Presto
Issue: 1923 1916 - Page 23
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PRESTO
April. 14, 1923
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
TO PUBLISHERS
imiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiimiiii
hibitcd a desire to develop sheet music departments.
The regular dealers too show a disposition to make
the sheet music department a clean, healthy and prof-
itable one. It is a significant sign of the new times.
The return of the regular music stores to a proper
consideration for the sheet music goods is a guaran-
tee of more ethical methods of distribution that will
assure an era of prosperity in every phase of the
business.
THE COMBINED CIRCULATION
OF PRESTO (EST. 1884), AND MUS-
ICAL TIMES (EST. 1881), IS BY FAR
THE LARGEST IN THE FIELD OF
THE MUSIC TRADE. COMBINA-
TION RATES OF SPECIAL AT- BROADCASTING AND COPYRIGHT
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS- Many Stations Throughout the Country Now Nego-
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS
tiating with Society of Authors and Composers.
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB-
The broadcasting stations are falling in line and
LISHERS.
showing a disposition to agree with the claims for
This department is designed to advance the sales
of sheet music, and give any current information in
the Sheet Music Trade.
This publication believes that Sheet Music will
pay the dealer, just as any other commodity pays
those who merchandise it properly.
The conductor of this department will review
any numbers that are sent in for the purpose. I t is
not the intent to criticise, but to review these offer-
ings, giving particular information of the theme and
a description of the musical setting of the number
discussed.
Address all communications to Conductor Sheet
Music Dept., Presto, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, 111.
NEW DAY IN SHEET MUSIC
Show of Keener Interest in the Goods and Their
Possibilities Considered Significant.
copyright rewards made by the Society of Authors,
Composers and Publishers of America, Inc. Quite
a large number^opened negotiations with J. C. Rosen-
thai, general manager for the society to properly ac-
quire the privilege of broadcasting the copyrighted
work of the members of the organization.
The society is now in possession of a mass of evi-
dence of infringements by stations from which Mr.
Rosenthal has not heard. The evidence is conclusive
and the stations in question will either have to com-
ply with th,e law of copyright or discontinue using
the works of members of the Society of Authors,
Composers and Publishers of America, Inc.
The purpose of the society is to grade the annual
fee demanded from the stations in proportion to their
commercial importance. As many as four hundred
and fifty "commercial" radio stations are being con-
sidered in this respect. As much as $5,000 is de-
manded of the large broadcasters engaged in selling
radio apparatus and sets. Something like $1,000 will
be fixed as the copyright levy on the lesser group of
commercial broadcasters.
The issue is clear between the society and the
broadcasters, according to the society officials. The
copyright law completely protects the song writers
and music composers and an exploitation of their
work for profit by others is a breach of that law.
Most of the broadcasters do not deny this, so that it
is largely a question of fixing a fee in th« settlement
of the matter. The importance of the part of the
society is obvious when it is understood that 90 per
cent of the music broadcasted was covered by copy-
right owned by members.
Music dealers everywhere are showing greater in-
terest in the success of their sheet music counter
than before. New sheet music departments, enlarged
stocks and increased facilities for showing them,
show window featuring and printed publicity to a
greater extent than heretofore, are evidences of the
new efforts for the sheet music goods.
Of course the obvious reason for this direction of
energy towards the sheet music department is the
desire to gather easily attainable profits. The discon-
tinuance by the chain stores or some of them, of the
sheet music line has induced many dealers in musical
instruments to enter or re-enter the business of
BOOSTING MUSIC W E E K .
sheet music selling.
With the city of Denver and all of Arapahoe
Publishers and sheet music jobbers see no diminu-
tion in,the aggregate of their sales since the syndicate County sponsoring Music Week, success is issured
stores discontinued their lines. The reason for this for the event in this Colorado community. It is now
they state is that the regular music stores have ex- plain that the events from May 13 to 20 will excel
in interest and importance the two preceding Music
Weeks there. The posters accruing from the annual
poster contest held to select an official poster for the
great week, are doing good work in store windows
all over the country.
