Music Trade Review
Issue: 1911 Vol. 53 N. 11 - Page 46
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
classics and frequently purchase their favorite se- a century, adding that in the work of our own
lections as additions to permanent libraries. As composers lias been the greatest growth of all. "A
those who attend the comedies of the stage and country living on the music of other countries is
enjoy them, also have a due appreciation of the parasitic. Thirty years ago we had little music
drama, so the friend of popular music takes to the of our own, and we had to get everything from
heavier music either as a means of preserving a Europe. Now we have a great deal of music of
balance or through actual liking. The great good quality. We have a small band of good com-
IDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor and Proprietor musical
bulk of Americans enjoy both the popular and posers, and the future is full of promise. We are
J. B. SPILLANE, Managing Editor
classic music. The earnest devotees to either of
putting more good brains into music than ever
the schools, by themselves, are in the minority, and before."
B. B. WILSON, Editor Music Section
to cater to the minority exclusively, either in one
PiMteacd Every Satnraay at 1 Hwllwn Avenge, New York
extreme or the other, does not pay the average
ARRANGE WITH RICCORDI.
lOIKRIPTION, including pottage/. United »,,*{«* *nd
dealer who desires to build up a permanent and
Mexico, $2.00 per year; Caaada, SS.BO; all »th»r o o u
Milton and Sargent Aborn have just completed
successful business.
trlee, |4.00.
arrangements with George Maxwell, American rep-
Catering
to
the
Public
Demand.
T«l*pboBC«—Numbers 4«77 and 4678 Gramcrcy
resentative of the Italian publishing house of G.
Connecting a l l Departments
It is claimed, and logically, too, that a great
many of '.he failures in the realm of popular songs Riccordi & Co., for the presentation of the Puccini
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 16,1»11 have been due to the fact that in the majority of operas during the coming season of the Aborn
instances ihe term "popular" was a misnomer. The English opera company. This organization has al-
composer and publisher are prone, in all too many ready presented two of Puccini's works, "Madama
Ail matter of every nature intended
Butterfly" and " La Boheme," in English, and later
instances, io confuse their own personal likes and
for this department should be addressed
will
add "La Tosca" to its repertoire. Other operas
dislikes with the public taste and as a result
The Editor Music Section Music Trade
included are Massenet's "Thais," Offenbach's "The
meet
with
disappointment.
On
how
many
occasions
Review, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
Tales of Hoffmann," Verdi's "II Trovator," Doni-
have publishers refused to handle a particular num-
ber only to have it accepted by some other pub- zetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" and Flotow's
lisher and prove a great success? A careful study "Martha."
of public taste on the part of the song writers is
PIANO SALESMAN WRITES OPERA.
essential if the number of failures are to be re-
duced to a minimum, for when it is the time to
L. S. Moorehead, of Los Angeles, Cal., who is
place ballads on the market, the coon song will be
organist for the Elks' Club, of that city, and also a
hard to push, and when the "rag" is the rage the
well known piano salesman, has written a new
The dealer who does not give the proper atten- ballad is the difficult proposition. A little study and
tion to his line of standard music and special folios forethought will save many dollars in the exploiting comic opera entitled "The Isle of Avalon," which
at a trial performance proved a success. Mr.
is neglecting what may be called the foundation of
process. If the writers and publishers of popular
Moorehead
has also written a number of excellent
his business. Popular music when it sells at all, music are in the business for love, then they can
sells fast, but the period of its popularity is com- let their own ideas prevail, but to make money songs.
paratively short, and the average popular song, in these days of commercialism the public must
a year after irs popularity has waned, hardly sells be given what it wants.
732
ST
in sufticient numbers to pay for the storage of
C
The Advance of American Music.
