Presto
Issue: 1923 1932 - Page 25
August 4, 1923
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
TO PUBLISHERS
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiii
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-
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS-
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB-
LISHERS.
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. It 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.
25
PRESTO
mingling with the flood that poured from the face
of the pianist, who was down to his undershirt.
The author of the song and one of the "pluggers"
employed by the publisher were applauding. The
author glanced toward the open window and the "atta
boy" that had started to issue from his lips halted at
the "at." He walked to the window, stood a moment
looking at the crowd passing up and down and then
turned to the vaudevillian/
"Hey, Jim," he yelled (you always yell in Tin Pan
Alley, whether its trying out a song or holding ordi-
nary conversation), "come here. Stand here and sing
out the window. It'll be a big ad for you and a big
ad for the song. You'll have 'em whistlin' it in a
coupla days. And you'll be gettin' what breeze there
is. Never mind your collar and coat. Just as you
are."
Jim followed instructions, and that was the stroke
of genius that sold the song for the author. Jim
didn't buy it. He didn't like it. But a vaudevillian
sauntering up Broadway who heard him sing it, did.
GREAT MUSICAL EVENT.
The date of the festival of Modern Chamber Music
arranged by the International Society for Contem-
porary Music has now been definitely fixed for Au-
gust 2-7, at Salzburg, instead of 8-14, the date
previously arranged by the International Conference
of delegates, which met in London in January.
Thirty-four composers will be represented, among
them such outstanding names as Schonberg, Bartok,
Florent-Schmitt, Krenek, Prokoneff, Ravel, Stravin-
sky, Honegger, Malipiero, Szymanowski, Haba, de
Falle, Busoni, Milhaud, Paulenc, Castelnuovo-
Tedesco, Kodaly and Hindemith, while Great Britain
is represented by Arthur Bliss's Rhapsody, the string
quartette of W. T. Walton, and Valses Bourgeoises
President of Society of Authors, Composers and Pub- of Lord Berners. Among the pianoforte works
America contributes Emerson Whithorne's "New
lishers Files Complaints.
York Nights and Days."
In a conference with friends last week George
Maxwell, president of the American Society of Au-
SHEET MUSIC NOTES.
thors, Composers and Publishers, took up three meth-
The
music
printers of Leipzig, Germany, have been
ods of procedure, under one or all of which he said
he intended to prosecute those responsible for his in- compelled, under pressure of the recent substantial
dictment as author of numerous "poison pen" letters increases in the cost of production, to raise the prices
of their publications to their clients by 25 per cent.
against Mrs. Alan A. Ryan and other persons.
Maxwell and his friends let it be known they were
Ehrlicher Bros. Co., well-known druggist of Pekin,
determined to proceed either by civil actions, by reg- 111.,
opened an exclusive music store August 1.
istering complaints of criminal libel or by filing
complaints charging conspiracy.
It became known at the same time that steps are
contemplated toward bringing to the attention of the
Bar Association and of the Appellate Division the
"'frame-up" which Maxwell asserts was the basis for
the indictments dismissed on Wednesday by General
Sessions Judge Mclntyre.
"Be First With a HEARST"
Ex-Judge Robert Johnstone, associate counsel for
Mr. Maxwell, yesterday demanded a complete inves-
Wonderful Child
tigation of every phase of the case, and Acting Dis-
She's Got Another Daddy
trict Attorney Ferdinand Pecora announced that such
investigation was under way.
Beautiful Rose
Home—My Lovin' Dixie Home
In The Land of Sweet Sixteen
Many Years
Always Looking For A Little Sunshine
Just a Little Gold Watch and Chain
Singer's Search for Relief Allows Broadway to Hear
In Baby's Smile
New and Would-be Popular.
