Music Trade Review

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BANJO ORCHESTRAL SCORES
Ralph E liaser , of S an Francisco B anjo P laye rs'
Clu b, Poi n ts O ut Need for Such Publications
Properly A rranged
SAN
FHANC JSCO,
CAL. , July l6.- The Ban jo
P laye rs' C lub , Headquarters, Loca l No.6, Ame r ­
ican Federatio n of Mu sicians, h eld a m eeting
last week and electe d] osep h Eckste in pres iden t.
Th e othe r offi cers elected were: W. M. Rin gen,
v ice-pr es ide nt; Ralph E li aser, r ecor ding and
[·,n P. B utti, se r geant-a t-arms. Ow in g to th e iu ­
creas in g use of the banjo in jazz orc hest ras the
Ila nj o Pla ye r s' Club is a s ub sta ntial o r ga ni za­
lion. ]u<\ a t prese nt it is devotin g it s ses ­
sions la r ge ly to t r y in g to arrive at some sati~­
rac t ory understand in g regarding t h e· pri nted or­
l"hest ral scores for th e banj o . I t see m s t hat th e
sco res for banjo so lo wo rk , as iss u ed by pub­
li <11ers of m us ic for thi s instrume nt, are sa ti s­
[:lctory, but th e scores for e nse mbl e w ork a re
iar from being so. Ralph E li aser , sales man­
ager for the Hans on Mu s!.;: H o use a nd a u t hor
o f a book on harmony a nd ch o rd s us ed in stud y­
in g th e tenor banjo, said to The Re v iew repr e­
se ntat ive :
"T h e s ubject is go in g to take a long tim e
10 se ttl e beca u se th ere are so many conflicting
Ih eor ies. l'vI any of the ba nj o pla yers in orches­
tra s a rc not pay in g a ny attention to th e ir orche s­
tra l sco res on th e gro und s that th e existen t
sco re s only confu se th e m . M a ny o f t he ar­
ra n gers do not u nd erstand th e banjo, a nd eve n
whe n th e a r rangers cons ult th e players a nd tr y
10 a rr a nge th e sco res to su it th em t he y find so
many conflic ti '1 g t h eories on th e part of the
encore~encouragers
"home sweet home lullaby"
"little lad 0' dr.eams"
"sweetheart o'mine"
"music of a baby"
"land o'romance"
"callin' you"
encore-repealers
"april fool & little pignose"
"three encore songs"
"the lilac tree"
"the newlyweds"
"wishes three"
hinds, hayden & eldredge, inc.
publishers
new york city, n. y.
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playe r s th at t heir work fait s t o g ive ge neral
sa ti sfac ti o n . 'liVe have had seve ra l m ee tin gs de­
vo t ed to thi s s ubj ec t and have, as ye t, m a d e
little h ea d way. H ow ca n we, when cac h man
has differe nt ideas?"
YIr. E liaser, who has devoted much of hi s
tim e during th e pa s t thr ee years to tea c hi ng the
banjo a nd tr y in g to s t anda rdi ze notation fo r the
banjo, sai d th at, in s tead of r eading no tes indi­
vi du ally as p layers for all other instrum ents
do, a banjo player s hould recoe:ni ze an e ntir e
cho rd f rom a co mbin a tion of notes in the music
o r by fi g ur es p lac ed under the melody.
]UI.y 21, 1923
TEO BARRON HONORED
Te d Ba rro n, th e we ll-kn ow n so ngw riter a nu
also one of the b est ch ess player s in New York
C it y, has ha d the hi g h honor of bein g e lecte d
chair man of t he publicatio n committee of th e
A m eri can Ch ess Co n g ress, which is ho ldin g th e
nint h t o urn ame nt of all the A me rican che ss
masters at th e Ala111ac Hotel , at Lake Hopat ·
co ng, 1\'. ]., A u g us t 6 t o A u gust 20, inclusive .
:t·,II r. Ba rro n ha , obtained from Harr y La tz a
donation t o defra y ex pe nse<.
A b e O lma n, we ll-kn ow n songw ri ter, has or­
ga ni;c ed O lm a n, In c. , for th e purpose of en gag­
in g in the business of mu sic pUblishing.
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