Telegram-herald., 1889-06-29
SONG wRfTERS.
a Publisher Tells Why 50 haay os
Fhsn Are Rot Successful
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cess of some "a lL- nssC loted soaz writers
al composers More depends upon the
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music igrq fehsig rafca ths popular fancy
simply taroa4h the i8spirslioa ortheeoua-
2o@sr aud nof ths po-faster
has sDscisl ,igi7 of song writers ana
composers are SoguiaFf'
Topical songs certainly are the IaOsT
poDuiar aHd onng in mSrs money shan
popu.sr topical song though l. rphetnsral
snd sftsr three or sour months ~ loses
tasOr. nos because tl- pabhc Is aekls, bat
for tae very good reason that tic opera Or
fsrclai Pl4Y ~a-re The s,1x Is nightly
given aas zou- - some other city or been
ttzea or the boards foe another play.
'isazzie Dazzle, The Dot.-t Ga the Eye
and Head she Answer la the Starr, all
hld popular run ioag as they were
sunz uigAtly tn th- theatres The
bows Waisflsd th-m Oh The streets and tue
ambitious aiua-leuFs aud utnsscal young
ladies' al tsshed % 5uy the sougs that had
cAuatt th- popaiar fancy IL IS the same
VITA sysry topical song. very few live long
after tG- operas Ia nsIch they were sung
have been taken OF the boards. But there
are sosEs composed oy Sullivan. Tosti.
spd Others. thar have a popularity that
time esna3r entirely destroy. Whenever
Tosti or sullivan compose the music OF a
song naturally it has greater sale than
some ~ fNrlr previous Efforts. The Lost
Chord -sln has . fair sale. and The Earl
kinz' = to-dsy popular concert aud par
Tor sou. Some SONGS that have bcen for
gotten for years suddenly come into favor
'Rocka Bye baby, for instance, has been
revived simply on account Of its being
suBg every night at the Old Homestead
play. Stephen G. Foster composed some
songs along Ia the sixties that still strike
the popular chort. such as Old Back
Jo-. Ny Old Kentucky Home. and others
The N usic 81 thsa4 - melody and the tunes
can be carried Oy singers who cannot read
music"
DO yoU have nlAay songs offered to
your
les. scores Of hem are brought 10 and
reach ne by mail every day. About one
In twenty hve IL accepted The number ot
Young and ambitious song writers and
composer In America i far greater than
any outsider would suppose have
skilled professor and teacher who mas de-
voted forty years 20 passing upon tie
merits Of musical compositions and a. YET
have no cause 20 complain OF bis iudg-
menk Tie Is conscientious. nprejUdiced
aud kno~s the value of popular music
As r,ceive a sone set 70 music
give n 10 hi1 20 try aud always abide by
bis decision I AN no tyro IN music myself
and there are hundr reds OF manuscripts
seas Ia that en- see at a glance have no
merit. beca9ss the author does not under
stand how o. write music. Without bars
and tlEe wsrked We cannot tell much
about A congestion l csanos recall q
single instancs Nhers a song has been re-
5ected shss wss agteru ards Published and
proved = success Errors OF Judgment
th0oEh, can be made. for even in music
'hers are CO infsilible stsndard- II \
musical examiner does nothing else a. -
Apt 70 fall into ruts. and become = fanatic
on eh@ subject Of style in music II hs
teaches and goes among the people he is
noVnd % know " hat Is accepts ble to them
st 5 his duty % 81 20 comic and grand
operas. and concerts and. indeed. to keep
thoroughly sbrsast OK the popular taste"
.'Ds you hase many ladies' 10 your daily
lisa % sSpiring authors .
"A great many aud most % them Young
They write q song ant st them 70 sad
risintivs nnsic. tast would answer Just
"a vel f1r funeral dirge or a LaDiaudsrs
lance These Songs have sad theme OF
love running through them. and ms-
isrity belong - tae class Of sentimental
songs ~ can walters II I we're asked 70
eve sfvics 70 she vo1Dg lady song writer's
would hrsr ask them not 20 wall. out
write fsVcicsi ar topical song snt grad
nrilv work ue 20 pure. healthy sentiment
~ aerr = younS lady has talent Tor song
n s~ir e Is generally of higher order
THO b-st soax writer's thouzh. are men. and
{ think shat - owing 20 tbs fact thar they
- rule. sre nos 50 ultra sentimental
"Rscently = pale young msa. scarcely
4veatY. came in. gave ras a manuscript
and son ddsnriaiiY iaformed ms thar hs
fta ben called hy many frisnds another
Beet hoTen It's couaposit tiou did nor merit
any praise Thssevsr. ard ~as rot even
accepted song writers snd composers
should r-u-sa bar thst song music a. well
80 INSTRUMENTAL music - graded from
number one - ourn Der seven. Nun ber
one = the -asiest % pisY sad the beg amer
doing dvs fnxer exercises b. usually given
fhs <rsde. SapEs have % ~ com posed
far ne beginners. the Young p-op'- thar
tre heiaE tsnZhs % sing and play. and
tHcs- who com pose .heuid renerns-r this
a-td net be r0o vsui-inx a thejr ara eificns
Sc west song cors pos-r- WIN ara modest
enough - sc sornesnirg z s=sy with sweet
simple stream FIR basis A. rule 20 *
Al essv. m-is.iio7s sepz shst taxes h~-tsr
N comic cuers. sbsn hesrv. cifS cu'r
sri,ss sna 1srcsrnilrs Whe1 N1ud -
.Yoerusn ef she eusri7 have Beer ~ishout
the Litfie Mad sai aud ne ballad Wers
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