Music Trade Review
Issue: 1925 Vol. 80 N. 22 - Page 160
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TPw Big Song And Dance Hit
'MERCENARY MAHY*
.I'm in Jove wiui no - lood- y . but UOLL, WiLJi
WiLJi '?v- yy-thin^ ijoa
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I'M W LOVE WITH TOU
Song Hit For The Town
t To W h i s t l e . -
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N.Y. TIMES
L. Lawrence Weber& New Musical Comedy
Cyrlcs and Music iu
William B. Priedlander and Con Conrad
Other Sorigs From 'The Same Bi^ Show Hit
UST YOU AND I AND THE BABY"-*MERCENARY MARY* - ^BEAUTIFUL BABY"
"You Can't Go Wrong W t h Araj FEIST Song'
Leo Feist, Inc., Checks Infringement
on Its Well-known Success, "O Katharina"
St. Paul, Minn., Firm Makes Offer of Special Edition of Number to Trade at Price of 15 Cents
Per Copy—Plates Confiscated Before Infringing Copies Were Printed
both vocally and instrumentally.
The sales of "The Flapper Wife" song have
shown heavy increases each week and, with
the more intensive sales drive now accorded
the number through "The Flapper Wife Week"
campaign, increased sales totals should result.
Following this week's campaign, "The Flap-
per Wife" sales should continue for many weeks
for the story which accompanies the song's
exploitation will run altogether in sixty-two
daily issues of the papers using it. Some of
these papers are already running the story,
others have booked it for early release so the
interest will continue for some time to come.
district attorney at "Chicago the printing plates
were confiscated before any such infringing
copies of "O Katharina" had been printed.
The original manuscript of the arrangement and
the printed proof have been delivered to and
are now in possession of the Federal authorities
who have under advisement criminal prosecu-
tion.
Leo Feist, Inc., has issued a friendly warning
in which it is pointed out that they are the own-
ers of the exclusive rights for "O Katharina" in
North America and will spare no expense in Many Famous Musicians Participate in Event
at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Memory of Com-
prosecuting anyone who infringes, or aids and
poser
abets such infringement either by printing, sell-
ing or offering for sale spurious copies.
L T nder the auspices of the American Society
of
Composers, Authors and Publishers, a con-
co-operation of thousand orchestras through-
cert
in memory of the late Victor Herbert was
out the United States, many vaudeville singers,
photoplay houses, dance halls, etc., the various broadcast Sunday night over stations WEAF,
talking machine record and player roll com- WCAP, WJAR, WCTS, WCAE, WEEI, WOO,
WSAI and WWJ.
National Campaign on Sam Fox Number to Be panies and their distributors and dealers. The
This marked the anniversary of Victor Her-
Participated in by All Sections of the Music entire sheet music trade will show increased in-
bert's
death. The concert was given in the
terest in "The Flapper Wife" song during this
Trade
Crystal room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. More
period.
An example of the widespread publicity the than one hundred of the artists for whom he
The Sam Fox Publishing Co. of Cleveland,
Ohio, publisher of the song "The Flapper song "The Flapper Wife" is receiving from the had written and the musicians who had played
Wife" issued in conjunction with the serial story interested newspapers running the serial story, under his direction as well as collaborators,
conductors, his friends and family were present
as a mark of respect to his memory.
Gene Ruck made the introductory speech
Columbus Citizen-^ 0 -""
and acted as master of ceremonies. All of the
numbers on the program were taken from the
works of Victor Herbert. The music was di-
rected by Paul Whiteman, who brought his own
orchestra; Henry Hadley, Silvio Hein, Max
Bendix, Nahan Franko, John Philip Sousa,
i Flapper Wife" on This Page! Watch The P n «
Hugo Riesenfeld and others.
4\ JJhe Spokane Press
Some of Herbert's favorite songs were sung
by Esther Nelson, Charles Hart, Armand Vec-
sey, Ruth Welch, Frederic Fradkin, Fred Stone,
iWiM
Walter Wolff and Fritzi Scheff, while piano
solos were played by Werner Janssen- and
Rudolph Friml.
