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SHEET MUSIC and BOOKS
SEEK $1,125,000 DAMAGES
FROM NEW JOBBING BODY
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The recently organized Music Dealers
Service, Inc., together with a dozen or more
music publishers affiliated with it, have been
made defendants in a suit for $1,125,000
damages filed in the United States district
court in New York by the Richmond-Mayer
Music Corp., New York, and Richmond-
Mayer of Chicago, Ltd. The complaint
charges a conspiracy to destroy the business
of the plaintiffs as music jobbers.
The actual damages asked include $300,-
000 for the New York Richmond-Mayer Cor-
poration and $75,000 for the Chicago
company, but triple damages are sought
under the provisions of the Sherman anti-
trust act and Clayton act.
The plaintiffs charge that prior to the
organization of the Music Dealers Service
"the defendants entered into a combination
and conspiracy for the purpose and with the
intent of wrongfully and unlawfully dom-
inating and controlling the sheet-music in-
dustry in the United States and wrongfully
and unlawfully destroying the lawful trade
and commerce of the plaintiff in the several
States of the United States and driving the
said plaintiff herein out of business and
eliminating the plaintiff as a competitor."
Both Maurice Richmond, who withdrew
from active participation in the plaintiff com-
pany to become general manager of Music
Dealers Service, Inc., and John G- Paine,
of the Music Publishers Protective Associa-
tion, denied that there was any ground for
suit in the activities of the organization.
VALUABLE NEW VOLUME
OF COMPOSER BIOGRAPHIES
Affer 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.
Teachers and students of music will find
real value in a new volume "Minute Sketches
of Great Composers," published recently by
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, and listed to
sell at the modest price of $1.00. The book
is the latest addition to the series of volumes
along the same general line issued by these
publishers and covering a variety of subjects.
"Minute Sketches of Great Composers" is
by Eva B. Hansl and Helen L. Kaufmann
and is embellished with 74 full-page por-
traits of prominent composers drawn by
Samuel Nisenson. The sketches, although
brief, are authoritative and are especially
valuable for ready reference where only out-
standing biographical facts are desired. The
composers listed include practically all of
those whose works are best known from Bach
to Wagner and for those who desire to go
deeper into the subject there is listed in the
back of the volume two pages of bibliography
which includes reference books on apprecia-
tion, biography, history, as well as a number
of personal references.
PLAN MONTHLY BOOKLET
OF POPULAR SHEET MUSIC
The Kaplan Publishing Co. has opened
at 33+ W. Wisconsin avenue, Milwaukee,
Wis. Its plan includes the monthly publica-
tion of a booklet collection entitled "Song
Hits of the Day," consisting of four popu-
lar musical numbers with piano arrange-
ment. These booklets are to be found at
newsstands and book stalls, following the
first of each month. Officers of the company
are Jule Kaplan, president; and C. C.
Sheppard, general manager.
STLOUII
THE
MUSIC
TRADE
Phil Kornheiser, Inc., music publishers,
have leased quarters in the Brill Bldg., 1619
Broadway, N. Y.
REVIEW,
October,
1932
MORE PUBLISHERS JOIN
MUSIC DEALERS SERVICE, INC.
At this writing there are twenty-seven
publishers of popular music with offices in
New York who are associated with the
Music Dealers Service, Inc., organized last
month for the purpose of providing one cen-
tral headquarters for the filling of wholesale
orders for the trade. The additions to the
twelve charter members of the organization
include Harry Bloom, Inc., Bolron Music Co.,
Con Conrad Music Publishing Co., Joe Davis,
Inc., Goodman Music Co., Inc., Green &
White, Inc., M. K. Jerome Music Corp.,
Keit-Engel, Inc., Phil Kornheiser, Inc., Mario
Music Co., Inc., Nattrass-Schenck, Inc., 01-
man Music Corp., Piedmont Music Co.,
Robbins Music Corp., Stept & Powers, Inc.
At the present time the service is confined
to the handling of the publications of mem-
ber companies, but it is stated that plans will
be made later to act as wholesalers for the
releases of all publishers. One of the features
of the service is that the same wholesale price
applies to purchases by small as well as large
dealers as well as wholesalers and syndicates.
FOX PUBLISHES MUSIC
OF "MAGIC NIGHT" FILM
The Sam Fox Publishing Co. has recently
been featuring with considerable success
several songs from the score of the elaborate
film production "Magic Night," released by
United Artists. The leading numbers in-
clude "Good Night Vienna," "Living in
Clover," and "Just Heaven."
Marple Named Manager
Herbert B. Marple has been appointed
general manager of the music publishing
division of Sherman, Clay & Co., San Fran-
cisco. Mr. Marple has had long experience
in the publishing business and most recently
operated the Carvin Music Co., San Fran-
cisco, music wholesalers. The Carvin busi-
ness was taken over by the Sherman, Clay
interests.
Mills Music, Inc., the well-known music
publishers, are now located in the Brill Bldg.,
1619 Broadway, N. Y., where 6,000 square
feet are occupied by the executive offices.
The Garbey Publishing Co., Inc., 55 West
Wacker drive, Chicago, has incorporated with
a capital stock of $2,500 to manufacture and
deal in musical instruments.
Robert Teller Sons & Dorner
Music Engravers and Printers
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