Music Trade Review
Issue: 1917 Vol. 65 N. 19 - Page 59
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THE
59
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CONDUCTED BY B. B. WILSON
LEO FEIST, INC., PAYS $25,000 FOR "OVER THERE"
Prominent Publishing Firm Pays Record Price for Patriotic Number Written by George M. Cohan
—Edgar F. Bitner Believes Song Will Reach Two Million Mark During the Coming Year
One of the biggest single deals, and probably
the very biggest ever put through in the music
The magnitude of the price can be realized
when it is considered that a complete opera,
THIS CHICK IS IN FULL PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTHeREUNDlR.EVIDe
OrWHICH CONSISTS Of ENDORSEMENT ON BACKOF CHICK.
NO OTHER R E C E I P T - O E S I R E D .
doubt been one of the leaders. It has been
adopted by military bands and by the soldiers
in camps and cantonments here and abroad, and
has enjoyed a most substantial sale. In an-
nouncing the purchase of the number Edgar F.
Ritner, general manager of Leo Feist, Inc., de-
VOUCHER NO. 1 4 1 2 9
IF INCORRECT PLEASE RETURN.
CHECK
£M>TWENTY fiVE THOUSAKB DOLLARS O O
LARS
°THE MUTUAL-BANK
NEW YORK.
Reproduction of Check for $25,000, Paid by Leo Feist, Inc., for All Rights to "Over There"
publishing field, was the purchase by Leo Feist, 5uch as one by Puccini, for instance, is fre- clares that "Over There" will reach the 2,000,000
Inc., on Saturday last, of the war song sensa- quently valued at $15,000 or less.
sales mark within the next eighteen months, par-
tion, "Over There," from Geo. M. Cohan, the
Of all the patriotic and war songs that have ticularly with the Feist sales organization back
writer of the song. The record price of $25,000 been issued since the United States declared of the number. The actual check for $25,000
was paid for the song, which, according to statis- war on Germany, and many of which have stood paid by Leo Feist, Inc., for the song is repro-
ticians, represents $161 a word and $138 a note. out prominently, "Over There" has without duced herewith.
PREMIERE OF "THE STAR GAZER"
SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS EXPLAINS
Franz Lehar's "Star Gazer," an operetta,
opened in the Majestic Theatre of Boston on
Tuesday night of this week. The piece had
an especially favorable reception. The music,
according to the consensus of opinion, was pro-
nounced the best since Lehar's>"Merry Widow."
The cast includes John Charles Thomas, Beth
Lydy and John Murray. The Karczag Publish-
ing Co., Inc., publish the score.
Issues Circular Setting Forth the Aims and
Purposes of the Organization
"I Don't Want to Get Well" Featured in Pic-
ture Form in the Boston Traveler
The American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers sent out a folder to orchestra
and band leaders and musicians throughout the
country explaining the purpose of the society
and its aims. The circular calls attention to the
conditions under which copyrighted music con-
trolled by society members may be played, and
quotes sections of the copyright law of the Con-
stitution and of the" Supreme Court decision
held to uphold the society's contention.
Leo Feist, Inc., kept the newspaper artists
and cartoonists busy during the past summer
making appropriate drawings for the popular
songs from the Feist catalog which had sprung
into national prominence. Now it seems they
are about to repeat with their new song, "I
Don't Want to Get Well." One of the newest
cartoons on the above song appeared in a re-
cent issue of the Boston Traveler in which Jack
Stern, the cartoonist of that paper, showed a
number of men of "Boston's Own Regiment" in
a camp hospital with a pretty nurse in attend-
ance, the soldiers abed singing the song.
The Hit
of the
Century
CHARLES DILLINGHAM
FRED|TONE
ANNE CALDWELL Q
R.H.BURNSIDE
Joe Howard's Greatest Success
SOMEWHERE
INFI
IS THE LILY
ccejr.?
THE WE.U. KNOWN
MUSIC BY
IVAN CARYLL
vJOS.E.
H0W\RD
LYRIC By
PHIUKDEKJOHNSON
M . WITMARK&SONS
N6W yWK, CHlCAW. fHiLAPElPHIA.
60>TOfl. %H f RAfKIXCt L W O f l .
M.WITMARK&SQNSS
CLEVER CARTOON ON FEIST SONG
JEROME H.REI1ICK&Cp:S
Sensational Song Hit
SONGS
FOR YOU A ROSE"
"SOME SUNDAY MORNING"
"SO LONG MOTHER"
"SAILING
AWAY
ON THE
HENRY
CLAY"
"DON'T TRY TO STEAL THE SWEET-
HEART OF A SOLDIER"
"ROCK-A-BYB LAND"
"MY MOTHER'S EYES"
"SWEET PETOOTIE"
"WAY DOWN THERE (A DIXIE BOY IS
MISSING)"
"SOUTHERN GALS"
"MAYBE SOMETIME"
"SO THIS IS DIXIE"
"THE BRAVEST HEART OF ALL"
'WHERE
THE
MORNING
GLORIES
GBOW"
•LAST NIGHT"
INSTRUMENTAL
"IN THE SPOTLIGHT" (Waltz)
"CUTE AND PRETTY" (Fox Trot)
"CAMOUFLAGE" (One Step)
"COLUMBIA" (One Step)
"SMILING SAMMY" (Fox Trot)
JEROME H. REM1CK & CO.
