Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-28
SONGS OF THE A
Ballads That Become Popular with
With Common Folk-Prt fits De-
rived by Authors and Pub
fishers from Recent
Favorite Songs.

was asked by d S'ar reporter Of a
music dealer.
81 can answer your question best
by telling you q little story. Some
years ago when Rollin Howard com.
posed a song and dance, he took his
production, of which he felt very
to Pond & Co., and offered to
sell 1t to them. They looked it over
and returned 1t with the remark: I'VE
do not publish such stuff as that Mr..
Howard pocketed his discontinue In
silence and sadly wendell his way
A short time after this
Howard went to Boston, where he was
engaged to sing in a minstrel company.
night Mr.. @. A. White, the COM
poser and publisher, heard Howard
and offered to publish his discarded
song. This is how Shoe Fly, Don't
Bodder Me- cine to see the light. 1t
became popular all over the land,
The publisher sold over 200, coo copies,
and with the profits established the
we'll known firm of. White, Smith &
Go. A song is popular when 1t catches
the public fancy, and the best songs
seldom become popular"
Glow do you account for thit?'
swell the popular mind Ia not odu.
Gated enough for them. Many per.
sons have what they call IN ear for
but have no knowledge of
music. They have no special training
In order to appreciate the general beau
ties of a frst-class song, or the fine,
delicate shades of expression that are
the very soul of the piece. The bal
lad, or comic ditty, is about the ex-
tent of popular appreciation. In these
you will find a simple melodlo period,
such as wait TIL the Clouds Roll By,
Jenny and Tommy Dodd.' There ia
no effort of the mind to glide, as 1t
were, through these"
"Tell me some of the popular songs"
"Just now, wait Till the Clouds
Roll By, Jenny by II. j. Falmer,
has captured the popular fancy, and
will continue to sell for some time.
Close on the heels Of this piece comes
an answer to 1.-THE Clouds Are
Rolling BY, Jenny by Mayiath, a
much superior Song In every way, and
likely to be as popular. Then We have
In the Morning by the Bright Light,
by James A. Bland, the colored song
writer, and the best of his kind. All
his pieces have become popular, and
include Keep Dem Gates Wide Open,
Wont We Have a jolly Time,
'Oh, Dem Golden Slippers,
and 'Ds Angels Am a.Oom'
ing Another piece that is likely
to become popular Is 'Peek.a.boo,
sung during the week In Friend ano
Foe at the Windsor Theatre by Will
liam S,anlan. In the popular list Ii
when the Leaves Begin to Turn,' b,
@. A. White, of Boston. 1t Is a beau
tiful waltz song. There is a fund o
popular songs sung By Harrigan ant
Hart. need only mention 'Babie
In Our Block The Skids Are Gu
Today whist, the Boyle Man,
Little Widow Dunn 'Never TAX,
the Horseshoe from the Door,
Gin trade we call a song popula
when 1t reaches the sale of 1000
copies. Many editions only reacl
s, 900, and some do not ruu beyond
500 copies. There may not appear t.
be any value to a song until 1t goe
before the public If they catch on
then the value of the song is assured
Many good pieoes--real gems of son
have been published by Pond, viii:
do not 60 beyond the artists studio
Among this class is a sweet thin
called: Say Not MyLove Will Chang
With Time written by Albert Rowse
When Harrigsn and Hart sold tn
'MuIiganG Guards for $50 they didno
expect that It would narcotic the tun
OF 100, 600 copies. The Hildsbrand
Montrose song they sold for $25, an
the publishers worked off 10000
copies"
"Who are the leading composers2
'You mean of this class of music
Well, many of orr most popular song
have been written by AUTHORS on tn
other side of the water. Our HON
names are Harrison Willard, VIII s
Hays, s. @. Foster, j. R. Thomas, b
P. P. banks, Henry Tucker, W. B
Brockway. q. A. White, j. T. Orc
way, e. Root, j. A. Bland, G, Opert
Harry Birch, B. f. Baker, an
others. These men do not all writ
their own vwords-most Of them bu
the poem. There are q few goo
poets, the best, perhaps, being Nj
George Cooper. His remuneration
poor, being from s. to $40 for q son
outright. Many of them possess ger
uine merit. When the composers &c
o song they receive from $50 to SIC
and sometimes 5000. Some will onl
take q commission on the sales ond g
cure q handsome profit should Il
piece reach public favor. Whe
banks wrote Silver Threads Amor
the Cold he sold it for $40. After
was published the purchaser sold 40C
900 copies, and 1t Is still sougl
for. Harrison Willard made mons
by writing music. While holding
comfortable position In the oustor
house he managed to secnre a smi
fortune by the muse. His wi
pAmerica' brought him 90, 500, ar
his song when the Tide Comes !
hSs been worth s 1000 a year. IT
song Waiting Is now looked upon
stock selling piece, the publlshe
disposing Of 5000 copies a year, viii
his under the Daisies sells at Il
rate of 1000 copies. 'Mollie Darlin
has had a sale Of something like BOZ
900 copies.
81. A. Barry composed Little Foe
steps, and sold 1t for %. The pu
fishers made money and disposed
10000 copies. Hays song, Lit
Old Cabin In the Lama sWa Part