Notes articles from December 2006

Notes archives from December 2006

Tips on acquiring music.
December 1, 2006... My mama told me, you better shop around. --"Shop Around," Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy Automation, e-mail, and the Internet have revolutionized the ways that music librarians do their work. Reference librarians now engage in...

Toledo cathedral's collection of manuscript plainsong choirbooks: a preliminary report and checklist.
December 1, 2006... The Spanish primatial cathedral of Toledo possesses one of the largest surviving collections of indigenously produced plainsong sources deriving from any major ecclesiastical institution in Western Christendom. The collection comprises about...

Prices of music monographs and scores as reflected in notes, 2000-2005.
December 1, 2006... This column follows the format as laid out in previous years. All numbers presented here are based on data drawn from this journal's "Books Recently Published" and "Music Received" columns. Books and scores reviewed in Notes and imprints before...

Notes for notes.(British Library )
December 1, 2006... The British Library has acquired My Ladye Nevells Booke, one of the finest music manuscripts of the Elizabethan age, which went on public display at the library for the first time beginning 6 June 2006. The manuscript contains forty-two works...

Studies in Music with Text.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Studies in Music with Text. By David Lewin. (Oxford Studies in Music Theory.) New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. [xii, 409 p. ISBN 0-19-518208-1. $65.] Music examples, index. David Lewin (1933-2003) was doubtless the most significant...

The Stylus Phantasticus and Free Keyboard Music of the North German Baroque.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The Stylus Phantasticus and Free Keyboard Music of the North German Baroque. By Paul Collins. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2005. [xv, 229 p. ISBN 0-7546-3416-7. $89.95.] Music examples, index, bibliography. As interest in the music of Dietrich...

The Royal Chapel in the Time of the Habsburgs: Music and Court Ceremony in Early Modern Europe.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The Royal Chapel in the Time of the Habsburgs: Music and Court Ceremony in Early Modern Europe. Edited by Juan Jose Carreras and Bernardo Garcia. (Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music.) Rochester, NY: Boydell Press, 2005. [viii, 402 p....

Echoes of Women's Voices: Music, Art, and Female Patronage in Early Modern Florence.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Echoes of Women's Voices: Music, Art, and Female Patronage in Early Modern Florence. By Kelley Harness. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. [xvi, 378 p. ISBN 0-226-31659-9. $45.] Music examples, illustrations, plates, index,...

The Cambridge Companion to Haydn.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The Cambridge Companion to Haydn. Edited by Caryl Clark. (Cambridge Companions to Music.) New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. [xx, 318 p. ISBN 0-521-54107-7. $27.99.] Music examples, index, bibliography. Caryl Clark provides an...

Die Opera seria bei Joseph Haydn: Studien zu Form und Struktur musikalischer Affektdramaturgie und Figurentypologisierung in Armida und L'anima del filosofo ossia Orfeo ed Euridice.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Die Opera seria bei Joseph Haydn: Studien zu Form und Struktur musikalischer Affektdramaturgie und Figurentypologisierung in Armida und L'anima del filosofo ossia Orfeo ed Euridice. By Bernhard Waritschlager. (Musikwissenschaftliche Schriften...

The String Quartets of Beethoven.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The String Quartets of Beethoven. Edited by William Kinderman. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006. [360 p. ISBN 0-252-03036-2. $75.] Music examples, index, bibliography. "No group of compositions occupies a more central position in...

Interpreting the Musical Past: Early Music in Nineteenth-Century France.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Interpreting the Musical Past: Early Music in Nineteenth-Century France. By Katharine Ellis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. [xii, 298 p. ISBN 0-19-517682-0. $60.] Illustrations, bibliography, index. Anyone setting out to explore...

The Composer as Intellectual: Music and Ideology in France 1914-1940.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The Composer as Intellectual: Music and Ideology in France 1914-1940. By Jane Fulcher. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. [xiv, 473 p. ISBN 0-19-517473-9. $74.] Index, bibliography. Since the day in 1792 when rebel troops entered the...

Camille Saint-Saens.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Camille Saint-Saens. By Jean Gallois. (Collection Musique/Musicologie.) Sprimont: Mardaga, 2004. [382 p. ISBN 2-87009-851-0. [euro]36.] Index. After decades of relative neglect, French music and musical life of the late nineteenth century...

Musical Encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Musical Encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair. By Annegret Fauser. Rochester, NY: The University of Rochester Press, 2005. [xviii, 391 p. ISBN 1-58046-185-9. $75.] Music examples, illustrations, index, bibliography, appendices. ...

The Virtuoso Conductors: The Central European Tradition from Wagner to Karajan.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The Virtuoso Conductors. By Raymond Holden. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. [x, 370 p. ISBN0-300-09326-8. $35.] Index, bibliographic citations, photographs. As the demographic age of those attending orchestral concerts continues to...

Researching the Song: A Lexicon.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Researching the Song: A Lexicon. By Shirlee Emmons and Wilbur Watkin Lewis. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. [xiii, 507 p. ISBN 0-19-515202-6. $74.] Bibliography. For anyone involved in the serious study of vocal music or for any...

