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he plot reads scnicthiiti ilka a
novel of latcmatlomJ intrigue set ia
war-torn Ecrlin.
The year was 1844, and rare musiesl
manuscripts by sens cf Europe's most
cherished composers were being smug
gled cut'ef Berlin to prctect them from
the adraicins Allied armies.
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Kid Beethoven, ts well as rare printed
editions of early lGth tad 17th century
music, were leaded cr.to railroad cars
tad spirited cut cf Germany to safe
houses !a eastern Europe.
For years, scholars feared that these
treasures had been destroyed. Poor
pcsVwsj relations between Germany
and Fdar.d, where much cf the mate-
But in the last few years, It tea been
revealed that much of the "bet" mate-
n 1 i $ r ? r f w "J t? 1 i i "l f V ,n ? m
library la Krakow, Poland.
Brian Uann, a Richard II. Larson pro
fessor of music at UNL, is cr.3 cf a
research h23 led lira to this Krakow
library. Mann specialises la the history
cf RC'iiSLssaace and EjfQsjs28 muis,
rith an emphasis ca the works cfRl
ipp di Monte.
Library cente
to help people
UNL students Hrant
year's study in Japan
Maaa tracked a particulsrvoiaais cf
Hcr.tD's v.erks, first to the same Berlin
llbrtiy frcia which the msteriiJ vo3
r;s.cuted ia 1814, od then to the
"iullioteka Jsqiellonska" in Krakcw.
The six-F.or.th seerch thst led llzm
to the Krsta discovery beia v.tca he
o&taiaed aa &uctiea cttlo Vmi listed
a 1C3 Herts publication, written ia
the yea the corapeser Ct
"This book cf clx-vdce r.adriis
had been ia a private Kbrsry,' which was
auctioned cfHa 127," Msna eald. "I
fir.elly get held cf the tuetiea ceteJo,
Erd wrote to a Lock deeler ia Lcudca
who had aa tr.eleted copy cf it.
"The fw-.r.etstien s!;eved thst the
book was height by the Erlic Prcuo
aische StaatshibUothek (St&te Lib-
The Stnshifciicthek hss sir.ee been
divided lata two branches, cas ca each
side cf the Esrlia Wdl. The Eeriia
lics-tloa he setht wss ia IMow.
"So I wreto to Poind, bat they
dida't answer fsr Kicaths and Eiojiths,"
he sdd. "Thea I hid sesaecne here
trer.e'ete F.y letter into PcMsh, aid
t er writing to them persistently, the
I!r:!:e-.7 lltrsry finally ackaowledged
C. j had it.
. "What's so grstiing abcut this
search i3 that it restores a bock to us
which would have been entirely lest.
No ether copies of this book are known
to exist," Mrta ?:id.
Three UNL students have b?.ea Eeltr.ce.
selected to spend the l25-o3 aca
demic year at Hanam University ia
J:;ea.
AIer.,1 v.ith their aehnexlei.-
s
CO
ang grants
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A new prcibssioidi tie for diversity
Hteies at UNL soon will provide
better help to KebKsksrj seeking
grsats frcra te-dstioas toaoat
the nation.
. UHL's cceptasce ss a new sssccMe
neater of The Foaadstioa Center was
taaouaced Eondsy by Janes Ea?4ey,
ectir director cf UNL lihraries.
" The center, headqsitered ia New
York, is a service orgsnlticn ssp
ported prhnarily by femdatiens. . . '
F-r.vliy said the center is the only
national source cf factcsl information
about the 22,033 active fooadatlcns ia
the cosatry. It provides help for people
who axe tiyin to Sid where to apply for
private fcsdiag by issaiag pnblicstions .
with Information about both local and
national foendsticas, including com
plete lists cf recent grants. .
The center, also . sponsors . public
service programs about funding and
offers a nationwide network cf library
reference collections, he said. '.
Those services now will be available
at UNL ' . " '.; : . .
"Ia addition to providing free access
by the public to the materials need to
d finding research and to develop a
good proposal, the UNL Libraries for
& fee csa now condnct computer
sstKhes through the databases cf the
aA'I HI.V lsWA stiUuWwJ, I'ttFf-.bMd
eii'idszCsh3 far cae by cnivarsity
Easiey said the ca service shstdi
"Persorj waniiirj to tec,v wtxt a
fadatlsn will lock far whta thay
Ebisit ft grant proposal will find
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drri'atc d as th3 supanlaar cf UKL's
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the Krskcw library
a list cf other llonte publications, also
presu med lost, but wMch are actually
ia Kj ahew.
."The Lionte bechs aiej.-st the tip cf
the Iceberg," Msna said. "I ara con
vinced that a great deal more cf the
music which wss formerly ia Eeriia is
row in Krahcw.
"For reasons that are.t't yet entirely
clear to ire, this library failed to list
any of these rich ho!dir3 In ail the
most recently pbiisliod bibllenphies
boohs that were the i redact cf years
cf extensive internatlcasl cooperation,"
he said. ...
"I know the bocks are there," he
said. "It seems that the librarians wore
unable or unwilling to admit it until
recently."
?ana plsns to travel to Krakow ia
May to examine this materia! first
hand, lie is now i-i enticing oilier hold
ings in the Krakow library, which my
include rare holdings ia the history cf
early opera. ' . - ...
The students are Colleen Kenney, a
freshman journalism morfrcm Plain
view; Ingrid Wendorlf, a sophsmcre
journalism m?4or frcia Lincoln, and
l!iehael Davis, ajunier educationEng
lish r.;;er from liapood.
Each will receive a scholarship from
the Kawasaki Meters Corporation USA
to cfTset part cf their travel costs. The
scholarship program has existed since
1375 when it was arranged with offi
cials cf the Lincoln Kawasaki plant by
Peter Cheng, professor cf political
During their year abroad, ell three
will enroll la Enllsh-laigaage courses
concerned with Japanese art, business,
culture, geography, history and polit
ics. They also will take intensive work
ia the Japanese language.
The students were chosen for the
program under a p
UNL's Asi
the direction cf Cheng, ia cocneratlca
with Richard Lonsdale, director cf the
Institute fbr'lnternational Studies.
Nanaaa is a Catholic university ia
Nagoya, Japaa. Founded In 1013, It has
f.ve college and about 5,CC0 enrolled
students.
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Officials discuss food crisis
The Ethiopian arabaseador to the
United Nations and several U.S. govern
ment officials will be at UNL today and
Wednesday to discuss the rVd crisis in
Africa.
Julia Chang Eloch, administrator cf
the Feed for Peace program ia the
Agency for International Development,
will headline today's program with aa
aftemooa press conference and even
ing keynote address.
The conference continues Wednes
day, with speakers including Ethiopisa
Ambassador Eerhanu Dinka, Peace
Corps Assistant Director George
SchariTenberger and State Department
Economist Richard Ilerold.
Today's events:
O 3 p.m.: Press conference with
Eloch ia the East Union.
O 8 to 10 p.m.: Open evening ses
sion, keyncted by Eloch, at the Nebraska
Union on the U.S. role ia deviating the
crisis ia Africa.
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