Showing posts with label music education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music education. Show all posts

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Welcome Back -- New Reference Resources

Welcome back to NIU for the Fall Semester!

The Music Library recently received the following reference books:

Collins, Irma H. Dictionary of Music Education. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2013. Call no. MUR ML102.M76 C65 2013

Keillor, Eliane, Tim Archambault, and John M. H. Kelly. Encyclopedia of Native American Music of North America. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2013. Call no. MUR ML102.N37 K45 2013

Marvin, Roberta Montemorra, ed. The Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Call no. MUR ML102.O6 C16 2013

Torres, George, ed. Encyclopedia of Latin American Popular Music. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2013. Call no. MUR ML101.L38 E53 2013

Friday, April 4, 2014

Orchestral "Pops" Music: A Handbook

The Music Library received the second edition of Lucy Manning's bibliography of pops music for orchestra, entitled Orchestral "Pops" Music: A Handbook. It is found at call number MUR ML128.O5 M36 2013. It is arranged in alphabetical order by composer, and entries for each work list instrumentation, themes, durations, and publishers. It will be useful for anyone involved in orchestral programming, especially conductors or music educators.