Love is Love For Ever
In a music publisher's office at Broadway and one
Lonesome Two
of the Forties adjoining Tin Pan Alley, during one
Piano Dream
of the recent hot spells, a vaudevillian was giving a
Step
new song a tryout. The second-story window look-
ing out on Broadway, and swung in the center on a
Order From Your Jobber or Direct
swivel, was open to its fullest extent, says the New
York Times. The vaudevillian wore no coat or
HEARSTMUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD
collar, his shirt sleeves were rolled up to his elbows
i 1658 BROADWAY
PHOENIX BLOC. T _ 1 9 9 Y 0 N G E S T
and he was going at that song with the energy of a
I MEW TORK
WINNIPEG
fODONTO
man sawing wood for his first meal in twenty-four
No Loss on a Hearst Song — Money
Back Guarantee
hours. He leaned over the piano, and the perspira-
tion from his forehead dripped on to the keys.
MAXWELL DEMANDS INQUIRY
OPENS NEW BOSTON OFFICE
Clark & Leslie Songs, Inc., with Several Good Sellers
to Credit, Locates at 240 Tremont,
Sidney Caine, general manager of Clarke & Leslie
Songs, Inc., New York, announces to the trade and
profession the opening of a Boston office in charge
of Nat Madison at 240 Tremont street. This new
firm, although in business a few months, have suc-
ceeded remarkably well in popularizing several num-
bers, among which are "Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!"
which A! Jolson featured in Bombo; "Maggie! Yes
Ma'am! Come Right Upstairs! a novelty dance num-
ber, and '"Now That I Need You You're Gone," a
ballad fox-trot.
These numbers are being released now by all
phonograph and roll companies and are reported to
be very good sellers throughout the country at all
music counters.
The firm already has a Chicago office in charge of
Harry O'Brien at Cohan's Grand Opera House
building. A San Francisco office will be opened
shortly and put in charge of a local man.
Among the new numbers which the firm will re-
lease in the fall is a song by Edgar Leslie, Grant
Clarke and Harry Warren, writers of "Rose of the
Rio Grande," entitled "Home in Pasadena."
COMPOSERS OF LOS ANGELES
Fine List of Geniuses Who Reside There Printed in
California Magazine.
How many composers of music could actually be
found in Los Angeles it is impossible to estimate, as
in the world of music there are many tender and
delicate flowers that never peep out from their pro-
tecting leaves. A list of those, however, who have
published compositions to their credit makes it at
once apparent that the city ranks high as the home of
many nationally known composers, says the Pacific
Coast Musical Review, which cites the following:
Charles Wakefield Cadman is perhaps the foremost
figure in this sphere locally, and is rightly regarded
as one of the greatest living American composers.
He has to his credit over 200 songs, four operas, a
number of trios and quartets for chamber music,
many compositions for piano and has written special
music for photoplays of great artistic merit like the
Rubaiyat.
Elinor Remick Warren is one of the youngest and
certainly one of the most charming of American com-
posers. A Los Angeles girl, well known and highly
regarded as a pianist and accompanist to Margaret
Matzenauer and Florence Easton, she is achieving
signal success with a group of nine songs and a
number of choruses, anthems and sacred solos.
Gertrude Ross is well in *the front rank of Ameri-
can composers, her songs being sung by such cele-
brated artists as Schumann-Heink, Sophie Braslau,
Ju'ia Culp, Louise Homer, Marguerite Matzenauer,
Christine Miller, Caroline Lazzari, Florence Easton,
Cecil Fanning, Louis Graveure, Clarence Whitehill,
Yvonne de Treville, Marguerite Namara, May Peter-
son and many others.
Homer Grunn, the distinguished pianist, teacher
and composer of songs has for many years been a
SUMMER HEAT SELLS SONG
Music E
'9est
Music Printers
ANY PUBLISHER
\
OUR REFERENCE ^
BAYNEB, DALUEIM & Co:
^
WORK DONE B Y
ALL PROCESSES
REMICK SONG HITS
Falling
Just a Little Blue
Barney Google
Beside a Babbling Brook
My Buddy
Carolina in the Morning
Dream Melody
Sweet One
Rocky Mountain Moon
When Will I Know
Everything is K. O. in K. Y.
Nobody Lied
Sweet Indiana Home
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Lovable Eyes
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chi :ago
Detroit
2054-2060 W.Lake St., Chic ago, 111.
