Music Trade Review
Issue: 1911 Vol. 53 N. 3 - Page 44
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THE MUSIC TRADE1 REVIEW
44
in appearance, but the combination of the two,
and the addition of appropriate pantomime on the
part of the singer, produced results that stunned
the regular patrons of some of our swiftest little
burlesque houses where the limit was understood
to be anything that could pass the police.
Not a Path of Roses.
EDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor and Proprietor
From the artistic standpoint, the path of popular
J. B. SPILLANE, Managing Editor
music, even of the better class, is far from being
strewn with roses. The "highbrows" take every
B. B. WILSON, Editor Music Section
opportunity to condemn it and refer to the fact
FaMlshc* Bwy Saturday at 1 HadlMa Avenue, New Ywk
that the "masses," to which class, of course, the
critic never belongs, only accept popular music be-
SUBSCRIPTION. (Including P««tMKe>, United tittles and
Mexico, $2.00 per y«*r; Canada. 11.50; all «t*sr «»»•
cause they have few opportunities for hearing the
tries. $4.00.
classics. When it was decided to offer classic
Telephones—Numbers 4077 and 4678 Gramercy
and operatic programs in the city parks the 'up-
Connecting all Departments
pcrcrust" of the musical population immediately
raved about the opportunity afforded the masses
NEW
YORK, JULY 22, 1 9 1 1
to hear the music they really desired. Admitting
that the great symphonies are truly wonderful pro-
All matter of every nature intended
duction of genius and attract goodly audiences, it
for this department should be addressed
does not necessarily follow that the great bulk of
The Editor Music Section Music Trade
the population desire to hear them alone. .The
Review, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
demand for popular music disproves that fact, yet
the publisher has in a way to combat the current
criticism, and he'll never do it by producing ob-
scene songs. A song may be humorous without
being nasty, and no one can find fault with a clean
yet funny song, even though it is not a classic.
Such a song provides a welcome relaxation from
the plaintive ballads and the heavier words. Gen-
A musical critic of recognized standing has eral recognition of the writings of Thackeray and
referred in a commendatory way to the number of
Dickens do not hurt the sale of Mark Twain's
songs put on the market during the past year books or of Butler's "Pigs Is Pigs." The same
with words and music not only disgusting, but rule applies to music.
actually indecent, and in all fairness it must be
Improvement to Be Hoped For.
admitted that the criticism is not only just, but
It is to be hoped that one season will prove the
well deserved. The desire to excel is, as a rule, limit for the song of questionable character, and
to be commended in any man, but when it comes that the song writer and composer, who as a rule
to a point where the objective is to crowd into are capable of better things, will devote their .en-
a song the maximum of nastiness, the sooner a ergies to numbers that maybe taken home for the
halt is called the better. As with many other entertainment of the family circle without mis-
things, the craze among certain publishers to reach givings. The publishers, in some instances, claim
the climax in indecency in the production of popu- that the demand for risque songs shows that they
lar songs sprang to large proportions from a
find general favor and that the double meaning
small beginning. At about the time the Apache need only be developed by those who desire it.
Dance appeared in the United States some song- In other .words, that the axiom "evil to him who
writing "genius" conceived the idea that there was evil thmks" applies in that case. Of some of the
a good opening for a new dance of sensual char- songs in question it may be said that the mean-
acter originating in this country. The thought was
father to the deed and then the race began. The
music in a number of cases had much to com-
mend it; the words were often simple and innocent
COMMENTS B Y
ing lies in the singing rather than in the songs
themselves, but the fact that the professional de-
partments take pains to see that the singers get
"all there is in the song" out of it indicates that
the publishers do not wait for the saying to prove
itself naturally, p'or the benefit and general ad-
vance of the music publishing business it is to be
hoped that the offerings for the season about to
open will indicate that the craze for the nasty has
died a natural death. With clean songs the "hits"
will be just as many and the sales considerably
larger. It is reported that the club women of the
country are giving the matter their attention and
v will proceed to place a ban on all songs which
they consider undesirable. A reform of this kind
is always radical, and to excite it, or give a reason
for it becoming active, will mean the discourage-
ment of large numbers of popular songs which
under ordinary conditions would pass by un-
noticed.
"TEACH ME TO PRAY" HIGHLY PRAISED.
At the first band concert given this summer on
College Hill, Poughkeepsie, by the Twenty-first
Regiment Band, F. L. Schofield, conductor, the
splendid sacred song, "Teach Me to Pray, 1 ' by
Jessie Mae Jewitt, poem by George Graff, jr.,
was rendered by the well-known soloist, Harry S.
