Presto
Issue: 1924 1985 - Page 25
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PRESTO
August 9, 1924.
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
AN IMPORTANT ALLIANCE
Famous Finnish Composer Contracts with Carl
Fischer, Inc., for Control of His Compositions.
The house of Carl Fischer, Inc., New York has
closed an agreement with Jean Sibelius, the celebrated
Finnish composer, whereby it controls the exclusive
publishing rights to his new musical works for a long
term of years. Dr. Sibelius is considered one of the
world's greatest living composers, and many of his
works, notably*the "Finlandia" and "Valse Triste,"
have enjoyed tremendous popularity in the United
States as well as in Europe.
Carl Fischer, Inc., is at this time preparing for
publication a group of smaller works by Dr. Sibelius
for piano solo and violin and piano, which will be
ready for issuance by early fall. The list includes:
Piano Solo—Op. 101, No. 1, Romance; No. 2,
Chant du Soir; No. 3, Scene Lyrique; No. 4, Humor-
esque; No. 5, Scene Romantique. Op. 103, No. 1,
The Village Church; No. 2, The Fiddler; No. 3, The
Rcwer; No. 4, The Storm; No. 5, the Mourning
Strain. Violin and Piano—Op. 106, No. 1, Danse
Champetre I., No. 2, Danse Champetre II.
Information has just reached us that Dr. Sibelius
has completed a new continuous symphony, his Opus
105, which will probably appear in print before the
end of the year. This is an important item to the
trade and musical world generally because Sibelius,
one of the greatest living musical talents, has seen fit,
after long and careful thought, to entrust his artistic
future, not to some European publishing house with
centuries of traditions behind it, but to the compara-
tively young and enterprising American firm of Carl
Fischer, Inc.
SONG SHARKS DISGORGE
Swindlers Get Off with Fines in Federal Court After
Returning $3,000 to Victims.
Two more song sharks in Chicago were let off
with fines of $750 and $250 plus costs, after they had
refunded approximately $3,000 to victims. Among
the victims to whom money was refunded was a
crippled girl in a small OKio town.
An invalid woman in Brooklyn who had been de-
frauded of nearly $300 received it back, and also one
other crippled woman in Indiana. The latter wrote
a letter of thanks to the Better Business Bureau of
the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce telling
how she received her refund after reporting the
case.
More significant than the ending of the particular
case in point is the statement that it is the last of
the illegal operations in Chicago about which the
post office authorities had complaint. The success-
ful outcome of the song shark campaign in Chicago
is due to the vigorous drive made by the post office
authorities and the thorough investigation by Post
REMICK SONG HITS
Where the Lazy Daisies Grow
I Wonder Who's Dancing with You
Tonight
There's Yes Yes in Your Eyes
Hula Hula Dream Girl
It Had to Be You
Mandalay
Bring Back the Old Fashioned Waltz
Until Tomorrow
Twilight Rose
Watchin' the Moonrise
Counting the Days
Not Yet Susette
Arizona Stars
If You'll Come Back
Land of Broken Dreams
Office Inspector Frank N. Davis, who secured a con-
viction in every one of the cases.
The two who were fined in federal court by U. S.
Judge G. A. Carpenter were Lester E. Simmons and
Mary F. Letgers, who operated under various names,
including Frank Radner, Dean L. Haylor, Edward
Trent, Marvin Morley, Thomas Merlin, Idyl Publish-
ing Company, Warfield Music Service, Letgers Music
Company, and others.
Simmons was fined $750 and costs and Mrs. Let-
gers $250 and costs. It is understood that refunds
were made to all parties whose complaints were on
file, and who had expressed dissatisfaction with the
outcome of their transactions.
FROM FRUIT TO PORK
Last Year's Banana Shortage Has Prompted Song
Lovers to Take Bacon.
"It would appear that following the great shortage
of bananas last season music dealers are after a slice
of the pork business, and according to reports those
who have seen the possibilities of Hearst Music Pub-
lishers' latest feature number, 'Bringin' Home the
Bacon,' are doing nicely, thank you.
"Herewith is reproduced a window of the J. J. H.
McLean Co., Ltd., Winnipeg, Canada, featuring His
Master's Voice Victor Record No. 19334, also sheet
music copies of this fox-trot which although just re-
cently released has already received big exploitation
throughout the country.
" 'Bringin' Home the Bacon' is equally suitable for
comedy, or straight use, and as a dance number its
rhythm is infectious. It looks like becoming one of
this season's big hits."
