Presto
Issue: 1923 1933 - Page 25
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PRESTO
August 4, 1923
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
TO PUBLISHERS
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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.
votes. Then followed "Carry Me Back to Old Vir-
ginia," and "Blue Danube." Twenty-second place
went to Rubinstein's "Melody in F," followed by
"Stars and Stripes Forever," and Handel's "Largo."
Then came an interesting dead heat, with Schubert's
Serenade, Annie Laurie and Souvenir, all clustered
in twenty-sixth place. "Auld Lang Syne" and "Keep
the Homes Fires Burning" was another interestnig
tie.
The other songs in the order of their scoring were
as follows: Barcarolle "Tale of Hoffman," 'To a
Wild Rose" (MacDowell), Meditation from "Thais,"
Paderewski's Minuet, "When You and I Were
Young, Maggie," "Old Black Joe," Laybadi's Fifth
Nocturne, "The Lost Chord," "Highty Lak a Rose,"
"The Last Rose of x Summer," and "Sweet and Low."
EMPHATICALLY NO BANANAS.
The songs we sang in an earlier age,
Like "Daisy" and "Sweet Marie,"
"She Was Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage"
And "Under the Bamboo Tree,"
We always fancied were trashy stuff
Till the newer ones came along.
But our judgment we find was a bit too rough,
For we've heard the "Banana" song.
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.
The lyrics that Charles K. Harris wrote
We heard with a scornful ear,
When their phonographed accents used to float
From music stores far and near.
But we'd listen to "Just as the Sun Went Down"
That the Witmarks used to croon.
And think real music had come to town
Since we've heard the "Banana" tune.
COURT FAVORS A. S. C. A. & P
Defendants Enjoined from Using Certain Songs and
Compelled to Pay Fines.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers recently got a final decree from the United
States District Court for the eastern district of
Pennsylvania perpetually enjoining twenty-nine de-
fendants from publicly performing a number of popu-
lar songs. The suits were against theater owners
and have been before the courts for about two years.
In addition to the restraining injunction each de-
fendant was fined $250 and court costs amounting to
$100 and was compelled to pay the attorney fee of
$150 by order of the court. Previous decisions of the
same character have been granted.
An equitable plan for the collection of license fees
from vaudeville and motion picture theaters, cabarets
and dance halls is in preparation by the society. It
is said to be one that will satisfy the fair-minded
theater owners and others.
CAUSE OF JAZZ DISCOVERED
Due to Improved Diet, Says Mrs. Ida B. Allen,
Dietitian.
Mrs. Ida B. Allen, nationally known dietitian of
New York, who is a delegate to the convention of the
American Home Economics Association now in ses-
sion at the University of Chicago, presents a new
view of the causes of jazz. Jazz, considered by so
many to be naughty, ought logically to have a very
naughty source, but not so, says Mrs. Allen.
Ninety-nine per cent of the prominent people of
the nation have been interviewed on the subject in
We never imagined that "Just One Girl"
Was the work of a lofty brow
Or could be esteemed as a classic pearl,
But we think it's a wonder now!
"In Old Kentucky" and "Honey Boy"
We've often refused to sing,
But we'd sing 'em both with abounding joy
Since we've heard the "Banana" thing.
SONGS THE PEOPLE LIKE
The Degree of Popularity for Certain Ones
Clearly Indicated by Answers in Home
Music Contest.
We learn that the old ones are coming back.
The degree of popular favor for certain well-
The publishers say they fear
known songs and the importance of music in the That
modern composers lack the knack
rearing of a child are indicated in the replies submit-
Of pleasing the public ear.
ted in the home music contest held in connection
We didn't care much for these oldtime lays
with the Better Homes in America campaign this
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight,
year. The contest was arranged through the co-
But in these benighted "Banana" days
operation of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
They seem to us simply great.
—James J. Montague in N. Y. Tribune.
merce and the prizes ranging in volume from $500
down were the gifts of nationally known music
houses, members of the Chamber.
In the selection of pieces it was inevitable that
"Home Sweet Home' 1 get the largest number of
votes, since it was a better homes contest, and House of Famous Heroine of Burns' Ballad on Auc-
equally inevitable that the two anthems, '"The Star
tioneer's Block.
Spangled Banner" and "America," should follow
The
home
of
Annie
Laurie for whom Robert
with second and third places. The next three, in
order of popularity, were not so easy to predict: Burns was willing to "lay me doon an' dee," the
"Humoresque," "Ave Maria," and "Nearer My God house at Craigdarroch, in the County of Dumfries-
to Thee." The remaining four of the first ten were shire, Scotland, largely built by the heroine of the
"Love's Old Sweet Song," "A Perfect Day," Men- famous ballad, and the surrounding estate of 2,700
delssohn's "Spring Song," and the time-honored acres are to be sold at public auction.