Augustus Thomas, the well-known play-
wright, author, and producer, and one of Vic-
tor Herbert's closest associates, made a very
stirring closing address eulogizing the character
and work of Victor Herbert.
|""\EALERS throughout the country and Leo
"^"^ Feist, Inc., the publishers of "O Katharina,"
were somewhat surprised recently to receive a
letter from the McClure Music Co., of St. Paul,
Minn., offering to the trade the Feist sensa-
tional success, "O Katharina," in a special edi-
tion at fifteen cents per copy.
The Feist offices immediately commenced an
nvestigation and its attorneys took the fastest
rain West in order to commence criminal prose-
cution. Arriving in Chicago it was found that
a well-known music printer, who should have
known better, had been inveigled into the plan
(he says innocently) to print the Feist publica-
tion. After a conference with the United States
Memorial Concert
for Victor Herbert
"Flapper Wife" Week
Announced June 1-6
Newspaper Publicity on the "Flapper Wife"
of the same title which is appearing or about
is given through the accompanying reproduc-
to appear in over 800 daily newspapers through- tion of many newspaper clippings in which the
out the United States, has announced a "Flap- song is featured. These stories generally carry
per Wife Week" June 1 to 6 inclusive.
illustrations of vaudeville performers or orches-
In this week's sales and exploitation drive, tras which are featuring the numbe, and have
unusual publicity will be accorded both the the advantage of assuring not only publicity to
story and the song by several hundred news- the song through newspaper space but of en-
papers. In addition the publishers will have the couraging the public rendition of the number,
Resolutions of Regret
BOSTON, MASS., May 23.—A special committee
of the Boston Music Publishers Association
consisting of Banks M. Davison, James A.
Smith and Harry N. Crosby, drew up resolu-
tions on the recent death of Charles W. Thomp-
son, the Boston publisher. The resolution ex-
pressed the sentiments of the Association of
which Mr. Thompson was a member.
156
THE
I t Was No
Wonder They Could \
Dance With The Music V
That Was Provided.
It Was
r
!
Hardier -
" "
.._j ""HONEY, M IN
• LOVE WITH YOU!
• N Y EVENING POST '
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
M A Y 30, 1925
mey Bah Love WithYo
r
#
i From
TPw Big Song And Dance Hit
'MERCENARY MAHY*
.I'm in Jove wiui no - lood- y . but UOLL, WiLJi
WiLJi '?v- yy-thin^ ijoa
ijoa do.
do.
1
1
iiev-er, yiever
yiever
iiev-er,
Knew on
on - - u-ljod-
u-ljod- ij
Knew
v_yA Musical
iece And A lively
ie.WithA 4 HONFSi
I'M W LOVE WITH TOU
Song Hit For The Town
t To W h i s t l e . -
j
N.Y. TIMES
L. Lawrence Weber& New Musical Comedy
Cyrlcs and Music iu
William B. Priedlander and Con Conrad
Other Sorigs From 'The Same Bi^ Show Hit
UST YOU AND I AND THE BABY"-*MERCENARY MARY* - ^BEAUTIFUL BABY"
"You Can't Go Wrong W t h Araj FEIST Song'
Leo Feist, Inc., Checks Infringement
on Its Well-known Success, "O Katharina"
St. Paul, Minn., Firm Makes Offer of Special Edition of Number to Trade at Price of 15 Cents
Per Copy—Plates Confiscated Before Infringing Copies Were Printed
both vocally and instrumentally.
The sales of "The Flapper Wife" song have
shown heavy increases each week and, with
the more intensive sales drive now accorded
the number through "The Flapper Wife Week"
campaign, increased sales totals should result.
Following this week's campaign, "The Flap-
per Wife" sales should continue for many weeks
for the story which accompanies the song's
exploitation will run altogether in sixty-two
daily issues of the papers using it. Some of
these papers are already running the story,
others have booked it for early release so the
interest will continue for some time to come.
district attorney at "Chicago the printing plates
were confiscated before any such infringing
copies of "O Katharina" had been printed.
The original manuscript of the arrangement and
the printed proof have been delivered to and
are now in possession of the Federal authorities
who have under advisement criminal prosecu-
tion.
