Music Trade Review
Issue: 1913 Vol. 57 N. 23 - Page 160
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THE MUSIC TRADE
146
REVIEW
THE TRUE MISSION OF MUSIC.
"CENTURY"
The World's
Edition
of
The World's
Best
Music
Century Music Pub. Co.
231-235 West 40th St., New York City
TEN MOST POPULAR SONGS
When It's Apple Blossom Time
in Normandy.
Sailing Down the Chesapeake
Bay.
How Long Have You Been
Married ?
Anti-Ragtime Girl.
Sunshine and Roses.
Somebody Loves You.
What D'ye Mean You Lost Yer
Dog?
On a Good Old-Time Sleigh Ride.
When the Whole World Has
Gone Back on You Come to
Me.
Flow Along River Tennessee to
the Home of the Girl I Love.
Jerome H. Remick & Co.
219 W. 46th Street
68 Library Avenue
NEW YORK
DETROIT, MICH.
EVERY DEALER has had calls for
the Sensational Success
HESITATION WALTZ
by Klickman, composer of " Sing Me the
Rosary." Just off the Press and starting like
a whirlwind. Lay in your stock before the
CYCLONE HITS YOU. Ready for Orchestra
BEAUTIFUL BALLAD
JUST LIKE THE ROSE YOU GAVE
by E. Clinton Keithley (composer of
"Garland of Old Fashioned Roses")
It has that gripping melody that "picks at the
strings of the Heart." (Song Orchestration
Ready)
ANOTHER WINNER
I WAS SEEING NELLIE HOME
by E. Clinton Keithley
Fine Lyric and Melody. Brings back old
—
memories
(Song Orchestration Ready)
Salable Songs: ART TITLE PAGES
MCKINLEY MUSIC CO.
1501 East 55th Street
8 0 Fifth Avenue
CHICAGO, ILLS.
NEW YORK
Alatar Szendrei, Conductor of the Century
Opera Company, Gives His Views on the
So-called "Music of the Future."
Under the title, "The Future of Music and the
Music of the Future," Alatar Szendrei, conductor
OL the Century Opera Co., contributed the follow-
ing interesting article to a late issue of the Century
Opera Weekly:
"Of the three elements which constitute what is
known as music-^melody, harmony and rhythm—-
only the last named has survived in ultra-modern
compositions. 'Advanced' composers exhibit, in
fact, a surprising virtuosity in the handling of
rhythm and a remarkable inventive genius in the
creation of new rhythms. Tonality they wilfully
ignore, and they revei in unexpected sequences of
tortured chords and empty, anaemic phrases. Ravel-
ings of motives have taken the place of strong
and healthy musical thoughts.
"Take that typical example of modernism in
music, Debussy's 'Pelleas and Melisande.' I would
like to know whether there ever was in any audi-
ence one single individual who could enjoy that
musical transcription of sub-conscious moods,
those tone-pictures painted in gray upon gray. I
would like to meet the professional musician who,
without a previous study, could understand and
appreciate that work at a first hearing.
"Then remember the atrocities which mar even
the lyric passages of Strauss' 'Elektra.' Remember
the sinister broodings of Reger's muse. And De-
bussy, Strauss and Reger are really the three gods
of so-called modernism. The numberless demigods,
who imitate more or less cleverly their manner and
their outward form, are worse yet.
"Instead of bringing joy, exhilaration and uplift
to men (the true mission of music), the works of
these modern composers aim at unnerving, crush-
ing and annihilating the listener. A thorough-
going condemnation of such tendencies, however,
does not imply, by any means, an approval of the
everlasting melody dear to Italian hearts, nor of
the effete sweetishness characteristic of Massenet.
"In my opinion, all of this exaggeration is
merely the storm which will finally clear the at-
mosphere. A reaction will follow the present orgy
of musical egotism and of musical ugliness. This
reaction will be so complete that whatever is now
glorified as 'the music of the future' will be laughed
at as the music of the past. Nor is this advent a
thing of the distant future. It has begun already
and in the very stronghold of modernism. For
Strauss himself has seen a light and his 'Rosen-
kavalier,' incomparably superior to 'Salome' and
'Elektra,' marks the opening of a new chapter in
Strauss' musical biography. Or has he merely
given up the hope that every new work of his
would out-Strauss the preceding ones?"
Berlin is becoming quite a center for Americans
of musical tendencies, and at the Royal Conserva-
tory last week a symphonic poem for solo voices,
chorus and orchestra, by Arthur Fickenscher, a
San Francisco composer, received its premiere.
The work made a remarkable impression, promi-
nent musicians classing it with the masterpieces of
Franck and Brahms. The composer conducted his
own work.
BUY YOUR rVUJSrC FROM
BOSTON
LEO. FEIST, Inc., - NEW YORK
A WAY TO COMPOSE SUCCESSFULLY.
Reginald DeKoven Awarded $5,000 Because the
Shuberts Failed to Produce One of His Operas
at the Lyric Theater Last Season.
