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Issue: 1910 Vol. 51 N. 7 - Page 41
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VOL. LI. No. 7.
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, August 13,1910
"GIRL OF MY DREAMS" IN CHICAGO.
Jos. M. Gaites' New Production Opens at
Illinois Theater to Crowded House—Music
Pleases—Witmarks the Publishers.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., Aug. 6, 1910.
"The Girl of My Dreams" opened the Illinois
Theater to-night, playing to an audience which
tilled the house and gave continual and very de-
cided evidence of its approval of the sprightly and
very tuneful musical comedy. Karl Hoschna, the
composer of the music, was evidently at his best,
for "The Girl of My Dreams," and the book, for
which Wilbur D. Nesbit, of the Chicago Evening
Post, and Otto A. Hauerbach are responsible, is
full of scintillating dialogues and excellent lyrics.
The universally expressed opinion to-night was
that the new production will prove one of the big
successes of the present season, and that it is des-
tined for a long and prosperous run.
Much is always to be expected in point of stag-
ing, costuming and general ensemble effects of a
production under the management of Joseph M.
Gaites, and the new candidate for popular favor
is being given a presentation that is practically
flawless.
The big audience was sensibly discriminating in
the bestowal of its applause; yet there was not one
of the seventeen numbers that did not receive its
meed of praise. Tumultuous and repeated encores
were given to most of "them. With such a wealth
of offerings it would be difficult, indeed, to pick
the big hits at this time. Particularly effective,
however, were "The Girl of My Dreams," "Dr.
Tinkle Tinkle," "I'm Ready to Quit and Be Good,"
"Quaker Talk," "The Girl Who Wouldn't Spoon,"
"Maybe It's a Robber," "Dancing Marionettes,"
"Dear Little Games of Guessing" and "Every Girlie
Loves Me but the Girl I Love."
It is perfectly safe to predict that M. Witmark
& Sons, who are the publishers of the music, will
reap a big harvest through "The Girl of My
Dreams."
Jay Witmark, of M. Witmark & Sons, arrived in
the city to-day on his annual visit to the Chicago
office, timed to attend the opening production of
the piece here. Before he returns, Wednesday, he
will have looked over "Madame Sherry" prior to
its going to New York, as it will in a few weeks.
He will also have an opportunity to see "Jumping
Jupiter."
"GIRL AND THE DRUMMER" GIVEN.
New Farce with Music Opens at Long Branch
—Music Is Published by Leo. Feist.
(Special to The Review.)
Long Branch, N. J., August 8, 1910.
William A. Brady to-night produced "The Girl
and the Drummer" at the Casino Theater at Ocean
Park here. It is a farce with music, the book and
lyrics being the work of George Broadhurst and
the music by Augustus Barrett. The music is pub-
liihed by Leo Feist, of New York. Despite the
fact that it was raining, a good crowd witnessed
the performance and apparently enjoyed the show.
• The play is divided into three acts. The first
scene is laid in the gardens of Professor Goodley,
and the second and third acts take place in the pro-
fessor's rooms on the night of the day on which
the action opens. The cast includes Charles Grape-
win, Phil H. Ryley, Hans Robert, John Peachey,
Bert Angeles, Bernard Dyllon, Vera Michelena,
Anna Chance, Jeffreys Lewis, Marie Flynn, Kitty
Baldwin and Janet Priest.
HAVE RIGHTS T
a Score of Musical Productions This Season
— N e w Opera by Smith and
De Koven
Among the Works Announced by That Firm.
A new light opera by Edgar Smith and Reginald
De Koven will be one of the important offerings
of the coming theatrical season. Any new and
serious work by the composer of "Robin Hood"
may be expected, of course, to attract wide at'.cn-
tion among .the theatergoing public, and past suc-
cesses by Edgar Smith will also assure to the
new piece all the advantages that come from pres-
tige and other auspicious circumstances. The title
has not yet been announced, and further details
are not ready for publication. The music will be
published by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
"Simple Life" is the name of another musical
production for which Remick & Co. have obtained
the publishing rights. This was written by De
Costa and Ren Shields, and Edgar Selwyn will be
one of the producers. The piece had a "try-out"
a few months ago in one of the suburbs. "The-
rese," by Adolph Philipp, who produced the German
version of "Alma, Wo Wohnst Du ?" in this city
for the first time, is another production scheduled
for presentation this season, for which Remick &
Co. have obtained the publishing rights. "Therese"
will be produced at one of the leading New York
theaters. The English version of "Alma" soon
to be presented at Weber's Theater, with Kitty
Gordon and Charles Bigelow in the leading roles,
will also be published by Remick & Co., as pre-
viously announced in The Review.
