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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1924 Vol. 79 N. 9 - Page 51

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
AUGUST 30, 1924
Kahn continued. "I look upon it as an expres-
sion of art worthy of encouragement where it
is serious. Such expression should be given
scope. That is my son's purpose. Out of this
jazz wave, developed in America, there will
come a medium of American artistic expression
in music which will be characteristically Ameri-
can. George Gershewin in his 'Jazz Rhapsody'
has treated jazz themes in a fine and serious
manner. It is music of the jazz rhythm, of
for the
the jazz temperament, and of the jazz orches-
tration. I do not regard music conceived in
this vein as a passing phase. It is of a serious
These twenty magazine! will carry CEN-
purpose and promising art."
TURY NATIONAL ADS. to more than fifty
million monthly readers during September,
When asked if he had not always been a
October, November and December:
devotee of the strictly classical music, Mr. Kahn
replied: "Thank God, I can appreciate things
that are artistic, even though it be not classical.
I am always interested in the development of
any promising art movement in America." He
said that he had left his son in Italy, where
he was playing and studying music.
In speaking of grand opera, Mr. Kahn said
that he had felt for a long time that the Metro-
politan Opera House was inedaquate and an-
tiquated for the proper presentation of opera
for the New York public and badly located, as
it is in the center of the congested district
Century Music Pub. Co.
during the theatre traffic.
235 West 40th St.
New York
He also thought there should be more com-
fortable accommodation for the thousands of
people in this city who wish to see grand opera
but who cannot afford to pay the prices for
the higher seats at the Metropolitan Opera
House.
Mr. Kahn said that if one traveled through
Does Not Regard Jazz as Fad and Sees It as
Europe
to-day one could hardly help noticing
Music With Serious Purpose and as a Prom-
the tremendous advance made by the United
ising Art
States along varied art lines during the past
ten years and the general trend to the realiza-
Otto H. Kahn, who recently returned from
tion that this country has become the art center
Europe, in a recent interview made an impres-
of the world.
sive defense of present popular music. He said
in speaking of his son's Roger Kahn's musical
activities:
"I do not regard jazz music as a fad," Mr.
One of the most pleasing personalities in
vaudeville is Lucille Denstead, who is now tour-
ing vaudeville on the Pantages Circuit, which
includes the Far West and Pacific Coast terri-
tory. Miss Denstead, besides her charming
MASTERPIECE
manner, has a lyric soprano voice which is par-
ticularly pleasing to vaudeville audiences. She
is not only new to American theatregoers but
has a large European following as well. Among
the outstanding offerings in her program for
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Stock Up
Big Campaign
Otto Kahn Defends
American Popular Music
Feature "Just for To-Night"
©T -Victor Herbert
A KISS
THE
W.4Jn ST.. N.V. C,
An Important
—-^—•
Addition
to
ABCADl
MAYTIME
I LOVE YOU
JUNE NIGHT
SONG OP LOVE
LINGER AWHILE
WONDERFUL ONE
DOODLE DOO DOO
PARADISE ALLEY
MOONLIGHT MEMORIES
SING A LITTLE SONG
DON'T MIND THE RAIN
WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD
WAIT'LL YO17 SEE MY GAL
I'M ALL BROKEN UP OVER YOU
SOMEONE LOVES YOU AFTER ALL
WHERE THE DREAMY WABASH
FLOWS
WORRIED (I'M WORRIED OVER YOU)
DON'T BLAME IT ALL ON ME
Write for Dealer*'
LEO.
Prices
FEIST, Inc., FEIST BUg., New York
the present season is the song waltz, "Just for
To-night." This latter number is published by
the Edward B. Marks Music Co. and has had
quite a success.
Feature New Waltz Song
PORTLAND, ORE., August 14.—Sherman, Clay &
Co.'s new waltz song, "Rock-a-Bye My Baby
Blues," was featured the last week by Hazel
Stallings, America's premier whistler, at the
Columbia Theatre. This, coupled with an at-
tractive window display in the local Sherman,
Clay windows, added much to the interest in
the song.
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uccesse*
Results prove the following
numbers to be the
Biggest Profit Winners of 1924
The most beautiful Irish waltz in years
THE DREAMS OF MY IRISH COLLEEN"
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YOU CAN TAKE ME AWAY FROM
DIXIE
fox-trot
FORGET ME NOT (Means Remem-
ber Me)
'THE OLD HOMESTEAD in the VALLEY"
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