There are apparently more ways for a successful
composer to make money than for him to compose
music for it, if the case of Reginald De Koven Is
to be accepted as an example. Some time ago the
Shuberts agreed to produce a De Koven opera each
season at the Lyric Theater during their lease of
that theater and give De Koven 10 per cent, of the
profits in addition to the rental. The Shuberts for
some reason failed to produce a De Koven opera
at the Lyric last season and as a result has
awarded De Koven $5,000 to make up for the over-
sight of the managers. When one considers the
uncertain success met with by musical plays during
the past two seasons, it would appear that Mr. De
Koven is to be congratulated upon being sure of
his money.
You Won t Believe It, But-
after we had seen so much obscene, we tore the "rags"
from "Rag-time," then plucked the "sick" from
"Classic" and knocked a different kind of "sick" out
of "Music"—the result was FIVE OLD-FASHIONED,
GOOD SONGS—Retail, 10 cents.
Then we "Whooped her u p " into regular "seven-
come-eleven time" and what we have to show for that
is a folio of SIXTEEN real, live, GENUINE COL-
LEGE SONGS—In folio, retail, 50 cents.
Ask about them. Ask to see them.
ASSOCIATED SONG WRITERS
LANSING, MICH.
Chicago Office
Room C03
117 No. Dearborn
New York Office
Globe Music Co.
1193 Broadway
THE TALK OF NEW YORK
CHAS. K. HARRIS' TWO BALLAD HITS
"Don't You Wish You Were Back Home Again?"
"Not Till Then Will I Cease To Love Yon"
You can order them from your nearest
jobber, or direct from the Publisher
WALTER JACOBS
BOSTON, MASS.
Publisher of
"Kiss of Spring," "Some Day When Dreams Come 1 rue."
And Some Others World Famous.
DITSON
BERT ERROL
is his name and every critic
of note has enthusiastically
acclaimed him. His voice is
a perfect soprano - trained
to the most difficult thrill
- and he sings
"ISLE D'AMOUR 11
as never a man has ever sang
it before!!
AND
167 Tremont St.,
OLIVER
THE GREATEST FEMALE
Impersonator that ever
visited America is at the
Colonial Theatre, New York
City, all of this week.
COMPANY
BOSTON
NEW YORK
Anticipate and Supply Every Requirement of Music Dealers
WOTE-SMTH MUSK PUB. CO.
PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS, & ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 82-64 Stanhope St., Boston.
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago.
CHAS. K. HARRIS
Broadway and 47th Street
N e w York
MEYER C O H E N , M«r.
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Mnsic Engravers and Printers
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF TITLE
FOR ESTIMATE
226 W«st 26th Street, New York City
THE MUSIC TRADE
146
REVIEW
THE TRUE MISSION OF MUSIC.
"CENTURY"
The World's
Edition
of
The World's
Best
Music
Century Music Pub. Co.
231-235 West 40th St., New York City
TEN MOST POPULAR SONGS
When It's Apple Blossom Time
in Normandy.
Sailing Down the Chesapeake
Bay.
How Long Have You Been
Married ?
Anti-Ragtime Girl.
Sunshine and Roses.
Somebody Loves You.
What D'ye Mean You Lost Yer
Dog?
On a Good Old-Time Sleigh Ride.
When the Whole World Has
Gone Back on You Come to
Me.
Flow Along River Tennessee to
the Home of the Girl I Love.
Jerome H. Remick & Co.
219 W. 46th Street
68 Library Avenue
NEW YORK
DETROIT, MICH.
EVERY DEALER has had calls for
the Sensational Success
HESITATION WALTZ
by Klickman, composer of " Sing Me the
Rosary." Just off the Press and starting like
a whirlwind. Lay in your stock before the
CYCLONE HITS YOU. Ready for Orchestra
BEAUTIFUL BALLAD
JUST LIKE THE ROSE YOU GAVE
by E. Clinton Keithley (composer of
"Garland of Old Fashioned Roses")
It has that gripping melody that "picks at the
strings of the Heart." (Song Orchestration
Ready)
ANOTHER WINNER
I WAS SEEING NELLIE HOME
by E. Clinton Keithley
Fine Lyric and Melody. Brings back old
—
memories
(Song Orchestration Ready)
Salable Songs: ART TITLE PAGES
MCKINLEY MUSIC CO.
1501 East 55th Street
8 0 Fifth Avenue
CHICAGO, ILLS.
NEW YORK
Alatar Szendrei, Conductor of the Century
Opera Company, Gives His Views on the
So-called "Music of the Future."
Under the title, "The Future of Music and the
Music of the Future," Alatar Szendrei, conductor
OL the Century Opera Co., contributed the follow-
ing interesting article to a late issue of the Century
Opera Weekly:
"Of the three elements which constitute what is
known as music-^melody, harmony and rhythm—-
only the last named has survived in ultra-modern
compositions. 'Advanced' composers exhibit, in
fact, a surprising virtuosity in the handling of
rhythm and a remarkable inventive genius in the
creation of new rhythms. Tonality they wilfully
ignore, and they revei in unexpected sequences of
tortured chords and empty, anaemic phrases. Ravel-
ings of motives have taken the place of strong
and healthy musical thoughts.
