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The Music Trade Review
NOVEMBER 20, 1926
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Fox Issues Band and
Orchestra Instructions
New Series Designed Especially for Bands and
Orchestras Composed of Students in Ele-
mentary and High Schools
Realizing the increased interest and great
progress that is being made in school bands and
orchestras, the Sam Fox Publishing Co., of New
York and Cleveland, Ohio, after a thorough
preparation has arranged a new series of student
music for such musical combinations.
The Fox organization had the idea that much
of the music and the arrangements for the in-
struction of band and orchestras composed of
young people was along old-fashioned methods
that in most cases was unappropriate for the
present-day type of coming musicians. Under
its new series known as "Fox Progressive Ele-
mentary Series for Band and Orchestra" in-
struction and education are carried out in three
parts and through this new method a more
direct system is attained. This is said to speed
up interest and more quickly develop the mu-
sical faculties of the students.
One of the main conceptions of this new
series is to make the instruction more enter-
taining. The melodies used are all original and
avoid rote playing, which is apt to result from
the use of familiar tunes. Altogether there
are eighty-five studies, each with an arrange-
ment for every instrument. Thus the entire
student organization is simultaneously under-
going instruction and practice. There are ex-
planatory introductions telling the beginner how
to hold the instruments, how to tune and how
to play and care for them.
Supplementing this is a manual containing
teachers' instructions for the specific use of
text. This is short, clear and complete. The
entire series is a most thorough instruction
program and without doubt embodies an ad-
vance method of carrying out band and or-
chestra school music activities. The fact that
the authors have had the material in prepara-
tion over many years and each is especially
equipped for this particular type of instruction
should assist materially in arousing interest and
favorable response.
The authors of the "Fox Progressive Series
for Band and Orchestra" are John Hawkins,
teacher of instrumental music, Huntington Park
High School, Los Angeles, Cal.; Carmine Lan-
franchi, professional arranger and synchro-
nizer, Hollywood, Cal., and J. S. Zamecnik, the
well-known composer and editor, who super-
vised the completed work.
Named After "Jerry"
Jerry Vogel, who handles the sheet music de-
partment of the Plaza Music Co. since the be-
ginning of that firm seventeen years ago, has
been paid a tribute on several occasions of hav-
ing either songs dedicated to him or named
after him. The latest of these is a song called
"My Pal Jerry." This number has been on
the counters for the past few months and has
achieved quite an active sale and shows possi-
bilities of continuing its popularity.
Monte Austin Appointed
Portland Feist Man
Well-known Tenor to Represent Leo Feist
Catalog in Portland and Surrounding Terri-
tory
PORTLAND, ORE., November 13.—Monte Austin,
famous tenor, has been appointed Portland rep-
resentative of the Feist catalog and will have
charge of that firm's professional offices here.
This was a great surprise to the musical pub-
lic of Po-tland, who had come to look upon
Austin and Remick as synonymous names, as
Monte has been plugging Remick hits for the
past five years. Before that time, however,
Monte was connected with Feist, having
started in his musical career with it in San
Francisco in 1915, coming to Portland to rep-
resent it here in 1917, and remaining until 1921,
when he joined forces with Remick. The Feist
numbers have received a decided boost since
Monte has started plugging them, singing them
all over the city at the prominent theatres and
dance halls, using among other numbers,
"That's Why I Love You," "Where Did You
Get Those Eyes," "Hello Aloha," "Katinka,"
"Barcelona' and "Precious."
William Arms Fischer
New Vice-President of the Oliver Ditson Co.
exploitation of a very active catalog including
two novelty numbers, "He Knows His
Groc'ries" and "If My Baby Cooks as Good as
She Looks," as well as two ballads, "Silver
Song Bird" and "Oh! What I'd Give to Bring
You Back."
Breau New Professional
Manager of Marks Go. Sam Fox Issues Two
Loose-Leaf Collections
Succeeds George Ramoy, Who Becomes the
Pacific Coast Manager of the Company
Louis Breau, one of the best-known popular
song writers, who has been associated with sev-
eral of the leading music publishing organiza-
tions, recently joined the staff of the Edward B.
Marks Music Co. as professional manager. Mr.
Breau succeeds George Ramoy, who goes to
California to take charge of the Marks activities
on the Pacific Coast, where he will make his
headquarters in Los Angeles.
Along Broadway Breau is known to hun-
dreds of performers and others as "Lou." He
has had a varied and successful experience in
the music field. He came to New York from
Chicago in 1920 and quickly made a name for
himself as the writer of unusual songs. Among
these are "Humming" and "I Want My
Mammy."
For a time Mr. Breau was in business in asso-
ciation with Charles Tobias under the firm
name of Breau & Tobias and more recently he
has been a free lance.
In his new Marks activities he takes over the
Orchestral Collections Include Selection of
Sousa's Marches and "Select Song Gems"
The Sam Fox Publishing Co. has just issued
a loose-leaf collection of Sousa's marches
arranged for modern orchestras. The num-
bers include some of the latest and most popu-
lar of those compositions, including such offer-
ings as "Sesqui-Centennial Exposition," "The
Gridiron Club," "The Black Horse Troop,"
"The National Game," "Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Co.," "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,"
"The Gallant Seventh," "On the Campus,"
"Comrades of the Legion" and "Sabre and
Spurs."
At the same time the Sam Fox Co. makes
available for orchestras a loose-leaf collection
of its "Select Song Gems." These include "In
the Heart of the Hills," "My Song of Love For
You," "Neapolitan Nights," "Parting Kiss,"
"Little Bluebird of My Heart," "Indian Dawn,"
"The Day When My Dreams Come True,"
"Magnolia Bloom," "I'll Give the World For
You" and "Magic Love."