Music Trade Review
Issue: 1910 Vol. 51 N. 25 - Page 50
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
THAT dwindling audiences at performances of
this operetta have resulted in a deep silence being
maintained as to the prize of $2,000 that was to
be given to the authors of a similar "world-
beater."
THAT some of the same old suggestive songs
THAT Truly Shattuck, who has succeeded Kitty
that are now barred from the stage in Chicago
Gordon in the leading role in "Alma, Where Do
are to be heard in New York.
THAT certain professional departments are You Live?" at Joe Weber's Theater, was recently
granted a discharge in bankruptcy; liabilities being
"dying hard," evidently, or else they have "buf-
$2,708, with no assets.
faloed" a number of acts and made the latter
THAT the same proceeding has been carried
think they know what the public wants better than
through
in the case of happy Marie Dressier; lia-
the public does.
bilities increasing with size of person.
THAT an otherwise excellent trio of youths had
THAT these were $26,000, with no assets, this
two of the objectionable songs in their act at the
bring Mrs. Leila Koerber's (her real name) sec-
Fifth Avenue the other evening.
ond jaunt through these courts.
THAT the applause was very scant, and the trio
THAT the Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Or-
seemed decidedly puzzled at the change from the
chestra
is including one or two popular numbers
"riot" to which they had evidently been accus-
in its repertoire, which is otherwise devoted to
tomed at the "close."
folk-songs.
THAT more such audiences as those which at-
THAT the strange and beautiful instruments
tend the Fifth Avenue would bury these suggestive
which they use lend themselves readily to sweet
songs so deep that the alleged song writers and
production of really melodious ballads and other
composers who produce them would be jn similar
numbers.
retirement long before any more of these numbers
cculd be "popularized."
THAT a No. 2 company has been formed to go
on tour with the musical comedy, "Lower Berth " B i l l y " Dillon, Who Has Written Some Unde-
niable Hits, Says He Has Never Known of
Thirteen," published by Chas. K. Harris.
One Thus Made—Two Heads Better Than One
THAT Harry Askin, the Chicago theatrical man-
ager-producer, was scheduled to arrive in New
Elucidating as well as may be done in writing for
York this week, and to make his headquarters at
the benefit of the public some of the obstacles to
the offices of Chas. K. Harris.
THAT Edgar Selden, general manager for Sha- be overcome by the embryo song writer seems to
have become quite a fad of late among "those in
piro, has joined The Friars.
the know." "Billy" Dillon is now to be included
THAT the music of a new musical comedy to be
among the few who come to the fore with real
produced in Chicago by Harry Askin has been
facts and valuable suggestions. He has been asso-
written by Augustus Barratt, composer of "A
ciated with Harry Von Tilzer in the production of
Skylark," which was published by Leo. Feist.
some actual hits. For the Christmas number of
THAT the book of the new Askin piece was Variety he writes:
written by Vincent Bryan and Addison Burk-
"Many people imagine there is a fortune in writ-
liardt, as were also the lyrics.
THAT Nate Spingold has returned to William ing songs. If there is, I have never found one, nor
have I ever met any other fellow who achieved
Morris' American Music Hall.
untold wealth in that manner. True, there is a
THAT one wonders if it is true that Mr. Spin-
living in it—but that is about all, for no matter
gold can spend $50,000 with unusual speed, even
how great the writer is, his ideas are sure to ex-
considering the size of the emptiness reported
haust in time and he is then compelled to do some-
waiting to receive it.
thing else or pass the hat. There are a few success-
THAT Arthur Hammerstein is soon to produce a ful fellows to-day, but they are exceptions to the
new comic opera entitled "The Maestro's Master- general rule. Song writing is all right if you can
piece," by Edward Locke.
get the ideas and sufficient material to fit your ideas.
THAT to-night's performance will conclude This is especially true in comic song writing.
