The talking machine world (July-Sept 1921)

September 15, 1921 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD (World ol Music) 131 EUROPE'S BIGGEST DANCE HIT^ft MON HOMME). a AMERICA'S BIGGEST DANCE' HIT Sundb4 MISS FANNY BRICE in ZIEGFELD FOLLIES f\-9*2-\ 'ASK TO HEAR IT" tytffygfify A Tune You Can't Forget INTEREST IN CARUSO'S SONGS nterest has been arcused through the death of Enrico Caruso in ; veral songs published by Leo Feist, Inc., of Vthich he was the composer. Chief among these is the song (a^5o (a(^t°°ns (a«,oso> Tug C*r>-£&t\'\T£f> C ci~\foStH<* HU Famous. ««\ Stelrii«StLf GET RIGHTS TO "VIOLET SONG" Big European Success to Be Published Here by Whmarks as "The Violet's Dream" The American rights of "The Violet Song," he latest number by Maurice Yvain, composer of 'Mon Homme," have been secured by M. Witnark & Sons, who carried on the negotiations for the rights by cable. The number is a fox-trot and was introduced in the prevailing Paris revue, "Cach' Ton Piano," by the well-known artiste, Mine. Rose Amy, and is also being used in "The Whirligig," the revue at the Palace Theatre, London. The English version of the number is published by West & Co., London, under the title of "The Golden Butterfly," but the American publishers will issue it under [he title "The Violet's Dream." WINS PRIZE FOR MUSIC SETTING Franz C. Bornschein's Setting for "The Four Winds" Judged the Best Franz C. Bornschein has been awarded the prize of $100 offered to composers of the United States for the best setting for the poem "The Four Winds," by Charles Ludcrs. The prize was offered by the Swift & Co. male chorus. Chicago, and attracted the attention of many composers. Mr. Bornschein is a teacher of violin and composition and is also connected with the Peabody Conservatory of Baltimore. NEW FORSTER NUMBERS Three High-class Editions to Be Featured by Chicago Publisher Forster. Music Publisher, Inc., has just completed arrangements with De Koven Thompson and Alfred Anderson whereby the Forster organization will publish "If I Forget," a love song which has been sung in all her recent concerts by Madame Schumann-Heink. Forster will also publish "Some Day Will Never Come" and "Oh! Dear Lord, Remember Me," a sacred song of much dignity and sincerity, by the same writers. The sales department of the above publishing house, in speaking of these new editions, said: "The resources and equipment of the Forster establishment will be back of these numbers and neither money nor effort will be stinted in giving them the publicity they deserve." "Di Title -Page of Ballad Written by Caruso ■cams of Long Ago," of which he also made ; record for the Victor Talking Machine Co. other numbers are "The Forsaken Window." "Song of Spite" and "Olden Times." A new edition of "Dreams of Long Ago" has just been published in admirable form by the house of Feist. PURCHASES "MONASTERY BELLS" The Sam Fox Publishing Co., Cleveland, O., has just purchased from Lee S. Roberts, Inc., the song "Monastery Bells," the music of which is by Pete Wcndling and the lyric by Edgar Leslie. The company will start an aggressive campaign on the number during September, and a big output is expected. OLDEST MUSIC TO ENGLISH WORDS The oldest written music to English words is "Sumer Is I Cumen In," now in the British Museum, London. It is in a book which once belonged to Reading Abbey, containing a calendar of the abbey. "Sumer Is I Cumen In" is thought to have been written about 1240 at the latest. Writing of the tune in Music and Youth, Nancy Gilford says: "Before me is a facsimile of the old MS. The feeling of it, music and words, seems to me to be as fresh and Springlike now as it must have been about 50(1 years ago, when some unknown man wrote in the monastery book a tune which was probably known to all the little country children in that part of England." rchants throughout the State aking advantage of the annual fair; ■ parts of the State to stage exhibits sf Io THE COUNTRY'S QUICKEST "BLUES** HIT Everywhere Is heard Ihe Publishers, J. W. JENKINS SONS' MUSIC CO., Kansas City, Mo. Also publishers of **121h Street Rag," "Sweet Love," "Colleen O' Mine"