Evening star., 1935-01-13
PUBLIC LIBRARY
American Composers and Ameri-
can Songs.

"ODAY Is the anniversary Of the
death of Stephen Foster. one
of the best known and beloved
i Of American composers. Dur
ing the coming week, the
music division of the Public Library
will exhibit facsimiles of his songs
presented to the library by the Fos-
ter Hall Foundation Of Indianapolis
A list of books on American songs and
American composers is presented this
week. Next week the music division
will list books on the general history
of music in America, and certain
phases of its development.
American Composers.
American Composers. by Rupert
Hughes and Arthur Elson. 1921.
VWl0.9H874a.
aside from occasional attentions
evoked by chance performances, it
may be said in general that the
growth Of our music has been unloved
and unheeded by anybody except a
few plodding composers, their wives,
and retainer or two"
Stephen Foster, Americas s Troubadou
by ]. T. Howard. 1884. vW1OF813h.
The most comprehensive biography
OF Stephen Foster now available.
Victor Herbert, the Biography of
Americas Greatest Composer of
Romantic Music. by Joseph Kaye.
1881. VW1O.H417k.
He was the best composer of light
music that the United States has de-
veloped as we'll as one of that small
group Of world composers who have a
permanent place in musical history
as masters Of the operetta."
A Musician and His Wife. by Mrs.
Reginald de Koven. 1926. VW10.
D365d.
An intimate biography Of the COM
poser of Robin Hood"
Edward MacDowell, by Lawrence Gil
man. 1908. VW10.M146g.
MacDowell's accomplishment in the
years allotted to him was remarkable
and he is still Americas greatest COM
poser.
The Life Of Ethelbert Nevin, from His
Letters and His Wife's Memories,
by Vance Thompson. 1918. VW1o.
N414t.
Nevin's biography, told largely
through his letters and diaries.
Marc,ip0 A1opr pecollectiopx of Man
Women and Music, by J. p. Sousa
1928. VW10.SoS7.
Americas popular band-master and
composer writes his "reminiscences Of
full years.
American Songs.
Patriotic Songs Of the American Peo-
pie. by H. F. Brinton. 1900
VVS3B775.
Historical sketches OF a number of
| our popular national songs.
The Story Of Our National Ballads, by
c. A. Browne. 1919. VVs3 B816.
The story of Yankee Doodle" THE
Star-Spangled Banner" and other his
torical songs.
Folk Songs Of the South. Collected
under the Auspices of the West
Virginia Folklore Society ed. by
j. H. Cox. 1925. VVs3 Cs3.
A valuable collection of the songs
inherited from English balladry.
The National Music of America and
Its Sources, by L. C. Elson. 1900
VV83.EL776n.
The development of American sons
| from the Bay Psalm Book to the
| search for a national anthem at the
end of the nineteenth century.
White Spiritual in the Southern Up.
lands. the Story of the Fasola Folk
their Songs, Singings and Buck
wheat Notes" by G.. P. Jackson
1888. VV83J27.
A history of the white spiritual OF
native hymn developed in the South
| ern mountains as distinct from the
folk song.
Famous American Songs, by Gustav
Kobbe. 1906. VVlv.K792f.
John Howard Payne's Home Sweet
Home" Stephen Fosters "Old Folks
at Home" and other old favorites are
the subjects Of a series of historical
| sketches.
The Negro and His Songs. A Study oi
Typical Negro Songs in the South
by H. w. Odum and G.. B. John
son. 1925. VV83.Od86.
Here are the songs as they were
found with something Of their
setting"
! Read En- and Weep: the Songs You
Forgot to Remember (vvS3 Sp13r)
Weep No More My Lady. by Sig.
mund Spaeth. 1927. VV83.Spl3w
Neither folk nor art songs. but
| nevertheless an integral part of Amer
ica's musical past are these sentimen-
tai. comic and descriptive songs resur-
rected by Mr.. Spaeth.
Art Song in America, a Study in the
Development of American Music,
by w. T. Upton. 1880. VV83 .Up86
"In the general development of art
song in America, as elsewhere, we
have seen that its first form was that
closely allied to the folk-song. with
the simplest kind of melody imagina-
BILE and the merest chord accompa-
! niment."
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