"Madame Troubadour's" present engagement in
"How often is it a writer strikes what he thinks
this city.
is a great number. And on such occasions no one is
exempt from the 'fever.' He will rave about it;
sing it to almost everyone he meets, buttonholing
NOW
his
best friends and asking after he has run over
TWO GREAT NEW
the words, 'Now, what do you think of that?' He
COMPOSITIONS
is so wrapped up in the idea he cannot eat, sleep or
By HARRY D. KERR
even become interested in conversation, because of
"YOUR LOVE IS MY GUIDING STAR"
the song bee buzzing in his bonnet. Finally, he,
High class ballad outranked by none.
or someone else, sings it professionally. The au-
" P L A Y W HONEYMOON"
dience doesn't like it. The answer is all his efforts
A dainty, classic child song.
have been wasted, possibly because the song did
These songs are of the kind that nerer grow old.
_ Send for our standing order proposition and price
not have the material to make the idea strong
lists when you order the above pieces.
enough, possibly because it was not put together
right, or it might have been that the singer was
MILLER MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.,
at fault. More often though it is the song. Get
5*5 So. Hermitage Avenue, Chicago.
THE song, a real one, and you will never fail. But
in case you should, then, of course, it must have
been the fault of the audience.
ROIERT TELLER SONS ft B0INE1
"Song writing is fascinating work; very hard to
Mule Eifraven Mi Prlitcn
drop once you have taken it up. I am extremely
I1ND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF TITLB
fond of it. If good ideas were to be purchased as
TOR ESTIMATE
one could buy the necessities of life I think I
nt WHY urn nun. ww TMI a n
should always be willing to write. Last year
Harry Von Tilzer and myself wrote six numbers.
From the present indications it would seem as
SOME OF
though they were all to be among the best sellers.
Three went to the front last season and showed
excellent results; the others are coming to the fore
"Somebody Else, It's Always Somebody
rapidly. We might have written a hundred num-
Else."
bers at another time—and have one of the lot find
favor, or it might have been the case that I had
"Cupid's I. 0 . U."
another
partner and Von Tilzer was writing music
"You'll Come Back."
for someone else. The result might have been
"That Chinatown Rag.*'
that all six of the songs now proving 'hits' might
Our New Issue proposition will be of interest to you—
have gone into the discard long ago.
write us for it and our special bulletin of big; hits.
"Two heads are better than one, words and
THE F. B. HAVILAND PUBLISHING CO.
melody must be wedded. Harry Von Tilzer and
1 KB W u l »7th Sti-Mt, Now York.
myself seem to hit it off well. Our ideas har-
MREVIEWflEARS
FORTUNES IN POPULAR SONGS?
HAVILAND'S HITS!
monize. Each will fair into line quickly with what
the other proposes. If there is a fault, either he
or I will suggest corrections. With this feeling
we manage to make a success of numbers that
might otherwise fall down.
"Comic songs are hard to find; very hard. 1
average at least two songs a week, and yet only
find three or four a season coming anywhere near
a 'hit.' If I could have songs written to fit me,
I wonld never take time to write them myself.
But no one seems able to supply me with what 1
need. I have tried numbers by others time and
time again, but have yet to find a song from an
outside source that I could put over in the proper
manner. Consequently, I am compelled to sit up a
few nights each week in order to furnish material
that I may hold my act together and earn a
salary. An artist may be clever and recognized the
world over as a person with wonderful ability and
magnetism, but there opinion will rest. Material,
good material, is necessary and even though you
have but one good number in your repertoire, that
may at times prove the life-saver of your turn.
The title of the song will linger in their minds for
days and days; they will hum the melody over time
and time again.
"One song was the making of Vesta Victoria.
