Music Trade Review
Issue: 1923 Vol. 76 N. 10 - Page 45
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MARCH 10,
THE MUSIC TRADE
1923
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RESOLUTIONS ON_FISCHER'S DEATH
KRESGE DISPLAYS CREATE SALES
NEW CANADIAN^OPYRIOHT BILL
Boston Music Publishers' Association Pays
Tribute to Memory of Carl Fischer
Toledo Store Features Feist Number, 'Crying
for You," in Striking Window Display
Dominion Parliament Considering Act Which
Will Provide for Mechanical Royalties of
5 Per Cent on Retail Prices
The following resolutions were passed by the
Boston Music Publishers' Association, Boston,
Mass., on the death of the late Carl Fischer at
the last meeting of that organization, held on
February 20:
"Carl Fischer deserved the success he at-
tained. He laid a thorough foundation of knowl-
edge and experience and built upon it an en-
during superstructure of accomplishment and
service. He formulated his own ideals and then
lived up to them.
"His dreams came true because they were
wholesome and uplifting and he worked with
painstaking and untiring energy to bring about
their realization.
"His plan of work and service, and then of
more work and better service, has endeared
him through his business career to his Golden
Jubilee and until the sad day of his passing
to his many employes and countless friends,
and we, the members of the Boston Music Pub-
lishers' Association,
"Resolved that it is our belief that the world
is better for his having lived; that the cause
of music has been most creditably advanced by
him; that his example as a pioneer in this coun-
try in his chosen line of publication has been
of the greatest benefit not only to musicians,
but to other publishers; that his character and
lovable qualities are worthy of emulation and
that we, his friends and business associates, shall
miss him with sincere feelings of regret.
"And it is further resolved that these resolu-
tions be spread upon the records of the Boston
Music Publishers' Association, and that copies
be sent to his bereaved family, to the firm of
Carl Fischer and to the music trade press.
"Committee of Resolutions: Clarence A.
Woodman, chairman; Walter M. Bacon, W.
Deane Preston, Jr."
The S. S. Kresge Store, Toledo, O., has been
running a series of window displays for weekly
periods which have attracted more than usual
attention. The management of the store, seem-
ingly, believes that attractive windows changed
frequently create sales, lure customers into the
store and to the music counter who would not
"Crying for You" Display
otherwise be attracted. One of the latest of
these series was a full display on the new Leo
Feist, Inc., song, "Crying for You." The accom-
panying illustration gives a general idea of the
attractive manner, in which title pages of this
song were arranged. The placard carrying the
title is set in the center and a large doll appears
on a miniature stage. On either side large
electric bulbs light up the window at night,
giving the doll the appearance of a professional
vaudevillian singing the ballad. Altogether it
was a unique use of news interest.
OTTAWA, CANADA, March 3.—James A. Robb,
Minister of Trade and Commerce, recently in-
troduced in Parliament a new copyright bill, at
the suggestion of the Canadian Authors' and
Composers' Society, providing for royalties on
the mechanical reproduction of musical com-
positions. Heretofore, no songwriter or pub-
lisher has received revenue for any music roll
or record made in this country. This applies
to British and American composers, as well as
Canadians. A copyright act was passed in 1921
which had never been proclaimed. There were
several resolutions presented urging an amend-
ment to the 1921 copyright act and these have
been withdrawn.
The new copyright law calls for 5 per cent
royalty to the copyright proprietor based on
the highest retail price per roll and record. If
the bill is passed and approved in its present
form the royalty on individual records sold to
the public will be much larger than that now
obtained in the United States. The percentage
is the same as is now generally prevalent in
the British Empire.
GOVERNOR SMITH A "SONG PLUGGER"
ALBANY, N. Y., March 6.—Governor Smith told
callers to-day that he had become a successful
"song plugger."
To support his statement he read a letter
from Charles B. Lawlor, author of "The Side-
walks of New York," stating that the Governor
had brought the ballad back into popularity and
that as a result the author, aged and blind, had
been able to get a vaudeville engagement to
sing the ditty after a long period of unem-
ployment. "The Sidewalks of New York" is
one of those songs that came back.
you, La -dy But-tep - f l y
bu cant go i?rpng
r^
^-^ L ,
The Irresistiblefox-trot.
