Michael Duffy will attend the Music Library Association Annual Meeting next week

I will be out of the office next week from Tuesday, February 17 through Friday, February 20, to attend the 78th annual conference of the Music Library Association in Chicago. In addition to attending conference sessions and committee meetings, I will also present a poster session with Lynne Thomas, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections at NIU on the music collection of Raya Garbousova, world-renowned cellist and former member of the NIU School of Music faculty.

I will bring my trumpet with me again to play with the MLA Big Band. We always have a good time!

New acquitions feature work of NIU professors

On most Fridays during the academic year, the Music Library receives a delivery of new materials from the Cataloging Department at Founders Memorial Library. Today, we received two items with significant contributions from professors in the NIU School of Music. These are:

1. Brown, A. Peter, with Brian Hart. The European Symphony from ca. 1800 to ca. 1930: Great Britain, Russia, and France. The Symphonic Repertoire, vol. 3, part B. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2008. Call no. MUX ML1255 .B87 2008. Brian Hart is Associate Professor of Music History in the School of Music.



2. Bach, Jan. Music of Jan Bach. Jon Boen, horn; Stephen Duke, saxophone; Jean Berkenstock; flute; The Chicago Philharmonic, Larry Rachleff, conductor. Equilibrium EQ 79, 2006. Compact disc. Call no. MUB CDisc. M3.1.B145 M8 2006. Jan Bach is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus and Stephen Duke is Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Music.

Additionally of note, we received the 2007 volume of The Music Index (vol. 59). This is a critical resource for finding articles in music periodicals. It can be found on the index table next to the Music Library reference collection under call no. MUI M118 .M84 2007.