Music Trade Review
Issue: 1911 Vol. 53 N. 7 - Page 44
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
now rages. Perhaps such early specimens as 'A
Gaiety Girl' and T h e Geisha,' with their polite
fooling and attempt at refinement in performance,
did have some right to be called comedies. Of
the present supply, imported or native, the descrip-
tion 'comedy' gives a very false idea.
"The popularity of the musical play may be due
EDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor u d Prtprietor
to its having some of the most attractive qualities
J. B. SniXANE, Muagbg UHar
of vaudeville, just now the most admired form of
theatrical diversion in this country. Not only do
B. B. WILSON. Editor Music Section
the songs come from the variety theatres, but per-
PaMtaaea K¥cry Saturday at 1 Madlsea Avcna*. New Ycrk
formers popular in that shrine of intellect are put
SDMCBVTION. (lBciQdlng po«tage>, Unltad State* and
into a play and repeat in their new surroundings
litxlco, $2.00 per year; Caaada, $1.50; all atacr ooum-
the same old dances, songs and speeches that won
trln. $4.00.
them favor in the other field. Then the musical
Ttlcpboies-Numbcn «77 and M78 Gramerejr
farce can be made from the remains of a play
Connecting all Departments
that enjoyed success in its spoken form; this is
one guarantee against complete failure that ap-
NEW YORK, AUGUST 19. 1 1 1 1
peals to the manager.
A Twenty-five Year Old Play the Basis.
All matter of every nature intended
"One musical play to be produced this season
for this department should be addressed
is founded on a farce liked in New York twenty-
The Editor Music Section Music Trade
five years ago. Another is the same in plot and
Review, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
character as a farce from the French acted here
only two years ago, but already offered with music
as a new work. Scratch the surface of half the
musical farces and you find vestiges of their earlier
existence as spoken plays. One of the best known
musical pieces acted here in years was the first
instance of using a play in this way. Its popu-
larity had been exhausted long before, but its theme
In the long discussion regarding the relative was so adroit that it semed as if the experiment
merits of the imported European comic opera and might be made of utilizing the plot for a musical
the American comic opera it is to be remembered play. So successful was the experiment that con-
that one feature at least of the European product verting farces which have served their time into
serves to commend it. That is that the music is musical plays has become one of the most profit-
made just as much a part of the production as able occupations of the American dramatist.
"According to present ideas any music except
the book, and one is in no way complete without
the other. On this side of the water we are too a song in a dramatic performance is fatal to the
prone to take same ordinary comedy that perhaps illusion of reality; and the soubrette 'with song'
has failed in its original production, and after in- is a thing of the past. If she wants to do that
jecting a few choruses and a specialty number or sort of a thing now musical farce is open to her.
two at weak points, endeavor to offer it to the Yet it is doubtful if the dramas used as the foun-
theatregoer as a finished production. A writer in dation for these musical pieces were any less arti-
the New York Sun has very cleverly summed up ficial in their original form than in their adapta-
the American situation in this particular, as fol- tion to the greater allurements of music."
lows:
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Laughing to Music.
Better take a small order this time than the prom-
"It seems a conviction of that majestic entity
ise of a bigger one next time.
'the managerial mind' that without the accompani-
ment of some primitive melody comic drama will
not interest the public. So the musical farce, more
politely than accurately called the musical comedy,
COMMENTS B Y -
REMICKS BUY 'THAT'S HARMONY."
Bert Williams' Latest Success Purchased by
Weil-Known Publishers for Good Round Sum
—Much Expected of the Number.
On Monday of this week, Jerome H. Remick &
Co. added another big and successful song to their
catalog through the purchase from Bert Williams
of his latest success, "That's Harmony." The
amount paid for the song was not made public,
but as a former offer of $6,000 for the song is
said to have been refused by Mr. Williams, the
figures must be high. The song was written by
Grant Clark, with music by Mr. Williams himself.
