New Reference Items

The Music Library recently received two new reference resources.

The first is a critical edition, including commentary, a transcription, and a facsimile of Beethoven's "Eroica" Sketchbook, in 2 volumes, and the second is a detailed, chronologically arranged and annotated discography entitled Black Recording Artists, 1877-1926.

Beethoven, Ludwig van. Beethoven's "Eroica" Sketchbook: A Critical Edition. Transcribed, edited and with a commentary by Lewis Lockwood and Alan Gosman. 2 vol. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2013. Call no. MUR ML96.4.B4 S9 2013.

Gibbs, Craig Martin, compiler. Black Recording Artists, 1877-1926: An Annotated Discography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2013. Call no. MUR ML156.4.B56 G53 2013.

New Reference Items

The Music Library has recently received the following reference items:

Ackelson, Richard W. Frank Sinatra: A Complete Recording History of Techniques, Songs, Composers, Lyricists, Arrangers, Sessions and First-Issue Albums, 1939-1984, reprint ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1992, 2011. Call no. MUR ML156.7.S56 A25 2011

Antokoletz, Elliott, and Paolo Susanni. Béla Bartók: A Research and Information Guide, 3rd ed. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2011. Call no. MUR ML134.B18 A7 2011

Brooks, Christopher A., ed. The African American Almanac, 11th ed. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2011. Call no. MUR E185 .N385 11th ed. (Professor Robert Sims of the NIU School of Music wrote the chapter on Classical Music.)

Gagné, Nicole V. Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2012. Call no. MUR ML100 .G13 2012

Hammond, Susan Lewis. The Madrigal: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2011. Call no. MUR ML 128.M2 L49 2011

Northern Illinois University School of Music. [Programs]. January-May 2011. Call no. MUR ML42.D4 N677 Jan.-May 2011

Northern Illinois University School of Music. [Programs]. September-December 2011. Call no. MUR ML42.D4 N677 Sept.-Dec. 2011

Robinson, Mark A. Encyclopedia of Television Theme Songs. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011. Call no. MUR ML102.T47 R63 2011

Sharp, Avery T., and James Michael Floyd. Choral Music: A Research and Information Guide, 2nd ed. Routledge Music Bibliographies. New York: Routledge, 2011. Call no. MUR ML128.C48 S53 2011

Yaffé, John, and David Daniels. Arias, Ensembles, & Choruses: An Excerpt Finder for Orchestras. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2012. Call no. MUR ML128.V7 Y34 2012

New Reference Items

The Music Library recently acquired some new reference items. Two of these items are worthy of special mention.

The Directory of Music Foundations 2009-2010. Sydney: Asia Pacific InfoServ Pty Ltd, 2009. Call no. MUR AS911.A2 D573 2009-10.

Containing contact information for foundations that give awards for musical projects, this directory is a wealth of information for those seeking grant funding. Listings contain the name of the foundation, address, telephone number, and if applicable, fax, e-mail, Web addresses, officers, geographical area, and purpose of the foundation.

Kohn, Al, and Bob Kohn. Kohn on Music Licencing, 4th ed. Austin, TX: Wolters Kluwer, 2010. Call no. MUR KF3035 .K64 2010.

This reference work contains information on many aspects of music licencing, which may be required for many uses of copyright-protected music.

The Music Library also acquired these items:

Hoover, Maya, ed. A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire: An Annotated Catalog of Twentieth-Century Art Songs for Voice and Piano. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2010. Call no. MUR ML128.S3 H85 2010.

Meyer, Dirk. Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Repertoire: A Catalog of Modern Music. Music Finders. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2011. Call no. MUR ML128.O5 M49 2011.

Price, Emmett G., III, Tammy L. Kernodle, and Horace J. Maxile, Jr., eds. Encyclopedia of African American Music. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2011. Call no. MUR ML101.U6 E53 2011.

New book on African American Music

Last week's book delivery contained a title that is noteworthy, principally because of the work of the important artists it examines. Those who are interested in African American music, jazz, blues, or women's studies may wish to consult this book:

• Bratcher, Melanie E. Words and Songs of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone: Sound Motion, Blues Spirit, and African Memory. New York: Routledge, 2007. Call no.: MUX ML3479 .B73 2007.