Presto
Issue: 1924 1997 - Page 25
November 1, 1924.
the attributes of a hit—and have never gone over. If
song writers knew the secret of success there would
be no slump in the song market today in spite of
fierce competition.
One swallow does not make a summer in the song
Rayner, Dalheim & Co., Chicago, Largest
business, but one success does produce a season of
imitations. Hence we have had visitations of sea
House of Its Kind West of New York
songs, coon songs, war songs, Bowery songs, cam-
Furnishes Good Report.
paign songs and fruit songs. At present we are over-
whelmed by jazz songs. We have, in fact, a very
bad case of the blues. But that, it seems to me, is The renewed activity in the music publishing indus-
try is of course reflected in the lively condition in all
only a symptom of an overenergized condition.
the departments of Rayner, Dalheim & Co., music
printers at 2054-2060 West Lake street, Chicago.
The healthful signs of activity in the Chicago music
printing shop naturally suggest an increase in the
business of the publishers who are regular clients of
A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music the house as well as added patronage from the indi-
vidual composers and music dealers engaged in a pub-
Department Are Printed.
lishing venture.
Probably the most translated of all Christian
In every town music dealers may find opportunities
hymns is "Rock of Ages," which is now sung in al- to essay a music publishing business resulting in
most every known tongue.
profit to themselves and profit and glory for some
The Asbury-Music Company recently opened at worthy aspirant to fame as a composer. The music
Columbia, S. C , has a sheet music department.
dealers now are aware of the possibilities presented
Music dealers in 1,083 cities are interested in pro- by a reputable music printing house like Rayner, Dal-
moting the music memory contests. In 106 counties heim & Co., and are in a position to save the ambi-
the contests have been introduced on a country-wide tious amateur song writers from the song sharks. In
scale.
dealing with the local music dealers the ambitious
The sheet music department of the McDougall- composers are more likely to get a frank and honest
Conn Music Co., Portland, Ore., has been moved to opinion about the merit of their compositions than if
the Elks' Building, Eleventh and Adler streets.
they trusted the sharks.
Remick songs are being featured in a timely
The evidence of continuous growth in the business
Hallowe'en window in the windows of Remick's Song of Rayner, Dalheim & Co., is a heartening fact for
and Gift Shop, Seattle, this week.
the sheet music dealer. It shows that the music pub-
lic, the mass from which the sheet music dealer gets
his customers, is larger than ever it was and that no
OLD ENGLISH HOUSE CELEBRATES.
A. Weekes & Co., Ltd., London music publishers, distractions have caused any cessation of the love
which recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of of music and the interest in the means to create it.
its founding, has built up an interesting record of
MUSIC BUYER DEFENDS JAZZ.
success and has achieved a good position among pub-
lishing firms. Fifty-five years ago Amos Weekes
Miss Gertrude Marion Swift, assistant buyer in the
and his brother Charles opened a music business at Music Salon of the R. H. White Co., a large depart-
16 Hanover street, and a year after were joined by ment store of Boston, recently won the contest for
Frederick Watt. The firm has purchased a great the best essay on jazz conducted by the "White Star,''
many desirable copyrights. The catalogues of the a publication for employees of the store. Miss
house contain much of interest, including the names Swift's essay is no mere apology for jazz, but a
of E. J. Hopkins, Edmund Turpin, Coleridge Tay- downright boost for the music that some critics con-
lor. Hamish MacCunn, Arthur Somervell, Easthope sider cacophonous. "It is the Negro influence—
Martin, Drs. Harding, Ellingford, Keighley, Lyon, whether African or American is immaterial—which
Sweating, Crowe, Varley Roberts, and Sir Alexander has dragged our popular music out of the rut of silly
Mackenzie. A feature of great utility in the building sentimentality it was in a generation ago," said Miss
of A. Weekes & Co., Ltd., is the systematic provision Swift.
of practice studios which offer great conveniences
for chamber music parties, as well as professors.
MUSIC PRINTERS BUSY
COMMENT ON POPULARS
Edgar Chapin May Recalls the Earlier Songs
and the Merit That Made Them of
Sales Value.