Leo Feist, Inc., has issued a friendly warning
in which it is pointed out that they are the own-
ers of the exclusive rights for "O Katharina" in
North America and will spare no expense in Many Famous Musicians Participate in Event
at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Memory of Com-
prosecuting anyone who infringes, or aids and
poser
abets such infringement either by printing, sell-
ing or offering for sale spurious copies.
L T nder the auspices of the American Society
of
Composers, Authors and Publishers, a con-
co-operation of thousand orchestras through-
cert
in memory of the late Victor Herbert was
out the United States, many vaudeville singers,
photoplay houses, dance halls, etc., the various broadcast Sunday night over stations WEAF,
talking machine record and player roll com- WCAP, WJAR, WCTS, WCAE, WEEI, WOO,
WSAI and WWJ.
National Campaign on Sam Fox Number to Be panies and their distributors and dealers. The
This marked the anniversary of Victor Her-
Participated in by All Sections of the Music entire sheet music trade will show increased in-
bert's
death. The concert was given in the
terest in "The Flapper Wife" song during this
Trade
Crystal room of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. More
period.
An example of the widespread publicity the than one hundred of the artists for whom he
The Sam Fox Publishing Co. of Cleveland,
Ohio, publisher of the song "The Flapper song "The Flapper Wife" is receiving from the had written and the musicians who had played
Wife" issued in conjunction with the serial story interested newspapers running the serial story, under his direction as well as collaborators,
conductors, his friends and family were present
as a mark of respect to his memory.
Gene Ruck made the introductory speech
Columbus Citizen-^ 0 -""
and acted as master of ceremonies. All of the
numbers on the program were taken from the
works of Victor Herbert. The music was di-
rected by Paul Whiteman, who brought his own
orchestra; Henry Hadley, Silvio Hein, Max
Bendix, Nahan Franko, John Philip Sousa,
i Flapper Wife" on This Page! Watch The P n «
Hugo Riesenfeld and others.
4\ JJhe Spokane Press
Some of Herbert's favorite songs were sung
by Esther Nelson, Charles Hart, Armand Vec-
sey, Ruth Welch, Frederic Fradkin, Fred Stone,
iWiM
Walter Wolff and Fritzi Scheff, while piano
solos were played by Werner Janssen- and
Rudolph Friml.
Augustus Thomas, the well-known play-
wright, author, and producer, and one of Vic-
tor Herbert's closest associates, made a very
stirring closing address eulogizing the character
and work of Victor Herbert.
|""\EALERS throughout the country and Leo
"^"^ Feist, Inc., the publishers of "O Katharina,"
were somewhat surprised recently to receive a
letter from the McClure Music Co., of St. Paul,
Minn., offering to the trade the Feist sensa-
tional success, "O Katharina," in a special edi-
tion at fifteen cents per copy.
The Feist offices immediately commenced an
nvestigation and its attorneys took the fastest
rain West in order to commence criminal prose-
cution. Arriving in Chicago it was found that
a well-known music printer, who should have
known better, had been inveigled into the plan
(he says innocently) to print the Feist publica-
tion. After a conference with the United States
Memorial Concert
for Victor Herbert
"Flapper Wife" Week
Announced June 1-6
Newspaper Publicity on the "Flapper Wife"
of the same title which is appearing or about
is given through the accompanying reproduc-
to appear in over 800 daily newspapers through- tion of many newspaper clippings in which the
out the United States, has announced a "Flap- song is featured. These stories generally carry
per Wife Week" June 1 to 6 inclusive.
illustrations of vaudeville performers or orches-
In this week's sales and exploitation drive, tras which are featuring the numbe, and have
unusual publicity will be accorded both the the advantage of assuring not only publicity to
story and the song by several hundred news- the song through newspaper space but of en-
papers. In addition the publishers will have the couraging the public rendition of the number,
Resolutions of Regret
BOSTON, MASS., May 23.—A special committee
of the Boston Music Publishers Association
consisting of Banks M. Davison, James A.
Smith and Harry N. Crosby, drew up resolu-
tions on the recent death of Charles W. Thomp-
son, the Boston publisher. The resolution ex-
pressed the sentiments of the Association of
which Mr. Thompson was a member.
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