shakespearean Plays—His
Idea—Thompson Music Co. Changes—Tenor
Features Witmark
Numbers—That
Music
Publishers "Contest"—Other News Regard-
ing " H i t s " and "Near Hits."
(Special to The Kevlew.)
Chicago, March 21, 1910.
On the arrival of Frank Daniels and his Belle
of Brittany Company in Chicago last week to
begin a several weeks' engagement at the Lyric
Theater, the comedian, never at a loss to secure
valuable publicity, proceeded to tickle the ear of
local composing aspirants by offering $500,000
for three musical comedies based on Shakes-
pearean plays. For the benefit of those who may
wonder how an actor can be so reckless with his
money it may be stated that Mr. Daniels does not
propose to part with any of his own hard-earned
"simoleans" for the lyrics and music to Julius
Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, etc. "He should say
nou" It simply means that in Mr. Daniels'
opinion musical comedy par excellence can be
framed on plays of the Bard of Avon ind that
$500,000 will roll in in royalties while he him-
self will reap as large a fortune.
The following is the comedian's line of argu-
ment: "There has been nothing new in the field
of musical comedy for several years. The same
old plays have been changed around a bit, a new
bit of stage management has made an entire
play. Still the people flock to see the musical
comedy, all the while complaining of the plot.
Now, why not take one or two of Shakespeare's
plays and build a musical comedy on them?
"Take Romeo and Juliet, for instance. There
is plenty or love interest in it, the parts could
be changed a bit, and the parts of the rival
heads of the houses could be made into 'screams'
for 'old men parts.' The opportunity for scenic
investure is there. What more could be asked?
Read what The Evening
Mail, America's Best even-
ing paper, has to say about
the Famous
CENTURY
EDITION
TEN-CENT SHEET MUSIC
"Easily the best proposition in
the musical world; none better
at any price."
MUSIC
TRADE
Sacha Schlionsky, director of the Budapest
Hungarian Orchestra, who was the first local
orchestra leader to play "Echoes of the Parade,"
the new military march and two-step of the
Miller Music Publishing Co., says that it sur-
1 178 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
THAT
ITALIAN
RAG
By AL PIANTADOSI,
Creator of Italian Character
"Santa Fe"
Irish Cowboy Song. By Williams and Van Alstyne.
"I'm On My Way To Reno 11
By Jerome and Schwartz.
"What's The Matter With Father"
A New One.
CENTURY MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
49
"This idea may sound a little outre, but still I passes any of the old and new marches and is
am serious. I think that if we take Shakespeare simply "great." The march is being played by
and turn his plays into musical comedies tnere Ballman's orchestra at the North Side Turner
will be thousands in it and besides it will do a Hall Sundays and will be rendered by Ballman's
great deal towards starting another Shakes- band at the opening of the Bismarck Garden.
pearean revival."
Other leaders are just as enthusiastic and predict
Upon the expiration of the Grand Opera House enduring popularity for the number.
lease of the professional department of the Advices have been received from Detroit,
Thompson Music Co., on May 1, the company an- Mich., to the effect that Grinnell Bros., the well-
nounce that they will conduct all of their busi- known concern of that city who in addition to
ness from the headquarters store at 346 Wabash their piano business have recently joined the
avenue. Otis Colbourn, local representative of ranks of the publishers of sheet music, are this
the Dramatic Mirror and the Success Song month bringing out a bass solo, "When Night
Bureau, who has represented the Thompson Co. Falls O'er the Sea," by J. R. Shannon.
professionally, will continue to occupy the quar-
Caro Roma was a welcome caller at the local
ters, which he will share with Tell Taylor, now offices of M. Witmark & Sons' last Monday. She
on the fifth floor.
was en route to New York on her return from
Albert Von Tilzer, the New York music pub- San Francisco, where she has been for several
lisher, recently opened an office in the Grand months on a recital tour. This prolific singer
Opera House building. He is represented by and writer has composed such songs as "Resig-
Jules Von Tilzer.
nation," "Faded Rose." Her latest success is
The following item appeared in the Chicago "In the Garden of My Heart," which is being
American, March 12:
featured all over the country.