In commenting on the decline of merit in the popu-
lar song Edgar Chapin May, writing in the Saturday
Evening Post, believes "yet there is hope for return
to the good old times and tunes. The hope rests on
what old song masters term heart interest. 'Senti-
ment,' they declare, 'can never die, and neither can
the sentimental song. We have always been a senti-
mental people. The popular song will come back
if it has heart interest.' Continuing, he says:
Our early popular songs w T ere based on patriotism,
and its half-brother, politics. The Star-Spangled
Banner sprang from the War of 1812. Home, Sweet
Home followed in 1823. Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean was written in 1843. Two outgrowths of our
Civil War were John Brown's Body and Julia Ward
Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic, set to the John
Brown melody. Then we became sentimental for
sentiment's sake with Stephen C. Foster's Old Folks
at Home, My Old Kentucky Home, and Old Black
Joe.
Daniel Emmett contributed his bit at this
time—the 50's and 60's—with Carry Me Back to Old
Virginny.
After that our popular taste in songs found expres-
sion in Good Night, Ladies, My Bonnie Lies Over
the Ocean, I've Been Working on the Railroad, When
Good Fellows Get Together, Mother Machree and
Juanita.
These songs still have a hold on the people in the
opinion of community song leaders. But the first
big smashing hit, Charles K. Harris' After the Ball,
written in 1892, did not take our country by storm
until it and the World's Columbian Exposition at
Chicago shared honors as the reigning sensations
during the palmy days of 1893.
Ideals have changed in the past few years for most
of us. But not for Charles K. Harris, Harry Von
Tilzer and some of the old song writers who remain
in the game.
"A successful song must be clean, it must contain
a direct relation to the every day experiences of
man," Mr. Harris insists. "All my ballads are based
on some incident I have witnessed. And the things
1 have written with emotion have lasted longest."
Harry Von Tilzer gives similar testimony. He is
the veteran among active song writers. "I made my
money on clean songs and I'm going to make it again
after this jazz craze has passed on and publishers
get what they are entitled to from the movies and
radio broadcasters," he asserts.
Certain authorities divide all songs into art, or
classical, songs, melody songs, popular songs and
jazz songs. In the language of the street the art
songs are distinctly highbrow, more technical than
melodious. Melody songs are those such as Cadman,
MacDowell, Carrie Jacobs-Bond and Ernest Ball
have produced. Jazz songs are dependent principally
upon accented and frequently syncopated rhythm,
with small attention paid to melody or tune, while
the popular song becomes popular because both
words and tune strike home with the great American
public.
What makes a song go? Why are some songs nat-
urals or self-starters? Why must there be a catch
line at the finish of the chorus? Why and how are
some specialists really song smellers? Many songs
have been written with ample heart interest or plenty
of real humor, catchy melody, easy range and all
ADVERTISING SONG BOOKS
Editor Presto: One of our customers inquires
about a collection of old-fashioned songs, suitable for
giving out to prospects and the general public. If
you can inform us where these are printed, you will
confer a great favor, and incidentally boost the piano
business, as it is a. foregone conclusion that every-
one receiving a book will need a piano on which to
produce the accompaniments.—A Jobber.
Reply: About the best book of the kind within
our knowledge is put forth in quantities by the Illi-
nois State Register of Springfield, 111. We believe
if you write to that concern you will get a sample of
about what you want.—Presto.
Over 50 songs, words and music for 4 voices and piano,
22 p.p.. 6x9, in editions with special illuminated cover
printed to order as wanted. Mention Presto.
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
RADIO IN DRY GOODS COMPANY.
PRINCE PRAISES WALTZ.
Miss Paula Gartin, Chicago, is becoming well
known as a composer. Her waltz composition, "Eyes
of Love," published by Jack Mills, Inc., New York,
recently evoked the praise of the Prince of Wales
who first heard the song at Long Island, and, also,
waltzed to the air at the fashionable Saddle and
Rock Club during his stay in Chicago. Miss Gartin
is a member of the League of American Penwomen
and Junior Friends of Art. She is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Funk, of No. 425 Surf avenue,
Chicago, 111. In a letter to Miss Gartin the prince,
through his secretary, extolled the waltz.
FRANK BANNISTER IN CHICAGO.
