New-York tribune., 1922-11-05

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The Growing Demand for the
Scores Of Orchestral Music
We do not feel that we have made
more than beginning at Fifty-eighth
Street in light Of the needs Of the great
musical public Of this city, but with
our recent gifts we do feel that we
have made good start and are able
in the matter Of music to do some.
thing proportionate 20 the aims of the
Public Library in other directions. The
largest sum received for this work was
given last spring by Mr.. Adolph Levi
sohn, who contributed $500 to be used
for orchestral scores or arrana >menta
of orchestral works. The demand for
orchestral scores would surprise one
not familiar with the use OF music in
libraries. There are so many students
of orchestration who are too poor to
buy these expensive partitur-editions
Besides those who are composers OF
working students of orchestration are
those who can read scores sufficiently
we'll to like to take them to the con-
certs Of symphonic or chamber music.
Since another gift of 5000 from Mrs
Walter Graeme Ladd was being spen,
in Paris for French music and the Ii
hrarIan herself from various gifts was
able to obtain good representation of
contemporary British music when she
was In London year ago, 1t was de.
clded not to confine Mr.. Lewisohu's Gift
to orchestral works, but to make it q
general representation Of contemporary
German composers.
Only these larger donors have been
mentioned, but many persons have
helped with smaller sums or gifts of
music, and it has all contributed to q
growing accession list. So that it is
a qualification to tell such music lovers
as are not familiar with the Fifty
eighth Street Music Room what it is
now able to offer them.
Wagner Operas In Miniature Scores
And Transcriptions for Pianoforte
Thanks to Miss Leipziger, there has
always been fairly good list Of the
Classics in miniature score. We are
now particularly proud to be able tc
supply all the Wagner operas in or
chestral score, thing for which there
has been great demand. Also the Ri.
cordi editions of such operas Of Verdi
Boito and Puccini as they have is.
sued in this form. There is the complete
output of Richard Strauss in miniature
score, and ''Tod und yerklarung," "Dor
JUAN" "Till Eulenspiegel" and "Helden.
leben" in four-hand versions. C1
Scriabin we have "Prometheus,
"Poeme de l'Extase" and "Poesne Divin'
in score, and his piano-works complete
stravinsky's "Petrouschka," "Rossi
gnol" and "sacre du Printemps" il
score and in piano arrangements
Schonberg's "Pelleas und Melisande, :
"Pierrot Lunaire," "Gurre Lieder" an,
Flint Stdcke" in score, and the "Gurr
Lieder" in vocal score. OF Mahler W.
have "Das Lied Won der Erde" in voca
score and the symphonies Three, -Four
Eight and Nine for four hands, thes
to supplement 3 complete set Of tn
orchestral scores promised us as gif
by friend and admirer of Gusta
Mailer. And there Is Bekker's hug
analytical volume on the Mailer syn,
phonies and a new biography (botl
in Germany. The Third, Fifth an
Ninth Gas the most performed) sym
phonies of Bruckner to supplement
in the popular four-hand form tn
small scores we had Of his symphonic
complete. In score: Malipiero: "Im
pressioni dial Vero," "Ditirambo Ira
gico" and "oriente Immaginario''
Respighi: "Fontane di Roma" IAN
| tiche Dance ed Arie per Liuto''
Casella: "Couvents sur l'Eau." "Pupas
zetti"; Rachmaninoff: "Toteninsel"
Moussorgski: "Une Mutt sur le Mon
Chauve"; Liadoff: "Baba Jaga"; Bore
dine: "Steppenskizzen" (and the las
three III four-handl; Sibelius: aFin
landia," "Lemmenkinen's Heimker
aad Fifth Symphony; Weingartner
"K6nig Lear and "Die Gefilde de
| Seligen"; Smetana: the "vaterland
cycle complete; Schreker: "vorspie
zu einem Drama; Busoni: "zws
Sudden ga Faust; Delius: Brig
Fair, Dance Rhapsody, Paris,
Summer Garden; Roger: Variationen
| Goldmark: 'Sakuntala": Berner'
"Trois Morceaux"; Gossen's "Fiv
| Conceits"; Jongen: "Lalla Rookh." an
| Tschaikowsky's "Nutcracker" Suite an
Romeo and Juliet" the overtures Q
/ Mozart and those Of Rerlioz and hi
Harold in Italy," all these last to Fl
gaps in our old list.
4 The new French scores include
/ Debussy's ale Printemps," aJeux,
'sLa Mer." "Apras-midi DUN Faune,
"Nocturnes" and two-piano or four
hand versions Of these. Ravel: IN
Mere Ioye," "valses mobiles" @L
/ valse," aSchsh&razade" rDaphnis e
Chloe" 'Intr. ct Allegro" and the Hrs
of these for two pianos. DTndy
First and second symphonies and "Is
| THE CITY