Music Trade Review
Issue: 1910 Vol. 51 N. 2 - Page 48
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48
THE
EDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor and Proprietor
J. B. SPILLANE, Manglng Editor
R.W.SIMMONS. Editor Music Section
FabUthed Every Saturday at 1 Madlwo Avenue. New Y*rk
SUBSCRIPTION. Uuciudlng poatage), United Btatea and
Maxlco, |2.00 per year; Canada, $t.BO; all »th«r coun-
tries 14.00.
Telephones-Number* 4677 and 4678 Gramerey
Connecting a l l Departments
N E W YORK. J U L Y 9 , l t l O
All matter of every nature intended
for this department should be addressed
The Editor Music Section Music Trade
Review, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
COMMENTS B Y - „
Such increased advantages as accrued to music
publishers, composers and others under the copy-
right law which went into effect on July 1, 1909,
have now been enjoyed for a full year. A complete
accounting of what has been accomplished by the
new provisions of this law over what could have
been achieved under the old one would be as in-
teresting to all connected with muse publishing as
it would be difficult of compilation—wh'ch means
that it would he of great interest indeed. In gen-
eral, however, one may readily assert that this year-
old law has been of great and undoubted benefit to
all concerned. . Certain copyright evils which pre-
vailed prior to the passing of the law have been
obviated, ami certain privileges which were un-
attainable under the old regulations have been
created and used under the new. The long and ex-
pensive fight which a group of energetic music
publishers and their Congressional friends waged
a year and a half ago has borne concrete and excel-
lent results, rind that most sc:.rce eventuation in
the music publishing world of to-day—initiative ac-
MESSRS. CHAPPELL & CO., L t d .
are the publishers of
THE REIGNING MUSICAL SUCCESS
THE ARCADIANS
Music by Talbot and Monckton
(Produced by Mr. Charles Frohman)
FRANZ LEHAR"S NEW OPERA
THE MAN WITH THREE WIVES
MU3IC
TRADE
RE1VIE1W
tion for the common good—has at last gone into
history as a result-laden fact.
Possibility of Changes Conceded.
The new copyright law (it must still be called
new, so short Ins been the time since its enact-
ment in comparison with the period of the old
law's control) has various faults. There are but
few who will maintain that it has not. When it
was passed those publishers and lawmakers who
fought for a change from the old provisions ad-
mitted that they had obtained by no means all the
concessions they sought. Their plans included a
policy of obtaining what they could and of waiting
until some future time to have amendments passed
which should provide that which experiment, based
on the actual working of the law, indicated as being
needed. But for the changes that were actually
effected and their attendant benefits there is plenty
of cause for congratulation and, for the present,
satisfaction.
As for the amendments which time and ex-
perience may point to as necessities, the wr'ter re-
calls with interest a statement made by a member
of Congress, the statement being at least encourag-
ing as to the possibility of the changes being made
if needed, and also pointing out the method whereby
they could be effected. Shortly after the new copy-
right law was passed, F. D. Currier, chairman of
the Hou/e Committee on Patents, wrote to a Xew
York music publisher a letter dealing with what
had just been accomplished in the matter of copy-
right legislation. The publisher, by the way, had
been one of the most active of all in working to
obtain the new law and had expended much time
and considerable money, and had journeyed to
Washington on many occasions, in helping to bring
about the final results. Mr. Currier wrote, in the
course of his letter:
Amendments to Cure Faults.
"If experience indicates that the copyright bill
has faults it will be a comparatively easy matter to
cure them by amendment."
Just what the faults are must be agreed upon by
music publishers mutually, in order that the changes
may be made when the proper time comes. Con-
certed action to bring about the changes will also
be necessary, and it will probably require the effor.s
of the same publishers who worked for the passage
of the present law to cause any future amendments
to be passed. It is reassuring, however, to know
that the changes are at least possib'e, if desired, and
that an influential member of Congress has gone on
record as recognizing the possible need of amend-
ments and the feasibility of bringing about the pas-
sage of them.
Danger in Misunderstanding.