"The Wife Tamers," a farce with music, which
opened at Atlantic City last Monday night as
Henry W. Savage's first musical venture of the
season, is still another production which Remick
& Co. have obtained for publication. This is a
remodeled edition of "The Florist Shop." A new
Savage piece, to be announced later, will also be
published by that firm. In all, we are informed
by Jerome H. Remick, there will be twenty musical
productions playing to the public in different cities
by January 1 next for which Remick & Co. hold
the publishing rights.
Williams and Van Alstyne, who have written a
large number of Remick successes in the past, have
just completed five new songs, which they have
delivered to F. E. Belcher, general Eastern man-
ager of the firm, and which will be published in
due course. In the meantime Remick & Co. have
an unusually long list of proved songs for the
opening of the season. Conspicuous among these,
of the several whose worth has already been
shown, are "Silver Bell," the present Remick head-
liner; "Shame upon You, Nancy," and "O You
Dream," a -novelty waltz song by Jerome and
Schwartz,
S1NG
$« E OO°P P ERVE 0 A C R ENTS
HAROLD ROSSITERJEADS NEW FIRM.
Organizes the Harold Rossiter Music Co. WhJch
Purchases Catalog of House of Christopher—
Buys Will Rossiter's Interest in Consolidated
Music Stores in Western Metropolis.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., Aug. (i, 1910.
Quite an important change in musical publishing
circles has taken place involving the exit of one
concern and the advent of a new house which
starts under especially favorable auspices. Harold
Rossiter, for nine years associated with his brother,
Will Rossiter, withdrew three months ago and
bought his brother's interests in the Consolidated
Music Stores Co., which own music departments in
a number of ten-cent stores throughout the West.
While continuing this business he has now or-
ganized the Harold Rossiter Music Co., and the
new company has purchased the catalog, stock and
fixtures of the House of Christopher, in the Grand
Opera House Block, and has established their pro-
fessional offices there. M. D. and J. K. Christo-
pher, who started the business a year ago, retire
from the music business entirely. Two numbers
of the Christopher catalog, "Oh, You Tease" and
"C-h-i-c-a-g-o," have had a large sale and there
are others which will be pushed energetically by
Mr. Rossiter.
James S. Sumner, who has been professional
manager with Will Rossiter for several years,
and who is one of the best-known professional
men in the city, is a member of the Harold Ros-
siter Music Co., and will have charge of the pro-
fessional department. The new company have also
bought the publishing catalog of the music pub-
lishing house of Charles L. Johnson & Co., of Kan-
sas City. The catalog embraces twenty good num-
bers, several of which are said to have already
reached the hundred thousand sales mark. The
main offices of the Harold Rossiter Co. are in the
Cambridge building, 56 Fifth avenue.
CONVERSE WRITES NEW GRAND OPERA.
Frederick C. Converse, whose "Pipe of Desire"
was one of the novelties at the Metropolitan Opera
House last season, has completed a new opera,
"The Sacrifice." It will have its first performance
at the Boston Opera House. Among the other
operas to be produced for the first time, as far as
that house is concerned, the coming season are-:
"Werther," "The Girl of the Golden West," "The
Pipe of Desire," "La Habanera" and "L'Enfant
Prodigue."
PRIZE SONGS FOR FRENCH SOLDIERS.
The secretary of war of France has opened a
competition for the best songs suitable for sol-
diers. Prizes of $100, $60, $40, $30, $20, and fifty
medals are offered. The French war department
retains the right to have the songs published in
book form, but otherwise the works will rcma'n
the property of their authors. New words set to
old French airs will be permitted. Manuscripts
(words and music) must be sent to the secretary
of war before October 1, marked "Competition of
Military Songs." It is stipulated in the conditions
that all risque subjects are barred.
