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Curtain Up!

Under this title. Mercury
Records Jumps four sparkling
records loaded with encore
type favorites. Heard on one
or more Of the records are
the Eastman-Rochester Or
chestra with Howard Hanson,
the Rochester Pops with
Frederick Fennell, the Lon
don Symphony and Philhar-
monte Hungarica with Antal
Dorati, Detroit Symphony
with Paul Paray and East
man Wind Ensemble. The
whole works is recommended
for good fun and superb
sound:
MUSICAL ALMANAC
Such airs as On the Mall,
Waltz Of the Snow flakes
(Tchaikovsky), The Last
Spring (Grieg), Chimney
Swallows (Strauss) and The
Last Rose of Summer, gives
this year-around flavor.
GALA FAVORITES-Here
we have a festival atmos-
phere, including Grofe's
Mardi Gras, Anderson's Belle
Of the Ball. Won Weber's In
vitation to the Dance,
Morton Gould's Jubilee,
Sousa's Diamond Jubile and
others.
MUSIC AND PUNK -
Novelty numbers galore: Le-
roy Anderson's Typewriter
and Sandpaper Ballet are
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on both sides. In the dis
lance on the horizon is a
windmill, but the life of the
picture is the quiet dance
Of speckled hight on leaves
and costumes, glowing into
brilliance at the two bases
of the triangle and on the
knight himself as the peak.
"A Different Story
This is all music of a sort,
If you like to talk that way
about paintings, but the
point is, it is anything but
storytelling. Or at the very
least, it is a different story.
1t is not funny, not pathetic,
certainly not satiric, all of
which apply to the Cervantes
novel. Quite the contrary,
Monticelh almost accepts
Quixote on his own added
terms rather than those of
the author. It is an i'm
mensely attractive scene and
the Knight is a figure of
somewhat mysterious dignity.
Periodically, perhaps, the
same point can be seen IN a
superb Monticello in the Phil
lips Collection, a scene from
GAS You Like It." Immedi-
ately there seems to be a
closer connection. We are in
the Forest of Arden and the
exiles are lounging about be-
meath the greenwood trees
while light filters in the
familiar Monticellian way
through the leaves. The
correspondence is fairly close
to the mood, the wood-muslc,
of the play. Isn't this, then,
storytelling?
No it isn't. Monticello isn't
telling stories here because
neither was Shakespeare.
Who gives a hang, really,
about the exiled duke and
the usurper duke and the
whole clap-trap of the plot?
Certainly not the playwright.
The true point of the play is
the magic Of Arden, the
music Of the forest.
This, too, was Monticelli's
point IN painting and he in
vented a rich, fluid language
to tell the story as if it were
music. The forest, the
meadow, the grass, the sun
light and shadow all take
life from the people clothed
in silks and satins who live
there. But the process was
a fair exchange. These fine
foresters take their life from
the way sunlight falls
through leaves to simmer
on rich garments and daz-
zle on a jewel. Enchanted
by this vision Of late summer,
we are deep in the debt of
the enchanted vision of
AdOlphe Monticello
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one has learned to expect Of
the Shaw Chorale. backed by
the RCA-Victor Orchestra.
Record 2 Is called ALL
Time Favorites, and ranges
from the likes Of the Anvil
Chorus to Darling Nellie
Gray, through September
Song and the Whiffenpoof
Song, the Hallelujah Chorus
from the Messiah, A Mighty
Fortress Is Our God, and
even an excerpt from Bach's
B Minor Mass. A warm,
comforting record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04

among them. So is Edwin
Frankie GoIdman's winning
Children's March, Kodaly's
Viennese Musical Clock,
Schuller's Twittering Ma
chine, Grofe's On the Trail,
Percy Faiths Brazilian Sleigh
Bells and many other bright
tunes.
FENNELL AND THE POPS
This is fun, too, with such
tunes as Herbert's Streets of
New York. OSSer's Beguine,
the famous Malaguena, Sui
hvan's Pineapple Poll Finale,
Liebestraum, and more.
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ven, Haydn and Handel. But
we never expected to find him
in the airy realm of the
can-can. He does okay, how
eer, in these six overtures,
including La Vie Parisienne,
La Belle Helene. and others
not so well known. The
Vienna State Opera Orches-
ira does the playing. (West-
minister.
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Bosso Nova, etc.

