Music Trade Review
Issue: 1919 Vol. 69 N. 25 - Page 49
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DECEMBER 20,
THE
1919
MUSIC
TRADE
47
REVIEW
CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
WHERE JAZZJSNOT POPULAR
Suggestiveness Entirely Lacking in the Na-
tional Music of Armenia, Says Writer
In an article upon the music of the Ar-
menians recently issued by the American Com-
mittee for Armenian and Syrian Relief by Haig
Gudenian, the writer says, in part, regarding
the high ethical character of such music:
"I said before that nothing reflects the soul
ol a nation more clearly than its music. This
is especially true of the Armenian music. In
its popular love songs, complaints and dances it
is as impossible to find an inclination toward
the sensual as in its classical church music.
The ethics have been so strong that the music
or the surrounding nations, mostly demoraliz-
ing, has been unable, through so many cen-
turies, to influence the music of Armenia. Even
with so many love songs it is impossible to find
one song which suggests an immoral thought
or the slightest impudicity. Quite the con-
trary, its love songs offer the image of the
purest customs. As an example let me interpret
one of the songs, 'Alaguiatz.' As the boys are
not allowed to make declaration of love to the
girls they used to go up on a mountain, 'Ala-
guiatz,' and pick a certain Oriental flower which
they brought to. the girl. This song repre-
sents a young native girl who, watching from
her window the approach of her love with these
blossoms, sings hec love song, a mixture of
sweet melancholy and exquisite loveliness. Can
one imagine a love-making purer than the one
with flowers and music?"
"HONEYMOON WALTZ" ON RECORDS
"Honeymoon Waltz" is one of the feature
numbers of the present Jos. W. Stern & Co.
catalog. The firm is giving it unusual publicity
and plans for its exploitation on a large scale are
well under way. The number seems to have met
the approval of the majority of the mechanical
reproduction companies, as all the leading roll
and record manufacturers have placed it in their
catalogs.
Victor Arden, of the Q R S Co., recently
recorded the number for his firm and it is un-
derstood they intend to feature it extensively.
SNYDER COMPOSES THE SCORE
Ted Snyder, of the firm of Waterson, Berlin
& Snyder, has written the mus'c for a musical
comedy which will be produced in the spring.
The book and lyrics of the piece will be by
Harry B. Smith.
Another Big One!
Music by
VICTOR JACOBI
Words by
WILLIAM LE BARON
CHAPPELL & CO, LTD., New York, London, Toronto, Melbourne
COMPOSER JOINS STIEFF FORCES
FEIST PUBLISHES NEW SCORE
John W. Wernett, Well-known Allentown Song
Writer and Pianist, Becomes Stieff Salesman
Music of "Monsieur Beaucaire" Issued by Leo
Feist, Inc.
John W. Wernett, a well-known pianist and
composer of Allentown, Pa., has joined the force
of the Stieff Piano Co. in that city. Mr. Wer-
nett has recently been released from the navy
and before the war was manager of the sheet
music department of the Keboch & Meyers
Music House. He has had considerable suc-
cess as a composer and in 1915 composed a two
act musical comedy called "The Cocoa Man,"
which contained sixteen musical numbers. Just
before joining the Stieff forces he was with the
J. A. Wuchter Music Co., but his ability as
a pianist brought about his connection with the
Stieff house.
"Monsieur Beaucaire," the musical play which
was brought to this country after having a most
successful run in London, had its premier at the
New Amsterdam Theatre on Thursday night of
last week. It was received enthusiastically and
the critics from the various New York papers
invariably praised the work. Leo Feist, Inc.,
publish the music of the score, the songs in-
cluding "Red Rose," "English Maids," "That's
a Woman's Way," "Gold and Blue and White,"
"Honor and Love," "Under the Moon," "Phil-
omel," "I Do Not Know," "When I Was a King
of Bath," "The Honors of War," "What Are
Names," "Lightly, Lightly" (duet), "Say No
More" (duet), "We Are Not Speaking Now"
(duet).
LIST SONGS USED BY McCORMACK
G. Ricordi & Co., Inc., have just issued a
folder featuring their numbers which are pro-
grammed by John McCormack. In addition
to thematics of the songs they also include the
record numbers of those works which have been
recorded. The pamphlet is issued in a form
that can be used readily by the trade and has
space for the dealers' imprint.
Thos. Hughes, sales manager of Shapiro,
Bernstein & Co., Inc., recently returned from a
two weeks' trip, visiting the trade centers in
the Middle West. While away he made it a
point to look over the branch offices of his com-
pany in the same territory.
ISSUE SNAPPY BULLETIN
"The Keynote" is the title of a monthly musi-
cal bulletin published by Aton's Music Store,
Sioux City, la. The November issue features the
more successful 30-cent numbers and carries
short descriptions of the works mentioned. In
addition to other material there is always to be
found in the Keynote several sparkling lines.
For instance, we find: "Lots of bum players get
by these days. When they hit a wrong note
folks think it's jazz." And again, "How would a
.song go with this title, 'She Hit Her Husband
on the Head and Found She Had Cracked a
Nut.'"
START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT!
Here's A Song Making Good on Its Merit
IN YOUR ARMS"
(BALLAD—FOX TROT)
ORDER DIRECT
or Through Your Jobber
RICHMOND
-PUBLISHER.
