Music Trade Review
Issue: 1926 Vol. 83 N. 25 - Page 40
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The Music Trade Review
D E C E M B E R IS, 1926
I've Grown So Lonesome —
, THINKING OF YOU
Y
i »
^ e ^
'
#& & Walter Donaldson aU Paul Ash
"Writers of'That's Why I Love You*
PRECIOUS
OMat Crisp and Crackling Fox Trot HI T/
by
I
EGAN. PASTERMACKI and WHITING-
TAKE IN THE SUN, HANG OUT THE MOON
(ROCK ME //V A
CR.ADLE OF DFLEAMS)
XA Sure-fire Fox Trot Ballad With A Unique and Extraordinary
iv
Many Leading Concert Artists Singing
Ballads From the Boosey & Co. Catalog
Two of the Most Prominent Are John McCormack and Reinald Werrenrath—the Former Sing-
ing "Poor Man's Garden" and the "Connemara Shore" and the Latter "Tributes"
OOOSEY & CO., from their New York head-
Among the other songs in the Boosey catalog
*-* quarters in Steinway Hall, have recently which have gained much prominence are
called attention of the trade to the lengthy list Maurice Besly's "Someone," Michael Head's
of famous artists who are programing Boosey
ballads this season. Probably in no year in
this firm's history have there been more promi-
nent voices singing the successful songs from
this catalog. It is remarkable, too, that while
a number of the selections are prominently pro-
grammed, the choice of these singers has cov-
ered a wide range, thus making for activity on
numerous titles.
Two of the most prominent artists featuring
these Boosey ballads are John McCormack and
Reinald Werrenrath, either one of whom alone
would be of immense value in adding to the
popularity of these numbers.
John McCormack has enthusiastically taken
John McCormack
"The Dreaming Lake" and Wilfrid Sanderson's
"Quiet." There arc also two sacred songs,
"Man of Sorrows," by Vernon Eville, and "Just
As 1 Am," by Paul Haeussler.
In conjunction with the prominence given
their ballads and other new issues, Boosey & Co.
have supplemented this activity with some un-
usual publicity in various other channels. This
has been arranged with a view to keeping these
successes in the forefront of the purchasing
public's mind and covers as well a healthy list
of Boosey teaching material.
Many New Numbers Added
to Black and White Series
Reinald Werrenrath
up two Boosey numbers, "Poor Man's Garden"
and "The Connemara Shore." Naturally these
are typical numbers which have made the Mc-
Cormack programs so delightful and for that
reason they should be much-sought-after pub-
lications before the season is far under way.
John McCormack, by the way, recently made a
Victor record of a highly promising new ballad
called "Lilies of Lorraine."
Reinald Werrenrath is featuring the Boosey
song "Tributes." This is undoubtedly one of
the most beautiful ballads of recent years and
its popularity will doubtless be furthered
greatly through the frequent presentation by
Werrenrath.
Patter/
LEWIS and YOUNG and HARRY WOODS
M. Witmark & Sons Famous Addition In-
creased by New Compositions of Usual High
Standard
The Witmark Black and White Series, pub-
lished by M. Witmark & Sons, is probably the
most remarkable collection of concert and home
songs ever gathered together by a publishing
house. This catalog is an institution in the
majority of music stores and the music-pur-
chasing public is as familiar with it as is the
trade.
Having such a large collection of fast-selling,
high-standard songs, one would think that the
publishers would be quite satisfied to note the
ever-growing interest in this sizable collection.
Such, however, is not the case, as the Witmark
organization frequently makes additions to
those titles that are already familiar. These
include both secular and sacred numbers, not,
however, selected haphazardly. In order for a
composition to be chosen for this group of
songs it must have within it the basis for wide-
spread appeal and be of the high standard of its
predecessors.
