Music Trade Review
Issue: 1911 Vol. 53 N. 25 - Page 47
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VOL. LIII. N o . 25. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Dec. 23, 1911
LEHAR A MILLIONAIRE
Has Made $1,500,000 Out of "The
Merry
Widow" Alone, Says Mr. Edwardes—$200,-
000 Paid for Right to Publish Music in
England—Some Interesting Details.
The enormous sums that a composer of a really
popular comic opera now obtains were revealed
this week by George Edwardes, the London man-
ager, in an interview in Paris. Mr. Edwardes
was making a brief stay in Paris on his way back
tt> London from Vienna, where he went to see
Franz Lehar's new musical play, "Eva," which
he has bought for London.
According to Mr. Edwardes, the charges of
composers of musical comedies are rapidly obtain-
ing abnormal proportions. ''It is not to be won-
dered at," he says, "considerng the prices which
opera in Vienna now commands. H-err Lehar
must at the present moment be worth £500,000,
which he has made out of his operas within the
past decade. I am told that the triumphant pro-
gress throughout the world of "The Merry Widow'
brought him no: less than £300,000 ($1,500,000.)"
Asked what he paid for "Eva," Mr. Edwardes
said:
"A well-known firm of London publishers are
said to have given £4!),H0il ($L ) O0,O0l») down for
the right to publish II err Lehar's works in Eng-
land. That will give you an idea of the stiff price
1 had to pay for* the authorization to produce the
play in London."
According to the program of the new musical
league, no French composer will in future have
cause to complain that he is not given a chance
in his own country. The Salon will be held once
a year,* and every composer of native birth will
be allowed to submit one of his works. The best
of these will be awarded medals and diplomas
and will be performed in public without any cost
to the author. Great satisfaction is felt among
all classes of patriotic Frenchmen that French
music is at last to receive proper recognition.
SIN( E
S
C
00
PER E I'E 1 A£ E N T S
SOME RECENT _FEIST SUCCESSES.
'That Italian Serenade" and "Brass Band
Ephraham Jones" Both in the Hit Class—
Increased Facilities Provided in th« Profes-
sional Department.
"That Italian Serenade," recently issued by Leo.
Feist, is moving along at a rate which indicates
that it is likely to be counted among the big hits
of the New Year. The number was used by Willie
Weston, the clever vaudeville artist at the Green-
JANUARY BULLETIN INTERESTING. point Theater, last week, and proved the real hit
of the bill, while his singing of "Brass Band
(Special to The Review.)
Ephraham Jones," and its reception by the audience
Springfield, Mass., Dec. 18, 1911.
led one to believe that there was another number
Dealers who are interested in securing a bunch
on the road to "Hitland."
>f music at "bargain prices" should write for the
It might be mentioned, incidentally, that the pro-
fessional department of the Feist house, under the
management of Phil Kornheiser, is keyed up to high
pitch for handling the constant string of profes-
sionals that practically takes the form of an end-
less chain, it has been found necessary to add
three more piano rooms for the use of this de-
partment, and even at that there is no space wasted
at any time during the day.
"RUM TUM TIDDLE" INTERPOLATED
In
"Modest
Suzanne"—Three
Jerome
&
Schwartz Co. Numbers in New Eddie Foy
Show—Jean Schwartz in the West.
"Rum Turn Tiddle,"' which the Jerome &
Schwartz Publishing Co. designate as their great
"operatic hit," and which has proven the real suc-
cess of the W'inter Garden show when sung by Al.
Company That Has Won Success at Irving Place
Jolson, has been placed in Al. Woods' new pro-
Theater to Start Run at Weber's Theater—
duction, "Modest Suzanne," now playing in Chi-
Plan Regular Season for Next Winter.
cago, and which, after a short run in Cleveland,
will be brought to Broadway. Jean Schwartz
•The Vienna Comic Opera Co., which scored a
went to Chicago this week for the purpose of
real success at the Irving Place Theater last month,
arranging for other interpolations in that and
and which will make a tour of the country under
COL. GOKTTING.
other productions.
the management of Klaw & Erlanger, will open at
The Jerome & Schwartz Publishing Co. have
Weber's Theater on Broadway on Christmas week special January bulletin of A. H. Goetting, the big
also placed three numbers with the new Eddie
for a run. The company consists of forty-six all 'round the country. Mr. Goetting was the first
people and their first production on Broadway to originate the "clearance house" plan of dis- Foy show, "Over the River," which will be pro-
will be the Viennese operetta "The Dream Waltz," tributing music and has made many staunch Goft- duced in New York at an earlv date.
