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history of our instrumental lives. The many very
large concerts given in different parts of the coun-
try and the reports from teachers, manufacturers
and publishers prove the aforesaid assertion. And
the reason for this ever increasing interest is pro-
gression—guild progression.
instance, look back only a few years and
EDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor and Proprietor we "For
see music written for the mandolin that re-
J. B. SPULANE, Manglng Editor
sembles a score written for snare drum. Our
mandolin orchestrations were a joke in comparison
B. B. WILSON, Editor Music Section
to the splendid, clean, intelligible arrangements we
raMMcd I v o r Satnrfey at 1 Maabta Arcnic. New Y»rk
have to-day."
SUBSCMFTION. ^ Including postage), United State* ami
These words from a man thoroughly in touch
Mexico, 92.00 p«r year; Caaada, 1S.50; all •tk«r coua
with the conditions of which he speaks at the pres-
trl«a. $4.00.
ent and in the past, offer a tribute to the publishers
T«l«ph
of music for mandolin, banjo and guitar, of which
Connecting all Departments
they may well feel proud.
Growing Demand for Mandolin Music.
NEW YORK, JULY 15, 1 0 1 1
While only comparatively few of the publishers
devote any considerable portion of their catalogs
All matter of every nature intended
to music for the instruments mentioned, a number
for this department should be addressed
of the others get out special volumes of selections
The Editor Music Section Music Trade
of specially arranged music of varied character, in-
Review, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
cluding the timely hits, and the ventures pay. The
growing demand for mandolins, guitars and in-
struments of similar character reported by the man-
ufacturers producing and importing those instru-
ments and the increase in the number of clubs
formed in different sections of the country for the
purpose of encouraging the use of those instru-
ments, means that the field for the sale of spe-
At the recent convention of the American Guild
cial music is being constantly enlarged and the
of Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitarists, held in
dealers who carry a select stock of such music will
Philadelphia, and attended by the devotees of
find that it will pay them. It is the wise merchant
those instruments from all sections of the coun- who caters to all needs.
try, President C. C. Rowden, of the Guild, had
American Songs in London.
the iollowing to say regarding the music at pres-
There
was
a time when "imported" was a word
ent available for those instruments, in the course
to
conjure
with
in this country, and the superiority
of his annual address:
"Our publishers are giving us better publications of European goods was bragged about abroad and
and our teachers are able to give better instruction acknowledged here. The Americans got busy
and began shipping goods to Europe, from ma-
than lever before. Banjo clubs are being reorgan-
ized all over the country, publishers are being re- chinery down, that demanded and received ap-
quested to mail lists of banjo orchestra music, proval. It has been the same way in music. Amer-
players are digging up their banjorines, piccolo- ican music was something to be encouraged as an
infant industry, but the real music had to be im-
banjos, cello-banjos and some are on the lookout
ported.
In this field, too, conditions have changed,
for double bass-banjos. We have some very good
banjo orchestra music published. I venture to say it appears, and despite the influx of German and
Viennese operas into this country, our music, of
that there are more than 50 good arrangements on
the market to-day and I feel safe in saying that the higher class is winning real applause from Lon-
the near future will bring many more.
"There is more interest manifested in the banjo,
mandolin and guitar than we have ever had in the
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don audiences. In fact, they are beginning to sit
up and look for it.
One Singer's Good Advice.
Mine. Jeanne Jomelli, a prominent singer, who
is at present in England, writes that American
singers appearing in England or on the Continent
should always include in their programs a few
songs by American composers. A deep conviction
prevails across the Atlantic that there never was
any real music written in America, but with a little
persistence that European delusion could easily be
dispelled.
After each of her two recitals critics from the
largest papers asked her, "Who is it who wrote that
delightful song, the fourth number on your pro-
gram? Never heard of him before." And when
told that the author of that delightful song and of
three or four other delightful songs were Ameri-
cans, they gasped. Silly, isn't it?
And the critics gasped. My word, but we're get-
ting there.
CANADIAN COPYRIGHT BILL.
Interesting Reference to This Bill Made at the
Recent Hearing Before the Grand Commit-
tee Having Under Consideration New Brit-
ish Copyright Bill Worth Reading.
(Special to the Review.)
London, Eng., July 3, 1911.
An interesting reference to the Canadian Copy-
right bill was made by Mr. Buxton at a recent meet-
ing of the grand committee now sitting in discus-
sion upon the British Copyright bill. He said:
"Reference has been made to copyright conditions
in Canada and Australia. I have communicated
with Mr. Fisher, the minister who was responsible
for the new Canadian Copyright bill, as I am sure
that it was not intended that there should be any-
thing in the nature of a printed or published clause
in Canada with regard to English copyright works."
Mr. Fisher replied to Mr. Buxton's telegram as fol-
lows : "Copyright bill provides for complete reci-
procity in copyright between Canada and all other
parts of the Empire by order in council. Any owner
of British copyright who is a British subject or a
bona-fide resident in Great Britain would be given
copyright protection in Canada without conditions.
Similar arrangements may be made with each self-
governing dominion."
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