The head office of Hearst Music Publishers of
Canada, Limited, is in Winnipeg and the company
has offices in New York, Chicago, Vancouver and
Toronto.
HOW MUSIC SAYS THINGS
Democratic Convention Furnished Illustration of Dif-
ficulty of Separating an Air from Its Incident.
The following humorous editorial appeared in the
Chicago Tribune last Saturday under the heading of
"New York Wants to Know Who Marched Through
Georgia, When and Why?"
Mr. Tumulty has written to Clark Howell of the
Atlanta Constitution that, cross his heart, he did not
have a thing to do with the dirty work at the cross-
roads in New York when the convention band played
"Marching Through Georgia" for the Georgia dem-
onstration. Mr. Tumulty wishes to be believed and
he is earnest. He loves the south. His father hap-
pened to be on the other side of the issue, but a
southern colonel saved his life and a southern woman
nursed the shattered northerner back to health.
He does not say so, but there was no intentional
dirty work in this. The band had complimented
Maryland, Indiana, New York, etc., with "Maryland,
My Maryland," "The Banks of the Wabash," "The
Sidewalks of New York," etc., and when it came
Georgia's time the band thought it was choosing the
state's well known and much loved air.
New York is the great American city. It is self-
sustained and self-contained with good reason. It
cannot be expected to keep track of events else-
where or remember that there was a secession over
slavery. New York thinks the first one was over
the Volstead act. Why did Georgia write the song,
anyway, and isn't it something like "My Alabama
Coon"?
That very clever editorial goes to prove again that
it is almost impossible to divorce a song from the
incident, sentiment or purpose of its original crea-
tion. That is one reason—the reason, in fact—that
the song "America" as now sung can never be a
national song for this country. It is too clearly Brit-
ish—"God Save the King.". And that's why it was
considered enough to hit Dr. Muck when that Ger-
man musician refused to play the "President's
March," which iiad become so thoroughly associated
with Key's words of the "Star Spangled Banner" as
to call for protection, even reverence, during war-
time as our country's patriotic song.
Mr. Tumulty knew that "Marching Through
Georgia" was written in celebration of General Sher-
man's great effort during the Civil War. And while
perhaps the band master at Madison Square Garden
didn't know it, or even care, the Democratic chief-
tan is sensitive about how the air might strike south-
ern ears so long after the discordant note between
north and south had been stilled.
It shows how powerful an element even a simple
strain of music may be. And the composer of the
song for which Mr. Tumulty thought it necessary to
apologize has been dead for forty years. And he
was a printer when he made the melody, later con-
ducting a music business under his own name of
Henry C. Work, and finally dying in a retreat for
the insane at Hartford, Conn.
"SONNY BOY" A SONG HIT.
One of the "best sellers" among the popular songs
just now is "Sonny Boy," by Silverman, and published
by H. J. Gott, 177 State street, Chicago. The song
is being sung by a number of public entertainers,
and it is on the'records and music rolls. It was in
demand almost as soon as it had appeared and its
popularity has been increasing until it is a veritable
"hit." The orchestras are taking hold of it, and
Mr. Gott, who has put forth many good songs,
believes that "Sonny Boy" is his most successful
number. The music is very catching and the words
are poetic and unobjectionable.
Norworth Co.", Inc., sheet music publishers of
Milwaukee, according to reports from Milwaukee,
in which the concern operated, went out of business
leaving absolutely no assets. In fact, a former asso-
ciate states that the rent for the office was not
paid, and that the people in the building took over
all the furniture that was in the office to cover the
HEARST HITS
You Can Take Me Away From Dixie
Forget Me Not
Bringin' Home the Bacon
My Dream Moon
Waiting for the Rainbow
Only a Butterfly
I
;
. > \
June
•
Broken Dreams
Lovers Lane Is a Lonesome Trail
If I Had You
I'm Falling in Love With a Shadow
Just a Lullaby
In a Wonderful World of Our Own
Someone Else
!
Chicago
;
I
(Took Your Place in My Heart)
Boost Your Sheet Music Sales. Record Releases Announced.
Victor, Columbia, Brunswick, Vocation, Okeh, Paramount
and other records played by the famous orchestras, including
Vincent Lopez, Paul Specht, Ben Selvin, Jack Chapman,
Don Bestor, Carl Fenton, Ray Miller, etc.
Q. R. S., U. S., COLUMBIA, ETC. PLAYER PIANO ROLLS
HEARST MUSIC PUBLISHERS
of Canada, Limited
HEAD OFFICE—WINNIPEG, Canada
New York
-
Chicago
•
Vancouver
-
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
i
(Means Remember Me)
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).
