Music Trade Review
Issue: 1912 Vol. 55 N. 11 - Page 46
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
NEW HARRISjmD SONG.
A VETERAN OPERETTA COMPOSER.
'Won't You Come to Dolly's Party" Possessed
of Features That Have Made Other Harris
Successes.
Charles Lecocq Composed Operettas That Held
Favor for Decades—What Success Meant to
Him and to Lehar, From a Financial View-
point—Now in Eighty-fourth Year.
The fame and success enjoyed by Charles K.
Harris as a bal'ad writer is duplicated in his repu-
tation as a writer of child songs. Mr. Harris has
the gift of writing from the viewpoint of the
child rather than of that viewpoint, and to that
fact is to be ascribed much of the favor that has
been accorded his many popular child numbers.
The latest Harris child song has as its title
"Won't You Come to Dolly's Party?" with the
Won't You Come To Dolly's Party?
Wordt * Mmicbr
lota of ch«».uij ijiun.
p
ome
r
in white
Sue u d Lou »re «ro . \y oom-iog
p * \v p p
>nd blue, ___
Bring jour
p p
4ol . lie* Ui»t
(1
r
tack
They will
ejti.
htve
i
fine
tii.e
r t r T
k
tig »ur • prut
If
P t'
"Luxury," by Neil O'Brien and Les Copeland,
One of the Features of the Jerome &
Schwartz Co. New Issues—"Ragtime Eyes,"
by Jean Schwartz Also Making Good.
One of the features of the August list of "new
issues" sent out by the Jerome & Schwartz Pub-
lishing Co. is a new song entitled "Luxury," writ-
ten by the famous minstrel comedian, Neil
O'Brien, and Les Copeland. The song is very
clever, of real "darkey" flavor and has met with
SONGS IN "A LUCKY HOODOO."
Billy B. Van and the Beaumont Sisters Feature
Two Excellent Witmark Numbers.
J' p p ( g
seme that clow Uwir
A CLEVER NEW "DARKEY" NUMBER.
cr/'Uui-Ba '
LJ
"
Among those who applauded a recent perform-
ance in Paris of Lehar's "Count of Luxembourg"
was Charles Lecocq, the composer of the "Fille de
Mme. Angot" and other comic operas which for
decades rivaled in popularity those of Offenbach.
Though eighty-four years old, he is still alert in
mind and body, and enjoys all the good things of
the theater that come along. To a correspondent
of the Italian periodical, La Stampa, he told tne
story the other day of how he came to write the
most successful of his operettas. It was in June,
1871, that Humbert, a manager in Brussels,
brought him the "Mme. Angot" libretto. He was
not particularly pleased with it, but set it to music
to please Humbert. The chorus of conspirators,
which was destined to become popular, gave him
much trouble, and he rewrote it repeatedly before
he was satisfied. At the first performance, in Brus-
sels, the first act fell flat. The second act, how-
ever, was a brilliant success, and when the per-
formance was over more than one expert told
him that the operetta would be the biggest suc-
cess of the season. So it proved to be. It ran
uninterruptedly from February 21, 1873, to April,
1874, and the receipts aggregated 1,632,400 francs.
The authors were entitled to 12 per cent, of this;
but they had to share their profits with the writer
of a curtain raiser, so that each gut only about
$13,000—which contrasts sharply with the profits
of Lehar, whose "Merry Widow" made him, in a
few years, a millionaire in francs.
"On a Good Old-Time Straw Ride," which he sings
in his usual clever manner. Rose Beaumont alsc
is particularly happy in her selection of songs this
year and wins encores with her spirited rendering
of "The Ragtime Fireman." Both numbers men-
tioned above are of recent issue by M. Witmark
& Sons.
you b i n • o!
imp
got >
iot - Ij,
That well : known trio, Billy B. Van and the
Beaumont Sisters, are scoring heavily everywhere
they appear in their new musical comedy "A Lucky
Hoodoo," since the season opened.
The new vehicle which Billy B. Van and thc-
Beaumont Sisters are using for the display of their
talents this season is highly humorous and one of
the best the little comedian ever had, giving him
all the opportunities for creating laughter that he
could possibly desire. Incidental to the action of
"A Lucky Hoodoo" he introduces a fetching ditty
MILLION
COPY HIT
much favor on the part of performers. Many
prominent acts are using the number, as is the
composer, Mr. Copeland, in his own act appearing
over the United time.
Another new song published by the Jerome &
Schwartz Co. is "Ragtime Eyes," by Jean Schwartz,
which gives excellent promise of making good. It
is being featured to a large extent in vaudeville.
