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MUSIC TRADE
Conducted by B. B. Wilson
these numbers will be chosen very carefully from
the large number of songs, instrumental and
J. H. Remick & Co. Explain W h y They Dis-
operatic publications we issue every month we
continued Their Club Plan—Desire to Aid
know that leaders throughout the country will
the Dealers.
appreciate our new plan.
The dealers are advised to take advantage of
J. H. Remick & Co., who recently discontinued
their orchestra club despite the fact that it had the advance offers, by Remick & Co., as they
in the neighborhood of 30,000 members and was are advertised in the various musical papers of
said to have been a financial success, have sent the country.
out a letter of explanation to the trade in which
OLCOTT SCORES WITH "MACUSHLA,"
they say, in part:
Believing that we did not serve the best inter-
His New Irish Play with Music Given for First
ests of our many friends among the professional
Time in New York City.,
musicians and especially up to date first class
leaders, by the orchestra club which we had or-
Chauncey Olcott scored an old-time success in
ganized, we abandoned the plan. The principal
"Macushla," which opened at the Grand Opera
reason for this change is due to the fact that so House last Monday night to an immense audi-
many other orchestral clubs followed, and lead- ence. The story of the play, which met with
ers were flooded with all sorts of arrangements such favor on the road, has been told in The
and numbers, each one under the much used word
Review many times.
HIT, that our own really well arranged and
"The Girl I Call My Sweetheart Must Look
worthy works were neglected and not given a
Like You," sung by Mr. Olcott during the first
chance until the actual demand for them came.
act, was the "hit" last Monday evening. "Good-by,
For the future our intentions are to publish
My Emerald Land," of course brought the
only the best and most popular of our publica-
lump to the throat with most listeners; "I Love
tions in the orchestral form arranged in J.
the Name of Mary" was encored again and again,
Bodewalt Lampe's inimitable manner, and since
while "With the Twinkle in Her Eye," particu-
larly bright and catchy, made a lasting impression.
Not a Hit that w i l l die but a seller that w i l l live.
The lyrics to the musical numbers were written
by Chauncey Olcott and Louis Weslyn, and the
music by Dan J. Sullivan. Frederick Knight Lo-
gan and Ernest R. Ball.
"Macushla" will hold down the stage at the
Grand Opera House for three weeks, an unusual
event for one attraction at that house. The pro-
duction was made by Augustus Pitou. All the
music of "Macushla," including a selection, is
published by M. Witmark & Sons.
ANENT THE ORCHESTRA CLUB.
I WILL LOVE YOU WHEN
THE SILVER THREADS ARE
SHINING AMONG THE GOLD
ROGER LEWIS
F. HENRI KLICKMAN
Frank K.Root 8 Co.
CHICAGO
NEW YORK
Published by McKinley Music Co., Chicago.
THE
EUROPEAN
MOONLIGHT
CLAIRDELM
DANCE
k HERMAN FINCK
quarters at Fourteenth and U streets, has re-
cently been incorporated under the laws of Dela-
ware, with capital stock of $250,000. The officers
of the company are: H. Kirkus Dugdale, presi-
dent ; M. D. Dugdale, vice-president and M. E.
DeVoll, secretary and treasurer.
WHY SOME COMPOSERS ARE NOT RICH
Sir Edward Elgar, in a Recent Interview,
Throws Some Light Upon the Subject of
Composers' Incomes from Production Rights.
Sir Edward Elgar has been pointing out to an
interviewer the enormous misunderstanding that
prevails as to the amount of money to be made
by the individual composer out of his own music.
He estimates that there are not many more than
one hundred first-rate symphony orchestras ex-
isting that have their own important musical li-
brary. If each of these purchase the full score
arid parts of a new symphony it will be, roughly,
the maximum; on the other hand, if a novelist
sells 2,000 copies of a book it is put down as a
failure. Did ever a modern musician, he asked,
sell 2,000 full scores? To emphasize his point that
it is only from pianoforte or violin music that the
composer can make a living—ballad-makers were
not taken into consideration—Elgar cited exam-
ples from his own experience. When he visited
Turin in November to conduct a concert he found
a superb orchestra of 125, which for years had
had his "Enigma" Variations in its repertory and
had played the work on tour under Toscanini as a
show piece.
Now, said Sir Edward, in not one year since the
variations came into being (1899) have his fees
from their performance amounted to a sum suf-
ficient to pay the cost of the manuscript paper
on which they were originally written. Yet the
variations are played hundreds of times each year
"STARS OF THE DESERT"
in Europe and America. Out of the multitude
Is the Title of a New Song Cycle by Mrs. Amy
of the performances last year Elgar gathered $3.50
Woodforde-Finden.
into his own exchequer. The case of "Gerontius"
is almost worse, for the composer's average yearly
"Stars of the Desert," is the title of Mrs. Amy
income from its performance is about, and not
Woodforde-Finden's latest song cycle which has
more
than $125. This is not the fault of the pub-
been issued by Boosey & Co., of New York and
lishers, but of the public and the musical societies,
London. This work is a companion volume to
the "Four Indian Love Lyrics," by the same com- who will play any music that is "free." Amateur
actors in the country will readily pay $5 for the
poser and one of the most widely known album
right to play some farce, but not one penny piece
of songs in this country. It is most effectively
can be extracted for the musical composer, whose
scored with that melodic color and charm which
distinguishes all of Mrs. Finden's works. It has work is rejected if his performing right is in-
sisted on—if, indeed, it exists.
been produced in England with the most conspicu-
ous success, artists of the highest standing dis-
"THE COMPASS" A UNIQUE GROUP.
playing their appreciation of the merits of those
very beautiful songs. The titles of the songs with
"The Compass," a group of four songs, is
words by Laurence Hope are, "Stars of the
among the recent publications of the house of M.
Desert," '"You are All That is Lovely," "The Rice
Witmark & Sons. The idea is decidedly unique,
Was Under Water" and "Faith." The produc-
as are the respective titles, as follows: "North"
tion of the volume is admirable and up to the (Deep in everlasting snow you lie), "South"
well known Boosey standpoint.
(Your breath is laden sweet with jessamine),
'"East" (All pink and white with cherry blooms),
MUSIC PUBLISHERS INCORPORATE.
"West" (Sun blest are you O Golden Land). The
poems are the work of Lillian B. Rice, and al-
The H. Kirkus Dugdale Co., which for the past
though but one short stanza is devoted to each
four years have been engaged in publishing and
subject, these are remarkable for their great
promoting music in Washington, D. C, with head-
The "M o s t Popular
Songs for the Guitar"
contains about 125 of the
old familiar songs—Plan-
tation, Patriotic, Senti-
mental, Humorous, and
Sacred—songs that every-
body knows and every-
body loves. They are
arranged with an easy
guitar accompaniment that
even the mediocre players
can carry. Price. 75 cents.
Another After The Ball Hit.
"That Swaying Harmony"
By CHAS. K. HARRIS
You can order it from your nearest
jobber or direct from the Publisher.
Played by Leading Orchestras Everywhere.
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St., New York.
CHAS. K. HARRIS
Broadway and 47th St., New York
MEYER COHEN, Mgr.
HINDS, NOBLE 6 ELDREDGE,
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