Music Trade Review
Issue: 1932 Vol. 91 N. 4 - Page 20
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SHEET MUSIC and BOOKS
PUBLISHERS AND WRITERS
NEARING AN AGREEMENT
ROBBINS MUSIC CORP.
ANNOUNCES NEW NUMBERS
CHICAGO'S SHEET MUSIC
MEN HOLD MONTHLY DINNER
The Song Writers Protective Association
and the Music Publishers Protective Associa-
tion are rapidly coming to an agreement on
a contract satisfying to both interests. Some
time ago the song writers presented a series
of demands that were rejected almost in toto
by the publishers, but since that time the vari-
ous demands have been modified to such an
extent that at a meeting held a couple of
weeks ago representatives of the Publishers
Association agreed to eighteen points advanced
by the song writers.
The publishers agreed with the song
writers that there should be no minimum
royalty guarantee on sheet music; that writers
will receive a minimum royalty of 3 3 ^ per
cent on mechanical reproductions and 50 per
cent of the net amount received by the pub-
lishers after costs are deducted for all syn-
chronizing rights. They also agreed that the
publishers should not accept the works of
more than twenty non-members of the Song
Writers Association during any one year, the
publishers believing that this condition
worked no handicap. This represents a con-
cession on the part of the song writers, who,
at the outset, demanded that the publishers
accept works only from members of their
association.
No agreement was reached regarding con-
trol of copyrights, the publishers refusing to
turn those rights over to the song writers. It
is believed that this phase of the question will
be worked out to the mutual satisfaction of
both parties at a later meeting. The question
of royalty payments and methods for deter-
mining the rightful share of the song writer
were also gone into at some length in the pro-
posal submitted by the latter and were ac-
cepted with very little change by the pub-
lishers.
The Robbins Music Corp., New York, has
recently announced a number of new songs
to be exploited by that company during the
next few months and all of them have been
selected after a careful field survey to de-
termine their actual possibilities. The new
songs include "By the Fireside," by Camp-
bell and Connelly, the English composers
responsible for "Good Night, Sweetheart,"
and ''If I Had You"; "Lovable," by Gus
Kahn and Harry Woods, who were respon-
sible for "When the Moon Comes Over the
Mountain" and other successes, and "Good
Night, My Love," a new ballad by the writ-
ers of "Sweet and Lovely." All the num-
bers have already been featured over the
radio and in other ways with great success
and will be pushed strongly by Robbins.
The March dinner and meeting of the
Chicago Sheet Music Men's Club not only
brought out some lady guests but attracted
a number of musical merchandise men, in-
cluding H. Berhn of the Chicago Musical
Instrument Co., J. L. Luellen of the Conti-
nental Co., William Gretsch of Fred Gretsch
Co., A. M. Hoover of the Educational Bu-
reau, as well as a good representation of
sheet music men. President Morton Schaefer
presided over the interesting program.
ROMBERG HEADS SONG-
WRITERS PROTECTIVE ASS'N
Sigmund Romberg, prominent composer,
was elected president of the Songwriters'
Protective Association at the first annual
meeting of that organization, held early in
March. Jack Yellen was elected vice-presi-
dent; Ira Gershwin, treasurer; Fred E.
Ahlert, secretary, and Irving Berlin, chair-
man of the Council.
Charles Warren, who represented M. Wit :
mark & Sons in London for over twenty-five
years before joining the publishing house of
B. Feldman & Co. recently, died in that city
last month.
Robert Teller Sons & Dorner
Music Engravers and Printers
SEND MANT8CKIPT AND IDEA OF
TITLE FOB ESTIMATE
311 West 43rd St.
20
New York City
POPULAR SHEET MUSIC
IN MILWAUKEE LIBRARY
Modern sheet music is one of the most
popular departments at the Milwaukee pub-
lic library, according to Miss Martha Horner,
director of the art room. An increase in
leisure is responsible for much of the music
department's popularity, Miss Horner be-
lieves. The trend in music is shown by
the fact that the player-roll library of the
department is seldom patronized while the
sheet music department is exceptionally busy.
"THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER"
A valuable addition to the steadily accu-
mulating volume of Fosteriana is found in a
book recently prepared by Robert MacGowan
on "The Significance of Stephen Collins Fos-
ter." The book represents a distinct tribute
to Foster's poetic sense, to a sympathetic per-
sonality and to his patriotism, and the limited
edition, privately printed, is intended for the
Foster-Hall Collection in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Keit and Engel Organize
Jerome Keit, former president and general
manager of the Remick Music Corp., and
Harry Engel, formerly head of Davis, Coots
& Engel, have organized Keit & Engel, Inc.,
which concern succeeds to the music publish-
ing business formerly conducted by Davis,
Coots and Engel. The headquarters for the
company will remain at 719 Seventh avenue,
New York City.
After a busy day or a long
motor trip, you crave the
comforts that The American
and The Annex afford. Good
rooms with bath, circulating
ice water, telephones and all
modern conveniences. Beds
that assure restful sleep. And
at rates of but $2.00 up.
Here you can really relax
when you visit St. Louis.
ABSOLUTELY
PIRCPROOC
Cliff Odoms Resigns
Cliff Odoms, for some twenty years asso-
ciated with Leo Feist, Inc., in the sales de-
partment of that company and more recently
in charge of the mechanical department, re-
signed recently and announced that he would
take a long rest with his family on the Pacific
Coast. Before going West Mr. Odoms made
a cruise through the West Indies.