NEW YORK
HARRY COLLINS—Sales Manager
ORDER TODAY
DON'T DELAY
DECEMBER 20,
THE
1919
MUSIC
TRADE
47
REVIEW
CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
WHERE JAZZJSNOT POPULAR
Suggestiveness Entirely Lacking in the Na-
tional Music of Armenia, Says Writer
In an article upon the music of the Ar-
menians recently issued by the American Com-
mittee for Armenian and Syrian Relief by Haig
Gudenian, the writer says, in part, regarding
the high ethical character of such music:
"I said before that nothing reflects the soul
ol a nation more clearly than its music. This
is especially true of the Armenian music. In
its popular love songs, complaints and dances it
is as impossible to find an inclination toward
the sensual as in its classical church music.
The ethics have been so strong that the music
or the surrounding nations, mostly demoraliz-
ing, has been unable, through so many cen-
turies, to influence the music of Armenia. Even
with so many love songs it is impossible to find
one song which suggests an immoral thought
or the slightest impudicity. Quite the con-
trary, its love songs offer the image of the
purest customs. As an example let me interpret
one of the songs, 'Alaguiatz.' As the boys are
not allowed to make declaration of love to the
girls they used to go up on a mountain, 'Ala-
guiatz,' and pick a certain Oriental flower which
they brought to. the girl. This song repre-
sents a young native girl who, watching from
her window the approach of her love with these
blossoms, sings hec love song, a mixture of
sweet melancholy and exquisite loveliness. Can
one imagine a love-making purer than the one
with flowers and music?"
"HONEYMOON WALTZ" ON RECORDS
"Honeymoon Waltz" is one of the feature
numbers of the present Jos. W. Stern & Co.
catalog. The firm is giving it unusual publicity
and plans for its exploitation on a large scale are
well under way. The number seems to have met
the approval of the majority of the mechanical
reproduction companies, as all the leading roll
and record manufacturers have placed it in their
catalogs.
Victor Arden, of the Q R S Co., recently
recorded the number for his firm and it is un-
derstood they intend to feature it extensively.
SNYDER COMPOSES THE SCORE
Ted Snyder, of the firm of Waterson, Berlin
& Snyder, has written the mus'c for a musical
comedy which will be produced in the spring.
The book and lyrics of the piece will be by
Harry B. Smith.
Another Big One!
Music by
VICTOR JACOBI
Words by
WILLIAM LE BARON
CHAPPELL & CO, LTD., New York, London, Toronto, Melbourne
COMPOSER JOINS STIEFF FORCES
FEIST PUBLISHES NEW SCORE
John W. Wernett, Well-known Allentown Song
Writer and Pianist, Becomes Stieff Salesman
Music of "Monsieur Beaucaire" Issued by Leo
Feist, Inc.
John W. Wernett, a well-known pianist and
composer of Allentown, Pa., has joined the force
of the Stieff Piano Co. in that city. Mr. Wer-
nett has recently been released from the navy
and before the war was manager of the sheet
music department of the Keboch & Meyers
Music House. He has had considerable suc-
cess as a composer and in 1915 composed a two
act musical comedy called "The Cocoa Man,"
which contained sixteen musical numbers. Just
before joining the Stieff forces he was with the
J. A. Wuchter Music Co., but his ability as
a pianist brought about his connection with the
Stieff house.
"Monsieur Beaucaire," the musical play which
was brought to this country after having a most
successful run in London, had its premier at the
New Amsterdam Theatre on Thursday night of
last week. It was received enthusiastically and
the critics from the various New York papers
invariably praised the work. Leo Feist, Inc.,
publish the music of the score, the songs in-
cluding "Red Rose," "English Maids," "That's
a Woman's Way," "Gold and Blue and White,"
"Honor and Love," "Under the Moon," "Phil-
omel," "I Do Not Know," "When I Was a King
of Bath," "The Honors of War," "What Are
Names," "Lightly, Lightly" (duet), "Say No
More" (duet), "We Are Not Speaking Now"
(duet).
LIST SONGS USED BY McCORMACK
G. Ricordi & Co., Inc., have just issued a
folder featuring their numbers which are pro-
grammed by John McCormack. In addition
to thematics of the songs they also include the
record numbers of those works which have been
recorded. The pamphlet is issued in a form
that can be used readily by the trade and has
space for the dealers' imprint.
Thos. Hughes, sales manager of Shapiro,
Bernstein & Co., Inc., recently returned from a
two weeks' trip, visiting the trade centers in
the Middle West. While away he made it a
point to look over the branch offices of his com-
pany in the same territory.
ISSUE SNAPPY BULLETIN
"The Keynote" is the title of a monthly musi-
cal bulletin published by Aton's Music Store,
Sioux City, la. The November issue features the
more successful 30-cent numbers and carries
short descriptions of the works mentioned. In
addition to other material there is always to be
found in the Keynote several sparkling lines.
For instance, we find: "Lots of bum players get
by these days. When they hit a wrong note
folks think it's jazz." And again, "How would a
.song go with this title, 'She Hit Her Husband
on the Head and Found She Had Cracked a
Nut.'"
START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT!
Here's A Song Making Good on Its Merit
IN YOUR ARMS"
(BALLAD—FOX TROT)
ORDER DIRECT
or Through Your Jobber
RICHMOND
-PUBLISHER.
NEW YORK
HARRY COLLINS—Sales Manager
ORDER TODAY
DON'T DELAY
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