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Toronto
PRESTO
August 9, 1924.
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
AN IMPORTANT ALLIANCE
Famous Finnish Composer Contracts with Carl
Fischer, Inc., for Control of His Compositions.
The house of Carl Fischer, Inc., New York has
closed an agreement with Jean Sibelius, the celebrated
Finnish composer, whereby it controls the exclusive
publishing rights to his new musical works for a long
term of years. Dr. Sibelius is considered one of the
world's greatest living composers, and many of his
works, notably*the "Finlandia" and "Valse Triste,"
have enjoyed tremendous popularity in the United
States as well as in Europe.
Carl Fischer, Inc., is at this time preparing for
publication a group of smaller works by Dr. Sibelius
for piano solo and violin and piano, which will be
ready for issuance by early fall. The list includes:
Piano Solo—Op. 101, No. 1, Romance; No. 2,
Chant du Soir; No. 3, Scene Lyrique; No. 4, Humor-
esque; No. 5, Scene Romantique. Op. 103, No. 1,
The Village Church; No. 2, The Fiddler; No. 3, The
Rcwer; No. 4, The Storm; No. 5, the Mourning
Strain. Violin and Piano—Op. 106, No. 1, Danse
Champetre I., No. 2, Danse Champetre II.
Information has just reached us that Dr. Sibelius
has completed a new continuous symphony, his Opus
105, which will probably appear in print before the
end of the year. This is an important item to the
trade and musical world generally because Sibelius,
one of the greatest living musical talents, has seen fit,
after long and careful thought, to entrust his artistic
future, not to some European publishing house with
centuries of traditions behind it, but to the compara-
tively young and enterprising American firm of Carl
Fischer, Inc.
SONG SHARKS DISGORGE
Swindlers Get Off with Fines in Federal Court After
Returning $3,000 to Victims.
Two more song sharks in Chicago were let off
with fines of $750 and $250 plus costs, after they had
refunded approximately $3,000 to victims. Among
the victims to whom money was refunded was a
crippled girl in a small OKio town.
An invalid woman in Brooklyn who had been de-
frauded of nearly $300 received it back, and also one
other crippled woman in Indiana. The latter wrote
a letter of thanks to the Better Business Bureau of
the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce telling
how she received her refund after reporting the
case.
More significant than the ending of the particular
case in point is the statement that it is the last of
the illegal operations in Chicago about which the
post office authorities had complaint. The success-
ful outcome of the song shark campaign in Chicago
is due to the vigorous drive made by the post office
authorities and the thorough investigation by Post
REMICK SONG HITS
Where the Lazy Daisies Grow
I Wonder Who's Dancing with You
Tonight
There's Yes Yes in Your Eyes
Hula Hula Dream Girl
It Had to Be You
Mandalay
Bring Back the Old Fashioned Waltz
Until Tomorrow
Twilight Rose
Watchin' the Moonrise
Counting the Days
Not Yet Susette
Arizona Stars
If You'll Come Back
Land of Broken Dreams
Office Inspector Frank N. Davis, who secured a con-
viction in every one of the cases.
The two who were fined in federal court by U. S.
Judge G. A. Carpenter were Lester E. Simmons and
Mary F. Letgers, who operated under various names,
including Frank Radner, Dean L. Haylor, Edward
Trent, Marvin Morley, Thomas Merlin, Idyl Publish-
ing Company, Warfield Music Service, Letgers Music
Company, and others.
Simmons was fined $750 and costs and Mrs. Let-
gers $250 and costs. It is understood that refunds
were made to all parties whose complaints were on
file, and who had expressed dissatisfaction with the
outcome of their transactions.
FROM FRUIT TO PORK
Last Year's Banana Shortage Has Prompted Song
Lovers to Take Bacon.
"It would appear that following the great shortage
of bananas last season music dealers are after a slice
of the pork business, and according to reports those
who have seen the possibilities of Hearst Music Pub-
lishers' latest feature number, 'Bringin' Home the
Bacon,' are doing nicely, thank you.
"Herewith is reproduced a window of the J. J. H.
McLean Co., Ltd., Winnipeg, Canada, featuring His
Master's Voice Victor Record No. 19334, also sheet
music copies of this fox-trot which although just re-
cently released has already received big exploitation
throughout the country.
" 'Bringin' Home the Bacon' is equally suitable for
comedy, or straight use, and as a dance number its
rhythm is infectious. It looks like becoming one of
this season's big hits."
The head office of Hearst Music Publishers of
Canada, Limited, is in Winnipeg and the company
has offices in New York, Chicago, Vancouver and
Toronto.
