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

produced in New York in 1867. wherein
the earliest known reference TO Yankee
din's Musical Tour" an English pubiica-
ton in which the air Of Yankee die"
is used for a song entitled The Return
Of Ulysses and Ithaca" and copy of
Royal Tyler's comedy, The Contrast
published in 1890. in which the earliest
matte purposes is found.
With these. also. are displayed the song
by John Stafford Smith which furnished
the air for The Star Spangled banner"
Almanac of 1869. in which John l. ckin-
sons celebrated Liberty Song is printed.
German Mystics' Hymns.
The "Ephrata Hymn Book published
in 1749 by community of German
mystics who settled in Pennsylvania i'll
the early part of the eighteenth century,
is here, as we'll as other hymn books,
treatises on church music and the like.
One of the most interesting portions of
the exhibit. however, is that referring to
Francis Hopkinson, first American poet
composer, who was. it will be remem-
bered. a signer of the Declaration of In
dependence, writer and painter, as
well as musician. among whose de-
scendants may be named F. Hopkinson
Smith. the artist and author. and Flor
ence ScoV Shinn, the illustrator A
copy of his song. My DAYS Hav. Been
So Wondrous Free" Che original of which
Mrs. Shlnn possesses), Is shown, and is of
special interest on account of being prob
ably the first song composed by an
American musician. Beside this is placed
all autograph letter of Francis Hopl1in-
son written to Thomas jefferson. in watch
reference is made to other of his compo-
Sitions.
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music by Giovanni Gualdo, an Italian
who settled in Philadelphia when a young
man. and about the time that Francis
Hopkinson was writing his songs gave
a concert in that city OF his own COM
position-the very first composers con-
cert which was ever given In this coun-
try. An autograph copy of a sonata by
Alexander Reinagle presented to the Lii
brary of Congress by his nephew, the
late Lewis j. Davis of this city. comes
next in order. With it is placed vol
ume by A. P. Heinrich. which illustrates
The Dawning of Music in Kentucky
Popular Songs.
In the next and last case given over
to this section are original copies of
various popular songs, such as open
Thy Lattice. Love-" "Old Folks at Home"
and Beautiful Dreamer" with which
are shown a first and second edition of
Gottschalk's Last Hope the latter man.
if>sting considerable revision. Two copies
IRE also exhibited of MacDowell's Sweet
heart" one published several years after
the other and much simpiied and i'm
proved.
The Library of Congress does not make
a point of collecting at great cost manu-
script copies of foreign compositions. but
it does strive to obtain for the purpose of
perpetual preservation those of American
composers. and 1t is with considerable
pride, apparently, that 1t displays at this
time the original manuscript copies of
MacDowell's Indian Suite: Mrs. Beech's
song. Forgotten: John Knowles Paine's
unfinished symphonic poem on Lincoln.
and Dudley Bucks Golden Legend" all
of which have been acquired through the
generosity of the authors.
Books on Music.
The last section is given over to books
on music, theoretical and technical, many
of which are both curious and vastly in
teresting. but of these space for5ids a de-
tailed description. To be sure, this exhi-
bition is not exhaustive in any particular
it is merely meant to whet the appe-
titeis Of music lovers and suggest to the
r,hlic At larpa the broad and far.raoch.