, 1879-02-06
c,,.h Is Brahms Claim to the
s''' Authorship OF the Hum
garian Dances.
,,.mcpyt, by Producing tho Orig
,nnl scores, Proves inc
Plagiarism.
r., Strange Position In Which a
~ Gifted Musical Genius
Finds Himself.

pemrnyrs Tcasone foe not P'"t'"s Wv
f'"s.,t,o f'''u- dances ,mt for 30 many 5ca.s aase
hane" ...oclstetl with the ns"a Of Johannes
tea T.. md aayc Achieycd wotld'wh|c fcph-
b's''''' raourd RcEeuyi Is Hungarian W
n"s', 90 c.1ctl from Ills country for pt''lt'eal
ms", ., ,n, ,s ore Of the few great masters o.
t'svn,a v,a,,n nav 1!rng. His apparently stoaied
I'M 'i..tor Ian IA p,as these dances-the VIVA notea
ts'' ,'".tvc woods, u It wore-Wtth their pecui'
OF u,s and characteristic u1elos1iea attract
Ut ,sn curiosity Of h!s friends aud tue public
Gu u. ...or,tr III tue Herald he gave following
e1p''l a., youngcs davs 11Eahms md ] Travelled
,rou, village v'aEs xts,ng eo'fgt In is hoteIs At
nSd. nso 10 eoo Iansa.an e9aios r ,s es ,up ..
iheis asSlns MI innocent deception, 1pnye tbs
pot. o. - as,ional airs, wit'nnt saying By whom
str nap, wsfa written. and my peasnsS mae a!wsgs
tsa1d1tss oa snarInr ,hat he was impartial naEe and
enes..s,ci enes. ihat whc', vas excellent "a nnr nrt
ssy a'tt bag .st1 1sseoeg r. nGyrary my nj
ND ", ,rps,tfa,nrdlY rs,t,dlY cI.uwhcrc, !, herneaed
.i''sht n VirnHa. aud by accident wen!
9ousatIoaa is as' h.a spess spnsatoS
an,sf 1na The peec. handed NC were he:ies of Hun
hsa.sd amsd.neea, which, the proprctor OF TIE esta9;
,. wsfn Tot1 tc' ax. shsm fsvs1
"a
III, I'D discovered nt once tc ofs,n o. nne
X thr ten numbers. II u ssan ~. N 1aq
sdons made By simfncE .nc .s .pe1inred n xcpT
tts word. '.hnngaths" hs .nrd. .,trsnacribea by"
teHda1, t,.. ~ ntaNmt"; but sinco that tins new
,,,nns baye appeared AZ tho cntHnotitton Of
saea' bn,ssIf aid he must be avare Of lho fact.
W. he isei IS that the ten COMPOSITIONS have the
following origin; ,,..,
,rL,us ~ rtss. snd wis published carly In 1870
bj be music aflh o. hozeafo'Rs'' u fe1''' a' ''u
EsYs ,o,r,.r -,o..,.
.Tho seeea"I st 1nneary ~ from tins tmn,sior,ai.
tnerp ~ .h3'S NH i IN au ths i'll pari Of ii is my
ig.s.a.lnss' TT esa,ds. by Risznor.,
IN |is pot an Hungarian air at all, but bad
initiation ot schnbert's world-scnowncu seFcnads
ra5ettlsa Into s.stdas. j., y .,..n .a,.o. l.. .
tns n a. n Pa1t ptnnrn ~ s%ihp, @ Te &C.
eaa p:I n snntp ms!. .ir t % naen lime
seafon.e aanti.s csarjas whe,, oscams rery
u..a,,, ~ T., Hunrsry In tho year lB01, and was,
bs}sts' COMPOSED by Nitt!nger.
"No. i in +, Ii entirely my own. and very
"No: 4, u nlhor, t. popular esirdas, H com.
posed By Hzabsdy" Frank, ana nas oeen Gnown
dans :he lss EN-. i ,nsuias ~ H.
a.ms q ~ IN dmst,o IN iucis Ji Lanmer.
nse; H. a. IN F minor, ,. in a,r By roma unknown
uuassrsn warbler or tronbadour. It IL very dne,
aud II va cisen 10 israhms By me IN 1851 during
ouf ps,eerinstions. ........
.'Ho. Ola again, tAken from tho vcry popular
s'Tolnsl Lakadtlmss' caerdas, by Hiaznnf, and
:hs muile pa5ahea n5 MsgneI' ena pslntGin4 i4, IN
Perth spout toe ysss 1alg vne VI s's tmo ,t ,.tn
gtnan atne... svmPoSso " H'''' "''"' 1"' ""''0
iG9 @yos e. s.s ,ksrrfors vhr am nyereo to Tho
,,,,o,m.nsu Of shesa 10. called .lstehms DANCES,
haye been esked to play t!,em many times. but
hare uniformly answered mo-; for knew them
!ong aefo1e lhsJ s.sr appeared with tho nams Of
D'thns a thelf nguse.isead.
This direct and positive charge Of plagiarism
torlil Il by tho mIldest possfb!y term, againbt
ont D! The great modern composers, one whom
Kobe,t schlnann pronounced tha ''ncw musical
Ntteisb," tho author OF multitude Of sympho-
niles, sonatas, qoatets, and, In fact, tho suctesa.
tul xhter Of al forms Of muslcal composition,
created most profound sensation In musical
rlreles. by some il was thought that i1cmanyl
had become
wun w,7,t ,r.,or.r
III. .nooo,. -, n.ah.. 49,, IT,, ..,n -,
w. 1aee n, q ms 1esaaeese 9I 70 vienna 70 1elame
n,,ion,Iisx ,,1 ,,'"t umaov m%9 .sn oI NJ
ssiS.a; IN. ~, ~ ,s ';oya.n, ~ no,,trS t'
hi hecons annan,,a e ,,i' h.t-n1 ~ ~" AZ
mn hal =" "s,,ceca"f.,ilr ,nastcres - tna ,,e,,
M eau tyq a b. and na.fo Sf e., e nanF.,a h1. us +
ar,.t tns rnctrntnr ot III me"ncst ear1trtlon 1
., sheft. ii Thp ] e]itor ot ths % NV Yorx W,uit.