Music Trade Review
Issue: 1926 Vol. 82 N. 4 - Page 40
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THE MUSIC TRADE
40
You Can't Go WronQ ,
With these FEIST Smtffs
REVIEW
Art Landray Records
Released by Victor Go.
First Recordings of Well-known Band in East-
ern Territory Were in January Bulletins
Art Landray and His Band, who made an
unusual name for themselves on the Pacific
Coast and who more recently have been fea-
tured attractions at large motion picture houses
in New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and other cities, made their first records
for the Victor Talking Machine Co. in Eastern
territory with the release of several numbers in
January.
The Art Landray combination has proved
itself one of the best drawing cards in the
orchestra field. It is one of the most versatile
bands that has ever been gathered together and
its rendition of popular numbers is porformed
*!g?a
JANUARY 23,
1926
Parrish has traveled in the Witmark interests.
Some years ago he was attached to the Wit-
mark staff and left with all sorts of good wishes
to take up an active position in Kansas City
with J. W. Jenkins Sons. Now Mr. Parrish has
returned to his old firm, and M. Witmark &
Sons and Mr. Parrish are both recipients of
many felicitations over the reunion.
Mellie Dunham Publishes
Henry Ford's Favorite
Carl Fischer, Inc., Releases "Rippling Waves"
as Composed by Maine's Veteran Champion
Fiddler
Mellie Dunham is now being hailed not only
as a fiddler but also as a composer, since the
publication by Carl Fischer, Inc., of his compo-
sition, "Rippling Waves," Henry Ford's favorite
EYES o f BLUE,
HAS ANYBODVi
SEEN MY GIRL/
NOVELTY FOXTROT
WY0UN6 1
AY
TENDERSON
,\p
in a manner that sets it apart from all other
musical aggregations.
Playing one of its late record releases, such
as "Sleepy Time Gal," "Don't Wait Too Long"
or "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue," immediately
gives the hearer a treat. One of the features
of their renditions is the fact that they stick to
the melody and while the performance is varied
in treatment it is all done without loss to the
melodic strain. Indeed the melody itself is em-
phasized. Too many modern orchestras in per-
forming orchestral arrangements smother the
melody and at times make it unrecognizable.
To get everything out of a modern orchestra in
the way of solo, combination and obligato effects
without departing from the melody is an
achievement and that is what the Art Landray
Band does.
British Bartender Defines
Alcoholic Melody Content
•4Pu
Says Wagner Drives Hearers to Beer, Strauss
to Spirits, Mendelssohn to Whiskey—Prob-
ably Jazz Sends Up Cocktail Sales
^ 3 ^
'^*«^
•^» f
LONDON, ENG., January 18.—An audience's taste
for alcoholic beverages varies according to the
kind of music it hears. This, at least, is the
judgment of the bartender at Queen's Hall,
who has just been interviewed after thirty years
of dispensing drinks at this center for London's
music lovers.
He said that when a concert of Wagnerian
music is presented the demand for beer is fif-
teen times as great as when a mixed program
is given.
He asserted that Johann Strauss' works cre-
ate a demand for wine, while Richard Strauss
causes the sale of spirits to rise.
Mendelssohn concerts mean more beer and
whiskey.
When Mozart dominates a program very lit-
tle drink is sold.
Parrish Back With Witmark
"Son Caiit GoTOon
WixhAnij FEIST Son
Clarence F. Parrish has recently succeeded
Robert Cole as the representative in the Middle
West and South of the publishing house of M.
Witmark & Sons. He is sure of a warm wel-
come from all his many friends in the sheet
music trade, for this is not the first time Mr.
melody. Henry Ford said of this piece, "He
played one waltz as good, that is, to my liking,
at least, as any I ever heard anywhere in the
world, one of his own creations, 'The Rippling
Waves.'" "Mell," who has kept the country-
side dancing for fifty years with his fiddler
tunes, has created a number of original compo-
sitions, and this waltz of his will now not only
make his own Maine neighbors want to get out
and dance but will go all over the country to
start feet tapping.
This venerable champion fiddler of Maine,
who has attracted wide attention by winning
the fiddling championship of Maine and being
called to play for Henry Ford, has attained a
fame of which he never dreamed. A few weeks
ago he was just a country fiddler and to-day he
is a headliner at the Hippodrome and other the-
atres of the Keith Circuit. He has had inter-
views with Henry Ford and many notables.
There are prospects of broadcasting and re-
cording for phonograph records. In the mean-
time, he has already been a two weeks' feature
at the New York Hippodrome, with possibili-
ties that he will make a long tour on the Keith
circuit.
New Customs Ruling
A ruling just handed down by the Customs
Board partly sustains and partly overrules a
protest filed in the name of the American Ship-
ping Co., Chicago. According to the record,
the appraiser described the merchandise at issue
as "music in sheets." Duty was assessed there-
on by the collector at the rate of 15 per cent ad
valorem, under the provision in Paragraph 1310,
1922 Act, for "music in books or sheets." The
importers contended for free entry under the
provision in Paragraph 1529 of the same act for
"books and pamphlets printed wholly or chiefly
in languages other than English." As to the
paper-covered books or pamphlets containing
instructions printed in German for playing the
piano, Judge Fischer holds that free entry
should have been accorded under the provisions
of Paragraph 1529. As to the sheet music, the
printed matter therein being in the German lan-
guage, the General Appraiser points out that as
imported they are in form neither books nor
pamphlets, and therefore are not covered by
Paragraph 1529. The protest is therefore sus-
tained as to the former mentioned merchandise
but overruled as to the latter.
