Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-19
German Composers.

German Composers.
Next in sequence comes the German
section. beginning with the original Paris
edition of Won Gluch's opera. ''Orfeo and
Eur:dice,' written in 1864, beside which
! has been placed the full score of Mozart $
opera Don Giovanni" in the original
edition: a copy of the posthumous full
score of Jean Francois Iesuer's AL
exandre a Babyloni.' published by the
composers widow. and of the full scores
| in original editions of Webers Der
F'reschutz and bits Carmen the lat
ter had. through the courtesy of the
publishers. but under certain restrictions.
When full scores of important operas
exist only in manuscript or. for other rea-
sons, cannot be obtained. the Library of
Congress has made a practice of having
them transcribed by reliable persons. Most
foreign libraries and some publishers are
willing to grant this privilege. Frequently
it is accorded only under fixed conditions
that the transcription be used for scientific
and scholastic purposes only. and not for
reprod uCtiOn.
Specimens OF some OF these transcript
tions are shown in this collection. such.
for example. the full score of Niccolo
Joceli's ''LArtaSerSe.' written in 1850
of Sonetanas "Iibusa'' and Dargomsky' S
The Stone Guest. The value of these
is obvious If a writer on music had pre-
viouS,v wished to consult any of these
to travel a great distance-in one instance
to Prague. and another to st. Petersburg
and incur both loss of time and expense.
Bishops "Pasticcio" Method
In the same case with the last two of
score OF Marcos Portugals "Demofoonte. =
and a copy of Henry f. Bishops opera.
"Ninetta." based on Rossini's opera. La
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somewhat curious ''pastccio'' method of
working. both OF which are obviously
UNIQUE
Here also is copy of John Gays ball
lad opera, Achilles, staged about 1883,
in which stilted verses. sung by classic
heroes. are put to popular tunes of the
day This opera made such hit it was
said to have made Gay rich. and Rich
gay And at the farther end of this
case have been placed SIDE by side to
Illustrate the difference in style and
! method. copies OF the full scores. in the
original editions. of Claude Debussy' S
.Pellias ct Melsandi'' and Richard
Strauss ''Salome," both written within
Nor will one overlook in this same col
lection the full score of WaGner's 10
hengrin.' published in 1S4S. while he was
| in exile in Switzerland, which is opened
at the famous dedication to List, in
which the author expresses the fear that
he himself will never hear the opera.
Development of Music.
| Because the music Of America is as it
were. the fruit of the music composed
in earlier centuries in other Iands-a child
of tradition European music illustrating
the development of the art has been and
| is collected by the Library of Congress-
The manner in which this policy is pur-
sued is illustrated by the first section of
| this exhibition.
! OF more special bearing. perhaps. so
| far as direct heredity goes, is the English
music of colonial days. which forms by
| itself the next division. Here are many
odd specimens which invariably provoke
a smile--such, for example, Douland' S
! Musical Bouquet. published in 1910,
which declares on its title page that it