Y. Hit from Oliver Moroscd's
_Q Radiant Musical Comedy
"t/a* » • Success"Lady Butterfly"
MARCH 10,
THE MUSIC TRADE
1923
»r r r r
Car-o-1in-a
43
REVIEW
-e-
Mam-my
I'm lon£- in for you — C a r - o - h n - a Mam-rny
Carolina
Ma mm
A Real Southern
Mammy Son&
'You cant £
Withany'FElSTson^V
RESOLUTIONS ON_FISCHER'S DEATH
KRESGE DISPLAYS CREATE SALES
NEW CANADIAN^OPYRIOHT BILL
Boston Music Publishers' Association Pays
Tribute to Memory of Carl Fischer
Toledo Store Features Feist Number, 'Crying
for You," in Striking Window Display
Dominion Parliament Considering Act Which
Will Provide for Mechanical Royalties of
5 Per Cent on Retail Prices
The following resolutions were passed by the
Boston Music Publishers' Association, Boston,
Mass., on the death of the late Carl Fischer at
the last meeting of that organization, held on
February 20:
"Carl Fischer deserved the success he at-
tained. He laid a thorough foundation of knowl-
edge and experience and built upon it an en-
during superstructure of accomplishment and
service. He formulated his own ideals and then
lived up to them.
"His dreams came true because they were
wholesome and uplifting and he worked with
painstaking and untiring energy to bring about
their realization.
"His plan of work and service, and then of
more work and better service, has endeared
him through his business career to his Golden
Jubilee and until the sad day of his passing
to his many employes and countless friends,
and we, the members of the Boston Music Pub-
lishers' Association,
"Resolved that it is our belief that the world
is better for his having lived; that the cause
of music has been most creditably advanced by
him; that his example as a pioneer in this coun-
try in his chosen line of publication has been
of the greatest benefit not only to musicians,
but to other publishers; that his character and
lovable qualities are worthy of emulation and
that we, his friends and business associates, shall
miss him with sincere feelings of regret.
"And it is further resolved that these resolu-
tions be spread upon the records of the Boston
Music Publishers' Association, and that copies
be sent to his bereaved family, to the firm of
Carl Fischer and to the music trade press.
"Committee of Resolutions: Clarence A.
Woodman, chairman; Walter M. Bacon, W.
Deane Preston, Jr."
The S. S. Kresge Store, Toledo, O., has been
running a series of window displays for weekly
periods which have attracted more than usual
attention. The management of the store, seem-
ingly, believes that attractive windows changed
frequently create sales, lure customers into the
store and to the music counter who would not
"Crying for You" Display
otherwise be attracted. One of the latest of
these series was a full display on the new Leo
Feist, Inc., song, "Crying for You." The accom-
panying illustration gives a general idea of the
attractive manner, in which title pages of this
song were arranged. The placard carrying the
title is set in the center and a large doll appears
on a miniature stage. On either side large
electric bulbs light up the window at night,
giving the doll the appearance of a professional
vaudevillian singing the ballad. Altogether it
was a unique use of news interest.
OTTAWA, CANADA, March 3.—James A. Robb,
Minister of Trade and Commerce, recently in-
troduced in Parliament a new copyright bill, at
the suggestion of the Canadian Authors' and
Composers' Society, providing for royalties on
the mechanical reproduction of musical com-
positions. Heretofore, no songwriter or pub-
lisher has received revenue for any music roll
or record made in this country. This applies
to British and American composers, as well as
Canadians. A copyright act was passed in 1921
which had never been proclaimed. There were
several resolutions presented urging an amend-
ment to the 1921 copyright act and these have
been withdrawn.
The new copyright law calls for 5 per cent
royalty to the copyright proprietor based on
the highest retail price per roll and record. If
the bill is passed and approved in its present
form the royalty on individual records sold to
the public will be much larger than that now
obtained in the United States. The percentage
is the same as is now generally prevalent in
the British Empire.
GOVERNOR SMITH A "SONG PLUGGER"
ALBANY, N. Y., March 6.—Governor Smith told
callers to-day that he had become a successful
"song plugger."
To support his statement he read a letter
from Charles B. Lawlor, author of "The Side-
walks of New York," stating that the Governor
had brought the ballad back into popularity and
that as a result the author, aged and blind, had
been able to get a vaudeville engagement to
sing the ditty after a long period of unem-
ployment. "The Sidewalks of New York" is
one of those songs that came back.
you, La -dy But-tep - f l y
bu cant go i?rpng
r^
^-^ L ,
The Irresistiblefox-trot.
Y. Hit from Oliver Moroscd's
_Q Radiant Musical Comedy
"t/a* » • Success"Lady Butterfly"
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