On the Dauntless label,
which boasts of some Of the
best sound anywhere, are
several distinctive selections
in the jazz field. Among
them:
WEST SIDE STORY-But
this isn't just any West Side
Story. 1t is West Side Story
BoSsa Nova with Bill Bar
ron's Orchestra. Mr.. Barron
not only arranged the 10
songs. he also leads the band
and plays q fine tenor sax.
THE BOSSA TRES-Here
is one Of Brazil's leading
CONDOS in the new jazz form
doing q program Of Brazili-
an and American tunes. Most
Of the music is from the
Latin country, but Ameri-
cans win recognize Blues
Walk, Somebody Loves Me
and Green Dolphin Street.
JAZZ PIANOS - An out
standing record with the
complete title Of The Coun-
try g. Western Sound Of Jazz
Pianos. The pianists are
Steve Kuhn, a young Amer
lean, and Toshiko Akiyoshi,
a japanese woman. They
are very good. indeed. And
they have something good TO
work with-basic American
music with sophisticated ar
rangements by Edgar Sum-
merlin. who makes akin TO
classical jazz out Of 1t all.
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
All. yes. Jazz impressions
Of the music from the big.
big picture, by the Walt
Dickerson Quartet. They do
all right, too, with such In
struments as the onde mar
tinou (electronic), vibra-
phone used like a xylophone,
and other exotic effects.
BIG BAND - Sal Saliva
doris band is heard on a rec
ord titled "You Amt Heard
Nothin' Yet" This is a 16-
piece orchestra with excel
lent performance. and the
kind Of closeup, intimate
sound which distinguishes
the Dauntless and Audio-
Fidelity line Of records.
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CRITICS PLAY
MUSICAL CHAIRS

One Of the few genuinely
big men writing daily music
reviews for an American
newspaper Is giving up.
Today's column in the New
York Herald Tribune Is the
farewell piece Of DIR. Paul
Henry Lang, distinguished
musicologist and teacher, who
took Virgil Thomson's place
their in 1854.
DR.. Lang expects to devote
himself full-time to his work
at Columbia University,
where he has been q full pro-
fessor In the Music Depart
Snent since 1899. Once Presi-
dent OF the International
physiological Society, 1t is
expected that he viii be more
hctive In research and serious
writing. At present, he is
completing q book on Handel.
His successor will be Alan
Rich, Q junior member Of the
music staff at the New York
Times. With all due respect
70 Mr.. Rich's great talent, DR..
Lang will be sorely missed in
O profession conspicuous for
its lack Of men Of real
stature.
Meanwhile, the former mu-
sic editor Of the Tribune, Jay
s. Harrison, who left that
paper in 1850 10 direct a slick
magazine called Music"
which never materialized and
ended up as director Of clas-
steal music for the RCA Vic
tor Readers Digest Record
Clubs (where he remained
virtually invisible since l06D.
Is emerging into the light
once again.
Mr., Harrison joins the
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NEWS OF MUSIC
An Opera Lover Pays
ADebt to Library
BY IRVING LOWENS
Star Music Critic