One of the distinctly beneficial provisions of the
copyright law is that which perm'ts the publisher
to use a "reasonable time" in mailing copies of a
publication to the Register of Copyrights after the
publication has been issued, h happens, though,
that this important detail, which really forms part
of the very foundation of all copyright privileges,
has been misunderstood by many music publishers.
Among these are some who are heads of large
firms, to our personal knowledge. It would seem
inevitable, moreover, that if we know of these per-
sonally there must be numerous others of whose
mistaken feelings we are not aware. The pub-
lishers mentioned have somehow conceived the idea
that after they have published a song or other work
they may enjoy copyright assurance for three months
before they send copies of the publication to the
Register of Copyrights. That is, they proceed with
the assumption that after publication they have three
months in which to send the copies to Washington,
and that in the interim they are fully protected as
to copyright. This is an error, and it might easily
become a woeful mistake if complications such as
are always imminent and may be readily imag'ned
should develop. A New York attorney, who has
made a specialty of the copyright statutes, dec'ared
recently that the copies of a given publication
should be mailed to Washington immediately. He
said that two copies should be thus mailed on the
day that publ cation was effected. These would
reach the Register of Copyrights the following day
and there would be no chance of a piracy or in-
fringement reaching that official in advance of the
original. This is one of the most important of the
details of securing a copyright, and should be
scrupulously observed. If any amendments to the
present law are made in the course of time, it
should be seen to by those actively interested that
a c'ause be inserted, stating specifically the time
limit for the filing of copies for copyright after
publication has been established.
By arrangement with Hans Bartsch, represent-
ing Felix Bloch Erben, Berlin, Fred C. Whitney
will present "The Chocolate Soldier' in London
next fall. He is now on his way to Europe.
SOME OF OUR REAL HITS
"THE
CUBANOLA
GLIDE"
(iSS?^)
"MY
SOUTHERN
R O S E "
" K E E P YOUR FOOT ON T H E SOFT P E D A L " s ong
"THE
YIDDISHA
R A G " (,„&•"?..)
"HIP-HIP-HYPNOTIZE
M E " son O -
" G I V E M Y R E G A R D S T O M A B E L " >s ona
HARRY VON TILZER MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
AD D R S S
N E w Y oRk L o^FicE TO
1 2 5 West 4 3 d Street, New York City
iTo be produced shortly by Messrs. Shubert)
IVAN CARYLL AND LIONEL MONCKTOWS
SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL PLAY
OUR MISS GIBBS
(To be pioduced shortly by Mr. Charles Frohman)
LONDON"S LATEST CRAZE
THE BALKAN PRINCESS
A Musical Play by Paul A. Rubens
(To be produced by Mr. W. A. Brady)
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
37 W. 17 h St.
NEW YORK
THEODORE MORSE'S NEW HITS !
"MOLLY LEE"
"KITTY GRAY"
"HE'S A COLLEGE BOY"
" R E D C L O V E R " (Song and Intermezzo)
" B L U E F E A T H E R " (Song and Intermezzo*
You could have had these once for 5 cents. Take
our new issues and you'll get better ones.
ffl^T-
PHONOGRAPH RECORDS ARE - ^ M j f f
l^V
MADE FOR ALL OUR SONGS T ^ &
Theodore Morse Music Co.
1 367 Broadway, New York
_^^__
Published by
A collection of 35 stand-
ard piano pieces ar-
ranged and in some in-
stances simplified by Ihe
fa:r.ous American com-
p o s e r and musician,
George Rosey, intended
especially for the use of
second and third year
piano students, and for
the use of amateurs who
wish to have good piano
music which they can
ilay without any g^reat
degree of technical ability.
The contents include a
wide variety of compo-
sitions and is of such a
nature as to appeal to
every lover of piano
music. Price 75 cents.
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE. 31-35 West 15th Street, New York
SHEET MUSIC
DEPARTMENT
WILL ATTRACT MORE CUSTOMERS TO YOUR STORE THAN
ANY OTHER MEDIUM YOU COULD EMPLOY
Write for catalogue and particulars as to how to
make a sheet music department a money-maker
Address nearest office
McKINLEY MUSIC CO., 185 Harrison St., Chicago, III.