Bert Williams will sing the song for some time
to come, and, as he says that it is the best song
he has ever "put over," the demand is already as-
sured. Both parties will work together to make
it one of the hits of the year. That's Harmony!
MAKING STEADY ADVANCE.
Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co. Report That
Each Month This Year Shows Increase
Over 1910.
The Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.
report that thus far each month of the present
year has shown a substantial increase in business
over the corresponding months of last year, and
the indications are that August will by no means
prove an exception. Though the company have
issued several strong numbers thus far this sea-
son, including "Knock Wood," "I Want a Girl,"
"They Always Pick on Me," "Hot Stuff," and
others, they find that "All Alone" still continues
to break records that have stood for years.
CAN A DEAD MAN WIN PRIZE?
Can a dead man participate in a competition for
the best new opera score? This is a question that
has worried the Naples authorities, for among the
fifty-five scores sent in for the Teatro San Carlo
to choose from, for a prize and for performance
there next season, there are two by composers who
perished in the Messina earthquake, the scores be-
ing sent in by their executors.
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"
Most Beautiful Child Ballad Written
In Years.
"Will The Roses
Bloom In Heaven?"
By Chas. K. Harris
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St., New York
Just
Columbia Theatre Bldg.
Broadway and 47th St.
MEYER COHEN, Mgr.
Published
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
.), 75 cents.
(Cornvl
HINDS. NOBLE & ELDREDGE, 31-35 West 15th Street, New York
Just
Published
TUB
ROOT EDITION BEAUTIFUL,
Trade Supplied by the MoKinl»y Muslo Co., Chicago and IVew York
Tkt Root Edition Beautiful U being advertised ia every Musical magaiinc ia tab country. S00.000 music teachers arc being supplied with catalogs containing thematic and d o
•eription ef each piece If you do not supply the demands you will bare for the edition itis because you lack interest in the newest publications and that meana you arc not up-to-date.
Write for samples.
MUSIC COMPANY
CMICAQO AND N B W YORK
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
now rages. Perhaps such early specimens as 'A
Gaiety Girl' and T h e Geisha,' with their polite
fooling and attempt at refinement in performance,
did have some right to be called comedies. Of
the present supply, imported or native, the descrip-
tion 'comedy' gives a very false idea.
"The popularity of the musical play may be due
EDWARD LYMAN BILL - Editor u d Prtprietor
to its having some of the most attractive qualities
J. B. SniXANE, Muagbg UHar
of vaudeville, just now the most admired form of
theatrical diversion in this country. Not only do
B. B. WILSON. Editor Music Section
the songs come from the variety theatres, but per-
PaMtaaea K¥cry Saturday at 1 Madlsea Avcna*. New Ycrk
formers popular in that shrine of intellect are put
SDMCBVTION. (lBciQdlng po«tage>, Unltad State* and
into a play and repeat in their new surroundings
litxlco, $2.00 per year; Caaada, $1.50; all atacr ooum-
the same old dances, songs and speeches that won
trln. $4.00.
them favor in the other field. Then the musical
Ttlcpboies-Numbcn «77 and M78 Gramerejr
farce can be made from the remains of a play
Connecting all Departments
that enjoyed success in its spoken form; this is
one guarantee against complete failure that ap-
NEW YORK, AUGUST 19. 1 1 1 1
peals to the manager.
A Twenty-five Year Old Play the Basis.
All matter of every nature intended
"One musical play to be produced this season
for this department should be addressed
is founded on a farce liked in New York twenty-
The Editor Music Section Music Trade
five years ago. Another is the same in plot and
Review, 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
character as a farce from the French acted here
only two years ago, but already offered with music
as a new work. Scratch the surface of half the
musical farces and you find vestiges of their earlier
existence as spoken plays. One of the best known
musical pieces acted here in years was the first
instance of using a play in this way. Its popu-
larity had been exhausted long before, but its theme
In the long discussion regarding the relative was so adroit that it semed as if the experiment
merits of the imported European comic opera and might be made of utilizing the plot for a musical
the American comic opera it is to be remembered play. So successful was the experiment that con-
that one feature at least of the European product verting farces which have served their time into
serves to commend it. That is that the music is musical plays has become one of the most profit-
made just as much a part of the production as able occupations of the American dramatist.