Among those using it being "The Four Enter-
tainers," a clever quartet under the direction of
Pat Casey.
Down By The Old Midstream
Also New Hit*
1 will lend yon mine, So
wont you com^
Ntw
New
New
New
New
New
WHEN WE WERE SWEETHEARTS New
UNDER THE OLD OAK TREE New
WAY DOWN SOUTH
New
RAQ RAG RAG
New
THAT SUBWAY RAG
New
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
New
TELL TAYLOR, MUSIC PUBLISHER
importance of such an event in the child life
cleverly denned. The cover design is particularly
original, being made up of a number of appro-
priate views, such as are used for song slides, and
with sections of the verse appearing under each.
The whole is attractively grouped. The merits of
the music and lyric may be judged from the ac-
companying reproduction ?
"It is wonderful how fast dollars will multiply
when they are kept turning, and pretty Soon the
times comes when the thing that supplied the liv-
ing is given up, and the capital becomes large
enough to do both.
"Not everyone can become a successful, inde-
pendent busineess man, artd sucji as cannot are
better off working for those who are, but many
men have latent qualities which could be deevel-
oped into a fine business.
. "JPo not despise the small- beginning, , Think
of the oak."
NEW YORK
BUY
CHICAGO
YOUR
IVUJSIC
BOSTON
FROM
Publishers
WALTER JACOBS
1«7 Tremont S t .
BOSTON, MASS.
Publisher of
'Kiss tf Spring." "Some Day When Dreams Come True."
And Some Others World Famous
OLIVER
DITSON
COMPANY
BOSTON
NEW YORK
Anticipate and Supply Every Requirement of Music Dealer*
WHITE-SMITH MUSIC PUB. CO.
PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS & ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 6S-64 Stanhope St.. Boston
Branch Houses: New York and ChJrawi
An Unusual
Announcement
We have decided to place
ERNEST R. BALL a n d GEORGE GRAFF'S
Latest and Greatest Song Success
Till the Sands of the
Desert Grow Cold
In Our Popular Catalog
Already it is going big, but at the new
price it will become.
The Greatest Ballad Hit
of the Present Time
M. WITMARK & SONS
Witmark Building, 144-146 West 37th St., New York
New York
London
Chicago
Pali*
San Francisco
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
NEW HARRISjmD SONG.
A VETERAN OPERETTA COMPOSER.
'Won't You Come to Dolly's Party" Possessed
of Features That Have Made Other Harris
Successes.
Charles Lecocq Composed Operettas That Held
Favor for Decades—What Success Meant to
Him and to Lehar, From a Financial View-
point—Now in Eighty-fourth Year.
The fame and success enjoyed by Charles K.
Harris as a bal'ad writer is duplicated in his repu-
tation as a writer of child songs. Mr. Harris has
the gift of writing from the viewpoint of the
child rather than of that viewpoint, and to that
fact is to be ascribed much of the favor that has
been accorded his many popular child numbers.
The latest Harris child song has as its title
"Won't You Come to Dolly's Party?" with the
Won't You Come To Dolly's Party?
Wordt * Mmicbr
lota of ch«».uij ijiun.
p
ome
r
in white
Sue u d Lou »re «ro . \y oom-iog
p * \v p p
>nd blue, ___
Bring jour
p p
4ol . lie* Ui»t
(1
r
tack
They will
ejti.
htve
i
fine
tii.e
r t r T
k
tig »ur • prut
If
P t'
"Luxury," by Neil O'Brien and Les Copeland,
One of the Features of the Jerome &
Schwartz Co. New Issues—"Ragtime Eyes,"
by Jean Schwartz Also Making Good.
One of the features of the August list of "new
issues" sent out by the Jerome & Schwartz Pub-
lishing Co. is a new song entitled "Luxury," writ-
ten by the famous minstrel comedian, Neil
O'Brien, and Les Copeland. The song is very
clever, of real "darkey" flavor and has met with
SONGS IN "A LUCKY HOODOO."
Billy B. Van and the Beaumont Sisters Feature
Two Excellent Witmark Numbers.
J' p p ( g
seme that clow Uwir
A CLEVER NEW "DARKEY" NUMBER.
cr/'Uui-Ba '
LJ
"
Among those who applauded a recent perform-
ance in Paris of Lehar's "Count of Luxembourg"
was Charles Lecocq, the composer of the "Fille de
Mme. Angot" and other comic operas which for
decades rivaled in popularity those of Offenbach.