VOL. LI. No. 7.
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, August 13,1910
"GIRL OF MY DREAMS" IN CHICAGO.
Jos. M. Gaites' New Production Opens at
Illinois Theater to Crowded House—Music
Pleases—Witmarks the Publishers.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., Aug. 6, 1910.
"The Girl of My Dreams" opened the Illinois
Theater to-night, playing to an audience which
tilled the house and gave continual and very de-
cided evidence of its approval of the sprightly and
very tuneful musical comedy. Karl Hoschna, the
composer of the music, was evidently at his best,
for "The Girl of My Dreams," and the book, for
which Wilbur D. Nesbit, of the Chicago Evening
Post, and Otto A. Hauerbach are responsible, is
full of scintillating dialogues and excellent lyrics.
The universally expressed opinion to-night was
that the new production will prove one of the big
successes of the present season, and that it is des-
tined for a long and prosperous run.
Much is always to be expected in point of stag-
ing, costuming and general ensemble effects of a
production under the management of Joseph M.
Gaites, and the new candidate for popular favor
is being given a presentation that is practically
flawless.
The big audience was sensibly discriminating in
the bestowal of its applause; yet there was not one
of the seventeen numbers that did not receive its
meed of praise. Tumultuous and repeated encores
were given to most of "them. With such a wealth
of offerings it would be difficult, indeed, to pick
the big hits at this time. Particularly effective,
however, were "The Girl of My Dreams," "Dr.
Tinkle Tinkle," "I'm Ready to Quit and Be Good,"
"Quaker Talk," "The Girl Who Wouldn't Spoon,"
"Maybe It's a Robber," "Dancing Marionettes,"
"Dear Little Games of Guessing" and "Every Girlie
Loves Me but the Girl I Love."
It is perfectly safe to predict that M. Witmark
& Sons, who are the publishers of the music, will
reap a big harvest through "The Girl of My
Dreams."
Jay Witmark, of M. Witmark & Sons, arrived in
the city to-day on his annual visit to the Chicago
office, timed to attend the opening production of
the piece here. Before he returns, Wednesday, he
will have looked over "Madame Sherry" prior to
its going to New York, as it will in a few weeks.
He will also have an opportunity to see "Jumping
Jupiter."
"GIRL AND THE DRUMMER" GIVEN.
New Farce with Music Opens at Long Branch
—Music Is Published by Leo. Feist.
(Special to The Review.)
Long Branch, N. J., August 8, 1910.
William A. Brady to-night produced "The Girl
and the Drummer" at the Casino Theater at Ocean
Park here. It is a farce with music, the book and
lyrics being the work of George Broadhurst and
the music by Augustus Barrett. The music is pub-
liihed by Leo Feist, of New York. Despite the
fact that it was raining, a good crowd witnessed
the performance and apparently enjoyed the show.
• The play is divided into three acts. The first
scene is laid in the gardens of Professor Goodley,
and the second and third acts take place in the pro-
fessor's rooms on the night of the day on which
the action opens. The cast includes Charles Grape-
win, Phil H. Ryley, Hans Robert, John Peachey,
Bert Angeles, Bernard Dyllon, Vera Michelena,
Anna Chance, Jeffreys Lewis, Marie Flynn, Kitty
Baldwin and Janet Priest.
HAVE RIGHTS T
a Score of Musical Productions This Season
— N e w Opera by Smith and
De Koven
Among the Works Announced by That Firm.
A new light opera by Edgar Smith and Reginald
De Koven will be one of the important offerings
of the coming theatrical season. Any new and
serious work by the composer of "Robin Hood"
may be expected, of course, to attract wide at'.cn-
tion among .the theatergoing public, and past suc-
cesses by Edgar Smith will also assure to the
new piece all the advantages that come from pres-
tige and other auspicious circumstances. The title
has not yet been announced, and further details
are not ready for publication. The music will be
published by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
"Simple Life" is the name of another musical
production for which Remick & Co. have obtained
the publishing rights. This was written by De
Costa and Ren Shields, and Edgar Selwyn will be
one of the producers. The piece had a "try-out"
a few months ago in one of the suburbs. "The-
rese," by Adolph Philipp, who produced the German
version of "Alma, Wo Wohnst Du ?" in this city
for the first time, is another production scheduled
for presentation this season, for which Remick &
Co. have obtained the publishing rights. "Therese"
will be produced at one of the leading New York
theaters. The English version of "Alma" soon
to be presented at Weber's Theater, with Kitty
Gordon and Charles Bigelow in the leading roles,
will also be published by Remick & Co., as pre-
viously announced in The Review.
