New-York tribune., 1871-04-07
THE SCORES OF HANDEL.

Mr. A. w. Thayer writes from Trieste to
Drqhrs Journal Of Music 10 correct statement 0r IHS
TRIBUNE that Handels oratorio scores were not pup
lsbed in full and that Mozarts Instrumentation OF Ths
N,ssidh &C. was an attempt to complete Che mperiees
printed sketches. The copies used whn the ora'oros
were performed under Handes own direction, perlshed
in the burning OF Covent Garden Theater IN lsoS buta
recent examination OF HandePs Mss. mas SHOWN uas
Mozart caught the composer spirit and iepioinoeu
much that the great master had done b-orc' 10 thn
Mr. Thayer replies:
Be,u. this appeared in THE NswYoRS Tam which h' eas
te ght -leas with authority Or mSs' & ra w ~ .ees
1teTs si ny ssoa see N the lee ar ot the
W,ssiah published u l" wi'h ms ~ ~ - n.nsf, -
aei bis ,l icr, slrF1o', & II, ii II C.tse5a ~
tbs Sran Of lai th eomgl 'or,' & ~ ss
IT. G & ts Io & Who died in 77i it Of pa shed bs'
the burning Garden heater IT, ~ D. ~ , A. In,
ta: ,: sSt sio5 Ss s, h. dtr cis and caii Ms .s
or gnAy composed with the Overture h,ean|e, M Yt I.r
LoSaS Pntci SS Randall to the late M Walsh "
Ml, aaSaiston not attempt to 81 Oq' % 9t. t,
p psI 10 enrich orchessto' taoa m'r' 70 sup! %
thc the perfornsnceso 81 IN Nv G l, or Ia
SsSs S5iss saHe Of one - Of n the @asico,us nobility.
Mr. Tover "a an eminent authority on Snch points -
this; but we think he has corrected us haS anu l
hans misunderstood our meaning. RlndaVs edillon OF
The ,essiah TO which be refers. was pnhshe' ia 10
We have never seen IT, but we believe Il Is "romple'e
only I'm the sense Of containing all tie nn'hO'is - '
oratorio and not In the sense ot eoutai ~ ~ ~ saw
strumenta parts Handel wrote the,n it Lad one
tbe score /, NOT fun though the utt-paSe m -' ,niv
To- inter that tits Victor az r." IAN
careful and elaborate ie of Haudei III ~ ~ IIbei Mss
guoge made a minute examination Of ne 80 ,hs
M Cambridge and Buckingham Palace A. WI @ W Handel
early printed editions, and tie ser "I'I Ii ia mrnt
himself when couductine ana ihl' - -, ~, Ij NOT At
The composers OF the eighteenth century " Nv thsr
tach suficient importance t. the pueh,apn n The hes,
works. They left them 10 merchahs l" mo- J.,,nder's
market OF them. with tie exception o, 'u,,5ei he
PIGt there is mol a sinJe complete score oy nhIshed
longing Ia this epoch. Even thosf "l'h ~" H.. ,,,ar.
by the author aud Ia which ne laS ts nre or less
o1tee OF hs name, have many omissions h'tc u',ls
nncrtYnt" It is consequently matt ol some '.1 nus
| uncertainty what instruments Habdoi r'"i' NN
SohWcher says furthtr' q, D., .,t, an
hsen People 4 dcee 'i By ls hN M
he clifton, publisher Wash WASH a'sa 70 ,sui .rd Re
sh,ss 81 e on woe the leading yhn s oonpoa
leaving 1t to 'ne % s'P oi,Ss of asr, s,tss,
were under his IL eeon bal not rec be Zen sice
,shei H insl' s.pci .sl murh reO ..
h.,s hitherto h s,h mu,Ass They ,a oisminei q.
Of E~ popular ora,,rio, thT be "A ,s coll u
" eSsIo ton on sod h. ahs wuth u
tny dd extent over ess han me % oa e. sSs mo- i,
suspected Mozart introduced fge, o@S, 80 nv Ss oSy p.,
I'D again ~bst the auihoI bad already 1o1e
Mr. schWleher gives the Instrumentation inueaea a "a
these MSS. for the chorus, Lat up ~ neais, nj
adds: IL the examination OF Handlers MS ha" w.
been deferred until this page would ee 'ahs nave
Uehtened the lahors OF Mozart. -. .. -.,uv
iT,is lust ifles remark that Mozart WORK "hS a
, llng out OF an imperfect published ~ ten nc " 80
nm incomplete and enriched H. win w. a ,ne
indeed oi certain improved ~, ssn,f,t OF the
original. that he actually festoieu " tist this
work without knowing H. Ana We wo,, a. =, REGULAR
rrenmstancrs WAS not "A precedent for t1oso eonuh .h
Who take the liberty OF npseItHs tne Ing its mean
ingIa /cUnSlu usion In which Mr. lh'sies e'Ss'" "
with ia