Evening star., 1924-05-25
LIBRARY HAS MANY
VOLUMES ON MUSIC
Opportunity Afforded to Study Up
on Subject Before Festival
Here.
WIDE RANGE IS TREATED
Over 400 Scores of Operatic Works
Available.

With the opening of Music week
today in the District of Columbia. the
Public Library directs attention to a
large collection of books on music
which may be borrowed for home use.
The collection, according to DR..
George +. Bowerman. librarian, is
particularly adapted to the use of
pianists, organists, teachers, choral
and choir leaders, singers and pro-
fessional and amateur musicians.
Also there are many books of interest
to those who love music, but who do
not perform on any instrument.
OF the 3,400 volumes in the collec-
ton, DR.. Bowerman states that one
third is devoted to musical history
and criticism and treatises on theory
and esthetics. Over 400 volumes are
musical biography giving information
IN regard to practically every known
musician. The standard music die
tlonarleS may also be consulted in the
reference room.
Vocal Score Collection.
An important division contains $50
valuable orchestral and $50 vocal
scores representative of the best in
operate music. These scores. while
largely classical. by no means exclude
the popular music of the day. Lovers
of vocal music will find leading books
on voice culture, singing, and may
secure more than 300 solos or part
songs in English, French and Italian
and other languages. Among these
are selections from the operas, folk
songs, games in many lands, patriotic.
college. negro and chldren'S songs.
The library has also librettoS and the
stories of all the best known operas.
Current and back numbers of musi-
cal magazines which are on the file
in. the reference room of the central
library include the Etude. Musical
America, Musical Courier. and Musical
Quarterly.
Popular Musical Books.
y list of popular works on music.
some of which, at least, it believes that
every American should read, has been
compiled by the committee which con-
Quoted national Music week. This list
of sixteen volumes has been compiled
from the votes of famous orchestral
conductors and music educators who
were asked by the committee to name
books which would quicken the aver
age persons musical perceptions and
1eveal to him new musical beauties,
The books are as fellows: (Those
which the library has are designated
by call number.D
krehbiel II. L. How TO Listen to
Music" Scribner. VWE-K527h.
Faulkner. Anne Shaw. What We
Hear in Music" Victor co. NWW-
F275w
Gehrkens, Karl p. "Fundamentals of
Music" Ditson.
Huneker James G. "Chopin-the
Man and His Music" Scribner.
NW1O-C454h.
Thayer, Alexander w. Life of Lud-
wig van Beethoven Beethoven
Association. WHO B393t.
Henderson, William j. What Is
Good Music?" Scribner. WYE
pownes. oln. The Lure of Music"
Harper. EW10-9D75Stl.
Mason. Daniel Gregory. Beethoven
and His Forerunners." Macmil-
Ian. VW10-B393m.
From Grieg to Brahms" Out
look Co. VW109M3S6f.
Spaulding, Walter r. Music: An Art
Mason, Daniel Gregory: "Child's
Guide to Music" Baker & Tay-
lor. NWEM3S6g.
THE Romantic Composers"
Macmillan. -9M3S6r.
Orchestral Instruments and
What They Do" Baker G. Taylor.
VN-MaS6o.
Parry. Hubert Evolution of the Art
Scholes. Percy \. Listeners Guide
Dickinson. Edward. THE Education
of Music Lover" Scribner.
NWE-D566.
For the convenience of the musical
public section of the special card
catalog has been given over to music.
This is located in the lobby of the
central library at the left of the in
formation desk One drawer at the
end of the section is devoted entirely
to Orche music.