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THE
DECEMBER 11, 1920
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
SIGMUND SPAETH A COMPOSER
FRED FISHER A VERSATILE WRITER
Noted Critic Contributes Several Lyrics of Merit
to Current Musical Literature
Has Won High Position as Lyricist, Composer
and Publisher—Plans for 1921 Assure Good
Representation for His Organization
At her American debut in a recital at Aeolian
Fred Fisher, who about twenty years ago
Hall on October 12, Miss Marguerite Morgan
included in her program Franz Lehar's "Signs started his career as a song writer, finds himself
in" 1920 a suc-
of Spring," the lyric of which was written by
cessful
lyricist,
Sigmund Spaeth. This celebrated musical critic
composer a n d
has been contributing the words to quite a few
publisher.
very excellent songs, among which may be men-
Among his first
tioned "Querida," by Seismit-Doda, which Titta
songs were "If
Ruffo featured at his recent Hippodrome concert.
the Man in the
As a translator he is not less prominent, for in
Moon Were a
this sphere may be mentioned "The Madrigal
C o o n , " "My
of May," from the "Jest," which has been re-
B r u d d e r Syl-
corded, and, to mention something on a larger
vest'," "Any Lit-
scale, Wagnerian music dramas which are to be
tle Girl Is a Nice
produced this season at the Metropolitan Opera
Little G i r l , "
House.
"When I Get
You Alone To-
n i g h t " and
"There's a Lit-
WOW! WHAT A TUNE IS
tle S p a r k of
Fred Fisher
Love Still Burn-
ing." We might also mention such numbers as
"Peg o' My Heart," "Who Paid the Rent for
Mrs. Rip Van Winkle?" "I'm on My Way to
Mandalay" and "They Go Wild, Simply Wild,
Over Me."
All of the above and many more are Fisher
creations
of the past. More recently his identifi-
By Joe McKiernan and Norman Spencer
ON ALL LEADING MECHANICALS
"Some Sensational Song"
elected from the
UBAN
MOON
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cation with "Dardanella" and "Daddy, You've
Been a Mother to Me," has eclipsed any previous
record he ever held.
Under the plans of his organization for the
coming season, it is said that the Fisher posi-
tion, which is a leading one, will be strengthened,
for he is now the publisher of "Broadway Rose"
and some other current hits. A list of new Fred
Fisher songs is to be released shortly.
FOUR AUTHORS TO ONE SONG
Paul Whiteman, the well-known orchestra
leader, now being featured at the Palais Royal;
Tom Pitts, Ray Eagen and Roy K. Marsh are
the writers of the new fox-trot song "I Never
Knew," published by Leo Feist, Inc. The num-
ber has already shown great popularity.
Irving Berlin recently returned from French
Lick Springs, Ind., where he completed the new
"Irving Berlin Revue," which is to open at his
new "Music Box" Theatre.
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