After serving as Music Librarian since 2002, Michael Duffy will leave Northern Illinois University on October 3, to begin his appointment to the position of Performing Arts Librarian at Western Michigan University. Michael has enjoyed his time at NIU greatly, and he wishes everyone continued success in their studies.
Elizabeth Hille Cribbs will serve as the acting Music Librarian beginning on Monday, October 6. Elizabeth earned the MSLS (library science) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the MA in musicology from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Since January of 2013, Elizabeth has served as the Music Catalog Librarian at NIU, and she has been involved in reference service in the Music Library over the past year. She is active in the Music Library Association, the Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association, the Music OCLC Users Group, and the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois. She will be available in the Music Library on weekdays from 1 to 4 p.m. or by appointment.
Showing posts with label Elizabeth Hille Cribbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elizabeth Hille Cribbs. Show all posts
Friday, September 12, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
In-Person Reference Service to be Suspended from February 24 until March 2
Michael Duffy and Elizabeth Cribbs will both be off campus the entire week of February 24 to attend the annual meeting of the Music Library Association. As a result, in-person reference services at the Music Library will be suspended next week. You may still send e-mail to Michael Duffy at mduffyiv[at]niu[dot]edu to ask questions, or you may speak to one of our student staff members, who will refer your question for Michael to answer when he returns. Regular in-person reference services will resume on March 3. A librarian will be at the desk on March 3 for four hours, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. and again from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Tristan und Isolde score
Hello!
My name is Elizabeth, and as Michael mentioned in his introduction, I am the new Music Catalog Librarian at NIU. I work with the sheet music and audio recordings that Michael Duffy receives for the Music Library by adding the information to the online library catalog.
I love my job because I get to work with music every day. I always learn something new, or see something exciting, or find a new composer whose music I end up loving. However, some days are extra special because I get to see something really spectacular.
Like many of you, I took many music theory, form and analysis, and music history courses and learned about the more important works in the Western music canon. As interesting as listening, analyzing, and learning about those pieces was, there’s something special about seeing a composition in the composer's hand that makes the history and theory behind it come alive.
The Music Library at Northern Illinois University has recently acquired a facsimile of a manuscript of Richard Wagner’s manuscript of his opera Tristan und Isolde (1865), which means that we now have a copy of the finished score in Wagner's hand.
When I received it and opened it, I was astonished. In my mind I could hear the beginning of the famous overture (with that infamous non-resolving suspension), and see Wagner's effort as he created one of the most significant operas in Western music history.
Because I'm a soprano, I also had to immediately find Isolde's famous Liebestod, the start of where that unresolved suspension finally receives resolution (it resolves at "In des Welt-Atems wehendem All," when Isolde dies and the ill-fated lovers can finally attain peace). To see the exact spot where the orchestra fades into the background and Isolde begins singing "Mild und leise" gave me chills, and it's one of the many reasons why I can't imagine a better job than the one I have.
The Tristan und Isolde facsimile manuscript score can't be taken out of the Music Library, but it can be viewed anytime the library is open (the call no. is ML96.5.W346 T7 2012). Stop by and see this remarkable work, or any of the other fascinating manuscripts that NIU has acquired!
My name is Elizabeth, and as Michael mentioned in his introduction, I am the new Music Catalog Librarian at NIU. I work with the sheet music and audio recordings that Michael Duffy receives for the Music Library by adding the information to the online library catalog.
I love my job because I get to work with music every day. I always learn something new, or see something exciting, or find a new composer whose music I end up loving. However, some days are extra special because I get to see something really spectacular.
Like many of you, I took many music theory, form and analysis, and music history courses and learned about the more important works in the Western music canon. As interesting as listening, analyzing, and learning about those pieces was, there’s something special about seeing a composition in the composer's hand that makes the history and theory behind it come alive.