You can't say it happens every day In this country but
1t does happen more often than you would think.
This story about the New York Public Library and
curious little who familiar figure in It's Music
Division for many many years.
The mans Alphonse Garizzo and nobody paid
much attention to him. He Sicilian immigrant who
crossed the and lived for many years the Williams
burg section Of Brooklyn He pretty independent
garment worker but he refused to take regular lob In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04

magazine Musical America"
as Senior Editor Immediately,
and should shortly once
again become a critical pow
er on the New York scene.
NEWS FROM HERE-The
Cathedral's Paul Galloway
leads a performance Of the
Bach B minor Mass today at
Philharmonic Hall as one Of
the featured events in New
York's Midsum m er Music
Festival. Tonight at 9
pm, WTTG-TV Channel 81
offers a two-hour telecast Of
the American premiere of
Benjamin Britten's "War Re-
quiem," which took place at
Tanglewood a week ago yes
terday. The gigantic piece, q
protest against war and its
horrors written for the con-
secration Of the rebuilt Ca
thedral of st. Michael In
Coventry. which was de-
stroyed in World War II, has
been extravagantly praised as
one Of the major works Of our
century.
The Army Band is playing
a Concert Piece for SYM
phonic Band" at the Water
gate Tuesday night composed
by DIR. Wendell Margrave of
The Stars staff of music
critics. The distaff side
is featured by the service
bands this week, what with
the Army offering soprano
Marilyn Savage and the Navy
trumpeter Virginia Leach as
soloists.
The guest on this We'd
nesday's installment Of NBC
Radios "TOscanini-the Man
Behind the Legend" (WRC,
9:05-10 p.m.) is wrestler
AntOnino ROcca, who once
matched muscles with the
maestro, an avid TV boxing
and wrestling fan. Fl. /. WASH
ington is losing the Navy
School of Music, which is
scheduled to move to the
Little Greek naval amphibious
base in the vicinity Of
Norfolk, Va. when remodeling
Of an existing barracks is
completed.
\ =
WORDS ON MUSIC-The
chief Of the music division
Of the New York Public
Library, Philip L. Miller, is
the author Of The Ring Of
Words Doubleday; S4.95) q
book which should establish
itself as q standard reference
work in short order.
Mr.. Miller has put to-
gether an anthology Of the
original texts Of more than
300 Of the great art-songs of
all time, with literal, line
by-line translations (most Of
them by himself) on facing
pages. He includes footnotes
on which composers set
them, what changes they
made In the texts, and opus
numbers, as well as head
notes on the poets-many Of
them quite obscure.
The work will be an un-
adulterated blessing to those
who make up song programs,
and Mr.. Miller's translations
deserve land undoubtedly
will get) the widest use, par
ticularly since no copyright
notice appears in the book
and they would thus appear
to be public property.
1t viii also be a godsend
to those who sit at home
and listen to recordings, and
its regular use should lead
to a heightened appreciation
Of the art-song as one Of the
most fascinating Of all mus
ical forms.
Furthermore, Mr.. Miller's
Introductory essay is q COM
plete delight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
ART AND ARTISTS
The Rediscovey Of AdoIphe Monticello
Proves Point and Brings q Good Show
By FRANK GETLEIN
star Art Critic

Not so long ago it was pos
sible to publish a sunptuous
book on 10th century Euro
pean art without even men,
tioning the name Of Adolphe
Monticello. He is still less
well-known than he ought to
be. but the situation is
changing. He is becoming
newly visible. The rewards he
offers to newly opened eyes
are considerable. Washing
tonians are lucky in this
process because the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art has something
like two dozen paintings Of
his, Of which about q dozen
and a half are hanging now.
A visit to the Corcoran to
see Monticello is particularly
rewarding now because there
is affinity between the mood
Of his work and the general
summer haze we have around
us.
The eclipse and gradual
rediscovery of an artist is a
fairly regular occurrence. In
art history there aren't many
Michelangelos, perceived to
be q genius in his teens, a
master at 81 and universally
accepted as both throughout
his life and ever since. Nor
mally an artist undergoes
tides Of popularity not only
during his life but after his
death as well. The italian
Renaissance is still being
mined for relative unknowns
who may find their audience
only today. Rembrandt and
FL Greco both underwent
profound posthumous OBJ
security. Fluctuations occur
even within the body Of an
artists work, as has hap
pened to Monticelli's con-
temporary. Monet. His large
late paintings Of his water
garden, so recently dismissed
as candy-box art, have been
so thoroughly rehabilitated
that they threaten to obscure
the rest Of his work.
The Changing Fortunes
Why does this happen? In
our lives, unless we are un-
usually given to introspec-
ton, events and persons Of
our own past do not simply
present themselves to our
minds. We are reminded OF
them by some event or per-
son of the present. So 1t is,
to a large extent. with the
changing fortunes Of past art
for present viewers.
So it is with Monticello.
At this present moment we
are all of us pretty well fed
up with the dominant Amer
lean painting Of the 1950s,
less fed UP, it may be, with
the painting itself than with
the preposterous claims made
for it to be the absolute sum-
nit of all art history and to
be the only permissible way
to paint in the present.
Yet that painting Of the
recent past, abstract express
sionism, has deeply affected
the way we see things, in
GLIDING the paintings Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
RECORD REVIEWS
Shaw ChoroIe Sings
Frothy Operetto Airs
BY HERMAN SCHADEN
Star Record Critio

