The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-31

suHivsn's -Ioss chera- csmpssed
| in IN Hour srossht $4,000.

sutIivan's sLnst chcrd- compcsec
in IN Hour srossht $4,000.
From the London Tit-Biss
Talk about gold mines said lead
ing London music publisher. Why.
can assure you there are scores Of
gold mines fso1ted on capital rua-
ming into six figures that do not con-
tain nearly Is much 81 the precious
mineral as single lucky song which
It's composer may produce IN half an
hours inspiration
could name on hand dozen songs
that have yielded a profit Of $50 coo
each and over. and the copyright OF
which is today reckoned in thousands
Take. for instance. Aascheroni's ex-
quisite ballad. For All Eternity" I
should not like 70 say what weight
OF gold avofrdupois that song has
yielded. but not very long ago the
copyright IN Il was considered 10 Be
worth 81. 200. a sum for which it was
sold BY Messrs Putfick & Simpson,
the auctioneers And yet I believe
that very song vas originally offered
10 9 London publisher for $50 note
and refused by him. Think of re
fusing q thousand sJvereigns for ev-
cry one laid down.
But then, OF course. one must re-
member the risk we publishers run
| II is a fact that. of every hundred
songs offered 10 me. barely one is
worth the cost OF printing and pub
fishing: and song that win yield a
few hundreds of profit is literally
'-one in a thousand"
| Among songs that have produced
more than s50.tJ0 in profit / should
| place first SulIivan's worid-famous
Lost Chord" This song was sub
stantially composed funder sad con-
ditions, as you win remember) in less
than an hour. and for that hours
work the composer received in royal
ties quite $50. o00-probably the larg-
est sum any man has ever earned in
an hour by his brain.
Compared with this such payments
as writes like Mr. Ruryard Kipling
receive. princely though they are, are
too Insignificant TO mention
Then. again. that evergreen song,
In Old Madrid" must have brought
its publisher profit of nearly $780,
! 900 by this time. for its popularity
was at the flood for many years.
Among other gold mines / should
| place THE Better Land. The River
OF Years. For Ever and For Ever
Goodbye '.The Devout Lover,
Nancy Lee"-to mention only half a
dozen. the aggregate profits from
which cannot have been a penny less
than 100000.
Among recent favorites which,
however. are far from supplying the
older ones. such songs as The River
If Life" 1.-The Flight of Ages" and
"Beauty's Eyes promise to be quite
as rich harvest bringers to composers
and publishers.
OF course, If a song has anything in
it, it is fatal thing to sell il out
right to publisher. as SO many com
posers have done. to their lasting re
greet
| 1t is old history that Kathleen Ma
vourneen.- which never seems to lose
its charm for the public. was sold for
s25. scarcely dare speculate how
have LOST b tspA tbs bargain Some 81 81
Mr.. Milton Welling.s best songs
| changed hands for absurd prices. the
| composer scarcely receiving SIS for
every $1,000 made by his publishers.
Fancy being the possessor of such
a song as Some Day" for $50. and
making as many thousand by it,
Alas. Such chances never come my
| way
Nancy Lee" was at one time on
offer for $50 and refused. although
for some years Mr. Maybrick's pro-
cts from this one song averaged over
$4,000 a year. That beautiful and
ever popular song. ITO Anthea," was.
I believe. sold for $40. and some Of
Mr.. Henry Russeli's songs. which at
one time were in everybody's mouth,
only brought him $3.50