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SHEET MUSIC TRADE
TO PUBLISHERS
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiii
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-
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS-
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB-
LISHERS.
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. It 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.
25
PRESTO
mingling with the flood that poured from the face
of the pianist, who was down to his undershirt.
The author of the song and one of the "pluggers"
employed by the publisher were applauding. The
author glanced toward the open window and the "atta
boy" that had started to issue from his lips halted at
the "at." He walked to the window, stood a moment
looking at the crowd passing up and down and then
turned to the vaudevillian/
"Hey, Jim," he yelled (you always yell in Tin Pan
Alley, whether its trying out a song or holding ordi-
nary conversation), "come here. Stand here and sing
out the window. It'll be a big ad for you and a big
ad for the song. You'll have 'em whistlin' it in a
coupla days. And you'll be gettin' what breeze there
is. Never mind your collar and coat. Just as you
are."
Jim followed instructions, and that was the stroke
of genius that sold the song for the author. Jim
didn't buy it. He didn't like it. But a vaudevillian
sauntering up Broadway who heard him sing it, did.
GREAT MUSICAL EVENT.
The date of the festival of Modern Chamber Music
arranged by the International Society for Contem-
porary Music has now been definitely fixed for Au-
gust 2-7, at Salzburg, instead of 8-14, the date
previously arranged by the International Conference
of delegates, which met in London in January.
Thirty-four composers will be represented, among
them such outstanding names as Schonberg, Bartok,
Florent-Schmitt, Krenek, Prokoneff, Ravel, Stravin-
sky, Honegger, Malipiero, Szymanowski, Haba, de
Falle, Busoni, Milhaud, Paulenc, Castelnuovo-
Tedesco, Kodaly and Hindemith, while Great Britain
is represented by Arthur Bliss's Rhapsody, the string
quartette of W. T. Walton, and Valses Bourgeoises
President of Society of Authors, Composers and Pub- of Lord Berners. Among the pianoforte works
America contributes Emerson Whithorne's "New
lishers Files Complaints.
York Nights and Days."
In a conference with friends last week George
Maxwell, president of the American Society of Au-
SHEET MUSIC NOTES.
thors, Composers and Publishers, took up three meth-
The
music
printers of Leipzig, Germany, have been
ods of procedure, under one or all of which he said
he intended to prosecute those responsible for his in- compelled, under pressure of the recent substantial
dictment as author of numerous "poison pen" letters increases in the cost of production, to raise the prices
of their publications to their clients by 25 per cent.
against Mrs. Alan A. Ryan and other persons.
Maxwell and his friends let it be known they were
Ehrlicher Bros. Co., well-known druggist of Pekin,
determined to proceed either by civil actions, by reg- 111.,
opened an exclusive music store August 1.
istering complaints of criminal libel or by filing
complaints charging conspiracy.
It became known at the same time that steps are
contemplated toward bringing to the attention of the
Bar Association and of the Appellate Division the
"'frame-up" which Maxwell asserts was the basis for
the indictments dismissed on Wednesday by General
Sessions Judge Mclntyre.
"Be First With a HEARST"
Ex-Judge Robert Johnstone, associate counsel for
Mr. Maxwell, yesterday demanded a complete inves-
Wonderful Child
tigation of every phase of the case, and Acting Dis-
She's Got Another Daddy
trict Attorney Ferdinand Pecora announced that such
investigation was under way.
Beautiful Rose
Home—My Lovin' Dixie Home
In The Land of Sweet Sixteen
Many Years
Always Looking For A Little Sunshine
Just a Little Gold Watch and Chain
Singer's Search for Relief Allows Broadway to Hear
In Baby's Smile
New and Would-be Popular.