Britain fears that some newly rich American will
favorite, "Silver Threads Among the Gold."
acquire it, since nobody in the United Kingdom
The first operatic piece in the list holds eleventh seems able to afford the price. The senate comprises
place, the "Sextette from Lucia." Opera fails to seven farms, grouse shooting fields and trout streams.
score again until .the thirty-ninth place when the The formal Georgian garden near the house was laid
"Miserere" from II Trovatore goes in.
out by Annie herself, and the years have only added
Old-fashioned numbers seem to hold sway through- to its beauty.
out. The only piece with anything like up-to-date-
Annie Laurie married Alexander Fergusson of
ness is "Three O'Clock , in the Morning," which Craigdarroch and lived to the ripe old age of 79. She
comes forty-seventh on the list.
died in 1761 and was buried in the family cemetery
Among the first fifty selections there are a total near her home. Craigdarroch is famous for another
of but five hymns. Besides "Nearer My God to reason. It has as one of its treasures "The Whistle,"
Thee," in the sixth place, "Lead, Kindly Light" was which inspired Robert Burns' ballad of that name.
twelfth; "Abide With Me" fourteenth, "Silent Night,
Holy Night!' twenty-first, and finally "Rock of Ages"
Jack Mills, Inc., music publishers, 148-50 West
thirty-eighth. "Mother Machree" and "Dixie" made 46th street. New York, has taken over from Emma
rather a poor showing, scoring respectively twenty- Carus, famous Keith vaudeville headliner, the two
ninth and thirty-fourth in the list.
special "hit" numbers in her act, called "Is It a Sin?
Beethoven managed to get into sixteenth place with (My Loving You?)" and "Has Anybody Seen My
his Minuet in G, nosing out "Traumerei" by a few Cat?"
Songs as Profits
"Be First With a HEARST'
Wonderful Child
She's Got Another Daddy
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
In Baby's Smile
Love is Love For Ever
Lonesome Two
Piano Dream
Step
TO SELL ANNIE LAURIE'S HOME
JVERS
9est
iusic Printers
ANY PUBLISHER
OUR REFERENCE
BAYNER DALHEM S CO:
Estimates
^
WORK DONE BY
ALL PROCESSES
"2054-2060 W.Lake St., Chicago, 111.
i
Order From Your Jobber or Direct
HEARSTMUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD
i
I
1658 BROADWAY
N E W TORK
PHOENIX BLD6.
WINNIPEG
199Y0NGEST
TORONTO
No Loss on a Hearst Song — Money
Back Guarantee
REMICK SONG HITS
Falling
Just a Little Blue
Barney Google
~^V
Beside a Babbling Brook
My Buddy
Carolina in the Morning
Dream Melody
Sweet One
^
Rocky Mountain Moon
~ r \ r
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
Chicago
Detroit
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PRESTO
August 4, 1923
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
TO PUBLISHERS
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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.
votes. Then followed "Carry Me Back to Old Vir-
ginia," and "Blue Danube." Twenty-second place
went to Rubinstein's "Melody in F," followed by
"Stars and Stripes Forever," and Handel's "Largo."
Then came an interesting dead heat, with Schubert's
Serenade, Annie Laurie and Souvenir, all clustered
in twenty-sixth place. "Auld Lang Syne" and "Keep
the Homes Fires Burning" was another interestnig
tie.
The other songs in the order of their scoring were
as follows: Barcarolle "Tale of Hoffman," 'To a
Wild Rose" (MacDowell), Meditation from "Thais,"
Paderewski's Minuet, "When You and I Were
Young, Maggie," "Old Black Joe," Laybadi's Fifth
Nocturne, "The Lost Chord," "Highty Lak a Rose,"
"The Last Rose of x Summer," and "Sweet and Low."
EMPHATICALLY NO BANANAS.
The songs we sang in an earlier age,
Like "Daisy" and "Sweet Marie,"
"She Was Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage"
And "Under the Bamboo Tree,"
We always fancied were trashy stuff
Till the newer ones came along.
But our judgment we find was a bit too rough,
For we've heard the "Banana" song.
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.
The lyrics that Charles K. Harris wrote
We heard with a scornful ear,
When their phonographed accents used to float
From music stores far and near.
But we'd listen to "Just as the Sun Went Down"
That the Witmarks used to croon.
And think real music had come to town
Since we've heard the "Banana" tune.
COURT FAVORS A. S. C. A. & P
Defendants Enjoined from Using Certain Songs and
Compelled to Pay Fines.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers recently got a final decree from the United
States District Court for the eastern district of
Pennsylvania perpetually enjoining twenty-nine de-
fendants from publicly performing a number of popu-
lar songs. The suits were against theater owners
and have been before the courts for about two years.
In addition to the restraining injunction each de-
fendant was fined $250 and court costs amounting to
$100 and was compelled to pay the attorney fee of
$150 by order of the court. Previous decisions of the
same character have been granted.
An equitable plan for the collection of license fees
from vaudeville and motion picture theaters, cabarets
and dance halls is in preparation by the society. It
is said to be one that will satisfy the fair-minded
theater owners and others.
CAUSE OF JAZZ DISCOVERED
Due to Improved Diet, Says Mrs. Ida B. Allen,
Dietitian.
