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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Conducted b y B. B. Wilson
ANNOUNCE CHANGE OF POLICY.
NEW LEHAR OPERA IN AUGUST.
USING THE FEIST SUCCESSES.
M. Witmark & Sons' Popular and Standard
Catalogs to Be Handled by B. Feldman in
Great Britain.
Klaw & Erlanger Will Present "The Count of
Luxembourg" in Atlantic City and Later in
New York for a Lengthy Run.
Alvin & Lewis Featuring Clever Numbers on
Eastern Circuits—Busy Times in the Feist
Professional Rooms Taking Care of the De-
mands of Many Singers.
Following the return of H. Feldman, the well-
known British publisher, to his native heath, M.
Witmark & Sons have announced a change of
policy regarding their London house, arrangements
having been made with Mr. Feldman to take en-
tire charge of their popular and standard catalog
in Great Britain. Witmark & Sons consider the
change of policy decidedly advantageous to their
house, inasmuch as they will enjoy widespread
and active representation in Great Britain with-
out the drawbacks that are of necessity connected
with the management of a direct branch.
Klaw & Erlanger have decided to present Franz
Lehar's "The Count of Luxembourg" in Atlantic
City on August 19. They expect to open the
autumn season at the New Amsterdam Theater
with the same opera on September 16. The cast
has already been engaged. The role of Count
Rene of Luxembourg will be played by Thomas
D. Richards, who was with Lulu Glaser last sea-
son. Angele Didier will be played by Ann Swin-
burne, who is appearing as Annabel in "Robin
Hood" at the New Amsterdam; Brissard will be
played by Fred Walton, the Grand Duke by Frank
Moulan, Juliette by Frances Cameron, and the
1'rincess by Gladys Homfrey, who played the same
role during the long run of the work at Daly's
Theater, London. The rolss of Pelegrin, Ments-
chikoff and Paulovitch, the three conspirators, will
be played, respectively, by George W. George,
Harry W. Smith and William C. Reid.
BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE HERE.
D. H. Barnard, Who Represents B. F. Wood
Music Co., Visits America to Confer Regard-
ing Plans for Next Season.
(Special to The Review.)
Bo-ston, Mass., June 17, 1912.
D. H. Barnard, the London and Leipsic repre-
sentative of the B. F. Wood Music Co., is in
Boston, having lately come here from the world's
metropolis to confer with Mr. Wood about next
season's publications. He reached this city on the
Laconia, and when he returns home week after
next it will be as a passenger on one of the Boston
steamers, as Mr. Barnard will not visit any other
American city, though he would have liked to get
to New York. Mr. Barnard is the Wood Co.'s
representative in such places as New Zealand and
Africa, and makes a specialty of music of the
teaching character, the Edition Wood, as it is
called, which gives special attention to phrasing and
fingering being extremely popular on the other
side. While here he is the guest of Mr. Wood at
the latter's Newton' home.
Mr. Barnard says things are very prosperous
on the other side, and now that the country has
largely got rid of the music pirates he is looking
for even more prosperous times. Mr. Barnard, as
the music public knows, has a wide reputation for
his compositions, and his "Lead, Kindly Light" has
gone the world over. "The Plains of Peace" is
another number. One of his latest pieces is called
"'The Song of Rest," ''Chanson d'Repos," a piano
number, which promises to be a big seller. Mr.
Barnard's last visit here was five years ago, and
in this interim he sees many changes in Boston.
"ROBIN HOOD" IN COOK'S TOURS.
Opera
Now Included in Agency's
for Summer Visitors.
Itineraries
Two hundred members of the International Stamp
Manufacturers' .Association will attend the per-
formance of "Robin Hood" at the New Amster-
dam Theater next Tuesday night. Thos. Cook
& Sons, who made the arrangements for this big
theater party have made "Robin Hood'' a part of
all their itineraries for visitors to New York.
NEW COMPANY IN CAMDEN.
The Popular Music Co., handling sheet music
exclusively, has opened a store at 922 Broadway,
Camden, N. J., and is attracting trade through the
means of a live demonstrating campaign. The
company is composed of William Story, Herbert
Kennedy and Dominick Travaglini.
Now is the time for the live publisher to know
just what he is going to do in the fall and then
to do it.
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A clever and successful vaudeville team who
sing the Feist successes over the Eastern circuits
are Alvin & Lewis. This team puts considerable
originality into their singing, with the result that
they get the most out of the various numbers they
feature. Their big song at the present time is the
USING HARRIS NUMBERS.
"Climb a Tree with Me" and "Bogey Man
Rag," Being Featured in Vaudeville.
Among the vaudeville artists using the late hits
published by Chas. K. Harris are Bessie Clifford
and Victor Morley, who are singing the "Bogey
Man Rag," and Alice Edmonds, who at the
Fifth Avenue Theater last week featured "Climb
a Tree With Me" with great success. Miss Ed-
monds will continue to use .the number throughout
her tour of the Orpheum circuit. Mr. Harris 'is
especially gratified at the success of "The Bogey
Man Rag," inasmuch as a rag number is quite
a novelty and somewhat of an experiment as an
addition to his catalog.
MASCAGNI=LIEBLER ROW ENDS.
A New Opera Will Be Composed for Special
Production Here.
A reconciliation is on foot between Mascagni
and Liebler & Co. following the quarrel over the
opera "Isobel." Negotiations have been conducted
by W. Story, who is now in Paris, and the agree-
ment is practically complete. George Tyler is ex-
pected to meet Mascagni in Italy in July.
The arrangements provide for the composition
by Mascagni, of a new opera specially for the
Lieblers. The libretto, which is already written,
is a love story of two Americans in Naples. There
are some difficulties over the rights with Son-
zogno & Co., Mascagni's publishers, but it is hoped
these will be overcome, in which case the opera
will be given in New York next season and in
San Francisco during the exposition, with Bessie
Abott in the title role.
Feist hit, "Your Daddy Did the Same Thing Fifty
Years Ago"!
Anyone who doubts that the Feist numbers ap-
peal to performers should visit the professional
rooms of that house these days and find Manager
Kornheiser and his large staff of pianists and
demonstrators working their heads off trying to
accommodate two or three people apiece. What's
more, the performers use the songs.
NOVEL FORM OF OPERA.
Lines to Be Spoken Instead of Sung in Car-
rano's New W o r k — T o Be Produced in the
Fall—Large Company Required.
A. Carrano, who recently arrived in this country,
announces the completion of his lyric drama, "San--
tuzza and La Sosie," which will be produced in
the United States in the fall, probably on the
Pacific Coast. The entire opera will be spoken in-
stead of sung, while the music will be played as
written. A large cast of principals, a chorus of
forty voices and an orchestra of fifty musicians
will be required for the production.
Not a Hit that will die but a seller that will live
I WILL LOVE YOU WHEN
THESILVERTHREADS ARE
SHINING AMONG THE GOLD
NEW YORK SHOULD FALL IN LINE.
The German associations of book and rriusz'c
publishers have passed a resolution to expel such
members as are found guilty of publishing literary
works or texts to musical compositions that are
objectionable on moral grounds.
'PHONO-OPERA" THE LATEST.
"Phono-Opera" is the latest novelty being of-
fered to London vaudeville managers by Pathe
Freres. The "Phono-Opera" consists of repro-
duction of scenes from the more popular operas
presented by means of talking pictures. The act
runs about thirty minutes.
UOGEB LEWIS
F. HENRI KLICKMAN
Frank K.Root 8 Co.
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