Love is Love For Ever
In a music publisher's office at Broadway and one
Lonesome Two
of the Forties adjoining Tin Pan Alley, during one
Piano Dream
of the recent hot spells, a vaudevillian was giving a
Step
new song a tryout. The second-story window look-
ing out on Broadway, and swung in the center on a
Order From Your Jobber or Direct
swivel, was open to its fullest extent, says the New
York Times. The vaudevillian wore no coat or
HEARSTMUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD
collar, his shirt sleeves were rolled up to his elbows
i 1658 BROADWAY
PHOENIX BLOC. T _ 1 9 9 Y 0 N G E S T
and he was going at that song with the energy of a
I MEW TORK
WINNIPEG
fODONTO
man sawing wood for his first meal in twenty-four
No Loss on a Hearst Song — Money
Back Guarantee
hours. He leaned over the piano, and the perspira-
tion from his forehead dripped on to the keys.
MAXWELL DEMANDS INQUIRY
OPENS NEW BOSTON OFFICE
Clark & Leslie Songs, Inc., with Several Good Sellers
to Credit, Locates at 240 Tremont,
Sidney Caine, general manager of Clarke & Leslie
Songs, Inc., New York, announces to the trade and
profession the opening of a Boston office in charge
of Nat Madison at 240 Tremont street. This new
firm, although in business a few months, have suc-
ceeded remarkably well in popularizing several num-
bers, among which are "Dirty Hands! Dirty Face!"
which A! Jolson featured in Bombo; "Maggie! Yes
Ma'am! Come Right Upstairs! a novelty dance num-
ber, and '"Now That I Need You You're Gone," a
ballad fox-trot.
These numbers are being released now by all
phonograph and roll companies and are reported to
be very good sellers throughout the country at all
music counters.
The firm already has a Chicago office in charge of
Harry O'Brien at Cohan's Grand Opera House
building. A San Francisco office will be opened
shortly and put in charge of a local man.
Among the new numbers which the firm will re-
lease in the fall is a song by Edgar Leslie, Grant
Clarke and Harry Warren, writers of "Rose of the
Rio Grande," entitled "Home in Pasadena."
COMPOSERS OF LOS ANGELES
Fine List of Geniuses Who Reside There Printed in
California Magazine.
How many composers of music could actually be
found in Los Angeles it is impossible to estimate, as
in the world of music there are many tender and
delicate flowers that never peep out from their pro-
tecting leaves. A list of those, however, who have
published compositions to their credit makes it at
once apparent that the city ranks high as the home of
many nationally known composers, says the Pacific
Coast Musical Review, which cites the following:
Charles Wakefield Cadman is perhaps the foremost
figure in this sphere locally, and is rightly regarded
as one of the greatest living American composers.
He has to his credit over 200 songs, four operas, a
number of trios and quartets for chamber music,
many compositions for piano and has written special
music for photoplays of great artistic merit like the
Rubaiyat.
Elinor Remick Warren is one of the youngest and
certainly one of the most charming of American com-
posers. A Los Angeles girl, well known and highly
regarded as a pianist and accompanist to Margaret
Matzenauer and Florence Easton, she is achieving
signal success with a group of nine songs and a
number of choruses, anthems and sacred solos.
Gertrude Ross is well in *the front rank of Ameri-
can composers, her songs being sung by such cele-
brated artists as Schumann-Heink, Sophie Braslau,
Ju'ia Culp, Louise Homer, Marguerite Matzenauer,
Christine Miller, Caroline Lazzari, Florence Easton,
Cecil Fanning, Louis Graveure, Clarence Whitehill,
Yvonne de Treville, Marguerite Namara, May Peter-
son and many others.
Homer Grunn, the distinguished pianist, teacher
and composer of songs has for many years been a
SUMMER HEAT SELLS SONG
Music E
'9est
Music Printers
ANY PUBLISHER
\
OUR REFERENCE ^
BAYNEB, DALUEIM & Co:
^
WORK DONE B Y
ALL PROCESSES
REMICK SONG HITS
Falling
Just a Little Blue
Barney Google
Beside a Babbling Brook
My Buddy
Carolina in the Morning
Dream Melody
Sweet One
Rocky Mountain Moon
When Will I Know
Everything is K. O. in K. Y.
Nobody Lied
Sweet Indiana Home
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Lovable Eyes
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chi :ago
Detroit
2054-2060 W.Lake St., Chic ago, 111.
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).