THE M U S I C
infT.LOUU
TRADE
REVIEW, April, 1932
SHEET MUSIC and BOOKS
PUBLISHERS AND WRITERS
NEARING AN AGREEMENT
ROBBINS MUSIC CORP.
ANNOUNCES NEW NUMBERS
CHICAGO'S SHEET MUSIC
MEN HOLD MONTHLY DINNER
The Song Writers Protective Association
and the Music Publishers Protective Associa-
tion are rapidly coming to an agreement on
a contract satisfying to both interests. Some
time ago the song writers presented a series
of demands that were rejected almost in toto
by the publishers, but since that time the vari-
ous demands have been modified to such an
extent that at a meeting held a couple of
weeks ago representatives of the Publishers
Association agreed to eighteen points advanced
by the song writers.
The publishers agreed with the song
writers that there should be no minimum
royalty guarantee on sheet music; that writers
will receive a minimum royalty of 3 3 ^ per
cent on mechanical reproductions and 50 per
cent of the net amount received by the pub-
lishers after costs are deducted for all syn-
chronizing rights. They also agreed that the
publishers should not accept the works of
more than twenty non-members of the Song
Writers Association during any one year, the
publishers believing that this condition
worked no handicap. This represents a con-
cession on the part of the song writers, who,
at the outset, demanded that the publishers
accept works only from members of their
association.
No agreement was reached regarding con-
trol of copyrights, the publishers refusing to
turn those rights over to the song writers. It
is believed that this phase of the question will
be worked out to the mutual satisfaction of
both parties at a later meeting. The question
of royalty payments and methods for deter-
mining the rightful share of the song writer
were also gone into at some length in the pro-
posal submitted by the latter and were ac-
cepted with very little change by the pub-
lishers.
The Robbins Music Corp., New York, has
recently announced a number of new songs
to be exploited by that company during the
next few months and all of them have been
selected after a careful field survey to de-
termine their actual possibilities. The new
songs include "By the Fireside," by Camp-
bell and Connelly, the English composers
responsible for "Good Night, Sweetheart,"
and ''If I Had You"; "Lovable," by Gus
Kahn and Harry Woods, who were respon-
sible for "When the Moon Comes Over the
Mountain" and other successes, and "Good
Night, My Love," a new ballad by the writ-
ers of "Sweet and Lovely." All the num-
bers have already been featured over the
radio and in other ways with great success
and will be pushed strongly by Robbins.
The March dinner and meeting of the
Chicago Sheet Music Men's Club not only
brought out some lady guests but attracted
a number of musical merchandise men, in-
cluding H. Berhn of the Chicago Musical
Instrument Co., J. L. Luellen of the Conti-
nental Co., William Gretsch of Fred Gretsch
Co., A. M. Hoover of the Educational Bu-
reau, as well as a good representation of
sheet music men. President Morton Schaefer
presided over the interesting program.
ROMBERG HEADS SONG-
WRITERS PROTECTIVE ASS'N
Sigmund Romberg, prominent composer,
was elected president of the Songwriters'
Protective Association at the first annual
meeting of that organization, held early in
March. Jack Yellen was elected vice-presi-
dent; Ira Gershwin, treasurer; Fred E.
Ahlert, secretary, and Irving Berlin, chair-
man of the Council.
Charles Warren, who represented M. Wit :
mark & Sons in London for over twenty-five
years before joining the publishing house of
B. Feldman & Co. recently, died in that city
last month.
Robert Teller Sons & Dorner
Music Engravers and Printers
SEND MANT8CKIPT AND IDEA OF
TITLE FOB ESTIMATE
311 West 43rd St.
20
New York City
POPULAR SHEET MUSIC
IN MILWAUKEE LIBRARY
Modern sheet music is one of the most
popular departments at the Milwaukee pub-
lic library, according to Miss Martha Horner,
director of the art room. An increase in
leisure is responsible for much of the music
department's popularity, Miss Horner be-
lieves. The trend in music is shown by
the fact that the player-roll library of the
department is seldom patronized while the
sheet music department is exceptionally busy.
"THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER"
A valuable addition to the steadily accu-
mulating volume of Fosteriana is found in a
book recently prepared by Robert MacGowan
on "The Significance of Stephen Collins Fos-
ter." The book represents a distinct tribute
to Foster's poetic sense, to a sympathetic per-
sonality and to his patriotism, and the limited
edition, privately printed, is intended for the
Foster-Hall Collection in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Keit and Engel Organize
Jerome Keit, former president and general
manager of the Remick Music Corp., and
Harry Engel, formerly head of Davis, Coots
& Engel, have organized Keit & Engel, Inc.,
which concern succeeds to the music publish-
ing business formerly conducted by Davis,
Coots and Engel. The headquarters for the
company will remain at 719 Seventh avenue,
New York City.
After a busy day or a long
motor trip, you crave the
comforts that The American
and The Annex afford. Good
rooms with bath, circulating
ice water, telephones and all
modern conveniences. Beds
that assure restful sleep. And
at rates of but $2.00 up.
Here you can really relax
when you visit St. Louis.
ABSOLUTELY
PIRCPROOC
Cliff Odoms Resigns
Cliff Odoms, for some twenty years asso-
ciated with Leo Feist, Inc., in the sales de-
partment of that company and more recently
in charge of the mechanical department, re-
signed recently and announced that he would
take a long rest with his family on the Pacific
Coast. Before going West Mr. Odoms made
a cruise through the West Indies.
THE M U S I C
infT.LOUU
TRADE
REVIEW, April, 1932
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