Everybodys record shelves should contain something
from the world of operetta which, Robert Russell Bennett
says, may be the most romantic music Of all.
frothy crosssecton is available In two-record album
by the Robert Shaw Chorae RCAVictor) called Yours Is
My Heart Alone Record is made up entirely Of hit tunes
from yesterday including the handles Of Franz Lehar
Jerome Kern Sgmund Romberg Rudolf Fiml Strauss
Karl Hoschna and Otto Harbach
Here melodies everybody knows sung with the aplomb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04
WEDNESDAY

WEDNESDAY
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND, "a
Col. Albert schoepper, conductor,
Pearson, comets; James Erdman,
trombone; william Jones, baritone
Capitol Plaza, 3 pm. The Man OF
the Hour, Fillmore. Overture 10 the
Roman Carnival. Berlioz: jerome
Kern Fantasy. arr. Hunsberger:
Concerto Crosse tor Two gornets
Rhapsody, Gould: Perpetual Motion,
Paganini; Emperor waltz, j. strauss.
Cntalog Aria, from Don Giovanni,
Mozart; Carnival Overture, olas-
ounow.
SUMMER SYMPHONY.
Dr.. Harry Geidstein, conductor.
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FRIDAY

UNITED STATES am FORCE SYM.
PHONY ORCHESTRA. Col. GeorEs
s. Howard Cart; Harry y; Meuser
conductors. Soloists: William Du.
Pre-, tenor (vocaD: Robert Barlow,
harp. Watergate, $50. pm. An
outdoor Overture, COPELAND: -Four
spirituals, arr. werle Symphony
No. (Romanticl, Hanson; Over
ture 70 Benvenuto cellinin, Berlioz;
Excerpts, cavalleria Rusticana. Mas
cagni. Introduction and Allegro,
Rayel; Selections from Oklahoma,
Rodgers.
UNITED STATE ARMY BAND, Capt.
Gilbert Mitchell, conductor. Solo
ists:. Jack Boyle, trombone; Edward
MARKS, clarinet. Capitol Plaza, Z
pm. In The Mountains, Auvraus:
suite from Things 70 Come. Bliss:
The BAmboula. coleridge- Taylor
Marche des Parachutistes Beiges,
LeemAns: Selections from The Sound
OF Music, Rodgers; Solo de Com
eours. Messenger Polka and Fugue
from 9chwanda. Weinberger.
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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

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THURSDAY

NITED STATES NAVY BAND. u.
Anthony A. Mitchell; Prince GEORGES
County Chorus, Frances Lynch, d.
rector, assisting. Soloists: Ronald J.
Barnett, xylophone; Virginia Leach,
trumpet. Watergate. $3.50 pm.
Berlios: La Bamba de Vera Cruz.
Tucci; The Parrot on the Fortune
Teller's Hat. Abreu; Hungarian
Melodies. v. Bach: Dance Of the
Hours. from La 0ioconda, Pom
chielli: Old Comrades. Teike: Car
nlyal Of Venice, Thomas; Csardas.
Monti; Theme from Black SADDLE
Verdi; Selections from The Sound
Of Music. Rodgefs,
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graphs by the Swiss artist,
Hans Erni. The theme is
"Ivesse," or drunkenness,
and that subject of universal
interest hasn't been so taste
fully and effectively presented
since the Renaissance dream
Of Bacchus. The prints have
new qualities of texture back
ing UP the always elegant
line and we move freely from
low taverns and wine carts
to nymphs and satyrs afloat
on 100 proof Ambrosia.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST IL