NO. 80 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y.
48
THE
EDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor and Proprietor
J. B. SPILLANE, Manglng Editor
R.W.SIMMONS. Editor Music Section
FabUthed Every Saturday at 1 Madlwo Avenue. New Y*rk
SUBSCRIPTION. Uuciudlng poatage), United Btatea and
Maxlco, |2.00 per year; Canada, $t.BO; all »th«r coun-
tries 14.00.
Telephones-Number* 4677 and 4678 Gramerey
Connecting a l l Departments
N E W YORK. J U L Y 9 , l t l O
All matter of every nature intended
for this department should be addressed
The Editor Music Section Music Trade
Review, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
COMMENTS B Y - „
Such increased advantages as accrued to music
publishers, composers and others under the copy-
right law which went into effect on July 1, 1909,
have now been enjoyed for a full year. A complete
accounting of what has been accomplished by the
new provisions of this law over what could have
been achieved under the old one would be as in-
teresting to all connected with muse publishing as
it would be difficult of compilation—wh'ch means
that it would he of great interest indeed. In gen-
eral, however, one may readily assert that this year-
old law has been of great and undoubted benefit to
all concerned. . Certain copyright evils which pre-
vailed prior to the passing of the law have been
obviated, ami certain privileges which were un-
attainable under the old regulations have been
created and used under the new. The long and ex-
pensive fight which a group of energetic music
publishers and their Congressional friends waged
a year and a half ago has borne concrete and excel-
lent results, rind that most sc:.rce eventuation in
the music publishing world of to-day—initiative ac-
MESSRS. CHAPPELL & CO., L t d .
are the publishers of
THE REIGNING MUSICAL SUCCESS
THE ARCADIANS
Music by Talbot and Monckton
(Produced by Mr. Charles Frohman)
FRANZ LEHAR"S NEW OPERA
THE MAN WITH THREE WIVES
MU3IC
TRADE
RE1VIE1W
tion for the common good—has at last gone into
history as a result-laden fact.
Possibility of Changes Conceded.
The new copyright law (it must still be called
new, so short Ins been the time since its enact-
ment in comparison with the period of the old
law's control) has various faults. There are but
few who will maintain that it has not. When it
was passed those publishers and lawmakers who
fought for a change from the old provisions ad-
mitted that they had obtained by no means all the
concessions they sought. Their plans included a
policy of obtaining what they could and of waiting
until some future time to have amendments passed
which should provide that which experiment, based
on the actual working of the law, indicated as being
needed. But for the changes that were actually
effected and their attendant benefits there is plenty
of cause for congratulation and, for the present,
satisfaction.
As for the amendments which time and ex-
perience may point to as necessities, the wr'ter re-
calls with interest a statement made by a member
of Congress, the statement being at least encourag-
ing as to the possibility of the changes being made
if needed, and also pointing out the method whereby
they could be effected. Shortly after the new copy-
right law was passed, F. D. Currier, chairman of
the Hou/e Committee on Patents, wrote to a Xew
York music publisher a letter dealing with what
had just been accomplished in the matter of copy-
right legislation. The publisher, by the way, had
been one of the most active of all in working to
obtain the new law and had expended much time
and considerable money, and had journeyed to
Washington on many occasions, in helping to bring
about the final results. Mr. Currier wrote, in the
course of his letter:
Amendments to Cure Faults.
"If experience indicates that the copyright bill
has faults it will be a comparatively easy matter to
cure them by amendment."
Just what the faults are must be agreed upon by
music publishers mutually, in order that the changes
may be made when the proper time comes. Con-
certed action to bring about the changes will also
be necessary, and it will probably require the effor.s
of the same publishers who worked for the passage
of the present law to cause any future amendments
to be passed. It is reassuring, however, to know
that the changes are at least possib'e, if desired, and
that an influential member of Congress has gone on
record as recognizing the possible need of amend-
ments and the feasibility of bringing about the pas-
sage of them.
Danger in Misunderstanding.
