The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-08-12
EASY SONG WRITING.
ANY ONE CAN BE a COMPOSER With
OUT KNOWING 4 NOTE.

9ou Suggest tho Idea, and the song u
Written while You wnit-salaried Poets
Are In Attendance 10 Furnish the words.
Your Name Goes on the sheet.
Do you want to be known as a COM
poser Of music? 1t is the easiest thing
in the world.
You may not know one note from an
other, but that doesn't matter. a few
days ago a representative Of The Exam
liner went 20 visit local musician Of re-
pute. Before the musician stood a SUI
pcrb young woman She was whistling |
Her ripe, red lips had on them "a most |
tempting quicker She whistled few |
notes and stopped Then the musician, /
who was armed with a sheet Of music /
score paper and lead pencil, made hiCr
oglyphics on the lines and spaces on the
sheet. This was repeated several times.
There, " sand the girl, chat is all. -
A sardonic smile glittorcd for on in
slant on the musicians face and was
gone He stepped 10 a piano and played
the melody as il had been whistled 20
| him, Mt the Same time improvisiug an
| accompaniment.
"Well:" said the girl inteuogativcly.
She had not the funniest idea Of har-
mony or counteIpOiut She could not
sing.
~ must change it some " said the
musician
"Oh, yes, l expected that, said She
Il furnish the musical idea and you do
| the back work -
Once more there was "a glimmcr Of
fun in the musician S eyes lie request
ed the girl 90 call again in a few days
Il will have one of our poets write
words for it, said he, land when you
come again Won can see how you like it.
You will see how they go together. ~
"Of course my uamc viii 80 on the
sheet when it is publshcd?'
Certainly. Do you want to DO known
as the author Of the words?'
The giIl blushcd rather painfully.
The heightened color made her look
rather more superb. She was tall,
willowy brunette, with glowing black
eyes and a rich olive complexion, on
which her blush played prettily. Her
attire was fashionable and the fit was
perfect. Altogether she was what Tite
| Barnacle would have called "a well
groomed young woman. Her ears and
hands were small and aristocratIc. Her
manner, now that she had stopped puck
ering her lips TO whistle was a little
naughty Evidently she had not prcvi-
ously thought about the words Of the
song. The Mcphistophelcan suggestion
of the musician was tempting. his h4lt
was literary as well rs musical oistuc-
ton. She tool, &c all, musical and lrcg-
| airy, bait, hook and limo, with little
| gasp Ii has been said chat "it is just
as well to be hung for snecp as tor o
| lamb, " aud she adopted thatyifv with
, | little hesitation When Tie music sheet
comes ont, with sentimental tide
this rosy brunette viii be herddrt Or
both musician and Pootcss
This is not am uncommon occurrence
in San Francisco, so was s... lT tnCsc
who ought to know a local murc p1b-
| Usher put out a list of about 1uo cau
Francisco compositions last year. aad,
, | according to the head If the finn, very
few appeared IA q y wcrc original. IS
conceived What appeared Go be r
! about the episode first wentioHcl vs.
: the perfection of tie facilities imU. H.d
for taking down "a musical campn it1l
| The musician wrote on his music SCOT,
4 | paper with the speed and certainty al q
r stenographcr In fact, bc was fox Oh.
time musical amuuuens.s. Whom sic
girl had left him, ho became t-s u'9
composer in fact
! George ". IIetzcl comes iu contact
q with many people who have muica
/ ideas without musical knowledge. It
5 literally takes notes as they reveal thcu
ideas Being a composer, he IS vcrScd y
the knowledge necessary to make the5
ideas practicable He is compelled e
+ cast the tune for the range Of voice fo
o which it is best adapted. People whistle
n sing, play the banjo and thump TIM
+ piano at him. Then he turns the ide'
It into a musical composition. Hugo V
y Schlam of the musical publishing firm
i of Broder & Schlam furnished SOM
= amusing facts. Mr. SChlam says tina
: only popular songs, which are in tn
IL range of ordinary singers and dane
e tunes are composed ON the plan here in
> dicatcd. IL is not difficult for any pels0
# with musical idea TO get song, word
2; and music, credited TO him. When th
q composition is ready for publication
- has little resemblance TO the idea Of Oh
= reputed author Very likely the origi
: nator has little story that he desire
to have worked up" into song, bu
the words are beyond him or her, and
paid poet has 20 do this work. Well
re do people, in the financial sense, an
4 often poorer people are willing TO al
5 sumo authorship with very little clan
3 TO it. Variety singers sometimes adol
n this method of gaining fame.
Is An odd case was mentioned by Nj
ie Schlam. An elderly bachelor resides
# San Francisco, who. early i'm life, lo
n his childish sweetheart She fell over
" cliff into the ocean. Her body was ncy'
is recovered. Hc was so shocked by q
a occurrence which he witnessed, havir
to Just been playing with the little gin
l. that he has never married His melal
choly has increased with tho flight
years Recently he caused a song-bas'
on this early experience, tho music an
81 words Of which were composed for hi
~ to be published. His name is on q
he cover OF the music sheet as composer.
nd One explanation Of such phenomci
49, is that music is published very chcapl
It The cost of 100 copies is only about :
'as IL the cover Of the music is plain The
W were go, 600 musical compositions tuin
y" out from American presses last yes