(For Pull Details, Consult
Next Sundays ListlnRs)
MUSICAL sERvICR waShlnston Ca
UNiTED sTAfEs MARINE BAND, u.
Col. Albert sehoepper, Conductor,
Watergate. $50 pm.
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SATURDAY

DONALD MORT. organ. 81. Johns
Church church. Leiayetse soaars, pm.
ID G. Stanley chorsle-Preiude,
Sleeper, Wake. Bach; chorRle-Pre-
lude, In Thee u uiadness, Bach:
How Fair and Pleasant Art Thou.
Dupre. Prelude and Pugue IN ID,
Bach; Arioso. 9owerby; Kleine Prae-
ludien und fntermeSzi. Schroeder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-04

At 1. F. A. the print show
is partly an expansion of the
recent Picasso show there and
you can't see him too often.
In addition are works by his
old buddies. prague, Chagal.
Miro, Rouault and others.
There's a fine Dali etching of
the Place des Voges which
combines an 18th century
view of the Place with up-to-
the-minute techniques Of
splatter and splash. There is
a grippingly poignant wood
cut by Kaethe Kollwitz Of
bereaved parents and a
woman at the bath by Bon
nard.
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TODAY

JAZZ CONCERT. Meridian Hin Park,
cI1, Pm ~ PrcErnm 70. ayailabls;
SESSION CHORUS, Michael Cordo-
yenA. conductor Soloist: Mary
Christine Carpenter, harp. Catholic
University Theater, pm. Songs for
Women's Chorus, Harp. and French
Horns. On. IL. Brahms: -Four Che
ruses from Catulli Carmina. Orff:
motets and spirituals.
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND, II.
Col. Albert seheeppeF. conductor.
SoloistE Robert Isle. eorneti VIII
$3.50 pm. The New Yorker, Gold
R ons III from S0f Ssast dao oSSos s pss
matte Essay. Williams: Tulsa. Oil
lis; American Patrol. Meacham:
suite OF old American Dances,
Bennett John Henry ART Huns B
naiSo No 2 Likzk
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PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK

soloists: Charlie Byrd, guitar: Joe
Rinaldi, clarinet: Earnest Harrison,
oboe: Marian Burke, piano; Michael
Serber, violin. Watergate, $3.50 pm.
Concerto Evening; Guitar Concerto,
Vivaldi; Clarinet Concerto. Mozart;
Oboe Concerto, Cimarosa; SYM
phonic Variations. Franck; Violin
Concerto, Mendelssohn.
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TOMORROW