One of the distinctly beneficial provisions of the
copyright law is that which perm'ts the publisher
to use a "reasonable time" in mailing copies of a
publication to the Register of Copyrights after the
publication has been issued, h happens, though,
that this important detail, which really forms part
of the very foundation of all copyright privileges,
has been misunderstood by many music publishers.
Among these are some who are heads of large
firms, to our personal knowledge. It would seem
inevitable, moreover, that if we know of these per-
sonally there must be numerous others of whose
mistaken feelings we are not aware. The pub-
lishers mentioned have somehow conceived the idea
that after they have published a song or other work
they may enjoy copyright assurance for three months
before they send copies of the publication to the
Register of Copyrights. That is, they proceed with
the assumption that after publication they have three
months in which to send the copies to Washington,
and that in the interim they are fully protected as
to copyright. This is an error, and it might easily
become a woeful mistake if complications such as
are always imminent and may be readily imag'ned
should develop. A New York attorney, who has
made a specialty of the copyright statutes, dec'ared
recently that the copies of a given publication
should be mailed to Washington immediately. He
said that two copies should be thus mailed on the
day that publ cation was effected. These would
reach the Register of Copyrights the following day
and there would be no chance of a piracy or in-
fringement reaching that official in advance of the
original. This is one of the most important of the
details of securing a copyright, and should be
scrupulously observed. If any amendments to the
present law are made in the course of time, it
should be seen to by those actively interested that
a c'ause be inserted, stating specifically the time
limit for the filing of copies for copyright after
publication has been established.
By arrangement with Hans Bartsch, represent-
ing Felix Bloch Erben, Berlin, Fred C. Whitney
will present "The Chocolate Soldier' in London
next fall. He is now on his way to Europe.
SOME OF OUR REAL HITS
"THE
CUBANOLA
GLIDE"
(iSS?^)
"MY
SOUTHERN
R O S E "
" K E E P YOUR FOOT ON T H E SOFT P E D A L " s ong
"THE
YIDDISHA
R A G " (,„&•"?..)
"HIP-HIP-HYPNOTIZE
M E " son O -
" G I V E M Y R E G A R D S T O M A B E L " >s ona
HARRY VON TILZER MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
AD D R S S
N E w Y oRk L o^FicE TO
1 2 5 West 4 3 d Street, New York City
iTo be produced shortly by Messrs. Shubert)
IVAN CARYLL AND LIONEL MONCKTOWS
SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL PLAY
OUR MISS GIBBS
(To be pioduced shortly by Mr. Charles Frohman)
LONDON"S LATEST CRAZE
THE BALKAN PRINCESS
A Musical Play by Paul A. Rubens
(To be produced by Mr. W. A. Brady)
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
37 W. 17 h St.
NEW YORK
THEODORE MORSE'S NEW HITS !
"MOLLY LEE"
"KITTY GRAY"
"HE'S A COLLEGE BOY"
" R E D C L O V E R " (Song and Intermezzo)
" B L U E F E A T H E R " (Song and Intermezzo*
You could have had these once for 5 cents. Take
our new issues and you'll get better ones.
ffl^T-
PHONOGRAPH RECORDS ARE - ^ M j f f
l^V
MADE FOR ALL OUR SONGS T ^ &
Theodore Morse Music Co.
1 367 Broadway, New York
_^^__
Published by
A collection of 35 stand-
ard piano pieces ar-
ranged and in some in-
stances simplified by Ihe
fa:r.ous American com-
p o s e r and musician,
George Rosey, intended
especially for the use of
second and third year
piano students, and for
the use of amateurs who
wish to have good piano
music which they can
ilay without any g^reat
degree of technical ability.
The contents include a
wide variety of compo-
sitions and is of such a
nature as to appeal to
every lover of piano
music. Price 75 cents.
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE. 31-35 West 15th Street, New York
SHEET MUSIC
DEPARTMENT
WILL ATTRACT MORE CUSTOMERS TO YOUR STORE THAN
ANY OTHER MEDIUM YOU COULD EMPLOY
Write for catalogue and particulars as to how to
make a sheet music department a money-maker
Address nearest office
McKINLEY MUSIC CO., 185 Harrison St., Chicago, III.
NO. 80 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y.
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