THE
59
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
CONDUCTED BY B. B. WILSON
LEO FEIST, INC., PAYS $25,000 FOR "OVER THERE"
Prominent Publishing Firm Pays Record Price for Patriotic Number Written by George M. Cohan
—Edgar F. Bitner Believes Song Will Reach Two Million Mark During the Coming Year
One of the biggest single deals, and probably
the very biggest ever put through in the music
The magnitude of the price can be realized
when it is considered that a complete opera,
THIS CHICK IS IN FULL PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTHeREUNDlR.EVIDe
OrWHICH CONSISTS Of ENDORSEMENT ON BACKOF CHICK.
NO OTHER R E C E I P T - O E S I R E D .
doubt been one of the leaders. It has been
adopted by military bands and by the soldiers
in camps and cantonments here and abroad, and
has enjoyed a most substantial sale. In an-
nouncing the purchase of the number Edgar F.
Ritner, general manager of Leo Feist, Inc., de-
VOUCHER NO. 1 4 1 2 9
IF INCORRECT PLEASE RETURN.
CHECK
£M>TWENTY fiVE THOUSAKB DOLLARS O O
LARS
°THE MUTUAL-BANK
NEW YORK.
Reproduction of Check for $25,000, Paid by Leo Feist, Inc., for All Rights to "Over There"
publishing field, was the purchase by Leo Feist, 5uch as one by Puccini, for instance, is fre- clares that "Over There" will reach the 2,000,000
Inc., on Saturday last, of the war song sensa- quently valued at $15,000 or less.
sales mark within the next eighteen months, par-
tion, "Over There," from Geo. M. Cohan, the
Of all the patriotic and war songs that have ticularly with the Feist sales organization back
writer of the song. The record price of $25,000 been issued since the United States declared of the number. The actual check for $25,000
was paid for the song, which, according to statis- war on Germany, and many of which have stood paid by Leo Feist, Inc., for the song is repro-
ticians, represents $161 a word and $138 a note. out prominently, "Over There" has without duced herewith.
PREMIERE OF "THE STAR GAZER"
SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS EXPLAINS
Franz Lehar's "Star Gazer," an operetta,
opened in the Majestic Theatre of Boston on
Tuesday night of this week. The piece had
an especially favorable reception. The music,
according to the consensus of opinion, was pro-
nounced the best since Lehar's>"Merry Widow."
The cast includes John Charles Thomas, Beth
Lydy and John Murray. The Karczag Publish-
ing Co., Inc., publish the score.
Issues Circular Setting Forth the Aims and
Purposes of the Organization
"I Don't Want to Get Well" Featured in Pic-
ture Form in the Boston Traveler
The American Society of Composers, Authors
and Publishers sent out a folder to orchestra
and band leaders and musicians throughout the
country explaining the purpose of the society
and its aims. The circular calls attention to the
conditions under which copyrighted music con-
trolled by society members may be played, and
quotes sections of the copyright law of the Con-
stitution and of the" Supreme Court decision
held to uphold the society's contention.
Leo Feist, Inc., kept the newspaper artists
and cartoonists busy during the past summer
making appropriate drawings for the popular
songs from the Feist catalog which had sprung
into national prominence. Now it seems they
are about to repeat with their new song, "I
Don't Want to Get Well." One of the newest
cartoons on the above song appeared in a re-
cent issue of the Boston Traveler in which Jack
Stern, the cartoonist of that paper, showed a
number of men of "Boston's Own Regiment" in
a camp hospital with a pretty nurse in attend-
ance, the soldiers abed singing the song.
The Hit
of the
Century
CHARLES DILLINGHAM
FRED|TONE
ANNE CALDWELL Q
R.H.BURNSIDE
Joe Howard's Greatest Success
SOMEWHERE
INFI
IS THE LILY
ccejr.?
THE WE.U. KNOWN
MUSIC BY
IVAN CARYLL
vJOS.E.
H0W\RD
LYRIC By
PHIUKDEKJOHNSON
M . WITMARK&SONS
N6W yWK, CHlCAW. fHiLAPElPHIA.
60>TOfl. %H f RAfKIXCt L W O f l .
M.WITMARK&SQNSS
CLEVER CARTOON ON FEIST SONG
JEROME H.REI1ICK&Cp:S
Sensational Song Hit
SONGS
FOR YOU A ROSE"
"SOME SUNDAY MORNING"
"SO LONG MOTHER"
"SAILING
AWAY
ON THE
HENRY
CLAY"
"DON'T TRY TO STEAL THE SWEET-
HEART OF A SOLDIER"
"ROCK-A-BYB LAND"
"MY MOTHER'S EYES"
"SWEET PETOOTIE"
"WAY DOWN THERE (A DIXIE BOY IS
MISSING)"
"SOUTHERN GALS"
"MAYBE SOMETIME"
"SO THIS IS DIXIE"
"THE BRAVEST HEART OF ALL"
'WHERE
THE
MORNING
GLORIES
GBOW"
•LAST NIGHT"
INSTRUMENTAL
"IN THE SPOTLIGHT" (Waltz)
"CUTE AND PRETTY" (Fox Trot)
"CAMOUFLAGE" (One Step)
"COLUMBIA" (One Step)
"SMILING SAMMY" (Fox Trot)
JEROME H. REM1CK & CO.
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