Music Trade Review

SEPTEMBER
THE
15, 1923
"Century"
Campaign
Is in
Full Sway
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New York
HOW TO WRITE APOPULAR BALLAD
Haydn Wood, Composer of "Roses of Picardy,"
Gives the Recipe for Successful Songs of the
Type in an Interview
Haydn Wood, composer of "Love's Garden of
Roses," "Bird of Love Divine" and the excep­
tionally popular "Roses of Picardy," which is
just comin g into its own, is a scion of musical
stock . He was born in 1882 at Slaithwaite, near
Hudd ersfield, England. At the age of fifteen he
gained an open three-years' scholarship at the
Royal College of Music, following which he
went to Brussels an d studied the violin under
Cesar Thomson. Later he visit ed Australia,
Canada, India and New Zealand.
During his student day s in th e Royal College
of Music Hadyn Wood distin guished himself by
gaining the Arthur Sullivan prize for composi­
tion. Subsequently, he won a prize in the first
Cobbett competition, his composition being an
original phantasy for a s trin g quartet. Other
composi tions of thi s period were an o rchestral
suit e, a pianoforte concerto and "Lochinvar,"
for chorus and orchestra.' He collaborated with
the late Paul Rubens in writing the music for
"Tina," and he was responsible for all the music
in th e production "Cas h on Delivery."
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He has other works to his credit, including
some quite lengthy. Several of his songs are
quite popular .in this country. Undoubtedly,
"Roses of Picardy" (Chappell-Harms, Inc.) ,will
give him a national introduction on a wide scale.
He has also written a few words regarding
popular songwriting, which a're given here:
"To write a really popular ballad, first of all
find words suitable for either sex. Write within
as limited a compass as possible and , think of
the amateur all the time; for, after all, he is the
one who buys the song: My most popular song, ,
'Roses of Pi cardy,' is written within a compass
of an octave and a semitone. It seems to me
necessary to write something simple enough for
,the amateur to sing and at the same time effec­
tive enough to attract the professional singer.
It is essential that closed vowels should not be
set on hi gh notes; also, it is an excellent plan
to determine the key by the last vowel sound in
the lyric. ' For instance, in my song, 'It is only
a tiny garden,' the lyric concludes with the
words 'But it holds my love and you.' Before
setting this I chose ,a key which would give me
a high note on the word 'love' and not 'you,' as
the latter word is not a good vowel for an end­
ing. I wrote thi's particular song in D to enable
me to get a top A on the word 'love' and end­
ing with 'you' on the lower, note D. On the
other han d, if the lyric ends with an open vowel
sound, I s hould write in a key somewhere in the
neighborhood of G. The young composer also
requires perseverance and determination in the
matter of bombarding publishers with his manu­
sc ript s. Had I been chicken-hearted in thi s re­
spect I should certainly have given up the strug­
gle years ago, for I truly believe no composer
could ' have received more 'With regrets' from
publishers than I in my early days. I have since
looked through some of these songs and ceased
to wonder why they were rejected."
"ARTISTS AND MODELS" GOES WELL
Shubert Production Has Several Song Hits in
Score Which Is Published by Harms, Inc.
The new Shubert production recently opened
in New York, "Artists and Models," described
as a pictorial revue, has come in for some un­
usual publicity, not only in the metropolitan
daili es, but in the dramatic columns of a num­
ber of papers in other parts of the country,
chiefl y for the lack of drapery that appears on
BIG SELLERS
in the various catalogs of
M. Wilmark & Sons
ALABA1IIY BLi'-CK SHEEP, WON'T YOU
RETURN TO MY FOLD?
BEBE
FATE
FOR THE SAKE OF AULD LANG SYNE
GONE
GYPSY LOVE SONG
HONEYMOON TIME
I'LL FORGET YOU
Jl.1 ST BEEN WOND'RING
HISS 1IIE AGAIN.
LET THE REST OF THE WORLD GO BY
LONG LOST 1IIA1I1IIIA - DADDY ,\[ISS)O;S
YOU
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MIDNIGHT ROSE
~10TIIER MACHREE
MY WILD IRISH ROSE
NELLIE KELLY, I LOVE YOU
(From Little N elJie Kelly
OUT SAN FRANCISCO WAY
OUT THERE IN THE SUNSHINE WITH
YOU
SLOW POKE
Sl\ULIN' THROUGH
SlJNRISE AND YOU
TEN THOUSAND YEARS FROllI NOW
THE LAMPLET HOUR
VIRGINIA BROWN
WHEN WILL THE SUN SHINE FOR 1I1E?
YOU REMIND 1I1E OF MY MOTHER
(From Little Nellle Kelly)
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HI-LE-HI-LO
SNAKE'S HIPS
APPLE SAUCE
RUNNIN' WILD
JOURNEY'S END
CRYING FOR YOU
WONDERFUL ONE
CAROLINA lilA 111 MY
DUSTING THE KEYS
GOOD NIGHT WALTZ
HOP, SKIP AND JUMP
BLUE HOOSIER BLUES
RIVER SHANNON MOON
SA Vi' MILL RIVER ROAD
SWniGIN' DOWN THE LANE
CUT YOURSELF A PIECE OF CAKE
THREE O'CLOOK IN THE MORNING
YOU'VE GOT TO SEE MAMHA EVERY
NIGHT
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the per sons of the chorus, However, the re are
several songs in the show that are worth men­
tioning. Among th ese is "Music of Love,"
which, undoubtedly, is th e outstanding hit. Also
there is "Golfing Blues," "Jackie Coogan," "One
in a Million to Me," "Some How" and "Take
Me Back to Samoa Some More." Harms, Inc.,
is the publisher of the above songs.
The Bobby Burns Mus ic Publishing Co., Mt.
Vernon, N. Y., has issued a new song, entitled
"I Don't-Do You?" For dance purposes it is
in fox-trot time. The writers are Bobby Burns
and Willie Raskin.
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S·O.N·G H.I. T.S
Stella
Waiting for the Evening Mail
Who's Sorry Now
Bella D~nna
That Sweet Somebody 0' Mine
Beale Street Mama
Aggravatin' Papa
That Tacoma Home 0' Mine
Two Time Dan
Roll Along Missouri
Hotsy Totsy Town
Pipe Organ Blues
Don't Think You'll Be Missed
Keep Off My Shoes
Daddy's Wonderful Pal
I'm a Harmony Baby
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