Frank Bannister, a writer of popular songs of
proved sales value is now attached to the Chicago
office of Hearst Music Publishers. Mr. Bannister,
who is a successful comedian as well as composer,
has the following successful Hearst numbers to his
credit: "Forget Me Not," "Bringing Home the Ba-
con," "Say It With the Ukulele," and the late win-
ners in the Hearst list, "Tallahassee," and "Better
Keep Away," Mr. Bannister is a powerful aid to the
Chicago office in conducting the campaign for the
Hearst catalog.
NEW DEPARTMENT MANAGER.
Herbert Koehlingcr is the new manager of the
sheet music department of Elbel Bros., South Bend,
Ind. Mr. Koehlinger is well known in Fort Wayne
as an accomplished pianist with the added advantage
of an ability to sell music goods.
RSA
9est /
Music Printers (
WestbfNewYorkV
ANY PUBLISHER
\ ^
OUR REFERENCE
-
25
PRESTO
^
BAYNERDALMIM &C
- WORK DONE BY
ALL PROCESSES
054-2Q60 W.Lake St.XhicagoJll.
The Denver Dry Goods Co., Denver, Colo., has
given over a large portion of the fourth floor of the
company's building for the new radio department re-
cently installed under the management of R. C.
Mulnix. The lines of the Radio Corporation of
America are featured by the department which is
enjoying good business since the opening day two
weeks ago.
Best Loved CHRISTMAS CAROLS w ^ du8 .rc nd
Booklet 5x8 for Piano Manufacturers and Dealers.
Used in large editions every year. Order now.
Send for samples to
STATE REGISTER, Dept. A, Springfield, 111.
REMICK SONG HITS
Mandalay
It Had to Be You
There's Yes, Yes in Your Eyes
Dreamer of Dreams
Follow the Swallow
New Kind of Man
My Best Girl
Me and the Boy Friend
Little Black Buddy
Until Tomorrow
Step Henrietta
Goodnight, Sleep Tight
Where the Lazy Daisies Grow
Bring Back the Old Fashioned Waltz
The Grass Is Always Greener (In the
Other Fellow's Yard)
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
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the attributes of a hit—and have never gone over. If
song writers knew the secret of success there would
be no slump in the song market today in spite of
fierce competition.
One swallow does not make a summer in the song
Rayner, Dalheim & Co., Chicago, Largest
business, but one success does produce a season of
imitations. Hence we have had visitations of sea
House of Its Kind West of New York
songs, coon songs, war songs, Bowery songs, cam-
Furnishes Good Report.
paign songs and fruit songs. At present we are over-
whelmed by jazz songs. We have, in fact, a very
bad case of the blues. But that, it seems to me, is The renewed activity in the music publishing indus-
try is of course reflected in the lively condition in all
only a symptom of an overenergized condition.
the departments of Rayner, Dalheim & Co., music
printers at 2054-2060 West Lake street, Chicago.
The healthful signs of activity in the Chicago music
printing shop naturally suggest an increase in the
business of the publishers who are regular clients of
A Few Items Interesting to People in Sheet Music the house as well as added patronage from the indi-
vidual composers and music dealers engaged in a pub-
Department Are Printed.
lishing venture.
Probably the most translated of all Christian
In every town music dealers may find opportunities
hymns is "Rock of Ages," which is now sung in al- to essay a music publishing business resulting in
most every known tongue.
profit to themselves and profit and glory for some
The Asbury-Music Company recently opened at worthy aspirant to fame as a composer. The music
Columbia, S. C , has a sheet music department.
dealers now are aware of the possibilities presented
Music dealers in 1,083 cities are interested in pro- by a reputable music printing house like Rayner, Dal-
moting the music memory contests. In 106 counties heim & Co., and are in a position to save the ambi-
the contests have been introduced on a country-wide tious amateur song writers from the song sharks. In
scale.
dealing with the local music dealers the ambitious
The sheet music department of the McDougall- composers are more likely to get a frank and honest
Conn Music Co., Portland, Ore., has been moved to opinion about the merit of their compositions than if
the Elks' Building, Eleventh and Adler streets.
they trusted the sharks.