In her case it was 'Waiting at the Church,' in the
case of Eva Tanguay it was 'I Don't Care,' and
with Harry Lauder 'I Love a Lassie' did much
to endear him to the minds and hearts of the vaude-
ville patrons on this side of the Atlantic. Look
back and you can name one song in almost every
singer's life. How many artists attain success
through one number or one little thing in their
act, and why is it that even though they may pro-
duce numerous ideas in after years that are ju^t
as good, if not better, the public will always hark
back to the original and say that was the best he
ever did? Why? Because the first impression
counted. It was the sight of a new face, a new
personality and new material all blended together
that placed the artist so high in the minds of the
people. His future efforts, must be little short of
wonderful if he would hold the place created.
"There are many things to be said about songs
and their composition, but it would take a book
with many pages to tell all. Some of the above
points may seem incredible to the layman, but they
have been proven true."
WOULD NOT DISCUSS HAMMERSTEIN.
H. V. Higgins arrived this week on the
Cunarder Caronia from Liverpool for the opening
of the new Ritz Hotel in Madison avenue on De-
cember 15. Mr. Higgins is the manager of the
Covent Garden Opera House. He was told that
Oscar Hammerstein expected to do great things in
the London operatic world. "Mr. Hammerstein
likes to talk and I do not," was his short answer
as he walked away.
BUY YOUR LVUJSIC FROM
BOSTON
Publishers
JOS. M . DALY
Gaiety Theatre Bldg., 665 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
Publisher of
'CHICKEN REEL." "SCENTED ROSES" WALTZES,
And Many Others
OLIVER
DITSON
COMPANY
BOSTON
NEW YORK
PHILADELPHIA
Anticipate and Supply Every Requirement of Music Dealers
WALTER JACOBS
167 Tremont St.,
BOSTON. MASS.
Publisher of
''Kiss of Spring." "Some Day When Dreams Come True."
And Some Others World Famous
WHITE-SMITH MUSIC PUB. CO.
PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS & ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 62-64 Stanhope St., Boston
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago
B. F. WOOD MUSIC CO.
"EDITION WOOD"
BOSTON
NEW YORK
246 Summer St.
28 East tOth St.
Also at London and Leipzig
50
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
THAT dwindling audiences at performances of
this operetta have resulted in a deep silence being
maintained as to the prize of $2,000 that was to
be given to the authors of a similar "world-
beater."
THAT some of the same old suggestive songs
THAT Truly Shattuck, who has succeeded Kitty
that are now barred from the stage in Chicago
Gordon in the leading role in "Alma, Where Do
are to be heard in New York.
THAT certain professional departments are You Live?" at Joe Weber's Theater, was recently
granted a discharge in bankruptcy; liabilities being
"dying hard," evidently, or else they have "buf-
$2,708, with no assets.
faloed" a number of acts and made the latter
THAT the same proceeding has been carried
think they know what the public wants better than
through
in the case of happy Marie Dressier; lia-
the public does.
bilities increasing with size of person.
THAT an otherwise excellent trio of youths had
THAT these were $26,000, with no assets, this
two of the objectionable songs in their act at the
bring Mrs. Leila Koerber's (her real name) sec-
Fifth Avenue the other evening.
ond jaunt through these courts.
THAT the applause was very scant, and the trio
THAT the Imperial Russian Court Balalaika Or-
seemed decidedly puzzled at the change from the
chestra
is including one or two popular numbers
"riot" to which they had evidently been accus-
in its repertoire, which is otherwise devoted to
tomed at the "close."
folk-songs.
THAT more such audiences as those which at-
THAT the strange and beautiful instruments
tend the Fifth Avenue would bury these suggestive
which they use lend themselves readily to sweet
songs so deep that the alleged song writers and
production of really melodious ballads and other
composers who produce them would be jn similar
numbers.
retirement long before any more of these numbers
cculd be "popularized."
THAT a No. 2 company has been formed to go
on tour with the musical comedy, "Lower Berth " B i l l y " Dillon, Who Has Written Some Unde-
niable Hits, Says He Has Never Known of
Thirteen," published by Chas. K. Harris.