Moriz Rosenthal in Word and Music: A Legacy of the Nineteenth Century.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Moriz Rosenthal in Word and Music: A Legacy of the Nineteenth Century. Edited and with an introduction by Mark Mitchell and Allan Evans. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. [xx, 184 p. ISBN 0-253-34660-6. $36.95.] Index,...

Expressive Forms in Brahms's Instrumental Music: Structure and Meaning in His "Werther" Quartet.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Expressive Forms in Brahms's Instrumental Music: Structure and Meaning in His "Werther" Quartet. By Peter H. Smith. (Musical Meaning and Interpretation.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005. [ix, 325 p. ISBN 0-253-34483-2. $49.95.]...

Richard Strauss's Orchestral Music and the German Intellectual Tradition: The Philosophical Roots of Musical Modernism.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Richard Strauss's Orchestral Music and the German Intellectual Tradition: The Philosophical Roots of Musical Modernism. By Charles Youmans. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005. [x, 294 p. ISBN 0-253-34573-1. $39.95.] Music examples,...

Paul Hindemith und die neue Welt: Studien zur amerikanischen Hindemith-Rezeption.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Paul Hindemith und die neue Welt: Studien zur amerikanischen Hindemith-Rezeption. By Rudiger Jennert. (Wurzburger Musikhistoriche Beitrage, Bd. 26.) Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 2005. [346 p. ISBN 3-7952-1181-6. [euro]68.] Music examples, index,...

Music for the Common Man: Aaron Copland during the Depression and War.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Music for the Common Man: Aaron Copland during the Depression and War. By Elizabeth B. Crist. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. [x, 253 p. ISBN 0-19-515157-7. $35.] Index, bibliographical references, music examples, illustrations. I...

William Alwyn: The Art of Film Music.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... William Alwyn: The Art of Film Music. By Ian Johnson. Rochester, NY: The Boydell Press, 2005. [viii, 357 p. ISBN 1843831597. $47.95.] Illustrations, music examples, bibliography, discography, filmography, index. William Alwyn (1905-1985)...

The Beatles: The Biography.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... The Beatles: The Biography. By Bob Spitz. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2005. [983 p. ISBN 0-316-80352-9. $29.95] Index, bibliography, photos. Bob Spitz's massive 992-page The Beatles: The Biography is a significant addition to the...

Books recently published.(Bibliography)
December 1, 2006... For information about the scope of this column, consult the headline in the September 2005 issue (p. 125 of this volume). ENGLISH 25 years ITC Sangeet Research Academy: Seminar on "Raga Parikrama", 7, 8, 9 August, 2003. Kolkata: Dept....

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasie und Sonate c-Moll, die Original-handschrift an Mozarts Clavier interaktiv zum Klingen gebracht (Fantasy and Sonata in C Minor, Interactive Recording from the Autograph on Mozart's own Fortepiano) [CD-ROM].(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasie und Sonate c-Moll, die Original-handschrift an Mozarts Clavier interaktiv zum Klingen gebracht (Fantasy and Sonata in C Minor, Interactive Recording from the Autograph on Mozart's own Fortepiano) [CD-ROM]....

MusicalAmerica.com.(Website overview)
December 1, 2006... MusicalAmerica.com. East Windsor, NJ: Commonwealth Business Media. http://www.musicalamerica.com. [Requires Internet connection, Web browser. Pricing: from $175 per year for one simultaneous user, incrementing in lesser amounts per user through...

Gaelic music of Cape Breton Island: the last fifteen years.
December 1, 2006... In the liner notes to a recent Smithsonian Folkways recording of Cape Breton fiddle and piano music, folklorist Burt Feintuch describes the scene at a dance held in Mabou, Nova Scotia: It's a hot, muggy July 2003 night in Mabou. I pay my...

Pierre de La Rue.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)
December 1, 2006... Pierre de La Rue. Requiem. Antoine Brumel. Requiem. The Clerks' Group/Edward Wickham. Gaudeamus CD GAU 352, 2005. Pierre de La Rue. Incessament. Ensemble Amarcord. Raumklang RK ap 10105, 2005. Two recent releases shine a warm light on...

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)
December 1, 2006... Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. La Veloutee: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord. Les Buffardins. Accent ACC 24168, 2005. Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. Sonatas for Two Bassoons and Continuo. Musica Franca. MSR Classics MS 1170, 2005. ...

Dietrich Buxtehude.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)
December 1, 2006... Dietrich Buxtehude. Membra Jesu Nostri. Netherlands Bach Society / Jos van Veldhoven. Channel Classics CCS SA 24006, 2006. Dietrich Buxtehude. Membra Jesu Nostri. Cantus Colln / Konrad Junghanel. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901912, 2006. ...

Junichi Steven Sato.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Junichi Steven Sato. Piano Transciptions. Sato Music Editions SME1001, 2005. There was a time, before the wide availability of recordings, when piano transcriptions were the only means most people had of becoming acquainted with...