It is quite in keeping with the Witmark stand-
ard of Black and Whites, which include several
songs of Victor Herbert and numerous ballads
by Ernest R. Ball, to have added a number by
John Philip Sousa. This is a splendid musical
setting to Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar." Other
new numbers include novelties and several
splendid encore songs. Among them "Comin'
Home to You," by Walter Rolfe; "Can't Be
Blue," and "Honey Mine," both by Ben Gordon;
"Mammy's Little Kinky Headed Boy," by
George Trinkaus, and "Jes' a Little Sugar
Plum," by Louis Weslyn, with several others of
like caliber.
Herbert Spencer in conjunction with Fleta
Jan Brown, both of whom are responsible for
the older success, "Underneath the Stars," have
contributed to the years' Black and White
favorites with a very charming song called
"Dear Heart What Might Have Been." This is
a melodious ballad which has already been en-
dorsed and sung by concert and other artists
of this type.
There are to be found in the Witmark Black
and White Series songs of every description
—the gay, the dramatic and the sacred. Be-
sides contributing to the entertainment of the
nation there is considerable material in this
series that is used daily for instruction purposes.
Many of these Black and White prints are
among the favorites of teachers and students.
No one has ever been able to define just
what has made this collection of song and in-
strumental gems so popular. One of the execu-
tives of the Witmark concern, who for years has
worked indefatigably in bringing it up to its
present heights, states that there is really no
magic in it, or nothing mysterious about it. As
he says: "It is just a simple and irresistible
combination of real sentiment and delightful
melody—the only effective formula for a good
song that has ever yet or ever will be de-
vised."
New Miller Go. Song
The Miller Music Publishing Co., 124 South
Loomis street, Chicago, 111., has just issued a
new song called "Way Out West." The number
dedicated to the "wide-open spaces" has been
endorsed by a number of chambers of com-
merce, advertising clubs and other civic organi-
zations of the West. The Miller Music Publish-
ing Co. has appointed the following Western
jobbers as special, distributors of this new song.
The jobbers are Sherman, Clay & Co., of San
Francisco; Seiberling-Lucas Music Co., Port-
land, Ore.; Southern California Music Cn <>f
Los Angeles.
40
The Music Trade Review
D E C E M B E R IS, 1926
I've Grown So Lonesome —
, THINKING OF YOU
Y
i »
^ e ^
'
#& & Walter Donaldson aU Paul Ash
"Writers of'That's Why I Love You*
PRECIOUS
OMat Crisp and Crackling Fox Trot HI T/
by
I
EGAN. PASTERMACKI and WHITING-
TAKE IN THE SUN, HANG OUT THE MOON
(ROCK ME //V A
CR.ADLE OF DFLEAMS)
XA Sure-fire Fox Trot Ballad With A Unique and Extraordinary
iv
Many Leading Concert Artists Singing
Ballads From the Boosey & Co. Catalog
Two of the Most Prominent Are John McCormack and Reinald Werrenrath—the Former Sing-
ing "Poor Man's Garden" and the "Connemara Shore" and the Latter "Tributes"
OOOSEY & CO., from their New York head-
Among the other songs in the Boosey catalog
*-* quarters in Steinway Hall, have recently which have gained much prominence are
called attention of the trade to the lengthy list Maurice Besly's "Someone," Michael Head's
of famous artists who are programing Boosey
ballads this season. Probably in no year in
this firm's history have there been more promi-
nent voices singing the successful songs from
this catalog. It is remarkable, too, that while
a number of the selections are prominently pro-
grammed, the choice of these singers has cov-
ered a wide range, thus making for activity on
numerous titles.
Two of the most prominent artists featuring
these Boosey ballads are John McCormack and
Reinald Werrenrath, either one of whom alone
would be of immense value in adding to the
popularity of these numbers.
John McCormack has enthusiastically taken
John McCormack
"The Dreaming Lake" and Wilfrid Sanderson's
"Quiet." There arc also two sacred songs,
"Man of Sorrows," by Vernon Eville, and "Just
As 1 Am," by Paul Haeussler.
