Music Trade Review
Issue: 1913 Vol. 57 N. 5 - Page 51
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
GUS EDWARDSJSTAYS BANKRUPT.
ARE YOU ?
T o keep in line with
the demands of the
times, you must sell
Century Edition
Ten Cent Sheet Music
Referee's Reason for Refusing to Recommend
Discharge of Former Publisher.
William H. Willis, referee in bankruptcy, has
recommended that a discharge from bankruptcy be
denied to Gus Edwards, music publisher, song
composer and theatrical producer, formerly of
1531 Broadway, against whom an involuntary pe-
tition was filed on Feb. 8, 1910. On the same day
petitions were filed also against the Gus Edwards
Music Publishing Co. and Lillian A. Edwards. His
liabilities were $34,854 and there were no assets.
The referee decided that Edwards had assigned
five vaudeville acts to James E. McClees, of Phil-
adelphia, to conceal them from his creditors. Ed-
wards did not include them in his schedules. The
referee hdd also that an assignment of songs
made by Edwards for the company was made to
conceal them from creditors, with the exception of
the song "By the Light of the Silvery Moon,"
which was the property of the Gus Edwards Mu-
sic Publishing Co., and which was sold for $7,000
to Jerome H. Remick in November, 1909.
TABLOID TRUTHS
"EXCLUSIVE SONG" THE THING
Century Music Pub. Co.
1178 Broadway
New York City
When it's Apple Blossom Time
In Normandy.
Sunshine and Roses.
You're a Great Big Blue Eyed
Baby.
You Can't Stop Me From Lov-
ing You.
How Could I Know That You
Loved Me?
The Perfume of the Flowers.
I'll Get You.
I'm on the Jury.
That Old Girl of Mine.
That Tango Tokio.
Jerome H. Remick & Co.
219 W. 46th Street
68 Library Avenue
NEW YORK
DETROIT, MICH.
We are the publishers of the
European Success
Un Peu D'Amour
(A Little love, a little kiss)
Song Arrangement (French and
English Words)
Piano Solo Arrangement
Write for Terms
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St., - NEW YORK
347 Yonge St.,
-
TORONTO
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD
that Chris Columbus discov-
ered America on October Z>
1492. This may be all well
and true, but in the language
of the classics, "Ich ga
bibble!"
What we DO KNOW is that
MARIE RUSSELL
just discovered our bootiful
ballad
"THE CURSE OF AN ACHING
HEART"
and that it is now one of
the "Home Runs" of her act!
In Vaudeville Next Season, Say the Wise Ones
—Shy at Published Numbers That Travel
Faster Than They Can—But Nevertheless
"We Shall See What We Shall See."
The "exclusive soiig" will be the thing next sea-
son in vaudeville from all accounts, says Variety.
Singers on the variety stage are commencing to
shy at the published number which travels faster
than they can. Singers zig-zagging around the
country find that almost'the second week they have
a song in the act the same number was heard the
week before, just the same.
A popular hit nowadays is sung all over imme-
diately. The melody is dinned into the public's
ears until the song and the singer are through al-
most as quickly.
That music publishers are commencing to appre-
ciate this is best indicated by offers of publishers
here and there to furnish favored turns with ex-
clusive or restricted numbers by their staff of
writers. The "restricted" soog is promised to one
singer and no other until generally placed on the
stage market. This acts much as a number in a
production. The exclusive song delivered by the
publisher is for the singing rights only, publisher
reserving the publishing rights.
Music publishers have been holding singers
through a weekly payment equivalent to a salary,
for singing the publisher's songs. Vaudeville acts
have been accepting this money in the belief it was
added profit for them, but have gradually com-
menced to understand that through the acceptance
and the continual singing of published numbers,
they were only competing with others having the
same repertoire for the most part, besides losing
the distinctiveness an exclusive song hit would give
them. In other words, this "standing still" or
"going back" has cost vaudeviJle acts more in
salary or refusal of increase by the managers than
the weekly payment of the publishers amount to.
Any number of acts now are looking for ex-
clusive songs and exclusive song writers, of which
there are not many over here just now, although
songs and vaudeville on this side are leaning more
toward the English idea, which is to purchase a
song outright.
You can't expect more from a pig than a
grunt!
LEO. FEIST, Inc., - NEW YORK
"THE TANGO PRINCESS."
