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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
NOVEMBER 30, 1918
A SUCCESS WITH TWO NATIONS
CONTEST FOR AMERICAN SONG
CHAPPELL'S HOME COMING SONG
J. H. Remick & Co. Featuring the French Hit
"Madelon" Very Energetically in This Country
—Provide Attractive Title Page
Hearst Papers Offer Prizes Aggregating $5,000
for Typical American Compositions
Prominent Publishers Round Out Their Series
of Wartime Hits With the Timely Number
"Then You'll Know You're Home"
Herewith is reproduced the new title page of
"Madelon," the big French success recently
taken over by Jerome H. Remick & Co. This
number, which is the most popular war song
ILL BE TOOTH
WHOLE RKIMtNT
The Hearst newspapers in the various cities
of the country are now conducting a song con-
test offering prizes totaling $5,000 for the best
national song that will express the spirit of the
American people.. No particular type of song
is specified, that being left to the contestants.
The contest is open* to all comers.
The first prize is $2,000, .the Second $1,000, the
third $500, the fourth $300, the fifth $200, and
ten prizes of $100 each. The contest closes
on January 1, and it is stated that a large num-
ber of MSS. have already been received.
FEIST SONGS ON MUSIC ROLLS
Standard Music Roll Co. Reproduces Advertise-
ment With List of Songs on Rolls
The half-page advertisement of Leo Feist,
Inc., run in the Saturday Evening Post and fea-
turing "You'll Find Old Dixieland in France,"
"The Rose of No Man's Land" and "I Ain't Got
Weary Yet," has been reproduced in enlarged
form corresponding to a full page, newspaper
size, by the Standard Music Roll Co., and dis-
tributed among its dealers by that company.
An order blank listing over a dozen hits in the
Standard Co. catalog is attached to the repro-
duction of the ad.
Title Page of "Madelon"
with the French soldiers, is also a favorite with
the American boys, so much so that almost with-
out exception boys over there who were for-
merly connected with American publishing
houses wrote to their firms encouraging them
to purchase the American rights. Al Bryan,
the well-known lyricist, has written the Ameri-
can version of the number, and the Remick firm
has given the number much publicity. The
trade in various sections of the country reports
it has already created a demand for itself, and
a very large sale of the number is already as-
sured.
STARS AT SONG CONTEST
The postponed Neapolitan song contest took
place at Carnegie Hall late last week. Prizes
donated by Caruso, Scotti, Amato and Papi, of
the Metropolitan Opera forces, were distributed
among a dozen contestants who, as composers,
were represented on the program.
Two sopranos and three tenors served as song
interpreters, and the contest was just getting
under way at a concert's customary quitting
hour. The prize givers were in the audience,
as were many of their fellow countrymen.
'JEROME H.REMICK&CO:S
Sensational Song Hit
All the boys returning from the other side
who have passed through England are hum-
ming or whistling the London song hit, "Wait-
ing," which is apparently the song of the peo-
ple there at the present time, having taken the
place of "Keep the Home Fires Rurning." It
is not a war song, but is psychologically popular
as the publishers there advertise it "It is in the
air"; whether they are referring to the psy-
chology of the sons or referring to the tune or
air is not mentioned.
Chappell's are now advertising the psycholog-
ical home-coming song success, "Then You'll
Know You're Home." Nothing sad or senti-
mental about this song, it has a swinging one-
step tune and goes with a "zip." The words of
the chorus are as follows:
"When you come to the turn where the home-lights burn,
Then you're close to home!
When you meet with a smile on that last long mile.
Then you're nearer home!
When a girl comes to meet you who prayed every day.
When you kiss the dear face of your old mother gray,
W hen her arms steal around you, and cares pass away,
Then you'll know you're home."
Chappell's now seem to think that they have
completed their cycle of war or timely songs;
they started with "It's a Long, Long Way to
Tipperary," followed up with "Keep the' Home
Fires Burning" (Till the Boys Come Home),
by arrangement with T. B. Harms & Francis,
Day & Hunter, secured rights to "Pack Up Your
Troubles
in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile,
ARTISTS USING ARTMUSIC SONGS
Smile"; the next in the cycle was "Waiting"
List of Prominent Concert Singers Who Are (When 1 Hear the Gate A-Swinging), and the
last in the cycle is the song referred to above,
Featuring That Company's Numbers
"Then You'll Know You're Home."
Amy Ashmore Clark, head of the concert de-
partment of Artmusic, Inc., is quite proud of JACOBS ISSUES NEW COBB NUMBER
the list of concert artists who are using num-
bers from her firm's catalog. Vernon Stiles, George S. Cobb's New Success, "Sunshine," Be-
who is now filling vaudeville engagements in
ing Featured by Boston Publisher
the leading houses of the country, is featuring
Walter Jacobs, the well-known music pub-
"Forever Is a Long, Long Time" and "Oh, You
Don't'Know What You're Missing," and Madam lisher of Boston, has just issued a most inter-
Chelson Ohrmen is programing "Waters of esting and attractive number entitled "Sunshine"
Venice" and "Forever." Other artists in the list with both words and music by George S. Cobb,
are Marguerita Sylva, Grace La Rue, Bessie ^iow connected with the Jacobs organization,
Wynne, Lillian Russell, Christie McDonald, and who has a score of successes to his credit.
Elizabeth Brice, Adele Rowland and Mary Nau- The number is not only melodious but has
lyrics that are sensible and fit in perfectly with
dain.
the music.
"WHEN I COME HOME
TO YOU"
Word* by WILL J. CALLAHAN
C. C. CHURCH & COMPANY
60 ALLYN ST., HARTFORD. CONN.
Succeuon to CHURCH. PAXSON & CO.. New York
Mmsic by FRANK H. GRET
3 Keys]
The Song of the Moment
AMMY LAD"
M. G. TEST
Hisb Voice
Low Voic*
HUNTZINGER & DILWORTH
159 West 57th Street
"KEEP THE HOME-
FIRES BURNING"
('Till the Boys Come Home)
NEW YORK
SONGS
"Madelon"
"Till We Meet Again"
"A Little Birch Canoe and You"
"Smiles"
ROBERT TELLER SONS & DORNER
"Blue Ridge Blues"
"Tackln' 'Em Down"
3 i l West 43d Street
"Give A Little Credit to The
Mavy"
"Comprenez-vous Papa"
"In thp Land Where Poppies
Bloom"
"Germany, You'll Soon Be Mo
Man's Land"
"Blue Bird"
"N'Everything"
"I'll Say She Does"
JEROME H. REMICK & CO.
Music Engravers and Printers
CHAPPELL & CO., Ltd.
41 East 34th St.
NEW YORK
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