Remick songs are being featured in a timely
The evidence of continuous growth in the business
Hallowe'en window in the windows of Remick's Song of Rayner, Dalheim & Co., is a heartening fact for
and Gift Shop, Seattle, this week.
the sheet music dealer. It shows that the music pub-
lic, the mass from which the sheet music dealer gets
his customers, is larger than ever it was and that no
OLD ENGLISH HOUSE CELEBRATES.
A. Weekes & Co., Ltd., London music publishers, distractions have caused any cessation of the love
which recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of of music and the interest in the means to create it.
its founding, has built up an interesting record of
MUSIC BUYER DEFENDS JAZZ.
success and has achieved a good position among pub-
lishing firms. Fifty-five years ago Amos Weekes
Miss Gertrude Marion Swift, assistant buyer in the
and his brother Charles opened a music business at Music Salon of the R. H. White Co., a large depart-
16 Hanover street, and a year after were joined by ment store of Boston, recently won the contest for
Frederick Watt. The firm has purchased a great the best essay on jazz conducted by the "White Star,''
many desirable copyrights. The catalogues of the a publication for employees of the store. Miss
house contain much of interest, including the names Swift's essay is no mere apology for jazz, but a
of E. J. Hopkins, Edmund Turpin, Coleridge Tay- downright boost for the music that some critics con-
lor. Hamish MacCunn, Arthur Somervell, Easthope sider cacophonous. "It is the Negro influence—
Martin, Drs. Harding, Ellingford, Keighley, Lyon, whether African or American is immaterial—which
Sweating, Crowe, Varley Roberts, and Sir Alexander has dragged our popular music out of the rut of silly
Mackenzie. A feature of great utility in the building sentimentality it was in a generation ago," said Miss
of A. Weekes & Co., Ltd., is the systematic provision Swift.
of practice studios which offer great conveniences
for chamber music parties, as well as professors.
MUSIC PRINTERS BUSY
COMMENT ON POPULARS
Edgar Chapin May Recalls the Earlier Songs
and the Merit That Made Them of
Sales Value.
In commenting on the decline of merit in the popu-
lar song Edgar Chapin May, writing in the Saturday
Evening Post, believes "yet there is hope for return
to the good old times and tunes. The hope rests on
what old song masters term heart interest. 'Senti-
ment,' they declare, 'can never die, and neither can
the sentimental song. We have always been a senti-
mental people. The popular song will come back
if it has heart interest.' Continuing, he says:
Our early popular songs w T ere based on patriotism,
and its half-brother, politics. The Star-Spangled
Banner sprang from the War of 1812. Home, Sweet
Home followed in 1823. Columbia, the Gem of the
Ocean was written in 1843. Two outgrowths of our
Civil War were John Brown's Body and Julia Ward
Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic, set to the John
Brown melody. Then we became sentimental for
sentiment's sake with Stephen C. Foster's Old Folks
at Home, My Old Kentucky Home, and Old Black
Joe.
Daniel Emmett contributed his bit at this
time—the 50's and 60's—with Carry Me Back to Old
Virginny.
After that our popular taste in songs found expres-
sion in Good Night, Ladies, My Bonnie Lies Over
the Ocean, I've Been Working on the Railroad, When
Good Fellows Get Together, Mother Machree and
Juanita.
These songs still have a hold on the people in the
opinion of community song leaders. But the first
big smashing hit, Charles K. Harris' After the Ball,
written in 1892, did not take our country by storm
until it and the World's Columbian Exposition at
Chicago shared honors as the reigning sensations
during the palmy days of 1893.
Ideals have changed in the past few years for most
of us. But not for Charles K. Harris, Harry Von
Tilzer and some of the old song writers who remain
in the game.
"A successful song must be clean, it must contain
a direct relation to the every day experiences of
man," Mr. Harris insists. "All my ballads are based
on some incident I have witnessed. And the things
1 have written with emotion have lasted longest."
Harry Von Tilzer gives similar testimony. He is
the veteran among active song writers. "I made my
money on clean songs and I'm going to make it again
after this jazz craze has passed on and publishers
get what they are entitled to from the movies and
radio broadcasters," he asserts.