"The Tango Princess" is the name of the newest
German operetta. It emanates from the pen of
Jean Gilbert, the creator of "The Girl in the Taxi,"
who is now the most successful composer of op-
erettas in this country. The piece will be per-
formed in the coming season at the Thalia Theater
oi Berlin.
OFF TO THE MAINE WOODS.
Louis Bernstein, nf Shapiro, Bernstein &. Co.,
Broadway and Thirty-ninth street, New York, de-
parted on Monday for Maine, where he will spend
two or three weeks fishing.
MAKING_BIG HIT.
Lulu Glascr, assisted by Tom Richards in their
operetta, "First Love," is securing a big hit with
"Kiss, Kiss, Kiss," published by Leo Feist. She
tours the continent, beginning September 10.
TO BE SUNG IN BOSTON.
Richard Zandonai, the young Italian composer,
has finished his new opera, "Francesca da Rimini,"
to which d'Annunzio has written the libretto in
verse, and both composer and librettist will come
to America to assist in the production of the new
work to be given at the Boston Opera House in
the fall.
THE TALK OF NEW YORK
CHAS. K. HARRIS' TWO FAIIAD HITS
"Don't You Wish You Were Back Home Again?"
AND
BROADENING SPHERE OF ACTIVITY.
"Not Till Then Will I Cease To Love You"
Irving Berlin, the author of "Alexander's Rag-
time Band" and a number of more recent ragtime
successes, has arrived from London, where he has
been looking after the business end of his music
publishing. He appeared in the music halls with
some of his newest songs and incidentally made
arrangements for the production in London of a
new light, opera by Leoncavallo. The production
will mark Mr. Berlin's first appearance as a pro-
ducer and a wide jump from ragtime. Mr. Berlin
had his accompanist, Clifford Hess, with him, and
they appeared at three concerts on the "Kronprinz;
Wilhelm."
You can order them from your nearest
jobber, or direct from the Publisher
CHAS. K. HARRIS
Broadway and 47th Street
New York
MEYER COHEN, Mgr.
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engravers and Printers
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OK TITLE
FOR ESTIMATE
226 West 26th Street, New YorK City
51
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
GUS EDWARDSJSTAYS BANKRUPT.
ARE YOU ?
T o keep in line with
the demands of the
times, you must sell
Century Edition
Ten Cent Sheet Music
Referee's Reason for Refusing to Recommend
Discharge of Former Publisher.
William H. Willis, referee in bankruptcy, has
recommended that a discharge from bankruptcy be
denied to Gus Edwards, music publisher, song
composer and theatrical producer, formerly of
1531 Broadway, against whom an involuntary pe-
tition was filed on Feb. 8, 1910. On the same day
petitions were filed also against the Gus Edwards
Music Publishing Co. and Lillian A. Edwards. His
liabilities were $34,854 and there were no assets.
The referee decided that Edwards had assigned
five vaudeville acts to James E. McClees, of Phil-
adelphia, to conceal them from his creditors. Ed-
wards did not include them in his schedules. The
referee hdd also that an assignment of songs
made by Edwards for the company was made to
conceal them from creditors, with the exception of
the song "By the Light of the Silvery Moon,"
which was the property of the Gus Edwards Mu-
sic Publishing Co., and which was sold for $7,000
to Jerome H. Remick in November, 1909.
TABLOID TRUTHS
"EXCLUSIVE SONG" THE THING
Century Music Pub. Co.
1178 Broadway
New York City
When it's Apple Blossom Time
In Normandy.
Sunshine and Roses.
You're a Great Big Blue Eyed
Baby.
You Can't Stop Me From Lov-
ing You.
How Could I Know That You
Loved Me?
The Perfume of the Flowers.
I'll Get You.
I'm on the Jury.
That Old Girl of Mine.
That Tango Tokio.
Jerome H. Remick & Co.
219 W. 46th Street
68 Library Avenue
NEW YORK
DETROIT, MICH.
We are the publishers of the
European Success
Un Peu D'Amour
(A Little love, a little kiss)
Song Arrangement (French and
English Words)
Piano Solo Arrangement
Write for Terms
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St., - NEW YORK
347 Yonge St.,
-
TORONTO
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD
that Chris Columbus discov-
ered America on October Z>
1492. This may be all well
and true, but in the language
of the classics, "Ich ga
bibble!"