Though eighty-four years old, he is still alert in
mind and body, and enjoys all the good things of
the theater that come along. To a correspondent
of the Italian periodical, La Stampa, he told tne
story the other day of how he came to write the
most successful of his operettas. It was in June,
1871, that Humbert, a manager in Brussels,
brought him the "Mme. Angot" libretto. He was
not particularly pleased with it, but set it to music
to please Humbert. The chorus of conspirators,
which was destined to become popular, gave him
much trouble, and he rewrote it repeatedly before
he was satisfied. At the first performance, in Brus-
sels, the first act fell flat. The second act, how-
ever, was a brilliant success, and when the per-
formance was over more than one expert told
him that the operetta would be the biggest suc-
cess of the season. So it proved to be. It ran
uninterruptedly from February 21, 1873, to April,
1874, and the receipts aggregated 1,632,400 francs.
The authors were entitled to 12 per cent, of this;
but they had to share their profits with the writer
of a curtain raiser, so that each gut only about
$13,000—which contrasts sharply with the profits
of Lehar, whose "Merry Widow" made him, in a
few years, a millionaire in francs.
"On a Good Old-Time Straw Ride," which he sings
in his usual clever manner. Rose Beaumont alsc
is particularly happy in her selection of songs this
year and wins encores with her spirited rendering
of "The Ragtime Fireman." Both numbers men-
tioned above are of recent issue by M. Witmark
& Sons.
you b i n • o!
imp
got >
iot - Ij,
That well : known trio, Billy B. Van and the
Beaumont Sisters, are scoring heavily everywhere
they appear in their new musical comedy "A Lucky
Hoodoo," since the season opened.
The new vehicle which Billy B. Van and thc-
Beaumont Sisters are using for the display of their
talents this season is highly humorous and one of
the best the little comedian ever had, giving him
all the opportunities for creating laughter that he
could possibly desire. Incidental to the action of
"A Lucky Hoodoo" he introduces a fetching ditty
MILLION
COPY HIT
much favor on the part of performers. Many
prominent acts are using the number, as is the
composer, Mr. Copeland, in his own act appearing
over the United time.
Another new song published by the Jerome &
Schwartz Co. is "Ragtime Eyes," by Jean Schwartz,
which gives excellent promise of making good. It
is being featured to a large extent in vaudeville.
Among those using it being "The Four Enter-
tainers," a clever quartet under the direction of
Pat Casey.
Down By The Old Midstream
Also New Hit*
1 will lend yon mine, So
wont you com^
Ntw
New
New
New
New
New
WHEN WE WERE SWEETHEARTS New
UNDER THE OLD OAK TREE New
WAY DOWN SOUTH
New
RAQ RAG RAG
New
THAT SUBWAY RAG
New
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
New
TELL TAYLOR, MUSIC PUBLISHER
importance of such an event in the child life
cleverly denned. The cover design is particularly
original, being made up of a number of appro-
priate views, such as are used for song slides, and
with sections of the verse appearing under each.
The whole is attractively grouped. The merits of
the music and lyric may be judged from the ac-
companying reproduction ?
"It is wonderful how fast dollars will multiply
when they are kept turning, and pretty Soon the
times comes when the thing that supplied the liv-
ing is given up, and the capital becomes large
enough to do both.
"Not everyone can become a successful, inde-
pendent busineess man, artd sucji as cannot are
better off working for those who are, but many
men have latent qualities which could be deevel-
oped into a fine business.
. "JPo not despise the small- beginning, , Think
of the oak."
NEW YORK
BUY
CHICAGO
YOUR
IVUJSIC
BOSTON
FROM
Publishers
WALTER JACOBS
1«7 Tremont S t .
BOSTON, MASS.
Publisher of
'Kiss tf Spring." "Some Day When Dreams Come True."
And Some Others World Famous
OLIVER
DITSON
COMPANY
BOSTON
NEW YORK
Anticipate and Supply Every Requirement of Music Dealer*
WHITE-SMITH MUSIC PUB. CO.
PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS & ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 6S-64 Stanhope St.. Boston
Branch Houses: New York and ChJrawi
An Unusual
Announcement
We have decided to place
ERNEST R. BALL a n d GEORGE GRAFF'S
Latest and Greatest Song Success
Till the Sands of the
Desert Grow Cold
In Our Popular Catalog
Already it is going big, but at the new
price it will become.
The Greatest Ballad Hit
of the Present Time
M. WITMARK & SONS
Witmark Building, 144-146 West 37th St., New York
New York
London
Chicago
Pali*
San Francisco
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