ing dealers, particularly by the service he renders.
with a chorus of American girls. It is the inten-
The music profession should feel proud that one
TWO GOOD "YIDDISHA" SONGS.
tion of the directors, Hagin & Eger, if they are
successful, to have a permanent German comic of their members is on the Governor's Staff of a
"At the Yiddisha Wedding Dance" and "I Should
opera company on Broadway next winter, when State, Col. Goetting having been elected and re- Worry" are two strong "Yiddisha" numbers pub-
elected
for
a
number
of
terms
for
that
position
they will produce a number of the leading Viennese
lished by the Harry Von Tilzer Music Co., which
and German comic operas by the prominent com- in Massachusetts. In the absence of the Execu- are being used by many vaudeville people and cafe
tive,
the
Staff
rules
the
Commonwealth.
posers.
singers. The lyrics of both songs are humorous
and clever and the music is of the easily remem-
NEW COMPANY INCORPORATED.
bered, whistling type.
TO AID FRENCH COMPOSERS.
The Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., New York,
Their Best Works Will Be Produced by a New
has been incorporated, with capital stock of $100,-
TWO NEW HEAD CO. NUMBERS.
Musical League—Leading Composers Among
000, by H. Waterson, I. Berlin and T. E. Snyder.
The Head Music Publishing Co., 130 West 45th
Prime Movers.
It was stated at the offices of the Ted Snyder Co.
street,
New York, have recently added two new
that the new corporation would take over the busi-
The campaign for the protection of the French ness of that company and continue it along more numbers to their catalog, both of which give
promise of developing rapidly into real successes.
opera and concert stage against the alleged inva- extensive lines.
The new numbers are "Dixie Daisy," a march song,
sion by foreign composers has resulted recently
and "Will the Rose of To-day Live To-morrow?"
Helen Ware, who is appearing in the drama
in the foundation of a "Salon des Musiciens
an attractive ballad. The other songs in the Head
Francais," with a committee formed of Saint- "The Price" at the Hudson Theater, is singing
Saens, Debussy, Massenet, Erlanger and other "Rose in the Bud," a ballad by Dorothy Forster catalog, including the great hit, "That Railroad
Rag," continue in strong demand.
and published by Chappell & Co.
leading composers of France.
GERMAN COMIC OPERA ON BROADWAY
VOL. LIII. N o . 25. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Dec. 23, 1911
LEHAR A MILLIONAIRE
Has Made $1,500,000 Out of "The
Merry
Widow" Alone, Says Mr. Edwardes—$200,-
000 Paid for Right to Publish Music in
England—Some Interesting Details.
The enormous sums that a composer of a really
popular comic opera now obtains were revealed
this week by George Edwardes, the London man-
ager, in an interview in Paris. Mr. Edwardes
was making a brief stay in Paris on his way back
tt> London from Vienna, where he went to see
Franz Lehar's new musical play, "Eva," which
he has bought for London.
According to Mr. Edwardes, the charges of
composers of musical comedies are rapidly obtain-
ing abnormal proportions. ''It is not to be won-
dered at," he says, "considerng the prices which
opera in Vienna now commands. H-err Lehar
must at the present moment be worth £500,000,
which he has made out of his operas within the
past decade. I am told that the triumphant pro-
gress throughout the world of "The Merry Widow'
brought him no: less than £300,000 ($1,500,000.)"
Asked what he paid for "Eva," Mr. Edwardes
said:
"A well-known firm of London publishers are
said to have given £4!),H0il ($L ) O0,O0l») down for
the right to publish II err Lehar's works in Eng-
land. That will give you an idea of the stiff price
1 had to pay for* the authorization to produce the
play in London."
According to the program of the new musical
league, no French composer will in future have
cause to complain that he is not given a chance
in his own country. The Salon will be held once
a year,* and every composer of native birth will
be allowed to submit one of his works. The best
of these will be awarded medals and diplomas
and will be performed in public without any cost
to the author. Great satisfaction is felt among
all classes of patriotic Frenchmen that French
music is at last to receive proper recognition.
SIN( E
S
C
00
PER E I'E 1 A£ E N T S
SOME RECENT _FEIST SUCCESSES.
'That Italian Serenade" and "Brass Band
Ephraham Jones" Both in the Hit Class—
Increased Facilities Provided in th« Profes-
sional Department.
"That Italian Serenade," recently issued by Leo.
