Music Trade Review

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JANUARY 6,
1923
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
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CARO ROMA, FAMOUS COMPOSER, OPENS MUSIC STUDIO
One of the Best-known American Composers and Song Writers Opens Store and Studio in Pleasant
California Valley—Stock Devoted Entirely to Own Compositions
In a pleasant California valley and adjacent
to the busy railroad terminal at Oakland lies
the peaceful, sun-soaked little town of Fruit-
vale. It is here that Caro Roma, one of Amer-
ica's best-known composers and writers, has
made her new home, as well as the center of
her unceasing activities. It is an ideal spot
for an artist, where creative abilities thrive amid
congenial and inspiring surroundings. On a
prominent thoroughfare of the little town,
NEW YORK
"Oh, Lord, Remember Me," "The Silent Voice,"
"1 Am Thy God" and "Comfort Ye One An-
other," some of which Madame Roma wrote
both text and music, some the text only, but
the majority the music only; and among the
standard songs in America is devoting her time
and energies to the teaching of singing and the
vigorous promotion of her own brain creations
of every kind. Her stock is devoted entirely
to compositions and writings from her own pen,
an extremely comprehensive and varied stock, for
Madame Roma has from ISO to 200 published
compositions available, many of which are num-
bered among the staple best sellers of the day.
These include solos, duets, both secular and
The Song Shop Conducted by Caro Roma, Composer
through which thousands of tourists and auto- sacred, songs with violin or 'cello obbligato,
mobilists pass all the year round, Madame Roma song cycles and various poems, etc. Among
has opened her own exclusive music shop and the sacred numbers are such permanent favor-
studio, pictures of which are here reproduced. ites as "God Shall Wipe Away All Tears,"
Here the writer of some of the most popular "Grateful, O Lord, Am I," "I Come to Thee,"
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Caro Roma at the Piano
secular numbers there are steady sellers like
"Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin', Caroline?" "Bam-
boo Baby," "In the Garden of My Heart,"
"Resignation," "Faded Rose," "Ring Out, Sweet
Bells of Peace," "Thinking of Thee" and "My
Jean." Besides these there are song cycles,
such as "Shadows," "The Swan" and "The
Wandering One." All these are the leaders in
the Caro Roma catalog, whose infinite variety
is an eloquent tribute to the lady's remarkable
versatility.
Madame Roma reports that her business
is uniformly good and that she has never
been busier in all her busy life than she is
right now in her Fruitvale enterprise. Among
her other activities she finds time to act as
choir director of one of the local places of
worship. All the compositions enumerated in
this article and a great many more bear the
imprint of M. Witmark & Sons, who are
Madame Roma's exclusive publishers and the
steadily growing demand for her songs is an
indication of their popularity.
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WITMARK £. SONS WITMARK BUILDING • NEW YORK