US HaISsu STATES I EAyK E .oS5S,, y.
soloists: .BiIl Fender, guitar; Roser
ThorstenberE, cornet, Capitol Plaza,
pm Overture 70 Mariana, Wal
lace: Patrol OF the Scouts, Bocca-
lari: Duke. Ellington Medley. arr.
stars in a veivety Sky. Clarke;
Beer Barrel Polka, Brown; pennsyl-
yania Polka, Mannersi Clarinet
Polka, arr. Bennett: 1914 overture,
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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BAND.
Col. .Georee Howard. Can't Harry
y. Menser Cart. Robert L. land
yishe trombone. Capitol Plaza,
ana Psssan 2vs ScS sup e The c PSss
Bee, Fillmore: Country Gardens,
Qrainger: Victor Herbert Favorites /;
Dizzy Fingers, confrey: Fiight OF
the Bumble-Bee. Rimsky Korsakoff:
Gold and Silver Waltz. Lehar; Las
sus Trombone. Fillmore. Overture
shop Medley. arr. wsssonsr.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SUMMER
Era ns aSAS Fsd.os 09 est. vI sGlS
Catholic University Theatre, 9 pm.
Mamie, on. Sc, brahms; Romance
Overture TO The Barber Of Seville.
UNITED STATES ARMY BAND, Capt.
Gilbert Mitchell, conductor. soloist.
MARLIN Savage, soprano. Water
gate, $3.50 pm, Marche Lorraine,
uanne, Concert Piece for Symphonic
Band, Margrave; Autumn. from the
Seasons, .olagounoW; Selections from
West Side Story, Bernstein. Loyalty
March BottenberRi TIL There Was
You, from The Music Man, Wilson,
Black Il the Color Of NJ True Loves
bsn:,o ar Kin k NIsSy Iro could H H.,s
Lady, .Loewe: Daa Llebesmahi der
AposteL Wagner.
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Writing the Will

One day, Mr.. Giarizzo,
who was getting on in years,
asked how he could write
his viii In favor Of the Mu-
sic Division.
He died last March.
The executor Of the will
"a friend of his) told the
Library authorities that he
had left q bequest for the
library. However, when he
went to GiariMo's apartment
a few days after the funeral,
he found the place in ruins.
A fire Of undetermined orr
gin had destroyed the Giar-
izzo living room and had
totally wrecked many apart
mentS in the building.
CATASTROPHE
No-the story has q happy
ending.
Fortunately, Mr.. Giarizzo
didn't have room to keep all
his records In the living room
they we're in the entrance
hallway, and they came
through the fire only
drenched.
e. The lihrary's truck came
after them a few days later.
The soggy paper containers
had swelled to the point
where the tightly-packed
cabinets had to be destroyed
in order to get the records
out.
:" All in all, the library's per-
sonnet salvaged the whole
collection approximately
1880 Of the old rs rpm vari-
ETY. and some $50 LPs-and
rushed 1t to And Street and
Fifth Avenue as quickly as
possible to see what damage
had been done.
Only One CosuoIty
When the checking had
been completed, 1t was dis
covered that there had been
= only one fatal casualty--a
Single rs that was probably
cracked before the fire, ac-
cording to the library au-
thorities.
Mr.. Giarizzo liked tenors,
and his collection included
sHas well as Gigli's and Ca
ruso's) discs cut by Bernardo
de Muro. Nicola Zerola, Clio
vanni Zenatello, Antonio
Paoli, Giuseppe Anselmi,
Fernando de Lucia, Alessan-
dro Bonci, Aureliano Fertile,
and many others known to
Italian opera afficionados
and record specialists. He
owned such things as the
1924 original cast recordings
Of Boito's ''Nerone" and Sc
lections from such curiousi-
ties as Mascagni's "Isabeau"
and n Piccolo Marat," Gior-
danos Siberia" and Wolf
Farrari's "Sly."
Now, for decades to come,
the Giarizzo Collection will
delight music lovers and
keep the name Of Alphonse
Giarizzo alive.
= = =
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stead, ne freelanCeQ. In That
way he managed to have
three months Of each year
all to himself.
He rode two hobbies-Ital-
ian politics Cbetween the two
wars, he was an extremely
-outspoken critic and an
avowed enemy Of Benito Mus
soini) and Italian opera.
Mr.. Giarizzo collected rec
ords. During his free months
and in his spare time, he
used to visit the Library Mu-
. sic Division to check on items
in his collection. And he used
to spend hours and hours
digging into the background
Of Italian opera singers. He
didn't want to write books
he was just interested.
The cooperative staff Of
that library Git is amazing
how cooperative librarians
usually are) had a hard time
with Mr.. Giarizzo. Because
he had a bad stammer and
a bad Sicilian accent, he had
quite a bit Of trouble In max
ing himself. understood. But
somehow or other, he man
aged to get most Of the in
formation he wanted.