One Thus Made—Two Heads Better Than One
THAT Harry Askin, the Chicago theatrical man-
ager-producer, was scheduled to arrive in New
Elucidating as well as may be done in writing for
York this week, and to make his headquarters at
the benefit of the public some of the obstacles to
the offices of Chas. K. Harris.
THAT Edgar Selden, general manager for Sha- be overcome by the embryo song writer seems to
have become quite a fad of late among "those in
piro, has joined The Friars.
the know." "Billy" Dillon is now to be included
THAT the music of a new musical comedy to be
among the few who come to the fore with real
produced in Chicago by Harry Askin has been
facts and valuable suggestions. He has been asso-
written by Augustus Barratt, composer of "A
ciated with Harry Von Tilzer in the production of
Skylark," which was published by Leo. Feist.
some actual hits. For the Christmas number of
THAT the book of the new Askin piece was Variety he writes:
written by Vincent Bryan and Addison Burk-
"Many people imagine there is a fortune in writ-
liardt, as were also the lyrics.
THAT Nate Spingold has returned to William ing songs. If there is, I have never found one, nor
have I ever met any other fellow who achieved
Morris' American Music Hall.
untold wealth in that manner. True, there is a
THAT one wonders if it is true that Mr. Spin-
living in it—but that is about all, for no matter
gold can spend $50,000 with unusual speed, even
how great the writer is, his ideas are sure to ex-
considering the size of the emptiness reported
haust in time and he is then compelled to do some-
waiting to receive it.
thing else or pass the hat. There are a few success-
THAT Arthur Hammerstein is soon to produce a ful fellows to-day, but they are exceptions to the
new comic opera entitled "The Maestro's Master- general rule. Song writing is all right if you can
piece," by Edward Locke.
get the ideas and sufficient material to fit your ideas.
THAT to-night's performance will conclude This is especially true in comic song writing.
"Madame Troubadour's" present engagement in
"How often is it a writer strikes what he thinks
this city.
is a great number. And on such occasions no one is
exempt from the 'fever.' He will rave about it;
sing it to almost everyone he meets, buttonholing
NOW
his
best friends and asking after he has run over
TWO GREAT NEW
the words, 'Now, what do you think of that?' He
COMPOSITIONS
is so wrapped up in the idea he cannot eat, sleep or
By HARRY D. KERR
even become interested in conversation, because of
"YOUR LOVE IS MY GUIDING STAR"
the song bee buzzing in his bonnet. Finally, he,
High class ballad outranked by none.
or someone else, sings it professionally. The au-
" P L A Y W HONEYMOON"
dience doesn't like it. The answer is all his efforts
A dainty, classic child song.
have been wasted, possibly because the song did
These songs are of the kind that nerer grow old.
_ Send for our standing order proposition and price
not have the material to make the idea strong
lists when you order the above pieces.
enough, possibly because it was not put together
right, or it might have been that the singer was
MILLER MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.,
at fault. More often though it is the song. Get
5*5 So. Hermitage Avenue, Chicago.
THE song, a real one, and you will never fail. But
in case you should, then, of course, it must have
been the fault of the audience.
ROIERT TELLER SONS ft B0INE1
"Song writing is fascinating work; very hard to
Mule Eifraven Mi Prlitcn
drop once you have taken it up. I am extremely
I1ND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF TITLB
fond of it. If good ideas were to be purchased as
TOR ESTIMATE
one could buy the necessities of life I think I
nt WHY urn nun. ww TMI a n
should always be willing to write. Last year
Harry Von Tilzer and myself wrote six numbers.
From the present indications it would seem as
SOME OF
though they were all to be among the best sellers.