7 FOREMOST SELLERS
BABE RUTH
Just Foolin' With You
That Wonderful Sweetie of Mine
You're the One Little Girl for Me
Love of the Ages
Dreaming of Love's Old Dream
When I Dream That Auld Erin Is Free
HERBERT J. GOTT
Music Publisher
177 No. State 6 t .
CHICAGO
RAYNEB, DALflJEIM 6 Co:
Operations of Fake Publishing Concerns
Arouse the Attention of Government
Officials in Washington.
Official notice of the song swindle against which
the Music Industries' Chamber of Commerce is prose-
cuting an active campaign of exposure has been taken
in two quarters during the past month. The music
division of the Library of Congress is aroused by
the great volume of copyrighted "music" which is
filed and which represents the worthless output of
the song swindlers and their amateur victims, amount-
ing to 25 per cent of all music copyrights.
The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New
York devoted three pages of its monthly Bulletin
for March to "Swindling Operations of Publishing
Concerns," including a quotation of the entire text
of the warning leaflet issued by the Music Indus-
tries' Chamber, as reprinted from the Author's
League Bulletin. In a newspaper report from Wash-
ington printed March 29, appears the following:
Twenty-five per cent of copyrighted music filed
with the Library of Congress represents fraudulent
collection of money from posts by song writers ac-
cording to an estimate made today. The music di-
vision receives annually 15,000 songs, operas and li-
brettos.
An official explained that certain writers of music
offer to put bars to poetry and lines and get the
same copyrighted at the National Library. This
sounds tempting to the person who wants to see
his muse appreciated, so he gives up the money. He
may get a batch of songs for his money, and again
he may get little or nothing. If he receives any sheet
music, he generally finds there is no demand for it,
and it is left on his hands. The copyright fee is
$1.05. There seems to be no particular law to han-
dle this situation, but a great deal of fraud is un-
doubtedly practiced. I have heard of only one case
of punishment having been meted out.
The other report said the Chamber of Commerce
of the State of New York receives many inquiries re-
garding the reliability of publishing concerns. These
concerns are approaching authors and composers to
publish their works. Continuing the report says:
A great many of these concerns are no doubt
quite reliable. There are also a great many whose
operations are of a very questionable character.
Some of the operations would not be subject to any
legal review either in civil or criminal courts. Never-
theless their victims are separated from their money
in a way that is hardly justified in conscience and
equity. For instance, writers of books which have
no merit at all are approached with a proposition
to publish their work, and led to believe it will have
a very large sale. The conscientious publisher, how-
ever, would tell the author at once that the book did
not have the slightest chance of success. He would
say frankly that either because of English composi-
JONAH
A WHALE OF
A SONG HIT
ONE STEP
FOX TROT
ELIZA DOYLE SMITH
59E.VANBURENST. CHICAGO
FAVOR F O R STANDARD NUMBERS.
The business in sheet music was never in a more
healthy condition than at the present time, according
to E. C. Ege, manager of the sheet music department
of the J. W. Jenkins Sons' Music Co., Kansas City,
Mo. The interest in sheet music grows, not only in
the popular numbers featured by publishers but the
standard music the sale of which is usually in equal
ratio to the taste of communities, says the observ-
ant sheet music man.
BROADCASTING REMICKS.
A program of music published by Jerome H. Rem-
ick & Co., was broadcasted last week by station
K G W in Portland, Ore. Among the numbers
played by George Olsen's orchestra of the Hotel
Portland were "Carolina in the Morning," "Just a
Little Blue," "Down by the River" and "Beside a
Babbling Brook."
Estimates
^ g e s t
Music Printers
ANY PUBLISHER
\
OUR REFERENCE ^
THE SONG SWINDLE
^
/
, WORK DONE BY
ALL* PROCESSES
2054-2060 W.Lake St r Chicago, lib
REMICK SONG HITS
Nobody Lied
Sweet Indiana Home
My Buddy
California
Tomorrow Will Be Brighter
Than Today
Carolina in the Morning
Silver Swanee
Childhood Days
When Shall We Meet Again
Lovable Eyes
Out of the Shadows
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Dixie Highway
Just a Little Blue
Polly
J H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
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PRESTO
April. 14, 1923
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
TO PUBLISHERS
imiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiimiiiimiiii
hibitcd a desire to develop sheet music departments.
