Music Trade Review

NEW YORK, JUNE 7, 1919
SCHIRMER'S SIGN UP LEE ROBERTS
Well-Known Composer and Music Roll Man
Signs Contract Wirth Prominent Publishers
G. Schirmer, Inc., haye
signed contracts with
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Lee S. Roberts, the weN-known compos e r, to
publish hi , works for a term of three years.
\ I"hile Mr. R o berts is most widely known as the
compos er of " Smiles," one of the biggest-selling
songs of a ll time, this by no means completes
his history as a successful writer, as he is the
Lee S. Roberts
author of numerous works having large sales.
Among these are "Littl e Birch Canoe" and
" A ft e r All."
In addition it is understood he is writing mu-
TO 6000 McKINLEY AGENTS
46 New Numbers
and New Catalogs
Now Ready for 1919
YOU ARE SURE TO HAVE CALLS
Better MUllic, Better Paper, Better Title.
for a musical show to be produced this fall.
This and the fact that many in the trade believe
that all of his works , a s indeed most of them in
the past ha ve, can be retail ed at 30 cents is what
probabl y sugge s ted the idea to the house of
Schirmer to sign him up .
Lee Roberts , besides his success in the song
writing field, is vic e-president of th e Q R S
Co., one of the largest manufacturers of music
rolls in the \"orld and' one that is constantly
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Joseph W. Stern & Co. Secure the Rights to
Barrymore Number "Madrigal of May"
Joseph W. Stern & Co. hav e r e ccntly com­
pleted arrangements with Mallfice N itke, mu­
sical director for Arthur Hopkins' sensiltional
st"ge production, "The Jest," now p laying at the
Plymouth Theater, Ne\\ York, and featuring
John and Lionel Barrymore, wh e r e by they will
grov"ll1g.
pl,blish the sweet and melodious number entitled
"Madrigal of May." sung by John Barrymore
MANUEL KLEIN PASSES AWAY
at each performallcc.
Prominen t Musical Director and Composer Dies
:vlaurice Nitke is a violinist and compo ser of
After Long Illness
ex ceptional merit. and in addition to writing the
incidental music for "The Jest," he wrote all the
Manuel Klein, known to thousands as the mu­ mus ic for that sensationa l play, "Redemp tion,"
sical director of the Hippodrome from 1904 until
w hi ch rail for si x months at the Manhattan
1913, died SUllda y at a sanitar ium in Yonkers.
Opera HOllse and w hich wi ll shortly tour the
He had long, been ill, his sickness dating from a . enited States. He has a lso composed music for
night in London, wilen the Gayety Theatre, of such prominent and celebrated artists as Guy
which he wa, mllsical director, was bomb ed by Bates Post and Margaret .'\ nglin anci wrote most
a Zeppelin.
of the ml\sic in l<.ichard Walton Tully's greatest
Mr. Klein was forty-two years old, was born
S\.1ccess , "Olllar the Tentmaker." Stern & Co.
in ~ew York, a nd was the brother of Charles
will publish all of Mr. Nitk e's numbers.
Klein, pla y\v right, who was lost with the "Lusi­
tallia."
BIG ATTENDANCE PREDICTED
Manuel had a sOLlnd musical education.
He
wrote se veral w ell -known so ngs of the more se­
Con ven tion of Sheet Music Dealers Will Have
rioLls t y pe, in addition to his lighter ou tput .
Record Attendance
Of these latter lIippodrome goers will remem­
ber "Lucia" and "The Whole Year Round ."
According to a ll ' r e ports the coming conven­
Mr. Klei n also wrote the comic operas "Mr. tion of the Nationa l :\ssociation of Sheet Music
Pickwick," "The :Man From Now," "The Top 0' Dealers next 'weck will be the best attended in
the \;Yorld" and "The Pied Piper."
~hc history of th e o rganization.
The dealers
h3.ve closed a most prosperous season, and the
The music for a new musical show by Joe outlook for a continuance of good business for
McCarthy and Harry Tierney, which will prob­ the balance of the year, aild indee d for the next
ably be pro duced the coming' fall, has been ac­ few years, is most promising. This general
cepted for publication by Leo Feist, Inc.
prosperity is no doubt the main reason for th e
promised la rge gathering.
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Artmusic Gems
"Forever Is A Long,
Long Time"
"When the Evening
Bells Are Ringing"
"Oh! You Don't Know
What You're Missin'"
"Waters of Venice"
(Instrumental)
"Floating Down the
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