, 1879-02-14
MUSICAL DISCOVERY.
MANUSCRIPT Works Of Incl. Found In an Old
Trunk nnti Usrd FOR Pudding Frult Trees.
L1Htf1n Ifffds1,rk. .Ffsn If


Manuscript Works of Incl. Found In an Old
Trunk und Usrd FOR Padding Fruit Trees.
Lonf"n 1rifJ''rh, San. 25
Grcut excitement lns been created IN German
MUSICAL circles by tic difcoyery, IN an old colsil-
try ulnusion belonging 70 the nubln Suxon fam
lily Of Wltzthnn, If largo nu1nhcr Ut manu.
script compositions Ly Joln Sebastian Dacll,
lnt'crto believed to nyc BEEN Irresrleyablylo lost,
All the works produvc,l by trlllustsious author
u tic Eight AMI Forty'' III tho Cuursu of TITS
l,ug u,nI ,Hilslcaliy. life arc recorded,
seyeruly n1ni collectively, III sllzcr's adhirablo
work, .'lIrr all,slc.ll l.braryh; u.iu hundreds IL
tue compositions ,llcrctn mentioned have al:t-
crto bcen niysteriontsy missing. Nothing was
Is!Uwn vi tlIcr destruction, 6y accident or 9th
crwtsc; they were simply uldlsr1Yerable.
Among tllrm wcru works of Tic first magnitude,
in wislrl, 1t [B believed that Dnc4's surpassin..
genius found lis most exalted EXPRESSION, sucsl
l.uKs, H. aa % lis tra" Christmas ] % Uraioriss. @
4 theory l,us long bccl1 Ycnsfiatcd in tle nustrul
prcss vi tieruIAty to tbs rifrct iaiat, were u,
exhaustive search instituted through III! 1t tits
trctB ami places Ut one time Or another fniablt
eA Or visited by Bach, it ctldnUt latl to bu pr1-
tll.etlyc Of s0tlle prniutnalr interesting dsseuy
ery. Itohert Frai,x, thu wcl.lsnown composer.
ultl chtur Of Bacl.'s works. determined to un-
srr,:,kc this c,erprhe, al,l set ubout It in rlla
aust ulinute and plttsstaEinE manner inugl-
Hahlr. llu went from town to vlIage, r'lll lrOl
yillu,a tu tdlinlry house. examining gurrcts ltll
cellars, st turning over yAst utrttnututtblls Ut
icumclvub!c rubbish, but In yain until be ca,nu
tlt purE towur,i tI.u house, r Noticed that tile
stakes to which the youllg fruit utIu ornamental
trees !ln.l bgcn tied wcro uatidca with pupcr, In.
stcusi ii leather or ls,selerally used III Ger
Any tu prevent yOuuE rccs fruli chaflng as1!llss
tic nes by which tllcy nre supported anu kept
straight. jlo Wgnt clono tu ute nj thcso suis-
l,lEs, animated, l.e l,lrnscif au!ts rluIe uy
lille .urtUsty thau by my definite hope COLI
ilrctcd With thu isnnaedlatc Iurposo of lis lnis-
s!t,n. What Wal ILLS Joy. wl,nt Tas lis hor.
ror, uro,I recognizing uarh's we1l-known u,l4
1nralltltul llutat!On upun ite paper plt!dluEl
ilr Eagerly Inquired Ut the gnrcncs WHO WIS ac-
tulnplhyiilg hlul through the grounds WlIenea
lu hull ubtulne1 tllehc t:n!nu.rr1pts. fhu man
iepilest p,llc.,na,tra!ly. "up IN l|c loft under
tl.c yt,ul t!lrro arr 6cycral trunks full VI old
lnlslc, which Wus vi no use to anybody sui tuok
It to wrA,l rounA tho trees, Us thc pnpct was
thick mil strong, nt,l did just aa well tor my
pnrfoaG As lentllcr Or lt,IGn FaEs. ] tlHsu l}cun
us. it1tp fur Il long while, nlnl nm rrry well sat.
issie,l viii, It, Illriu II good lit Ut II still
lett" Franx ruslcd np tO 1l'e loft, a,tl found
there auv trltnt, as yct Unopened, which, Wllcll
full Ut nlall4sr1lp. nlitsts, This treasure proyeu
to cnt,slst vi no lever Lat! lo vlolll sonatus oy
the !lreut t:uueruNtntiSt. 1t appears o.iiy too
probable that liIu Elnrtuus "tassou MnsIe,H
PRECIOUS compositions lluye becn " used up " by
ihe Wltzthun gnrlrIlcF. happlIy UNCONSCIOUS 1f
yanl!nlism Which eaIlnut tuil To send cold
snulldcr tluwil thu back OF every musician who
hears u II. ltaIn ail.! snow tayo cxpuDgcd frun
THIS j,lestInahle t'puuuiug" Sou.u utthu nubIcsL
music tIlut ryer issl,ci lrunl tile bElin Ut
nlsl.sy ,l..sscr; but We n,uy heartily fclfcltata
the excellent musician 10 WHOM The world awca
tho .llscsIyrrv III TITS spleEdtu ndlit!ou to ita
collection VI t"ns gems ll'at ~ nlany of kacl's
Jus extcrlnslattuIt With which lhey Wrrc luliut.
Ilcltty thre4tcncd.