The regular dealers too show a disposition to make
the sheet music department a clean, healthy and prof-
itable one. It is a significant sign of the new times.
The return of the regular music stores to a proper
consideration for the sheet music goods is a guaran-
tee of more ethical methods of distribution that will
assure an era of prosperity in every phase of the
business.
THE COMBINED CIRCULATION
OF PRESTO (EST. 1884), AND MUS-
ICAL TIMES (EST. 1881), IS BY FAR
THE LARGEST IN THE FIELD OF
THE MUSIC TRADE. COMBINA-
TION RATES OF SPECIAL AT- BROADCASTING AND COPYRIGHT
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS- Many Stations Throughout the Country Now Nego-
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS
tiating with Society of Authors and Composers.
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB-
The broadcasting stations are falling in line and
LISHERS.
showing a disposition to agree with the claims for
This department is designed to advance the sales
of sheet music, and give any current information in
the Sheet Music Trade.
This publication believes that Sheet Music will
pay the dealer, just as any other commodity pays
those who merchandise it properly.
The conductor of this department will review
any numbers that are sent in for the purpose. I t is
not the intent to criticise, but to review these offer-
ings, giving particular information of the theme and
a description of the musical setting of the number
discussed.
Address all communications to Conductor Sheet
Music Dept., Presto, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, 111.
NEW DAY IN SHEET MUSIC
Show of Keener Interest in the Goods and Their
Possibilities Considered Significant.
copyright rewards made by the Society of Authors,
Composers and Publishers of America, Inc. Quite
a large number^opened negotiations with J. C. Rosen-
thai, general manager for the society to properly ac-
quire the privilege of broadcasting the copyrighted
work of the members of the organization.
The society is now in possession of a mass of evi-
dence of infringements by stations from which Mr.
Rosenthal has not heard. The evidence is conclusive
and the stations in question will either have to com-
ply with th,e law of copyright or discontinue using
the works of members of the Society of Authors,
Composers and Publishers of America, Inc.
The purpose of the society is to grade the annual
fee demanded from the stations in proportion to their
commercial importance. As many as four hundred
and fifty "commercial" radio stations are being con-
sidered in this respect. As much as $5,000 is de-
manded of the large broadcasters engaged in selling
radio apparatus and sets. Something like $1,000 will
be fixed as the copyright levy on the lesser group of
commercial broadcasters.
The issue is clear between the society and the
broadcasters, according to the society officials. The
copyright law completely protects the song writers
and music composers and an exploitation of their
work for profit by others is a breach of that law.
Most of the broadcasters do not deny this, so that it
is largely a question of fixing a fee in th« settlement
of the matter. The importance of the part of the
society is obvious when it is understood that 90 per
cent of the music broadcasted was covered by copy-
right owned by members.
Music dealers everywhere are showing greater in-
terest in the success of their sheet music counter
than before. New sheet music departments, enlarged
stocks and increased facilities for showing them,
show window featuring and printed publicity to a
greater extent than heretofore, are evidences of the
new efforts for the sheet music goods.
Of course the obvious reason for this direction of
energy towards the sheet music department is the
desire to gather easily attainable profits. The discon-
tinuance by the chain stores or some of them, of the
sheet music line has induced many dealers in musical
instruments to enter or re-enter the business of
BOOSTING MUSIC W E E K .
sheet music selling.
With the city of Denver and all of Arapahoe
Publishers and sheet music jobbers see no diminu-
tion in,the aggregate of their sales since the syndicate County sponsoring Music Week, success is issured
stores discontinued their lines. The reason for this for the event in this Colorado community. It is now
they state is that the regular music stores have ex- plain that the events from May 13 to 20 will excel
in interest and importance the two preceding Music
Weeks there. The posters accruing from the annual
poster contest held to select an official poster for the
great week, are doing good work in store windows
all over the country.