In conjunction with the prominence given
their ballads and other new issues, Boosey & Co.
have supplemented this activity with some un-
usual publicity in various other channels. This
has been arranged with a view to keeping these
successes in the forefront of the purchasing
public's mind and covers as well a healthy list
of Boosey teaching material.
Many New Numbers Added
to Black and White Series
Reinald Werrenrath
up two Boosey numbers, "Poor Man's Garden"
and "The Connemara Shore." Naturally these
are typical numbers which have made the Mc-
Cormack programs so delightful and for that
reason they should be much-sought-after pub-
lications before the season is far under way.
John McCormack, by the way, recently made a
Victor record of a highly promising new ballad
called "Lilies of Lorraine."
Reinald Werrenrath is featuring the Boosey
song "Tributes." This is undoubtedly one of
the most beautiful ballads of recent years and
its popularity will doubtless be furthered
greatly through the frequent presentation by
Werrenrath.
Patter/
LEWIS and YOUNG and HARRY WOODS
M. Witmark & Sons Famous Addition In-
creased by New Compositions of Usual High
Standard
The Witmark Black and White Series, pub-
lished by M. Witmark & Sons, is probably the
most remarkable collection of concert and home
songs ever gathered together by a publishing
house. This catalog is an institution in the
majority of music stores and the music-pur-
chasing public is as familiar with it as is the
trade.
Having such a large collection of fast-selling,
high-standard songs, one would think that the
publishers would be quite satisfied to note the
ever-growing interest in this sizable collection.
Such, however, is not the case, as the Witmark
organization frequently makes additions to
those titles that are already familiar. These
include both secular and sacred numbers, not,
however, selected haphazardly. In order for a
composition to be chosen for this group of
songs it must have within it the basis for wide-
spread appeal and be of the high standard of its
predecessors.
It is quite in keeping with the Witmark stand-
ard of Black and Whites, which include several
songs of Victor Herbert and numerous ballads
by Ernest R. Ball, to have added a number by
John Philip Sousa. This is a splendid musical
setting to Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar." Other
new numbers include novelties and several
splendid encore songs. Among them "Comin'
Home to You," by Walter Rolfe; "Can't Be
Blue," and "Honey Mine," both by Ben Gordon;
"Mammy's Little Kinky Headed Boy," by
George Trinkaus, and "Jes' a Little Sugar
Plum," by Louis Weslyn, with several others of
like caliber.
Herbert Spencer in conjunction with Fleta
Jan Brown, both of whom are responsible for
the older success, "Underneath the Stars," have
contributed to the years' Black and White
favorites with a very charming song called
"Dear Heart What Might Have Been." This is
a melodious ballad which has already been en-
dorsed and sung by concert and other artists
of this type.
There are to be found in the Witmark Black
and White Series songs of every description
—the gay, the dramatic and the sacred. Be-
sides contributing to the entertainment of the
nation there is considerable material in this
series that is used daily for instruction purposes.
Many of these Black and White prints are
among the favorites of teachers and students.
No one has ever been able to define just
what has made this collection of song and in-
strumental gems so popular. One of the execu-
tives of the Witmark concern, who for years has
worked indefatigably in bringing it up to its
present heights, states that there is really no
magic in it, or nothing mysterious about it. As
he says: "It is just a simple and irresistible
combination of real sentiment and delightful
melody—the only effective formula for a good
song that has ever yet or ever will be de-
vised."
New Miller Go. Song
The Miller Music Publishing Co., 124 South
Loomis street, Chicago, 111., has just issued a
new song called "Way Out West." The number
dedicated to the "wide-open spaces" has been
endorsed by a number of chambers of com-
merce, advertising clubs and other civic organi-
zations of the West. The Miller Music Publish-
ing Co. has appointed the following Western
jobbers as special, distributors of this new song.
The jobbers are Sherman, Clay & Co., of San
Francisco; Seiberling-Lucas Music Co., Port-
land, Ore.; Southern California Music Cn <>f
Los Angeles.
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