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.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
New Reference Highlights
The Music Library has received volume 9 of The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library. This collection, entitled Strauss, Sibelius and more, includes complete orchestral parts to 50 works. It is available on permanent reserve in the Music Library under call no. MUR ComFile. M1000 .O734 2007 v.9.
We also received the AAF Member Competitions directory. It lists piano competitions that are members of the Alink-Argerich Foundation in 2009, 2010, and 2011. It is available in the Music Library reference collection under call no. MUR ML75.5 .A235 2009.
Finally, we received Ronald S. Rosen's Music and Copyright. It is available in the Music Library reference collection under call no. MUR KF3035 .R67 2008.
We also received the AAF Member Competitions directory. It lists piano competitions that are members of the Alink-Argerich Foundation in 2009, 2010, and 2011. It is available in the Music Library reference collection under call no. MUR ML75.5 .A235 2009.
Finally, we received Ronald S. Rosen's Music and Copyright. It is available in the Music Library reference collection under call no. MUR KF3035 .R67 2008.
Friday, October 30, 2009
New Reference Books
The following reference books recently arrived in the Music Library:
Cohen, Norm. American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008. 2 vols. Call no. MUR ML3551 .C55 2008.
Comeau, Gilles. Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge Music Bibliographies, ed. Jennifer C. Post. New York: Routledge, 2009. Call no. MUR ML128.P3 C66 2009.
--This resource is a numbered, annotated bibliography.
Cook, Richard, and Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 9th ed. London: Penguin Books, 2008. Call no. MUR ML156.4.J3 C68 2008.
--A selected, annotated discography, this book is arranged alphabetically and consists of 1646 pages.
DeVito, Chris, Yasuhiro Fujioka, Wolf Schmaler, and David Wild. The John Coltrane Reference. Edited by Lewis Porter. New York: Routledge, 2008. Call no. MUR ML156.7.C58 J64 2008.
--Consisting of a chronology and discography, this book provides a quick reference to the details of Coltrane's career.
Draayer, Suzanne Rhodes. Art Song Composers of Spain: An Encyclopedia. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009. Call no. MUR ML106.S7 D73 2009.
Fishman, Stephen. The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More, 4th ed. Berkeley, CA: Nolo, 2008. Call no. MUR KF3022 .F575 2008.
Timner, W. E. Ellingtonia: The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidmen, 5th ed. Studies in Jazz, no. 54, ed. Dan Morgenstern and Edward Berger. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2007. Call no. MUR ML156.5.E45 T5 2007.
Cohen, Norm. American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008. 2 vols. Call no. MUR ML3551 .C55 2008.
Comeau, Gilles. Piano Pedagogy: A Research and Information Guide. Routledge Music Bibliographies, ed. Jennifer C. Post. New York: Routledge, 2009. Call no. MUR ML128.P3 C66 2009.
--This resource is a numbered, annotated bibliography.
Cook, Richard, and Brian Morton. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 9th ed. London: Penguin Books, 2008. Call no. MUR ML156.4.J3 C68 2008.
--A selected, annotated discography, this book is arranged alphabetically and consists of 1646 pages.
DeVito, Chris, Yasuhiro Fujioka, Wolf Schmaler, and David Wild. The John Coltrane Reference. Edited by Lewis Porter. New York: Routledge, 2008. Call no. MUR ML156.7.C58 J64 2008.
--Consisting of a chronology and discography, this book provides a quick reference to the details of Coltrane's career.
Draayer, Suzanne Rhodes. Art Song Composers of Spain: An Encyclopedia. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2009. Call no. MUR ML106.S7 D73 2009.
Fishman, Stephen. The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More, 4th ed. Berkeley, CA: Nolo, 2008. Call no. MUR KF3022 .F575 2008.
Timner, W. E. Ellingtonia: The Recorded Music of Duke Ellington and His Sidmen, 5th ed. Studies in Jazz, no. 54, ed. Dan Morgenstern and Edward Berger. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2007. Call no. MUR ML156.5.E45 T5 2007.
Friday, May 15, 2009
WorldCat is tracking the copyright status of books
The Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) started a project to keep track of the copyright status of books in WorldCat. You can read more about that here.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Google Books Copyright Lawsuit Settlement
A settlement has been reached between The Authors Guild and Google over the Google Books project, involving the scanning of books in research libraries. My colleague, Lynne Thomas, posted comments on her blog about this. See "Big news about Google Books."
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