Frederick Herman MartensProfile:(1874-1932) Classical librettist/lyricist, best known during his lifetime for publishing many articles and several books on classical music, primarily violin and opera. Of German heritage, lived in Rutherford and Great Lakes, New Jerse.American writer on music and librettist. He was educated by tutors and studied music privately in New York. He wrote texts for operettas, cantatas, and songs, and his many translations include Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden (1921), Massenet’s Le roi de Lahore (1923), Falla’s La vida breve (1925), Spontini’s La vestale (1925), Stravinsky’s The Nightingale (1925), Thomas’ Less