Three went to the front last season and showed
excellent results; the others are coming to the fore
"Somebody Else, It's Always Somebody
rapidly. We might have written a hundred num-
Else."
bers at another time—and have one of the lot find
favor, or it might have been the case that I had
"Cupid's I. 0 . U."
another
partner and Von Tilzer was writing music
"You'll Come Back."
for someone else. The result might have been
"That Chinatown Rag.*'
that all six of the songs now proving 'hits' might
Our New Issue proposition will be of interest to you—
have gone into the discard long ago.
write us for it and our special bulletin of big; hits.
"Two heads are better than one, words and
THE F. B. HAVILAND PUBLISHING CO.
melody must be wedded. Harry Von Tilzer and
1 KB W u l »7th Sti-Mt, Now York.
myself seem to hit it off well. Our ideas har-
MREVIEWflEARS
FORTUNES IN POPULAR SONGS?
HAVILAND'S HITS!
monize. Each will fair into line quickly with what
the other proposes. If there is a fault, either he
or I will suggest corrections. With this feeling
we manage to make a success of numbers that
might otherwise fall down.
"Comic songs are hard to find; very hard. 1
average at least two songs a week, and yet only
find three or four a season coming anywhere near
a 'hit.' If I could have songs written to fit me,
I wonld never take time to write them myself.
But no one seems able to supply me with what 1
need. I have tried numbers by others time and
time again, but have yet to find a song from an
outside source that I could put over in the proper
manner. Consequently, I am compelled to sit up a
few nights each week in order to furnish material
that I may hold my act together and earn a
salary. An artist may be clever and recognized the
world over as a person with wonderful ability and
magnetism, but there opinion will rest. Material,
good material, is necessary and even though you
have but one good number in your repertoire, that
may at times prove the life-saver of your turn.
The title of the song will linger in their minds for
days and days; they will hum the melody over time
and time again.
"One song was the making of Vesta Victoria.
In her case it was 'Waiting at the Church,' in the
case of Eva Tanguay it was 'I Don't Care,' and
with Harry Lauder 'I Love a Lassie' did much
to endear him to the minds and hearts of the vaude-
ville patrons on this side of the Atlantic. Look
back and you can name one song in almost every
singer's life. How many artists attain success
through one number or one little thing in their
act, and why is it that even though they may pro-
duce numerous ideas in after years that are ju^t
as good, if not better, the public will always hark
back to the original and say that was the best he
ever did? Why? Because the first impression
counted. It was the sight of a new face, a new
personality and new material all blended together
that placed the artist so high in the minds of the
people. His future efforts, must be little short of
wonderful if he would hold the place created.
"There are many things to be said about songs
and their composition, but it would take a book
with many pages to tell all. Some of the above
points may seem incredible to the layman, but they
have been proven true."
WOULD NOT DISCUSS HAMMERSTEIN.
H. V. Higgins arrived this week on the
Cunarder Caronia from Liverpool for the opening
of the new Ritz Hotel in Madison avenue on De-
cember 15. Mr. Higgins is the manager of the
Covent Garden Opera House. He was told that
Oscar Hammerstein expected to do great things in
the London operatic world. "Mr. Hammerstein
likes to talk and I do not," was his short answer
as he walked away.
BUY YOUR LVUJSIC FROM
BOSTON
Publishers
JOS. M . DALY
Gaiety Theatre Bldg., 665 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
Publisher of
'CHICKEN REEL." "SCENTED ROSES" WALTZES,
And Many Others
OLIVER
DITSON
COMPANY
BOSTON
NEW YORK
PHILADELPHIA
Anticipate and Supply Every Requirement of Music Dealers
WALTER JACOBS
167 Tremont St.,
BOSTON. MASS.
Publisher of
''Kiss of Spring." "Some Day When Dreams Come True."
And Some Others World Famous
WHITE-SMITH MUSIC PUB. CO.
PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS & ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 62-64 Stanhope St., Boston
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago
B. F. WOOD MUSIC CO.
"EDITION WOOD"
BOSTON
NEW YORK
246 Summer St.
28 East tOth St.
Also at London and Leipzig
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