Johann Michael Haydn.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Johann Michael Haydn. Regina Coeli; Symphony in G Minor; Symphony in E-Flat Major; Missa Sancti Francisci Seraphici. Zurcher Sangerknaben; Zurcher Kammerorchester / Howard Griffiths. Novalis 150 178-2, 2005. As interest continues to grow in...

Franz Schubert.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Franz Schubert. Impromptus, D. 935; Sonata in B Flat, D. 960. Inon Barnatan. Bridge 9197, 2006. This disc offers an auspicious pairing of piano works by Schubert: four gentle and introspective impromptus followed by the darker and more...

Bela Bartok.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Bela Bartok. The Miraculous Mandarin; Dance Suite; Hungarian Pictures. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop. Naxos 8.557433, 2005. Given what we know about Bela Bartok's deep aversion to urban life (and even, it could be argued, to...

Maucha Adnet.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Maucha Adnet. The Jobim Songbook. Kind of Blue KOB 10003, 2006. When evaluating the work of a singer, it is important to bear in mind the difference between vocal skill and a good voice. Some vocalists, like Ella Fitzgerald, were graced...

Roger Davidson.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Roger Davidson. Pensando en ti. Soundbrush SR1008, 2006. North American jazz musicians have long had a fascination with the rhythms of Latin America, whether they be the sinuous bossa nova sounds of Brazil or the various strains of...

Buck Hill.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Buck Hill. Relax. Severn CD 0039, 2006. There is just something special about the combination of tenor saxophone and Hammond organ, something that has made the "organ combo" one of the most venerated configurations in the history of jazz....

Mick Moloney.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Mick Moloney. McNally's Row of Flats: Irish Songs of Old New York by Harrigan and Braham. Compass 7 4426 2, 2006. In the late 1800s, actor and writer Ed Harrigan and musician David Braham were tremendously popular figures on the New York...

Fatboy Slim.(BRIEFLY NOTED)(Sound recording review)
December 1, 2006... Fatboy Slim. The Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder. Skint/Astralwerks ASW 56814, 2006. Norman Cook got his start in 1986, playing bass for British guitar-pop legends, the Housemartins. But it was not until that group disbanded two years later...

The Instrumental Music of Giovanni Legrenzi: La cetra: Sonate a due, tre e quattro stromenti, libro quattro, opus 10, 1673.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Giovanni Legrenzi. The Instrumental Music of Giovanni Legrenzi: La cetra: Sonate a due, tre e quattro stromenti, libro quattro, opus 10, 1673. Edited by Stephen Bonta. Cambridge: Department of Music, Harvard University; distributed by Harvard...

Complete Unaccompanied Madrigals.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Luzzasco Luzzaschi. Complete Unaccompanied Madrigals. Edited by Anthony Newcomb. Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., c2003-4. (Recent Researches in the Music of the Renaissance, 136, 139.) [Pt. 1, Quinto libro de' madrigali a cinque voci...

Rodelinda, Regina de' Longobardi: Drama per musica in tre atti, HWV 19.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Georg Friedrich Handel. Rodelinda, Regina de' Longobardi: Drama per musica in tre atti, HWV 19. Herausgegeben von Andrew V. Jones. Kassel: Barenreiter, 2002. (Hallische Handel-Ausgabe, Ser. II: Opern, Bd. 16.) [Editorial policy, pref., in Ger.,...

Eighteen Canzonets for Two and Three Voices.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... John Travers. Eighteen Canzonets for Two and Three Voices. Edited by Emanuel Rubin. (Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era, 74.) Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, c2005. [Acknowledgments, p. vi; introd., p. vii-xvii; texts, p....

Musica Ecclesiae, or Devotional Harmony.(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Daniel Read. Musica Ecclesiae, or Devotional Harmony. Edited by Karl and Marie Kroeger. Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., c2004. (Recent Researches in American Music, 48-50.) [Part 1: Acknowledgments, p. ix; introd., p. xi-xxi; 4 plates, 2 p.;...

Twelve Voluntaries for the Organ, op. 6, KO 621.(Twelve Voluntaries for the Organ, vols. 1,2, 2d ed.)(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Samuel Wesley. Twelve Voluntaries for the Organ, op. 6, KO 621. Edited by Geoffrey Atkinson. [Ely, UK: Oecumuse, c2003.] (Organ Works, 2d ed., 1-2.) [Vol. 1, nos. 1-6: introd. and notes, p. 1-12; score, 64 p. Spiral bound. [pounds sterling]15....

Music received.
December 1, 2006... A key to abbreviated imprints is found at the end of this column. For information about the content and arrangement of this list, consult the introduction to the column in the September 2006 issue (p. 208 of this volume). All Web sites accessed...

Music publishers' catalogs.(Websites)(Website list)
December 1, 2006... For information regarding the scope of this column, consult the headnote in the September 2006 issue (p. 218 of this volume). All Web sites accessed 23 August 2006. Amadeus Verlag, Iberghang 16, CH-8045 Winterthur, Switzerland. ...

Communications.(Letter to the editor)
December 1, 2006... This column provides a forum for responses to the contents of this journal, and for information of interest to readers. The editor reserves the right to publish letters in excerpted form and to edit them for conciseness and clarity. To the...