New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-07-01
EAS 4
ANY ONE GAN CON aosEf TEii
otlT olyIfl q


Yons susssst III
svrittsn WhiIe 81 a .es
S q Attsnd. III
Your Name 81 ~ slseet
Do you want g lbes known q, a. s com.
poser Of musie be easiest dining
ia the world
You ma NOT know one not an
other hut that Few
days ago = represent Al iye 81 me Exam
liner went 90 visit ccaI Iau RS
quite. Before The must al stood 81. &
sperb yonng ~ IS 81 hist
red Is most
tempting pI1ck ST q few
notes and stGppe Is usscsan,
who was armed ssslo
score paper and tsl lead 50, HER
oglyphics Gu lie q &c id e al the
sheet This was reEeated times.
here, said IS an. S &,
Is sardonie snil Uttered for an in.
stant On the musician s face and was
gone. He ped to q piano and played
the melody az it had been whistIed to
him, at the same time i'm promising an
accomp $s3
5is.s Vel said the girl iinterroga
BE She had not the ffaintsst idea Of har-;;
Emony or counterp point: She could not
sing.
Il must change it some .''s said the
musician
Oh, yes, I expected thai, said she
ST furnish the musical idea and ,yon do
J the back work 4 ''S
Once more there was a glimmer of
fun in the must ian; IS eyes. He request
ed the girl to call a gain in a. few days
81 will have one Of our poets write
words for it, y said he, and when You
come again you can see how you like 5its
You will see how they go together 81.
s.Of course my name viii % On the.
sheet when il is publish ed ~
z's Certainly. Do you want to be known
as the author Of the words?
The girl blushed rather painfully.
The heightened color made her look
rather more superb. She was IA tall,
wi lowy brunette, with glowing black,
eyes and a rich olive complexion, on
which her blush played prettily. Her
attire was fashionable and the 1T was.
perfect: Altogether she was what lite
..Barnacle would have called a we'll
groomed young woman. ' Il Her ears and
hands were small and aristocratic. Her
manner, now that she had stopped puck
Iering her lips to whistle, was a little
naughty. Evidently she had not spreyi-:
ously thought about the words Of the.
song. The Mephisto clean suggestion
Of the musician was tempting. His bait
was literary as we'll as musical distinc-
ton. She took it all musical and liter
airy, bait, hook and line, with "a little
gasp It has been said that . it it is just
as well to be hung for a sheep as for a
lamb, = and she adopted that view with
little hesitation. When the music sheet
comes out, with sentimental title
this rosy brunette will be heralded as
both musician and poetess. 25}.5
This is not an uncommon occurrence
in San Francisco, SO it was said by those
who ought to know. "a local music pub
Usher put out a list Of about 500 San
Francisco compositions last year, and,
according to the head Of the firm, very
few appeared as they were originally
conceived. What appeared to be odd
about the episode first mentioned was
the perfection Of the facilities furnished
for taking down a musical comp ton.
The musician wrote On On lis music score
paper with the speed and certainty of q
stenographer. In fact, be was for the
time a musical amanuensis.s When the
girl had left him, he became the poor
composer in fact. ss38 fss $50 -.
George w .Hetzel comes in contact
with many people who have. musical
ideas without musical knowledge. He
literally takes notes as they reveal their
ideas. Being a composer, se is versed in
the knowledge necessary to make these
ideas practicable. d He is compelled to-
cast the tune for the range Of voice FOR
which it is best adapted. People whistle,
sing, play the banjo and thump the
piano at him. Then he turns the idea
zsintoSa musical composite ION. Hugo y.
5Schlam Of the musical publishing firm
of Broder e Schlam furnished some.
amusing. facts. Mr. Schlam. says that
only popular songs, which are in the
range of ordinary singers, and dance
tunes are composed on the plan heresin-
3dicated. It IS not difacult for any person.
with musical idea toget . song, words
and music, credited to him. When the
comp position is ready for publication it
has little resembl ance to- the idea Of the
reputed author. Very likely the origi-