"Ted Barron, manager of M. Witmark's music
One of the first numbers issued by the Victor
house, will present Lou Leever, the New York
Kremer Co. from the pen of Nat D. Mann is a
tenor, as a headliner of the regular weekly bill little song entitled '"In the Same Old Way."
at the Cipher Club to-night. He will feature the This number is said to have every essence of
new song, 'To the End of the World With You,' popularity, with a beautiful set of lyrics.
in his act." Miss Veva Etholia, a well-known
prima donna, and Miss Helen Merron also enter-
Landon Ronald intends to introduce to London,
tained and were compelled to respond to encores. say advices from that city, the "Symphony in C
One of the most attractive features of the un- Major," which, bearing the name of Beethoven,
usually strong bill at the American Music Hall was discovered some weeks ago in the archives
last week was the song publishers' contest. The of the Jena Academy Concert Society, and nego-
winner thereof was decided by ballots taken by tiations are in progress to this end. Until the
the audience at each performance and the pub- work is heard in London no definite opinion can
lisher receiving the greatest number of votes be- be formed, either of its merits or its authentic-
comes the possessor of a $500 prize. The keen ity. In any case, it must l:e an early work of
rivalry of the singers, representing the publish- Beethoven, if it is one at all. The general con-
ers, was well reflected by the audience, and each struction of the work, however, has led some Ger-
vocalist had such a number of stanch supporters man experts to believe that it is a new master-
nightly that it was difficult to predict a winner. piece—in fact, "The Immortal Tenth"—by the
The program of Friday evening was as follows: great Kapellmeister of Bonn.
Harry Von Tilzer Music Co., "Put Your Foot on
the Soft Pedal," singer Lizette Fuller; Victor
Kremer Co., presenting "Go On Good-A-Bye,"
singer Charles Abbott; Jerome H. Remick Co.,
presenting "I'll Make a Ring Around Rosie,"
singer Arthur Beilin; Sunlight Music Co., pre-
senting "Tennessee"; Ted Snyder Music Co.,
presenting "That Mesmerizing Mendelssohn
'lime," singer Jean Jurende, and The Music
House of Laemmle, presenting "King of the
Bungaloos," singer Gene Green. The winning
song of the contest was "Tennessee," which re-
ceived a total of 1,721 votes.
Our Comic Specialty.
Can be had wherever music is sold.
REVIEW
By Williams and Van Alstyne.
"I'll Make A Ring Around Rosie 11
Jerome and Schwartz' Rosiest "Rose" Song.
Songs.
A POSITIVE HIT!
A PROVED SELLER!
Orders poured in the very day after this
song was first sung at Hammerstein's
Victoria Theater.
GOINQ STRONGER EVERY D A Y !
PUBLISHED BY
LEO. FEIST, NEW YORK
"I'm Afraid Of You"
HEAD HAS HITS
(George \V. Head, Jr.)
WORLD'S GREATEST BALLAD
"Without You The World
Don't Seem The Same"
An Endless Chain of Sales of This Song Will Start
From First Purchase.
Best Ballad Since the Time of Jenny Lind
THE HEAD MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
1416 Broadway, Cor. 39th Street,
New York
Novelty Waltz Song.
By Bryan and Gumble.
Jerome |. Remick
WE ARE THE PUBLISHERS
of those two great songs—
"GO ON, GOOD-A-BYE"
and
i Contpanj
" I HAVE SOMETHING IN MY EYE,
AND IT'S YOU."
131 WEST 41st STREET, NEW YORK
68 FARRAR STREET, DETROIT
VICTOR KREMER CO.
Without a doubt the best sellers on the market.
152 Lake St., Chicago
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