Music Trade Review

THE
62
"You cant~o
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
SEPTEMBER
29, 1923
WI/Cng .
. with an"Y""7EIST'son-B"
EXHIBITS AT CHAUTAUOUA MEETING
Large Number of Publishers Show· Publications
at Annual Gathering in Chicago
err rC A('O, ILL ., S ept cm be r 22. Th e tw cntytirst
a n n ual co n ve nti o n of the Jnternational Ly ce um
iLn d Chautauqua Assoc iati o n opened t h is week at
the , \uditoriulll J lotcl w ith a lar ge re gi strat ion
and eight ee n ex hib it, of "h ee t mu s ic publishers,
\Vho occ upied the ent ire nin th fl oo r of t he h o tel
fo r rx hib iti o n purposes . Th c convention was
held from Sept e mber 17 to Friday, Se pte m ­
ber 21, inc lthi ve.
.\11 the \:x hibit o l's had a scparal~ room with
piano a nd art is t to pl ay the n umb ers , of w hich
th ey had their co mplete se lec tion s on displ ay.
A mon g tho se e xhibitin g we re the fo llowin g:
lvI. \ "' itm ar k & S on s, New York , with N . V.
Jo 'cp h in c h a r ge o f ex hibit.
O li ver 1) it 50 n Co , C hi cago , ",ith C. F. Man­
I\ e r in cha r ge of ex hibit.
J. Fisch<.:r & Bro , '\e w York, wi th J os eph
Fi scher in charge of exh ibit.
Leu Feist, I nc ., ~~w Y ork, with H arry Coon
in char g e of cxhibit
J ack Mills, In c., New York, with Clar a Ed­
w a rd s in ch a r ge of ex hibit.
\"'ill Rossiter, Ch ica go, with T. V a n Gelder
in c harge of exhibit.
Sam F ox, C lc \'e \;1ne! , with L. Greenberger in
c h a rgc o f exhibit.
Jerome H . R emi ck & Co., )Jew Yo rk , with
Harry Holbrook in ch arge of ex hibit.
G. Schirmer, Inc., Ne w Yo rk , with E. G. M a r­
quare! in cha rge of ex hibi t.
Th c John Chur c h Co. , C in c innati , 0., w ith
\\ . L C ogh ill in char be of exh ibit, and C ha s.
t ;ilbnt Sp ros s a t th e piano.
Hind s , Ha yd en & E ldr e dge, Inc., ;-,reI\! Yo rl;,
with John /\. t'shcr in c h a rc: e of exhibit.
( h ' ;5. E. Ro at, l1 att lc C r ee k, Mich., w ith 1'.
\\ '. nClllcnt in ch arge of ex hibi t.
Clayton F. S Ullllll y Co ., Ch ica go , with Har­
I·i <.;t Barnett in char ge of ex hibit.
S herm a n, C la y & Co ., S an Francisco, wit h
Ford Rush in ch arg e of ex hibit.
M c Kinl ey Mu s ic Co., Chicago, with E. Clin­
ton and 1'. Henri Kli ckm a n in ch arge of exhibi t.
PHILADELPHIA BRANCH ACTIVE
Feist Branch in That City, Since Entering New
Quarters, Increases Sales by 75 Per Cent
T here has b ee n reported b y Quak er C ity
Manager Fl oy d Kinney t he bi g ge st season in
the hi stor y of Leo Feist, In c., w ho se local
branch occupies the fourth floor of the b uildin g
at 1228 :Hark et str ee t, Phil a delphia. Ju st at t he
p tes en t mom e nt the bi g s ell e r s are "Swin gi ng
Dow n th e Lane," " \"'onderful Oll e," "Caro lin a
j\{am m y," and thc>e ar e b e in g distribut ed
th r ou gh the M. D . Swi s h e r Co ., T en th s tr ee t
above Walnut str <.:<.:t, a nd the United Music Co .,
Ch er ry s tr e et above Sixth street. Th e Fei s t
house h as arranged with Willi a m Sheppherd,
director of the mu si c d epa rtm e nt for th e vari­
ous St a nle y the at r es in a nd out of Ph ilad elp hi a ,
to fea tur e Feist's hi t; both in th e pe.rforman ce
an d by orche s tral ac com pa nim e nt. The F e ist
co nc e rn re cent ly acquired th e Ja rger quart ers at
1228 l\{arket s tr ee t, hav ing outg rown it s form er
lo ca tion on th e floor abo ve the Globe Theatr e
B uildin g at Juniper a nd Market str eets . Since
it, re moval t o th e larger quarters th e re h as been
;in incre ase of 7S per cent in sal es.
NOW PARIS CATCHES THE GERM
l' AI Ha ve )Jo B a nana s" plague ha s brok en out in
J'ari s. It m ade its first ap pearance in a c rowded
Inu sica l s h o;vhou se a nd is spreadin g w ith a larm­
in g rapidity.
P ari s new spa per s arc patiently
a nd ex ha usti ve ly trvin~ to expl ai n th e s on g.
LEADING SELLERS IN PITTSBURGH
Local Music Stores Report Heavy Sales of the
Leading Popular Prints
PITTSl1l' I{GH. I'A., S<: ptembe r 22.
Sa les o f shee t
mu. past, few we ek s. Thi s appli ("s with mor e fore\:
to t h e po pul ar numbers, which have bee n util ­
ized b) th e hundr ed and o ne cam p ers wh o h al' ''
s pent th e vacat ion seaso n in til<' many ca m ps
along th e '\.l lcg h c ny R iver a nd in the mo unt a in
cam ps nca r Ligoni e r and on the lake sh o res
of Con neau t.
At the F ifth aVC l\u <.:, torc of th e \;V ate rson,
lk rlin 8<. Snyder Co. it was sta ted that th f'
bes t se llers were "St<.:lla ," "Wa itin i' for the
Eve ning' Ma il," "B ella Do nn a, " " \"' ho' s Sorry
N ow)" an d Daddy's 'vVonderful Pal."
At thc Kr esge st ore it wa s s tated that sale s
of s h ee t music w ere vc ry bri s k and wo uld un­
doubte dl ) co nti n ue so n ow that the vacat ion
c r ow ds we re b ack in town. The lea ding sell ers
\I ere give n as "Stella," "I Lo ve Me," " Wanita,"
" Ten- Te n -T e ,"H's:,ee ," " !\nab elle" "B ebe" a nd
"C ut You rse lf a l' ie<.:e 01 Cake."
At th e V,". 1'. Grant s t o r e sh ee t Illu s ic d cpar t­
In e nt it was st ated that b u s in cs.s wa s brisk. T he
be s t se ller s were ~ i ve n :l ,; "\i\lho's Sor ry N ow, "
"Louisiana Lou ," "Ste lla," "B eb e," " Fat e," "For
Sake o f .'\uld Lang Syne," " H one ymo o n Tim e,"
"Barne y Go og le " a nd "Wond e rful O ne. "
\. t Volkwein B ro s., 'who hav e one of th e
larges t a nd m ost complete s hee t mu sic depart ··
nle nt " in the S tate, it wa s stat ed th at sall' s of
;; 11 of tile po pular s h ed Illu s ic published by th e
k ad in g tirlns we re except ionall y good . Th e
F e is t hi ts, th e \ V at ers on, Be rlin & Snyder Co's
populacs, th e M. Vvitm ark & Sons r ecord br eak
c rs , the Irving l~crlill melodies, the Sa m P ox
s e n sa tion s a nd the J e ro mc J{e illi ck & ro. is s ues
a rc all report ed to be p:ood sell e rs b y the lTlu d e partm e nt 01 thi s hou se.
D
o
X