"The Wife Tamers," a farce with music, which
opened at Atlantic City last Monday night as
Henry W. Savage's first musical venture of the
season, is still another production which Remick
& Co. have obtained for publication. This is a
remodeled edition of "The Florist Shop." A new
Savage piece, to be announced later, will also be
published by that firm. In all, we are informed
by Jerome H. Remick, there will be twenty musical
productions playing to the public in different cities
by January 1 next for which Remick & Co. hold
the publishing rights.
Williams and Van Alstyne, who have written a
large number of Remick successes in the past, have
just completed five new songs, which they have
delivered to F. E. Belcher, general Eastern man-
ager of the firm, and which will be published in
due course. In the meantime Remick & Co. have
an unusually long list of proved songs for the
opening of the season. Conspicuous among these,
of the several whose worth has already been
shown, are "Silver Bell," the present Remick head-
liner; "Shame upon You, Nancy," and "O You
Dream," a -novelty waltz song by Jerome and
Schwartz,
S1NG
$« E OO°P P ERVE 0 A C R ENTS
HAROLD ROSSITERJEADS NEW FIRM.
Organizes the Harold Rossiter Music Co. WhJch
Purchases Catalog of House of Christopher—
Buys Will Rossiter's Interest in Consolidated
Music Stores in Western Metropolis.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., Aug. (i, 1910.
Quite an important change in musical publishing
circles has taken place involving the exit of one
concern and the advent of a new house which
starts under especially favorable auspices. Harold
Rossiter, for nine years associated with his brother,
Will Rossiter, withdrew three months ago and
bought his brother's interests in the Consolidated
Music Stores Co., which own music departments in
a number of ten-cent stores throughout the West.
While continuing this business he has now or-
ganized the Harold Rossiter Music Co., and the
new company has purchased the catalog, stock and
fixtures of the House of Christopher, in the Grand
Opera House Block, and has established their pro-
fessional offices there. M. D. and J. K. Christo-
pher, who started the business a year ago, retire
from the music business entirely. Two numbers
of the Christopher catalog, "Oh, You Tease" and
"C-h-i-c-a-g-o," have had a large sale and there
are others which will be pushed energetically by
Mr. Rossiter.
James S. Sumner, who has been professional
manager with Will Rossiter for several years,
and who is one of the best-known professional
men in the city, is a member of the Harold Ros-
siter Music Co., and will have charge of the pro-
fessional department. The new company have also
bought the publishing catalog of the music pub-
lishing house of Charles L. Johnson & Co., of Kan-
sas City. The catalog embraces twenty good num-
bers, several of which are said to have already
reached the hundred thousand sales mark. The
main offices of the Harold Rossiter Co. are in the
Cambridge building, 56 Fifth avenue.
CONVERSE WRITES NEW GRAND OPERA.
Frederick C. Converse, whose "Pipe of Desire"
was one of the novelties at the Metropolitan Opera
House last season, has completed a new opera,
"The Sacrifice." It will have its first performance
at the Boston Opera House. Among the other
operas to be produced for the first time, as far as
that house is concerned, the coming season are-:
"Werther," "The Girl of the Golden West," "The
Pipe of Desire," "La Habanera" and "L'Enfant
Prodigue."
PRIZE SONGS FOR FRENCH SOLDIERS.
The secretary of war of France has opened a
competition for the best songs suitable for sol-
diers. Prizes of $100, $60, $40, $30, $20, and fifty
medals are offered. The French war department
retains the right to have the songs published in
book form, but otherwise the works will rcma'n
the property of their authors. New words set to
old French airs will be permitted. Manuscripts
(words and music) must be sent to the secretary
of war before October 1, marked "Competition of
Military Songs." It is stipulated in the conditions
that all risque subjects are barred.
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