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June 15, 1923 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD (World of Mane) 161 CONGRESSIONAL_LIBRARY MUSIC Music Division Now Claimed to Be Largest in - World—O. G. Sonneck in Charge Washington, D. C, June 7.—Recent accessions have made the Library of Congress music division the largest in the world, it is announced. For fifteen years O. G. Sonneck, the chief, labored to make the division representative of the best in musical lore. In 1917 he resigned to become associated with G. Schirmer's, Inc., New York. The position was left unfilled until Jan- uary, 1922, when Carl Engel, the incumbent, was made chief. Engel is carrying on the work along the lines laid down by his predecessor. Several years ago, when Portugal got in hard lines, King Manuel packed up his country’s musical library and put it on the block in London. Representatives of the United States Government gobbled it up at a song and it re- poses to-day in a snug place on Capitol Hill. The Portuguese derive most of their inspirations from Spanish and Italian airs, but they have also created considerable of their own. Senhor. as a young man, does not consider his education complete unless he can thrum violin or viola, mandolin or guitar, and quite often his voice develops the most pleasing cadences. Old Portuguese folk songs are an integral part of Portuguese life and they have found their way long since to newer possessions, the Azores Islands and Madeira, where they gain an added resonance when thrown against nearby mountainsides. They are not less charming when suited to the plantation banjo of the southern United States or the smart twangs of the stately 'cello along the Western seaboard. Songs of the American colleges are there in generous number. No graduate, be he the old- est in captivity, can name more than a few of the airs which the library holds from the classic pile he once called campus and study hall. “BLUE H00S1ER BLUES” POPULAR Song, Originally Popular as Dance, Now Being Sung by Leading Vaudeville Artists “Blue Hoosier Blues,” a novelty recently added to the catalog of Leo Feist, Inc., and which had its original popularity as a dance, is proving one of the big favorites with vaude- ville singers. The number of leading vaudeville artists who have arranged to program it is constantly being added to. Among others who are singing "Blue Hoosier Blues" are the Dun- can Sisters, Van and Schenck, Wilton Sisters, Healy and Cross, Rome and Dunn and Dorothy Wahl. “I’ll Hop, Skip and Jump Into My Mammy's Arms,” another new Feist release, is also proving popular with vaudeville singers. This latter number is by Harry Pease. Ed. G. Nelson and Irving Bibo. The first two writers are responsible for such successes as “Peggy O'Neill,” “Fancy Nancy Clancy” and others which have achieved popularity. “ROSES OF PICARDY” SCORES Chappell-Harms Finds Ballad Rapidly Increas- ing in Popularity and Sales The Chappell-Harms number, “Roses of Pic- ardy,” is fast becoming one of the most popular high-class ballads issued in some years. Sales of this number, particularly in the last few months, have mounted so steadily as to give it the importance of an unusual hit. A long list of concert and vaudeville artists is pro- graming the number and the reception of rendi- tions by audiences everywhere demonstrates that “Roses of Picardy” has at last been recog- nized as one of the best ballads ever issued by a high-class music publishing house in recent years. ^JUST FOR ITONIGHTa ^MuvSinef&chtf MARCH OF THE SIAMESE (fau2£incte$) ) \ Super PARADE OP THE WOO DEI soldier: DOWN BY THE OLD APPLE TREE Pox-irct: semg SheetMusicXecordsJ&lls-cn sale everywhere/ 225 W.46’ XX SIC Q^gTNEWYORK.NY