Bock, before an audience of over 4,000 persons,
and greeted with vociferous applause. Mr. Bock
responding with several encores. This impressive
number was repeated by special request at the
concert of Sunday, July !'. On this occasion it was
rendered in duct form by the Misses Marjorie and
Sophie J. Hickok and duplicated its previous suc-
cess. The local papers spoke most favorably of
the song and the singers. "Teach Me to Pray" is
published by M. Witmark & Sons.
According to cable reports Lee Shubert and Lew
Fields spent last week looking" over the newest
things in the amusement field in Berlin, and Mr.
Shubert says that the Palais de Danse is about the
swaggerest thing of the kind in Europe and far
outstrips similar resorts which have been the
glory of Parisian night life. Americans, he finds,
have become the best customers of the musical re-
sorts in Berlin, as they long have been in 'Paris.
We are publishers of the following
Successful Productions
"THE COUNT of LUXEMBOURG"
"THE QUAKER GIRL"
"GIPSY LOVE"
"THE PINK LADY"
"MARRIAGE A LA CARTE"
"THE SLIM PRINCESS"
"THE ARCADIANS"
"THE BALKAN PRINCESS"
"HAVANA"
"THE CLIMAX"
G H A P P E L L & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St., New York
Most Beautiful Child Ballad Written
In Years.
"Will The Roses
Bloom In Heaven?"
By Chas. K. Harris
Columbia Theatre Bldg.
Broadway and 47th St.
If
MEYER COHEN, Mar.
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 Accom.), 75 cents.
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE, 31-35 West J5th Street, j i e w Jfork
Just
The Root
seription ei e*eh
Just
Published
Published
THE
ROOT EDITION BEAUTIFUL
T r a d © S u p p l i e d b y t h e IVIoKlnley M u s i c C o . , C h i c a g o a n d N e w York:
Beautiful ia beinc advertised in every musical magazine in this country. S00,000 music teachers sxe being supplied with catalogs containing tVemstie and de»
^ £ 5ou
5 do
d not
i r h T d ^ d r ™ u w« S r f f o r the edition itiibecaute 'you lack interest in the newest publications and that mean, you ar. not up-t«wtat*
Write for samples.
JVlcKJINUEY
MUSIC
COMPANY
CHICAQO
AJND N B W YORK
THE MUSIC TRADE1 REVIEW
44
in appearance, but the combination of the two,
and the addition of appropriate pantomime on the
part of the singer, produced results that stunned
the regular patrons of some of our swiftest little
burlesque houses where the limit was understood
to be anything that could pass the police.
Not a Path of Roses.
EDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor and Proprietor
From the artistic standpoint, the path of popular
J. B. SPILLANE, Managing Editor
music, even of the better class, is far from being
strewn with roses. The "highbrows" take every
B. B. WILSON, Editor Music Section
opportunity to condemn it and refer to the fact
FaMlshc* Bwy Saturday at 1 HadlMa Avenue, New Ywk
that the "masses," to which class, of course, the
critic never belongs, only accept popular music be-
SUBSCRIPTION. (Including P««tMKe>, United tittles and
Mexico, $2.00 per y«*r; Canada. 11.50; all «t*sr «»»•
cause they have few opportunities for hearing the
tries. $4.00.
classics. When it was decided to offer classic
Telephones—Numbers 4077 and 4678 Gramercy
and operatic programs in the city parks the 'up-
Connecting all Departments
pcrcrust" of the musical population immediately
raved about the opportunity afforded the masses
NEW
YORK, JULY 22, 1 9 1 1
to hear the music they really desired. Admitting
that the great symphonies are truly wonderful pro-
All matter of every nature intended
duction of genius and attract goodly audiences, it
for this department should be addressed
does not necessarily follow that the great bulk of
The Editor Music Section Music Trade
the population desire to hear them alone. .The
Review, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
demand for popular music disproves that fact, yet
the publisher has in a way to combat the current
criticism, and he'll never do it by producing ob-
scene songs. A song may be humorous without
being nasty, and no one can find fault with a clean
yet funny song, even though it is not a classic.