"According to present ideas any music except
the book, and one is in no way complete without
the other. On this side of the water we are too a song in a dramatic performance is fatal to the
prone to take same ordinary comedy that perhaps illusion of reality; and the soubrette 'with song'
has failed in its original production, and after in- is a thing of the past. If she wants to do that
jecting a few choruses and a specialty number or sort of a thing now musical farce is open to her.
two at weak points, endeavor to offer it to the Yet it is doubtful if the dramas used as the foun-
theatregoer as a finished production. A writer in dation for these musical pieces were any less arti-
the New York Sun has very cleverly summed up ficial in their original form than in their adapta-
the American situation in this particular, as fol- tion to the greater allurements of music."
lows:
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Laughing to Music.
Better take a small order this time than the prom-
"It seems a conviction of that majestic entity
ise of a bigger one next time.
'the managerial mind' that without the accompani-
ment of some primitive melody comic drama will
not interest the public. So the musical farce, more
politely than accurately called the musical comedy,
COMMENTS B Y -
REMICKS BUY 'THAT'S HARMONY."
Bert Williams' Latest Success Purchased by
Weil-Known Publishers for Good Round Sum
—Much Expected of the Number.
On Monday of this week, Jerome H. Remick &
Co. added another big and successful song to their
catalog through the purchase from Bert Williams
of his latest success, "That's Harmony." The
amount paid for the song was not made public,
but as a former offer of $6,000 for the song is
said to have been refused by Mr. Williams, the
figures must be high. The song was written by
Grant Clark, with music by Mr. Williams himself.
Bert Williams will sing the song for some time
to come, and, as he says that it is the best song
he has ever "put over," the demand is already as-
sured. Both parties will work together to make
it one of the hits of the year. That's Harmony!
MAKING STEADY ADVANCE.
Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co. Report That
Each Month This Year Shows Increase
Over 1910.
The Harry Von Tilzer Music Publishing Co.
report that thus far each month of the present
year has shown a substantial increase in business
over the corresponding months of last year, and
the indications are that August will by no means
prove an exception. Though the company have
issued several strong numbers thus far this sea-
son, including "Knock Wood," "I Want a Girl,"
"They Always Pick on Me," "Hot Stuff," and
others, they find that "All Alone" still continues
to break records that have stood for years.
CAN A DEAD MAN WIN PRIZE?
Can a dead man participate in a competition for
the best new opera score? This is a question that
has worried the Naples authorities, for among the
fifty-five scores sent in for the Teatro San Carlo
to choose from, for a prize and for performance
there next season, there are two by composers who
perished in the Messina earthquake, the scores be-
ing sent in by their executors.
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"
Most Beautiful Child Ballad Written
In Years.
"Will The Roses
Bloom In Heaven?"
By Chas. K. Harris
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St., New York
Just
Columbia Theatre Bldg.
Broadway and 47th St.
MEYER COHEN, Mgr.
Published
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
.), 75 cents.
(Cornvl
HINDS. NOBLE & ELDREDGE, 31-35 West 15th Street, New York
Just
Published
TUB
ROOT EDITION BEAUTIFUL,
Trade Supplied by the MoKinl»y Muslo Co., Chicago and IVew York
Tkt Root Edition Beautiful U being advertised ia every Musical magaiinc ia tab country. S00.000 music teachers arc being supplied with catalogs containing thematic and d o
•eription ef each piece If you do not supply the demands you will bare for the edition itis because you lack interest in the newest publications and that meana you arc not up-to-date.
Write for samples.
MUSIC COMPANY
CMICAQO AND N B W YORK
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