7 FOREMOST SELLERS
BABE RUTH
Just Foolin' With You
That Wonderful Sweetie of Mine
You're the One Little Girl for Me
Love of the Ages
Dreaming of Love's Old Dream
When I Dream That Auld Erin Is Free
HERBERT J. GOTT
Music Publisher
177 No. State 6 t .
CHICAGO
RAYNEB, DALflJEIM 6 Co:
Operations of Fake Publishing Concerns
Arouse the Attention of Government
Officials in Washington.
Official notice of the song swindle against which
the Music Industries' Chamber of Commerce is prose-
cuting an active campaign of exposure has been taken
in two quarters during the past month. The music
division of the Library of Congress is aroused by
the great volume of copyrighted "music" which is
filed and which represents the worthless output of
the song swindlers and their amateur victims, amount-
ing to 25 per cent of all music copyrights.
The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New
York devoted three pages of its monthly Bulletin
for March to "Swindling Operations of Publishing
Concerns," including a quotation of the entire text
of the warning leaflet issued by the Music Indus-
tries' Chamber, as reprinted from the Author's
League Bulletin. In a newspaper report from Wash-
ington printed March 29, appears the following:
Twenty-five per cent of copyrighted music filed
with the Library of Congress represents fraudulent
collection of money from posts by song writers ac-
cording to an estimate made today. The music di-
vision receives annually 15,000 songs, operas and li-
brettos.
An official explained that certain writers of music
offer to put bars to poetry and lines and get the
same copyrighted at the National Library. This
sounds tempting to the person who wants to see
his muse appreciated, so he gives up the money. He
may get a batch of songs for his money, and again
he may get little or nothing. If he receives any sheet
music, he generally finds there is no demand for it,
and it is left on his hands. The copyright fee is
$1.05. There seems to be no particular law to han-
dle this situation, but a great deal of fraud is un-
doubtedly practiced. I have heard of only one case
of punishment having been meted out.
The other report said the Chamber of Commerce
of the State of New York receives many inquiries re-
garding the reliability of publishing concerns. These
concerns are approaching authors and composers to
publish their works. Continuing the report says:
A great many of these concerns are no doubt
quite reliable. There are also a great many whose
operations are of a very questionable character.
Some of the operations would not be subject to any
legal review either in civil or criminal courts. Never-
theless their victims are separated from their money
in a way that is hardly justified in conscience and
equity. For instance, writers of books which have
no merit at all are approached with a proposition
to publish their work, and led to believe it will have
a very large sale. The conscientious publisher, how-
ever, would tell the author at once that the book did
not have the slightest chance of success. He would
say frankly that either because of English composi-
JONAH
A WHALE OF
A SONG HIT
ONE STEP
FOX TROT
ELIZA DOYLE SMITH
59E.VANBURENST. CHICAGO
FAVOR F O R STANDARD NUMBERS.
The business in sheet music was never in a more
healthy condition than at the present time, according
to E. C. Ege, manager of the sheet music department
of the J. W. Jenkins Sons' Music Co., Kansas City,
Mo. The interest in sheet music grows, not only in
the popular numbers featured by publishers but the
standard music the sale of which is usually in equal
ratio to the taste of communities, says the observ-
ant sheet music man.
BROADCASTING REMICKS.
A program of music published by Jerome H. Rem-
ick & Co., was broadcasted last week by station
K G W in Portland, Ore. Among the numbers
played by George Olsen's orchestra of the Hotel
Portland were "Carolina in the Morning," "Just a
Little Blue," "Down by the River" and "Beside a
Babbling Brook."
Estimates
^ g e s t
Music Printers
ANY PUBLISHER
\
OUR REFERENCE ^
THE SONG SWINDLE
^
/
, WORK DONE BY
ALL* PROCESSES
2054-2060 W.Lake St r Chicago, lib
REMICK SONG HITS
Nobody Lied
Sweet Indiana Home
My Buddy
California
Tomorrow Will Be Brighter
Than Today
Carolina in the Morning
Silver Swanee
Childhood Days
When Shall We Meet Again
Lovable Eyes
Out of the Shadows
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Dixie Highway
Just a Little Blue
Polly
J H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).