Such a song provides a welcome relaxation from
the plaintive ballads and the heavier words. Gen-
A musical critic of recognized standing has eral recognition of the writings of Thackeray and
referred in a commendatory way to the number of
Dickens do not hurt the sale of Mark Twain's
songs put on the market during the past year books or of Butler's "Pigs Is Pigs." The same
with words and music not only disgusting, but rule applies to music.
actually indecent, and in all fairness it must be
Improvement to Be Hoped For.
admitted that the criticism is not only just, but
It is to be hoped that one season will prove the
well deserved. The desire to excel is, as a rule, limit for the song of questionable character, and
to be commended in any man, but when it comes that the song writer and composer, who as a rule
to a point where the objective is to crowd into are capable of better things, will devote their .en-
a song the maximum of nastiness, the sooner a ergies to numbers that maybe taken home for the
halt is called the better. As with many other entertainment of the family circle without mis-
things, the craze among certain publishers to reach givings. The publishers, in some instances, claim
the climax in indecency in the production of popu- that the demand for risque songs shows that they
lar songs sprang to large proportions from a
find general favor and that the double meaning
small beginning. At about the time the Apache need only be developed by those who desire it.
Dance appeared in the United States some song- In other .words, that the axiom "evil to him who
writing "genius" conceived the idea that there was evil thmks" applies in that case. Of some of the
a good opening for a new dance of sensual char- songs in question it may be said that the mean-
acter originating in this country. The thought was
father to the deed and then the race began. The
music in a number of cases had much to com-
mend it; the words were often simple and innocent
COMMENTS B Y
ing lies in the singing rather than in the songs
themselves, but the fact that the professional de-
partments take pains to see that the singers get
"all there is in the song" out of it indicates that
the publishers do not wait for the saying to prove
itself naturally, p'or the benefit and general ad-
vance of the music publishing business it is to be
hoped that the offerings for the season about to
open will indicate that the craze for the nasty has
died a natural death. With clean songs the "hits"
will be just as many and the sales considerably
larger. It is reported that the club women of the
country are giving the matter their attention and
v will proceed to place a ban on all songs which
they consider undesirable. A reform of this kind
is always radical, and to excite it, or give a reason
for it becoming active, will mean the discourage-
ment of large numbers of popular songs which
under ordinary conditions would pass by un-
noticed.
"TEACH ME TO PRAY" HIGHLY PRAISED.
At the first band concert given this summer on
College Hill, Poughkeepsie, by the Twenty-first
Regiment Band, F. L. Schofield, conductor, the
splendid sacred song, "Teach Me to Pray, 1 ' by
Jessie Mae Jewitt, poem by George Graff, jr.,
was rendered by the well-known soloist, Harry S.
Bock, before an audience of over 4,000 persons,
and greeted with vociferous applause. Mr. Bock
responding with several encores. This impressive
number was repeated by special request at the
concert of Sunday, July !'. On this occasion it was
rendered in duct form by the Misses Marjorie and
Sophie J. Hickok and duplicated its previous suc-
cess. The local papers spoke most favorably of
the song and the singers. "Teach Me to Pray" is
published by M. Witmark & Sons.
According to cable reports Lee Shubert and Lew
Fields spent last week looking" over the newest
things in the amusement field in Berlin, and Mr.
Shubert says that the Palais de Danse is about the
swaggerest thing of the kind in Europe and far
outstrips similar resorts which have been the
glory of Parisian night life. Americans, he finds,
have become the best customers of the musical re-
sorts in Berlin, as they long have been in 'Paris.
We are publishers of the following
Successful Productions
"THE COUNT of LUXEMBOURG"
"THE QUAKER GIRL"
"GIPSY LOVE"
"THE PINK LADY"
"MARRIAGE A LA CARTE"
"THE SLIM PRINCESS"
"THE ARCADIANS"
"THE BALKAN PRINCESS"
"HAVANA"
"THE CLIMAX"
G H A P P E L L & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St., New York
Most Beautiful Child Ballad Written
In Years.
"Will The Roses
Bloom In Heaven?"
By Chas. K. Harris
Columbia Theatre Bldg.
Broadway and 47th St.
If
MEYER COHEN, Mar.
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 Accom.), 75 cents.
HINDS, NOBLE & ELDREDGE, 31-35 West J5th Street, j i e w Jfork
Just
The Root
seription ei e*eh
Just
Published
Published
THE
ROOT EDITION BEAUTIFUL
T r a d © S u p p l i e d b y t h e IVIoKlnley M u s i c C o . , C h i c a g o a n d N e w York:
Beautiful ia beinc advertised in every musical magazine in this country. S00,000 music teachers sxe being supplied with catalogs containing tVemstie and de»
^ £ 5ou
5 do
d not
i r h T d ^ d r ™ u w« S r f f o r the edition itiibecaute 'you lack interest in the newest publications and that mean, you ar. not up-t«wtat*
Write for samples.
JVlcKJINUEY
MUSIC
COMPANY
CHICAQO
AJND N B W YORK
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