What we DO KNOW is that
MARIE RUSSELL
just discovered our bootiful
ballad
"THE CURSE OF AN ACHING
HEART"
and that it is now one of
the "Home Runs" of her act!
In Vaudeville Next Season, Say the Wise Ones
—Shy at Published Numbers That Travel
Faster Than They Can—But Nevertheless
"We Shall See What We Shall See."
The "exclusive soiig" will be the thing next sea-
son in vaudeville from all accounts, says Variety.
Singers on the variety stage are commencing to
shy at the published number which travels faster
than they can. Singers zig-zagging around the
country find that almost'the second week they have
a song in the act the same number was heard the
week before, just the same.
A popular hit nowadays is sung all over imme-
diately. The melody is dinned into the public's
ears until the song and the singer are through al-
most as quickly.
That music publishers are commencing to appre-
ciate this is best indicated by offers of publishers
here and there to furnish favored turns with ex-
clusive or restricted numbers by their staff of
writers. The "restricted" soog is promised to one
singer and no other until generally placed on the
stage market. This acts much as a number in a
production. The exclusive song delivered by the
publisher is for the singing rights only, publisher
reserving the publishing rights.
Music publishers have been holding singers
through a weekly payment equivalent to a salary,
for singing the publisher's songs. Vaudeville acts
have been accepting this money in the belief it was
added profit for them, but have gradually com-
menced to understand that through the acceptance
and the continual singing of published numbers,
they were only competing with others having the
same repertoire for the most part, besides losing
the distinctiveness an exclusive song hit would give
them. In other words, this "standing still" or
"going back" has cost vaudeviJle acts more in
salary or refusal of increase by the managers than
the weekly payment of the publishers amount to.
Any number of acts now are looking for ex-
clusive songs and exclusive song writers, of which
there are not many over here just now, although
songs and vaudeville on this side are leaning more
toward the English idea, which is to purchase a
song outright.
You can't expect more from a pig than a
grunt!
LEO. FEIST, Inc., - NEW YORK
"THE TANGO PRINCESS."
"The Tango Princess" is the name of the newest
German operetta. It emanates from the pen of
Jean Gilbert, the creator of "The Girl in the Taxi,"
who is now the most successful composer of op-
erettas in this country. The piece will be per-
formed in the coming season at the Thalia Theater
oi Berlin.
OFF TO THE MAINE WOODS.
Louis Bernstein, nf Shapiro, Bernstein &. Co.,
Broadway and Thirty-ninth street, New York, de-
parted on Monday for Maine, where he will spend
two or three weeks fishing.
MAKING_BIG HIT.
Lulu Glascr, assisted by Tom Richards in their
operetta, "First Love," is securing a big hit with
"Kiss, Kiss, Kiss," published by Leo Feist. She
tours the continent, beginning September 10.
TO BE SUNG IN BOSTON.
Richard Zandonai, the young Italian composer,
has finished his new opera, "Francesca da Rimini,"
to which d'Annunzio has written the libretto in
verse, and both composer and librettist will come
to America to assist in the production of the new
work to be given at the Boston Opera House in
the fall.
THE TALK OF NEW YORK
CHAS. K. HARRIS' TWO FAIIAD HITS
"Don't You Wish You Were Back Home Again?"
AND
BROADENING SPHERE OF ACTIVITY.
"Not Till Then Will I Cease To Love You"
Irving Berlin, the author of "Alexander's Rag-
time Band" and a number of more recent ragtime
successes, has arrived from London, where he has
been looking after the business end of his music
publishing. He appeared in the music halls with
some of his newest songs and incidentally made
arrangements for the production in London of a
new light, opera by Leoncavallo. The production
will mark Mr. Berlin's first appearance as a pro-
ducer and a wide jump from ragtime. Mr. Berlin
had his accompanist, Clifford Hess, with him, and
they appeared at three concerts on the "Kronprinz;
Wilhelm."
You can order them from your nearest
jobber, or direct from the Publisher
CHAS. K. HARRIS
Broadway and 47th Street
New York
MEYER COHEN, Mgr.
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
Music Engravers and Printers
SEND MANUSCRIPT AND IDEA OK TITLE
FOR ESTIMATE
226 West 26th Street, New YorK City
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