the stock. The standard music—the classics—on the
Publishers of
To the thinking person, there is no doubt re-
other hand, sell steadily in season and out and garding the fact that American composers have ad-
"LITTLE PUFF OF SMOKE,GOOD NIGHT"
never grow stale, and the comparative low average vanced materially in their art, especially so that
"HONEY SAL"
of sales is made up by the higher prices that may the European element, who formerly had nothing
"SING ME AN IRISH COME-ALL-YE"
be charged and the consequent larger profits. In but criticism and scorn to offer have actually begun
the iield of standard music the bugbear of 10-cent to acknowledge that occasionally something worthy
"RAGGED EDGES"
store competition does not enter to any extent, of notice in music originates in America. Arthur
"MOTHER"
and the dealer is never faced with the problem of
Foote, who ha? written music that would be ad-
"WHY
DON'T
THE BAND PLAY DIXIE"
disposing of dead stock at a loss. Even in cases mired in any country, commented in a recent
where the music dealer gives the greater part of
interview in San Francisco on the great progress
CHICAGO S T
his attention to the popular music he finds a stock made in this country during the last quarter of
of standard prints an excellent investment, for
there are many people, in fact, the majority, who
while purchasing and enjoying popular music
nevertheless fully appreciate the beauties of the
„ COMMENTS B Y
Victor Kremer Co.,
2>
Victor Kremer
"ALL ALONE"
"ALL ABOARD FOR BLANKET B A Y "
"IT'S GOT TO BE SOMEONE THAT I LOVE"
We are publishers of the following
Successful Productions
"THE COUNT of LUXEMBOURG"
"THE QUAKER GIRL"
"GIPSY LOVE"
"THE PINK LADY"
"PEGGY"
"THE SLIM PRINCESS"
"THE ARCADIANS"
"THE BALKAN PRINCESS"
"HAVANA"
"THE CLIMAX"
C H A P P E L L & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St_ New York
Just
"UNDER THE YUM YUM TREE"
HARRY VON TILZER MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
ADDRESS ALL MAIL TO
NEW YORK OFFICE
Most Beautiful Child Ballad Written
In Years.
"Will The Roses
Bloom In Heaven?"
By Chas. K. Harris
If UARRK Columbia Theatre Bldg.
i Iki DAMUd) Broadway and 47th St.
MEYER COHEN, Mgr.
This is a collection
of twenty-eight beautiful
compositions,
especially
adapted and arranged for
cornet solo with piano ac-
companiment by W. Paris
Chambers. The very fact
that Mr. Chambers, fa-
mous as a virtuoso and
musician, has arranged
the music, will be a suffi-
cient guarantee to any
cornetist, of the excel-
lence of this folio. Par-
ticular attention is drawn
to the infinitely great va-
riety of the contents,
making the collection one
that will be useful on
every
occasion.
Price
(Cornet with Piano Accoui.j, 76 cents.
HINDS. NOBLE & ELDREDGE, 31-35 West 15th Street, New York
Just
Published
THE
125 West 43d S l m l , Mtw York City
ROOT EDITtOIN
Published
BEAUTIFUL
Trade Supplied toy trie McKinleyMusic Co., Chicago and >'ew York:
Tat Root Edition Beautiful is being advertised in erery musical magazine in this country. SOO.tOO music teachers are being supplied with catalogs containing tkematie and de»
mla
JVloKJINLBY
MUSIC
COMPANY
CHICAGO
AIND
IVBW
YORK
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
classics and frequently purchase their favorite se- a century, adding that in the work of our own
lections as additions to permanent libraries. As composers lias been the greatest growth of all. "A
those who attend the comedies of the stage and country living on the music of other countries is
enjoy them, also have a due appreciation of the parasitic. Thirty years ago we had little music
drama, so the friend of popular music takes to the of our own, and we had to get everything from
heavier music either as a means of preserving a Europe. Now we have a great deal of music of
balance or through actual liking. The great good quality. We have a small band of good com-
IDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor and Proprietor musical
bulk of Americans enjoy both the popular and posers, and the future is full of promise. We are
J. B. SPILLANE, Managing Editor
classic music. The earnest devotees to either of
putting more good brains into music than ever
the schools, by themselves, are in the minority, and before."
B. B. WILSON, Editor Music Section
to cater to the minority exclusively, either in one
PiMteacd Every Satnraay at 1 Hwllwn Avenge, New York
extreme or the other, does not pay the average
ARRANGE WITH RICCORDI.
lOIKRIPTION, including pottage/. United »,,*{«* *nd
dealer who desires to build up a permanent and
Mexico, $2.00 per year; Caaada, SS.BO; all »th»r o o u
Milton and Sargent Aborn have just completed
successful business.
trlee, |4.00.
arrangements with George Maxwell, American rep-
Catering
to
the
Public
Demand.
T«l*pboBC«—Numbers 4«77 and 4678 Gramcrcy
resentative of the Italian publishing house of G.
Connecting a l l Departments
It is claimed, and logically, too, that a great
many of '.he failures in the realm of popular songs Riccordi & Co., for the presentation of the Puccini
NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 16,1»11 have been due to the fact that in the majority of operas during the coming season of the Aborn
instances ihe term "popular" was a misnomer. The English opera company. This organization has al-
composer and publisher are prone, in all too many ready presented two of Puccini's works, "Madama
Ail matter of every nature intended
Butterfly" and " La Boheme," in English, and later
instances, io confuse their own personal likes and
for this department should be addressed
will
add "La Tosca" to its repertoire. Other operas
dislikes with the public taste and as a result
The Editor Music Section Music Trade
included are Massenet's "Thais," Offenbach's "The
meet
with
disappointment.
