The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-02-13
NEGRO SONGS
OUT OF VOGUE.
Craze Has Greatly Abatsd Within
a Very Short Time.
AS A PUBLISHER TELLS IT.
Religious Songs Still Continue 10 Enjoy a
Large Degree Of Popularity Singers
Don't Want Trash.
AS A PUBLISHER TELLS IT.

The craze for "darky'' songs has abated
according 10 a number of music publish
ers. May Irwin contributed largely to-
ward popularizing so-called negro tunes, ="
said one publisher, but she thinks that
they have been overdone. There are many
ket today, but they don't sell as well as
In former years.
ITS n good thing. because thing they
hurt the business considerably. All that
they cVlled for as rule was music with
some rSnd OF jingle 60 IT, Some songs
on this order are still selling, but they
will eventually die out.
The songs which are now popular and
which think will be in demand for some
time 10 come are the pastoral order,
such as when the Harvest Days Are
over, Jessie Dear and 'Dowa on the
Farm which was published twelve years
ago, was on the same order which goes
80 show that the public is going back 60
the old days again.
II Can't Tell Why I Love You has
killed the fallacy that the days of the
waltz song is over This rs a great hit
and | thing that waltz songs will become
immensely popular this year.
RELIGIOUS SONGS POPULAR.
Religious songs, such as the Holy
city and 'Beyond the Gates OF Paradise
are still popular. over 10000 copies OF
the Holy CRY have already been sold
and II has made over 100000 for the
publisher and author up To date. The
-
Christmas Hymn. The Volunteer Or
ganist and The Church Across the
Way have a good chance of becoming
popular again.
billy Gray. who originated this style
of song, seems 10 he the only one who has
made a success OF it. although he has had
hundreds OF imitators. Home songs
songs with sentiment. are always good
Paul Dresser. has had great success
with mother songs.
He seems TO be the only composer who
has been able 10 strike the popular
fancy with this grade OF music.
Felix NJ. Glennon, who wrote one
Touch OF Nature Makes the Whole
World Kim That's Love Comrades, >
Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down
Her Back. and oh, What a Difference
I'm the Morning, made a fortune. He is
of the opinion that a song on the order
OF Comrades will be accepted and be-
come popular.
Soldier songs do not have much OF a
sale Only three became popular name
ly. Break the News TO Mother. by Har-
ris: The Blue and Gray by Dresser.
and Just as the Sun Went Down
Somehow the public has sidetracked
them for reasons 1 cannot well ex-
plain"
GOING OFT OF VOGUE.
"a Little Bit on the Top and I'm
Waiting Here for Julia are the only
two comic songs of the present decade
that have become popular. The melody
TO a Little Bit on the Top is taken
from When Johnny Comes Marching
Home
Such songs as "rhe Story OF the Rose
by Andrew Mack: T'd Still Believe You
True and 'All for You which have the
true waltz rins, are popular. Songs on
the style OF Annie Rooney. Sweet Rosy
o'Grsdy, Daisy Belle Kate O'Dona-
hue and Katie OConnor' will never
again have a vogue, in my estimati ton.
In the days when they were publish
ed there were but few good songs and
few good singers. Nowadays the sing
ers want the best. and II you offer them
anything like Annie Rooney or Down
Went McGinty' for instance, they Will
consider II an insult and declare that
they didn't want trash.
Nautical songs are going very well.
The best OF the kind now on the market
Is Asleep In the Deep. Kerry Mills paid
III w .Petrie, the composer, 5000 for the
sone, about two months ago. and considers
It bargain al that. Mills has already
got his original investment back and Is
now Hing f velvet. ~