THE MUSIC TRADE
40
You Can't Go WronQ ,
With these FEIST Smtffs
REVIEW
Art Landray Records
Released by Victor Go.
First Recordings of Well-known Band in East-
ern Territory Were in January Bulletins
Art Landray and His Band, who made an
unusual name for themselves on the Pacific
Coast and who more recently have been fea-
tured attractions at large motion picture houses
in New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and other cities, made their first records
for the Victor Talking Machine Co. in Eastern
territory with the release of several numbers in
January.
The Art Landray combination has proved
itself one of the best drawing cards in the
orchestra field. It is one of the most versatile
bands that has ever been gathered together and
its rendition of popular numbers is porformed
*!g?a
JANUARY 23,
1926
Parrish has traveled in the Witmark interests.
Some years ago he was attached to the Wit-
mark staff and left with all sorts of good wishes
to take up an active position in Kansas City
with J. W. Jenkins Sons. Now Mr. Parrish has
returned to his old firm, and M. Witmark &
Sons and Mr. Parrish are both recipients of
many felicitations over the reunion.
Mellie Dunham Publishes
Henry Ford's Favorite
Carl Fischer, Inc., Releases "Rippling Waves"
as Composed by Maine's Veteran Champion
Fiddler
Mellie Dunham is now being hailed not only
as a fiddler but also as a composer, since the
publication by Carl Fischer, Inc., of his compo-
sition, "Rippling Waves," Henry Ford's favorite
EYES o f BLUE,
HAS ANYBODVi
SEEN MY GIRL/
NOVELTY FOXTROT
WY0UN6 1
AY
TENDERSON
,\p
in a manner that sets it apart from all other
musical aggregations.
Playing one of its late record releases, such
as "Sleepy Time Gal," "Don't Wait Too Long"
or "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue," immediately
gives the hearer a treat. One of the features
of their renditions is the fact that they stick to
the melody and while the performance is varied
in treatment it is all done without loss to the
melodic strain. Indeed the melody itself is em-
phasized. Too many modern orchestras in per-
forming orchestral arrangements smother the
melody and at times make it unrecognizable.
To get everything out of a modern orchestra in
the way of solo, combination and obligato effects
without departing from the melody is an
achievement and that is what the Art Landray
Band does.
British Bartender Defines
Alcoholic Melody Content
•4Pu
Says Wagner Drives Hearers to Beer, Strauss
to Spirits, Mendelssohn to Whiskey—Prob-
ably Jazz Sends Up Cocktail Sales
^ 3 ^
'^*«^
•^» f
LONDON, ENG., January 18.—An audience's taste
for alcoholic beverages varies according to the
kind of music it hears. This, at least, is the
judgment of the bartender at Queen's Hall,
who has just been interviewed after thirty years
of dispensing drinks at this center for London's
music lovers.
He said that when a concert of Wagnerian
music is presented the demand for beer is fif-
teen times as great as when a mixed program
is given.
He asserted that Johann Strauss' works cre-
ate a demand for wine, while Richard Strauss
causes the sale of spirits to rise.
Mendelssohn concerts mean more beer and
whiskey.
When Mozart dominates a program very lit-
tle drink is sold.
Parrish Back With Witmark
"Son Caiit GoTOon
WixhAnij FEIST Son
Clarence F. Parrish has recently succeeded
Robert Cole as the representative in the Middle
West and South of the publishing house of M.
Witmark & Sons. He is sure of a warm wel-
come from all his many friends in the sheet
music trade, for this is not the first time Mr.
melody. Henry Ford said of this piece, "He
played one waltz as good, that is, to my liking,
at least, as any I ever heard anywhere in the
world, one of his own creations, 'The Rippling
Waves.'" "Mell," who has kept the country-
side dancing for fifty years with his fiddler
tunes, has created a number of original compo-
sitions, and this waltz of his will now not only
make his own Maine neighbors want to get out
and dance but will go all over the country to
start feet tapping.
This venerable champion fiddler of Maine,
who has attracted wide attention by winning
the fiddling championship of Maine and being
called to play for Henry Ford, has attained a
fame of which he never dreamed. A few weeks
ago he was just a country fiddler and to-day he
is a headliner at the Hippodrome and other the-
atres of the Keith Circuit. He has had inter-
views with Henry Ford and many notables.
There are prospects of broadcasting and re-
cording for phonograph records. In the mean-
time, he has already been a two weeks' feature
at the New York Hippodrome, with possibili-
ties that he will make a long tour on the Keith
circuit.
New Customs Ruling
A ruling just handed down by the Customs
Board partly sustains and partly overrules a
protest filed in the name of the American Ship-
ping Co., Chicago. According to the record,
the appraiser described the merchandise at issue
as "music in sheets." Duty was assessed there-
on by the collector at the rate of 15 per cent ad
valorem, under the provision in Paragraph 1310,
1922 Act, for "music in books or sheets." The
importers contended for free entry under the
provision in Paragraph 1529 of the same act for
"books and pamphlets printed wholly or chiefly
in languages other than English." As to the
paper-covered books or pamphlets containing
instructions printed in German for playing the
piano, Judge Fischer holds that free entry
should have been accorded under the provisions
of Paragraph 1529. As to the sheet music, the
printed matter therein being in the German lan-
guage, the General Appraiser points out that as
imported they are in form neither books nor
pamphlets, and therefore are not covered by
Paragraph 1529. The protest is therefore sus-
tained as to the former mentioned merchandise
but overruled as to the latter.
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