Feist, is moving along at a rate which indicates
that it is likely to be counted among the big hits
of the New Year. The number was used by Willie
Weston, the clever vaudeville artist at the Green-
JANUARY BULLETIN INTERESTING. point Theater, last week, and proved the real hit
of the bill, while his singing of "Brass Band
(Special to The Review.)
Ephraham Jones," and its reception by the audience
Springfield, Mass., Dec. 18, 1911.
led one to believe that there was another number
Dealers who are interested in securing a bunch
on the road to "Hitland."
>f music at "bargain prices" should write for the
It might be mentioned, incidentally, that the pro-
fessional department of the Feist house, under the
management of Phil Kornheiser, is keyed up to high
pitch for handling the constant string of profes-
sionals that practically takes the form of an end-
less chain, it has been found necessary to add
three more piano rooms for the use of this de-
partment, and even at that there is no space wasted
at any time during the day.
"RUM TUM TIDDLE" INTERPOLATED
In
"Modest
Suzanne"—Three
Jerome
&
Schwartz Co. Numbers in New Eddie Foy
Show—Jean Schwartz in the West.
"Rum Turn Tiddle,"' which the Jerome &
Schwartz Publishing Co. designate as their great
"operatic hit," and which has proven the real suc-
cess of the W'inter Garden show when sung by Al.
Company That Has Won Success at Irving Place
Jolson, has been placed in Al. Woods' new pro-
Theater to Start Run at Weber's Theater—
duction, "Modest Suzanne," now playing in Chi-
Plan Regular Season for Next Winter.
cago, and which, after a short run in Cleveland,
will be brought to Broadway. Jean Schwartz
•The Vienna Comic Opera Co., which scored a
went to Chicago this week for the purpose of
real success at the Irving Place Theater last month,
arranging for other interpolations in that and
and which will make a tour of the country under
COL. GOKTTING.
other productions.
the management of Klaw & Erlanger, will open at
The Jerome & Schwartz Publishing Co. have
Weber's Theater on Broadway on Christmas week special January bulletin of A. H. Goetting, the big
also placed three numbers with the new Eddie
for a run. The company consists of forty-six all 'round the country. Mr. Goetting was the first
people and their first production on Broadway to originate the "clearance house" plan of dis- Foy show, "Over the River," which will be pro-
will be the Viennese operetta "The Dream Waltz," tributing music and has made many staunch Goft- duced in New York at an earlv date.
ing dealers, particularly by the service he renders.
with a chorus of American girls. It is the inten-
The music profession should feel proud that one
TWO GOOD "YIDDISHA" SONGS.
tion of the directors, Hagin & Eger, if they are
successful, to have a permanent German comic of their members is on the Governor's Staff of a
"At the Yiddisha Wedding Dance" and "I Should
opera company on Broadway next winter, when State, Col. Goetting having been elected and re- Worry" are two strong "Yiddisha" numbers pub-
elected
for
a
number
of
terms
for
that
position
they will produce a number of the leading Viennese
lished by the Harry Von Tilzer Music Co., which
and German comic operas by the prominent com- in Massachusetts. In the absence of the Execu- are being used by many vaudeville people and cafe
tive,
the
Staff
rules
the
Commonwealth.
posers.
singers. The lyrics of both songs are humorous
and clever and the music is of the easily remem-
NEW COMPANY INCORPORATED.
bered, whistling type.
TO AID FRENCH COMPOSERS.
The Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co., New York,
Their Best Works Will Be Produced by a New
has been incorporated, with capital stock of $100,-
TWO NEW HEAD CO. NUMBERS.
Musical League—Leading Composers Among
000, by H. Waterson, I. Berlin and T. E. Snyder.
The Head Music Publishing Co., 130 West 45th
Prime Movers.
It was stated at the offices of the Ted Snyder Co.
street,
New York, have recently added two new
that the new corporation would take over the busi-
The campaign for the protection of the French ness of that company and continue it along more numbers to their catalog, both of which give
promise of developing rapidly into real successes.
opera and concert stage against the alleged inva- extensive lines.
The new numbers are "Dixie Daisy," a march song,
sion by foreign composers has resulted recently
and "Will the Rose of To-day Live To-morrow?"
Helen Ware, who is appearing in the drama
in the foundation of a "Salon des Musiciens
an attractive ballad. The other songs in the Head
Francais," with a committee formed of Saint- "The Price" at the Hudson Theater, is singing
Saens, Debussy, Massenet, Erlanger and other "Rose in the Bud," a ballad by Dorothy Forster catalog, including the great hit, "That Railroad
Rag," continue in strong demand.
and published by Chappell & Co.
leading composers of France.
GERMAN COMIC OPERA ON BROADWAY
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