Certain authorities divide all songs into art, or
classical, songs, melody songs, popular songs and
jazz songs. In the language of the street the art
songs are distinctly highbrow, more technical than
melodious. Melody songs are those such as Cadman,
MacDowell, Carrie Jacobs-Bond and Ernest Ball
have produced. Jazz songs are dependent principally
upon accented and frequently syncopated rhythm,
with small attention paid to melody or tune, while
the popular song becomes popular because both
words and tune strike home with the great American
public.
What makes a song go? Why are some songs nat-
urals or self-starters? Why must there be a catch
line at the finish of the chorus? Why and how are
some specialists really song smellers? Many songs
have been written with ample heart interest or plenty
of real humor, catchy melody, easy range and all
ADVERTISING SONG BOOKS
Editor Presto: One of our customers inquires
about a collection of old-fashioned songs, suitable for
giving out to prospects and the general public. If
you can inform us where these are printed, you will
confer a great favor, and incidentally boost the piano
business, as it is a. foregone conclusion that every-
one receiving a book will need a piano on which to
produce the accompaniments.—A Jobber.
Reply: About the best book of the kind within
our knowledge is put forth in quantities by the Illi-
nois State Register of Springfield, 111. We believe
if you write to that concern you will get a sample of
about what you want.—Presto.
Over 50 songs, words and music for 4 voices and piano,
22 p.p.. 6x9, in editions with special illuminated cover
printed to order as wanted. Mention Presto.
SHEET MUSIC TRADE NOTES
RADIO IN DRY GOODS COMPANY.
PRINCE PRAISES WALTZ.
Miss Paula Gartin, Chicago, is becoming well
known as a composer. Her waltz composition, "Eyes
of Love," published by Jack Mills, Inc., New York,
recently evoked the praise of the Prince of Wales
who first heard the song at Long Island, and, also,
waltzed to the air at the fashionable Saddle and
Rock Club during his stay in Chicago. Miss Gartin
is a member of the League of American Penwomen
and Junior Friends of Art. She is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. L. L. Funk, of No. 425 Surf avenue,
Chicago, 111. In a letter to Miss Gartin the prince,
through his secretary, extolled the waltz.
FRANK BANNISTER IN CHICAGO.
Frank Bannister, a writer of popular songs of
proved sales value is now attached to the Chicago
office of Hearst Music Publishers. Mr. Bannister,
who is a successful comedian as well as composer,
has the following successful Hearst numbers to his
credit: "Forget Me Not," "Bringing Home the Ba-
con," "Say It With the Ukulele," and the late win-
ners in the Hearst list, "Tallahassee," and "Better
Keep Away," Mr. Bannister is a powerful aid to the
Chicago office in conducting the campaign for the
Hearst catalog.
NEW DEPARTMENT MANAGER.
Herbert Koehlingcr is the new manager of the
sheet music department of Elbel Bros., South Bend,
Ind. Mr. Koehlinger is well known in Fort Wayne
as an accomplished pianist with the added advantage
of an ability to sell music goods.
RSA
9est /
Music Printers (
WestbfNewYorkV
ANY PUBLISHER
\ ^
OUR REFERENCE
-
25
PRESTO
^
BAYNERDALMIM &C
- WORK DONE BY
ALL PROCESSES
054-2Q60 W.Lake St.XhicagoJll.
The Denver Dry Goods Co., Denver, Colo., has
given over a large portion of the fourth floor of the
company's building for the new radio department re-
cently installed under the management of R. C.
Mulnix. The lines of the Radio Corporation of
America are featured by the department which is
enjoying good business since the opening day two
weeks ago.
Best Loved CHRISTMAS CAROLS w ^ du8 .rc nd
Booklet 5x8 for Piano Manufacturers and Dealers.
Used in large editions every year. Order now.
Send for samples to
STATE REGISTER, Dept. A, Springfield, 111.
REMICK SONG HITS
Mandalay
It Had to Be You
There's Yes, Yes in Your Eyes
Dreamer of Dreams
Follow the Swallow
New Kind of Man
My Best Girl
Me and the Boy Friend
Little Black Buddy
Until Tomorrow
Step Henrietta
Goodnight, Sleep Tight
Where the Lazy Daisies Grow
Bring Back the Old Fashioned Waltz
The Grass Is Always Greener (In the
Other Fellow's Yard)
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
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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).