Mrs. Ida B. Allen, nationally known dietitian of
New York, who is a delegate to the convention of the
American Home Economics Association now in ses-
sion at the University of Chicago, presents a new
view of the causes of jazz. Jazz, considered by so
many to be naughty, ought logically to have a very
naughty source, but not so, says Mrs. Allen.
Ninety-nine per cent of the prominent people of
the nation have been interviewed on the subject in
We never imagined that "Just One Girl"
Was the work of a lofty brow
Or could be esteemed as a classic pearl,
But we think it's a wonder now!
"In Old Kentucky" and "Honey Boy"
We've often refused to sing,
But we'd sing 'em both with abounding joy
Since we've heard the "Banana" thing.
SONGS THE PEOPLE LIKE
The Degree of Popularity for Certain Ones
Clearly Indicated by Answers in Home
Music Contest.
We learn that the old ones are coming back.
The degree of popular favor for certain well-
The publishers say they fear
known songs and the importance of music in the That
modern composers lack the knack
rearing of a child are indicated in the replies submit-
Of pleasing the public ear.
ted in the home music contest held in connection
We didn't care much for these oldtime lays
with the Better Homes in America campaign this
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight,
year. The contest was arranged through the co-
But in these benighted "Banana" days
operation of the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
They seem to us simply great.
—James J. Montague in N. Y. Tribune.
merce and the prizes ranging in volume from $500
down were the gifts of nationally known music
houses, members of the Chamber.
In the selection of pieces it was inevitable that
"Home Sweet Home' 1 get the largest number of
votes, since it was a better homes contest, and House of Famous Heroine of Burns' Ballad on Auc-
equally inevitable that the two anthems, '"The Star
tioneer's Block.
Spangled Banner" and "America," should follow
The
home
of
Annie
Laurie for whom Robert
with second and third places. The next three, in
order of popularity, were not so easy to predict: Burns was willing to "lay me doon an' dee," the
"Humoresque," "Ave Maria," and "Nearer My God house at Craigdarroch, in the County of Dumfries-
to Thee." The remaining four of the first ten were shire, Scotland, largely built by the heroine of the
"Love's Old Sweet Song," "A Perfect Day," Men- famous ballad, and the surrounding estate of 2,700
delssohn's "Spring Song," and the time-honored acres are to be sold at public auction.
Britain fears that some newly rich American will
favorite, "Silver Threads Among the Gold."
acquire it, since nobody in the United Kingdom
The first operatic piece in the list holds eleventh seems able to afford the price. The senate comprises
place, the "Sextette from Lucia." Opera fails to seven farms, grouse shooting fields and trout streams.
score again until .the thirty-ninth place when the The formal Georgian garden near the house was laid
"Miserere" from II Trovatore goes in.
out by Annie herself, and the years have only added
Old-fashioned numbers seem to hold sway through- to its beauty.
out. The only piece with anything like up-to-date-
Annie Laurie married Alexander Fergusson of
ness is "Three O'Clock , in the Morning," which Craigdarroch and lived to the ripe old age of 79. She
comes forty-seventh on the list.
died in 1761 and was buried in the family cemetery
Among the first fifty selections there are a total near her home. Craigdarroch is famous for another
of but five hymns. Besides "Nearer My God to reason. It has as one of its treasures "The Whistle,"
Thee," in the sixth place, "Lead, Kindly Light" was which inspired Robert Burns' ballad of that name.
twelfth; "Abide With Me" fourteenth, "Silent Night,
Holy Night!' twenty-first, and finally "Rock of Ages"
Jack Mills, Inc., music publishers, 148-50 West
thirty-eighth. "Mother Machree" and "Dixie" made 46th street. New York, has taken over from Emma
rather a poor showing, scoring respectively twenty- Carus, famous Keith vaudeville headliner, the two
ninth and thirty-fourth in the list.
special "hit" numbers in her act, called "Is It a Sin?
Beethoven managed to get into sixteenth place with (My Loving You?)" and "Has Anybody Seen My
his Minuet in G, nosing out "Traumerei" by a few Cat?"
Songs as Profits
"Be First With a HEARST'
Wonderful Child
She's Got Another Daddy
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
In Baby's Smile
Love is Love For Ever
Lonesome Two
Piano Dream
Step
TO SELL ANNIE LAURIE'S HOME
JVERS
9est
iusic Printers
ANY PUBLISHER
OUR REFERENCE
BAYNER DALHEM S CO:
Estimates
^
WORK DONE BY
ALL PROCESSES
"2054-2060 W.Lake St., Chicago, 111.
i
Order From Your Jobber or Direct
HEARSTMUSIC PUBLISHERS LTD
i
I
1658 BROADWAY
N E W TORK
PHOENIX BLD6.
WINNIPEG
199Y0NGEST
TORONTO
No Loss on a Hearst Song — Money
Back Guarantee
REMICK SONG HITS
Falling
Just a Little Blue
Barney Google
~^V
Beside a Babbling Brook
My Buddy
Carolina in the Morning
Dream Melody
Sweet One
^
Rocky Mountain Moon
~ r \ r
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
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).