"Take that typical example of modernism in
music, Debussy's 'Pelleas and Melisande.' I would
like to know whether there ever was in any audi-
ence one single individual who could enjoy that
musical transcription of sub-conscious moods,
those tone-pictures painted in gray upon gray. I
would like to meet the professional musician who,
without a previous study, could understand and
appreciate that work at a first hearing.
"Then remember the atrocities which mar even
the lyric passages of Strauss' 'Elektra.' Remember
the sinister broodings of Reger's muse. And De-
bussy, Strauss and Reger are really the three gods
of so-called modernism. The numberless demigods,
who imitate more or less cleverly their manner and
their outward form, are worse yet.
"Instead of bringing joy, exhilaration and uplift
to men (the true mission of music), the works of
these modern composers aim at unnerving, crush-
ing and annihilating the listener. A thorough-
going condemnation of such tendencies, however,
does not imply, by any means, an approval of the
everlasting melody dear to Italian hearts, nor of
the effete sweetishness characteristic of Massenet.
"In my opinion, all of this exaggeration is
merely the storm which will finally clear the at-
mosphere. A reaction will follow the present orgy
of musical egotism and of musical ugliness. This
reaction will be so complete that whatever is now
glorified as 'the music of the future' will be laughed
at as the music of the past. Nor is this advent a
thing of the distant future. It has begun already
and in the very stronghold of modernism. For
Strauss himself has seen a light and his 'Rosen-
kavalier,' incomparably superior to 'Salome' and
'Elektra,' marks the opening of a new chapter in
Strauss' musical biography. Or has he merely
given up the hope that every new work of his
would out-Strauss the preceding ones?"
Berlin is becoming quite a center for Americans
of musical tendencies, and at the Royal Conserva-
tory last week a symphonic poem for solo voices,
chorus and orchestra, by Arthur Fickenscher, a
San Francisco composer, received its premiere.
The work made a remarkable impression, promi-
nent musicians classing it with the masterpieces of
Franck and Brahms. The composer conducted his
own work.
BUY YOUR rVUJSrC FROM
BOSTON
LEO. FEIST, Inc., - NEW YORK
A WAY TO COMPOSE SUCCESSFULLY.
Reginald DeKoven Awarded $5,000 Because the
Shuberts Failed to Produce One of His Operas
at the Lyric Theater Last Season.
There are apparently more ways for a successful
composer to make money than for him to compose
music for it, if the case of Reginald De Koven Is
to be accepted as an example. Some time ago the
Shuberts agreed to produce a De Koven opera each
season at the Lyric Theater during their lease of
that theater and give De Koven 10 per cent, of the
profits in addition to the rental. The Shuberts for
some reason failed to produce a De Koven opera
at the Lyric last season and as a result has
awarded De Koven $5,000 to make up for the over-
sight of the managers. When one considers the
uncertain success met with by musical plays during
the past two seasons, it would appear that Mr. De
Koven is to be congratulated upon being sure of
his money.
You Won t Believe It, But-
after we had seen so much obscene, we tore the "rags"
from "Rag-time," then plucked the "sick" from
"Classic" and knocked a different kind of "sick" out
of "Music"—the result was FIVE OLD-FASHIONED,
GOOD SONGS—Retail, 10 cents.
Then we "Whooped her u p " into regular "seven-
come-eleven time" and what we have to show for that
is a folio of SIXTEEN real, live, GENUINE COL-
LEGE SONGS—In folio, retail, 50 cents.
Ask about them. Ask to see them.
ASSOCIATED SONG WRITERS
LANSING, MICH.
Chicago Office
Room C03
117 No. Dearborn
New York Office
Globe Music Co.
1193 Broadway
THE TALK OF NEW YORK
CHAS. K. HARRIS' TWO BALLAD HITS
"Don't You Wish You Were Back Home Again?"
"Not Till Then Will I Cease To Love Yon"
You can order them from your nearest
jobber, or direct from the Publisher
WALTER JACOBS
BOSTON, MASS.
Publisher of
"Kiss of Spring," "Some Day When Dreams Come 1 rue."
And Some Others World Famous.
DITSON
BERT ERROL
is his name and every critic
of note has enthusiastically
acclaimed him. His voice is
a perfect soprano - trained
to the most difficult thrill
- and he sings
"ISLE D'AMOUR 11
as never a man has ever sang
it before!!
AND
167 Tremont St.,
OLIVER
THE GREATEST FEMALE
Impersonator that ever
visited America is at the
Colonial Theatre, New York
City, all of this week.
COMPANY
BOSTON
NEW YORK
Anticipate and Supply Every Requirement of Music Dealers
WOTE-SMTH MUSK PUB. CO.
PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS, & ENGRAVERS OF MUSIC
Main Offices: 82-64 Stanhope St., Boston.
Branch Houses: New York and Chicago.
CHAS. K. HARRIS
Broadway and 47th Street
N e w York
MEYER C O H E N , M«r.
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Mnsic Engravers and Printers
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OF TITLE
FOR ESTIMATE
226 W«st 26th Street, New York City
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