The Music Library at Northern Illinois University has recently acquired a facsimile of a manuscript of Richard Wagner’s manuscript of his opera Tristan und Isolde (1865), which means that we now have a copy of the finished score in Wagner's hand.
When I received it and opened it, I was astonished. In my mind I could hear the beginning of the famous overture (with that infamous non-resolving suspension), and see Wagner's effort as he created one of the most significant operas in Western music history.
Because I'm a soprano, I also had to immediately find Isolde's famous Liebestod, the start of where that unresolved suspension finally receives resolution (it resolves at "In des Welt-Atems wehendem All," when Isolde dies and the ill-fated lovers can finally attain peace). To see the exact spot where the orchestra fades into the background and Isolde begins singing "Mild und leise" gave me chills, and it's one of the many reasons why I can't imagine a better job than the one I have.
The Tristan und Isolde facsimile manuscript score can't be taken out of the Music Library, but it can be viewed anytime the library is open (the call no. is ML96.5.W346 T7 2012). Stop by and see this remarkable work, or any of the other fascinating manuscripts that NIU has acquired!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Introducing Elizabeth Hille Cribbs, Music Catalog Librarian
Elizabeth Hille Cribbs, assistant professor and music catalog librarian, will write a post for this blog in the coming days, in which she will discuss our recently acquired manuscript facsimile of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. Elizabeth is a recently appointed member of the University Libraries faculty. Elizabeth holds a master of science degree in library science from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master of arts degree in musicology from The University of Missouri at Kansas City, and a bachelor of arts degree in music from The University of Tulsa.
New Reference Items
The Music Library recently received the following items for the reference collection:
Danuser, Hermann, and Heidy Zimmermann, eds. Avatar of Modernity: The Rite of Spring Reconsidered. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2013. Call no. MUR ML410.S932 D36 2013.
Wagner, Richard. Tristan und Isolde: Autograph Nationalarchiv der Richard-Wagner-Stiftung Bayreuth. Commentary by Ulrich Konrad. Documenta Musicologica Zweite Reihe: Handschriften-Faksimiles, Band XLV. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2012. Call no. MUR ML96.5.W346 T7 2012.
Stravinsky, Igor. Le Sacre du printemps: Facsimile of the Autograph Full Score. Edited by Ulrich Mosch. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2013. Call no. MUR ML96.5 .S932 2013 v.2.
Stravinsky, Igor. Le Sacre du printemps: Manuscript of the Version for Piano Four Hands: Facsimile. Edited by Felix Meyer. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2013. Call no. MUR ML96.5 .S932 2013 v.3.
Watch this blog for a discussion of the Tristan und Isolde manuscript facsimile, which Elizabeth Hille Cribbs, our new music catalog librarian, will post.
Watch for the full score of Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), which will go on exhibit for the Fall Semester in the Music Library.
Danuser, Hermann, and Heidy Zimmermann, eds. Avatar of Modernity: The Rite of Spring Reconsidered. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2013. Call no. MUR ML410.S932 D36 2013.
Wagner, Richard. Tristan und Isolde: Autograph Nationalarchiv der Richard-Wagner-Stiftung Bayreuth. Commentary by Ulrich Konrad. Documenta Musicologica Zweite Reihe: Handschriften-Faksimiles, Band XLV. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2012. Call no. MUR ML96.5.W346 T7 2012.
Stravinsky, Igor. Le Sacre du printemps: Facsimile of the Autograph Full Score. Edited by Ulrich Mosch. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2013. Call no. MUR ML96.5 .S932 2013 v.2.
Stravinsky, Igor. Le Sacre du printemps: Manuscript of the Version for Piano Four Hands: Facsimile. Edited by Felix Meyer. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2013. Call no. MUR ML96.5 .S932 2013 v.3.
Watch this blog for a discussion of the Tristan und Isolde manuscript facsimile, which Elizabeth Hille Cribbs, our new music catalog librarian, will post.
Watch for the full score of Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), which will go on exhibit for the Fall Semester in the Music Library.
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