The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-01-30
THE SONGS OF THE DAY.
rhe Music Of Our Homes and its Authors
aud the Money in IL. le III


The music-nublisbino business IS in tbe
hands az = verv faw ,,,e,, Who hovo ,,,ro,,taa
bondsomelv l,v the ,no,,o,,oly o,,l,, ono
song in n thonsand ever reaches q sa,e NJ
one thousand comics and n coponoser who
averages five hundred comics is lucky. The
sone-writers of America who have made the
business INV are yery few and they NAV be
Chased Tins. Havs of louisville Thomas
of New York Donls of New York +. Henry
Tucker of New York w IT Rrocl,vov
Harrison willard Of New York. W
Seaman If New York q 4 White and !
r. ordwoy IL Ros.on and Root ~ On;
cngo Having ment;onad those tba Bst !,
axbausted 81
Mr. f,eops,e t,,o,sr 4; IN mas, WIZ, ,s,;,a.s
more SONGS t,,an ~, .ot.ors ,,,,t ta.,st,,e, s
and he needs Il, write = great MANY Il MAKE
the business /, ,,avi,,ol e,,e for ,,;a ,.4nuper-
alton is heggarly, being only. $5 10 $40 4
piece. This sum apoears even more i,,aio-
nificant when compared with the handsome
profits made by the misic-writers. Mr..
Cooper has written many pieces 81 merit.
such as Dear Little Heart .swhen the
Tide Comes In y. Learning 10 Walk J, etc
The representative Of n well know,
nusic-publishinp house said.
There are at present only about oN
good selling SONGS. and many of these bava
only lust begun to attain ponularitv. Some
If them were sold vears 400 bv tba;y a,tbors
at nominal prices and have since become a
fruitful source of revenue TO the publishers.
Others leaped into favor with the Ars.
edition and have netted their authors
handsome profit. Take. for Instance
Dank's Silver Threads Among the Gold,
which was originally sold for $40. and has
since reached sale of between 400. 0oo
and 100000 copies and is still selling.
Then there is Scanlan's peek-a-Boo's, bio
run of SOC, 900. out of which its author. has
already netted $15. 900. Pavne,s " Home.
Sweet Home continues to sell prettv wall
the circulation of which doubtless reaobas
into the millions as II Is the ono son, 81 al,
others which strikes resnons;va chord n
the hearts Of people the world over
Music-writers like Hoys Danlo o,a
Willard get from $50 to 300 for sono n
soil outright. or n commission of 10 na,
cent on the total sales. Millard,s viva i
American sold over 80 600 con;es and
realized about 80 500: his When the Tide
Comes In used to bring him abont III ooo
year: his Waiting averaged a oof, eon;as
a ye,r aud b;s Irnder tho na;a;as, 400
comics voor 1ovs,. NM" ut,
o,,a uo,,,.or,. /. af,,,,.;,,. r,;.,l, -. 70,
nod ,orco s,1os tha frs, .,a,,t roo ooo III.
rl,e socond no, o,,;,o ha,f - 49,,
oThe fo,Ior;r,, ,,o,.t;.,,ara III. .,
,nte,est;n,, ~ VOW. ,ooda -
LITTLE Foo,stsns or;a;na,lv cola Gov a.
had .ola 80 ~ ooo oo,e;oa spe1Ia 49,,
100 900. ou,i..a,,,. sD,..r....
Home Mother, 61 ooo E0s,b,rn,s 4o,r
tho Gates Came Aiar 100 Doo uana,a W.,
parted Inv tbe river SID 100 ooo Hh,.a,a
Come. Birdie Come +, 100 OoC,. Rrocsw0y,s
eri,tle syoe4boo,, eon,a a,,a No NJ
oyio;nolIv sold for So5 had solo % Or noo
comics s q Fosters Old Folks ~ uo'ne,
4oo ooo loo slellev,s pretty Roa Pee
100 600 Wait Till The fIlonas. Roll ~
-, 90, a.!'