On
how
many
occasions
Review, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
Tales of Hoffmann," Verdi's "II Trovator," Doni-
have publishers refused to handle a particular num-
ber only to have it accepted by some other pub- zetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" and Flotow's
lisher and prove a great success? A careful study "Martha."
of public taste on the part of the song writers is
PIANO SALESMAN WRITES OPERA.
essential if the number of failures are to be re-
duced to a minimum, for when it is the time to
L. S. Moorehead, of Los Angeles, Cal., who is
place ballads on the market, the coon song will be
organist for the Elks' Club, of that city, and also a
hard to push, and when the "rag" is the rage the
well known piano salesman, has written a new
The dealer who does not give the proper atten- ballad is the difficult proposition. A little study and
tion to his line of standard music and special folios forethought will save many dollars in the exploiting comic opera entitled "The Isle of Avalon," which
at a trial performance proved a success. Mr.
is neglecting what may be called the foundation of
process. If the writers and publishers of popular
Moorehead
has also written a number of excellent
his business. Popular music when it sells at all, music are in the business for love, then they can
sells fast, but the period of its popularity is com- let their own ideas prevail, but to make money songs.
paratively short, and the average popular song, in these days of commercialism the public must
a year after irs popularity has waned, hardly sells be given what it wants.
732
ST
in sufticient numbers to pay for the storage of
C
The Advance of American Music.
the stock. The standard music—the classics—on the
Publishers of
To the thinking person, there is no doubt re-
other hand, sell steadily in season and out and garding the fact that American composers have ad-
"LITTLE PUFF OF SMOKE,GOOD NIGHT"
never grow stale, and the comparative low average vanced materially in their art, especially so that
"HONEY SAL"
of sales is made up by the higher prices that may the European element, who formerly had nothing
"SING ME AN IRISH COME-ALL-YE"
be charged and the consequent larger profits. In but criticism and scorn to offer have actually begun
the iield of standard music the bugbear of 10-cent to acknowledge that occasionally something worthy
"RAGGED EDGES"
store competition does not enter to any extent, of notice in music originates in America. Arthur
"MOTHER"
and the dealer is never faced with the problem of
Foote, who ha? written music that would be ad-
"WHY
DON'T
THE BAND PLAY DIXIE"
disposing of dead stock at a loss. Even in cases mired in any country, commented in a recent
where the music dealer gives the greater part of
interview in San Francisco on the great progress
CHICAGO S T
his attention to the popular music he finds a stock made in this country during the last quarter of
of standard prints an excellent investment, for
there are many people, in fact, the majority, who
while purchasing and enjoying popular music
nevertheless fully appreciate the beauties of the
„ COMMENTS B Y
Victor Kremer Co.,
2>
Victor Kremer
"ALL ALONE"
"ALL ABOARD FOR BLANKET B A Y "
"IT'S GOT TO BE SOMEONE THAT I LOVE"
We are publishers of the following
Successful Productions
"THE COUNT of LUXEMBOURG"
"THE QUAKER GIRL"
"GIPSY LOVE"
"THE PINK LADY"
"PEGGY"
"THE SLIM PRINCESS"
"THE ARCADIANS"
"THE BALKAN PRINCESS"
"HAVANA"
"THE CLIMAX"
C H A P P E L L & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St_ New York
Just
"UNDER THE YUM YUM TREE"
HARRY VON TILZER MUSIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
ADDRESS ALL MAIL TO
NEW YORK OFFICE
Most Beautiful Child Ballad Written
In Years.
"Will The Roses
Bloom In Heaven?"
By Chas. K. Harris
If UARRK Columbia Theatre Bldg.
i Iki DAMUd) Broadway and 47th St.
MEYER COHEN, Mgr.
This is a collection
of twenty-eight beautiful
compositions,
especially
adapted and arranged for
cornet solo with piano ac-
companiment by W. Paris
Chambers. The very fact
that Mr. Chambers, fa-
mous as a virtuoso and
musician, has arranged
the music, will be a suffi-
cient guarantee to any
cornetist, of the excel-
lence of this folio. Par-
ticular attention is drawn
to the infinitely great va-
riety of the contents,
making the collection one
that will be useful on
every
occasion.
Price
(Cornet with Piano Accoui.j, 76 cents.
HINDS. NOBLE & ELDREDGE, 31-35 West 15th Street, New York
Just
Published
THE
125 West 43d S l m l , Mtw York City
ROOT EDITtOIN
Published
BEAUTIFUL
Trade Supplied toy trie McKinleyMusic Co., Chicago and >'ew York:
Tat Root Edition Beautiful is being advertised in erery musical magazine in this country. SOO.tOO music teachers are being supplied with catalogs containing tkematie and de»
mla
JVloKJINLBY
MUSIC
COMPANY
CHICAGO
AIND
IVBW
YORK
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