HOW MUSIC SAYS THINGS
Democratic Convention Furnished Illustration of Dif-
ficulty of Separating an Air from Its Incident.
The following humorous editorial appeared in the
Chicago Tribune last Saturday under the heading of
"New York Wants to Know Who Marched Through
Georgia, When and Why?"
Mr. Tumulty has written to Clark Howell of the
Atlanta Constitution that, cross his heart, he did not
have a thing to do with the dirty work at the cross-
roads in New York when the convention band played
"Marching Through Georgia" for the Georgia dem-
onstration. Mr. Tumulty wishes to be believed and
he is earnest. He loves the south. His father hap-
pened to be on the other side of the issue, but a
southern colonel saved his life and a southern woman
nursed the shattered northerner back to health.
He does not say so, but there was no intentional
dirty work in this. The band had complimented
Maryland, Indiana, New York, etc., with "Maryland,
My Maryland," "The Banks of the Wabash," "The
Sidewalks of New York," etc., and when it came
Georgia's time the band thought it was choosing the
state's well known and much loved air.
New York is the great American city. It is self-
sustained and self-contained with good reason. It
cannot be expected to keep track of events else-
where or remember that there was a secession over
slavery. New York thinks the first one was over
the Volstead act. Why did Georgia write the song,
anyway, and isn't it something like "My Alabama
Coon"?
That very clever editorial goes to prove again that
it is almost impossible to divorce a song from the
incident, sentiment or purpose of its original crea-
tion. That is one reason—the reason, in fact—that
the song "America" as now sung can never be a
national song for this country. It is too clearly Brit-
ish—"God Save the King.". And that's why it was
considered enough to hit Dr. Muck when that Ger-
man musician refused to play the "President's
March," which iiad become so thoroughly associated
with Key's words of the "Star Spangled Banner" as
to call for protection, even reverence, during war-
time as our country's patriotic song.
Mr. Tumulty knew that "Marching Through
Georgia" was written in celebration of General Sher-
man's great effort during the Civil War. And while
perhaps the band master at Madison Square Garden
didn't know it, or even care, the Democratic chief-
tan is sensitive about how the air might strike south-
ern ears so long after the discordant note between
north and south had been stilled.
It shows how powerful an element even a simple
strain of music may be. And the composer of the
song for which Mr. Tumulty thought it necessary to
apologize has been dead for forty years. And he
was a printer when he made the melody, later con-
ducting a music business under his own name of
Henry C. Work, and finally dying in a retreat for
the insane at Hartford, Conn.
"SONNY BOY" A SONG HIT.
One of the "best sellers" among the popular songs
just now is "Sonny Boy," by Silverman, and published
by H. J. Gott, 177 State street, Chicago. The song
is being sung by a number of public entertainers,
and it is on the'records and music rolls. It was in
demand almost as soon as it had appeared and its
popularity has been increasing until it is a veritable
"hit." The orchestras are taking hold of it, and
Mr. Gott, who has put forth many good songs,
believes that "Sonny Boy" is his most successful
number. The music is very catching and the words
are poetic and unobjectionable.
Norworth Co.", Inc., sheet music publishers of
Milwaukee, according to reports from Milwaukee,
in which the concern operated, went out of business
leaving absolutely no assets. In fact, a former asso-
ciate states that the rent for the office was not
paid, and that the people in the building took over
all the furniture that was in the office to cover the
HEARST HITS
You Can Take Me Away From Dixie
Forget Me Not
Bringin' Home the Bacon
My Dream Moon
Waiting for the Rainbow
Only a Butterfly
I
;
. > \
June
•
Broken Dreams
Lovers Lane Is a Lonesome Trail
If I Had You
I'm Falling in Love With a Shadow
Just a Lullaby
In a Wonderful World of Our Own
Someone Else
!
Chicago
;
I
(Took Your Place in My Heart)
Boost Your Sheet Music Sales. Record Releases Announced.
Victor, Columbia, Brunswick, Vocation, Okeh, Paramount
and other records played by the famous orchestras, including
Vincent Lopez, Paul Specht, Ben Selvin, Jack Chapman,
Don Bestor, Carl Fenton, Ray Miller, etc.
Q. R. S., U. S., COLUMBIA, ETC. PLAYER PIANO ROLLS
HEARST MUSIC PUBLISHERS
of Canada, Limited
HEAD OFFICE—WINNIPEG, Canada
New York
-
Chicago
•
Vancouver
-
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
i
(Means Remember Me)
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/
Toronto
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