Notes articles from June 2004

Notes archives from June 2004

Forgery in the Music Library: a cautionary tale.
June 1, 2004... In the 1920s and 1930s the celebration of four anniversaries--the centennial of the birth of Stephen Foster (1826-1864), the bicentennials of the births of George Washington (1732-1799) and Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), and the...

Electronic theses and dissertations in music.
June 1, 2004... Theses and dissertations have long been regarded as the bedrock of graduate education. But digital representations of these works, known as electronic theses and dissertations (or ETDs), are a relatively new phenomenon that present student...

Necrology index.
June 1, 2004... DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS CITED Baker Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (9th ed., 2001) EPM3 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (3d ed., 1998) Grove The New Grove Dictionary of Music and...

Notes for notes.(Music Library Association)
June 1, 2004... The Music Library Association has announced its publication awards for 2002. The Vincent H. Duckles Award for the best book-length bibliography or other research tool in music published in 2002 was presented to Sabina Teller Ratner for Camille...

Pierre de la Rue and Musical Life at the Habsburg-Burgundian Court.(Early Music)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Pierre de la Rue and Musical Life at the Habsburg-Burgundian Court. By Honey Meconi. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. [xiv, 385 p. ISBN 0-19-816554-4. $120.] Music examples, illustrations, catalog of works, bibliography,...

A History of the Harpsichord.(Early Music)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... A History of the Harpsichord. By Edward L. Kottick. Bloomington: Indiana University Press 2003. [557 p. ISBN 0-253-34166-3. $75.] Illustrations, color plates, bibliography, index, compact disc. Despite the revival of interest in the...

The Keyboard in Baroque Europe.(Early Music)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... The Keyboard in Baroque Europe. Edited by Christopher Hogwood. (Musical Performance and Reception.) New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. [xvii, 245 p. ISBN 0-521-81055-8. $75.] Music examples, analysis charts, facsimiles, index. ...

The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650.(Early Music)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650. By Robert L. Kendrick. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. [xxi, 528 p. ISBN 0-19-513537-7. $74.] Music examples, bibliography, index. For most musicologists, Milan between the ages of Josquin Desprez...

Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Regime, 1647-1785.(France and French Cultural Areas)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien Regime, 1647-1785. By Downing A. Thomas. (Cambridge Studies in Opera.) Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. [vii, 411 p. ISBN 0-521-80188-5. $70.] Music examples, illustrations, bibliography,...

La revolution des Bouffons: I'opera italien au Theatre de Monsieur 1789-1792.(France and French Cultural Areas)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... La revolution des Bouffons: I'opera italien au Theatre de Monsieur 1789-1792. By Alessandro Di Profio. (Collection Science de la Musique.) Paris. CNRS Editions, 2003. [561 p. ISBN 2-271-06017-6. [euro]45.] Music examples, illustrations,...

Berlioz. Past, Present, Future. Bicentenary Essays.(France and French Cultural Areas)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Berlioz. Past, Present, Future. Bicentenary Essays. Edited by Peter Bloom. (Eastman Studies in Music.) Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2003. [xviii, 212 p. ISBN 1-58046-047-X. $70.]. Music examples, illustrations, index. ...

Tradition and Style in the Works of Darius Milhaud 1912-1939.(France and French Cultural Areas)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Tradition and Style in the Works of Darius Milhaud 1912-1939. By Barbara L. Kelly. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2003. [xv, 212 p. ISBN 0-7546-3033-1. $84.95.] Music examples, bibliography, index. Darius Milhaud's reputation has rested on the...

Black, Blanc, Beur: Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World.(France and French Cultural Areas)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Black, Blanc, Beur: Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World. Edited by Alain Philippe Durand. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002. [xviii, 150 p. ISBN 0-8108-4431-1. $49.50 (hbk.); ISBN 0-8108-4430-1. $24.50 (pbk.).] Illustrations,...

Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab.(Vernacular Musics)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab. By A. J. Racy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. (Cambridge Middle East Studies.) [xiv, 248 p. ISBN 0-521-30414-8. $60.] Illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index....

Fiddling Way Out Yonder: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine.(Vernacular Musics)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Fiddling Way Out Yonder: The Life and Music of Melvin Wine. By Drew Beisswenger. (American Made Music Series.) Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2002. [xvi, 230 p. ISBN 1-57806-441-4. $40.] Illustrations, bibliography, index. ...

Analyzing Popular Music.(Vernacular Musics)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Analyzing Popular Music. Edited by Allan F. Moore. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. [ix, 279 p. ISBN 0-521-77120 X. $60.] Music examples, analytical charts, bibliography, discography, index. With this ten-essay...

Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader.(Vernacular Musics)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader. Edited by John Morthland. New York: Anchor Books, 2003. [xviii, 409 p. ISBN 0-375-71367-0. $15.] Lester Bangs, who wrote for Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and above all...

Music in European Capitals: The Galant Style 1720-1780.(Historical and Analytical Studies)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Music in European Capitals: The Galant Style 1720-1780. By Daniel Heartz. New York: W. W. Norton, 2003. [xxiv, 1078. ISBN 0-393-05080-7. $100.] Music examples, color plates, illustrations, bibliography, index. With his Music in European...

Analyzing Bach Cantatas.(Historical and Analytical Studies)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Analyzing Bach Cantatas. By Eric Chafe. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. [xvii, 286 p. ISBN 0-19-512099-x. $55 (hbk.); ISBN 0-19-516182-3. $29.95 (pbk.).] Music examples, bibliography, index. In Analyzing Bach Cantatas, Eric Chafe...

Schubert's Goethe Settings.(Historical and Analytical Studies)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Schubert's Goethe Settings. By Lorraine Byrne. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2003. [xix, 512 p. ISBN 0-7546-0695-3. $99.] Music examples, bibliography, index. Although Franz Schubert's eighty-two musical settings of texts by Johann Wolfgang von...

From Paris to Peoria: How European Piano Virtuosos Brought Classical Music to the American Heartland.(Historical and Analytical Studies)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... From Paris to Peoria: How European Piano Virtuosos Brought Classical Music to the American Heartland. By R. Allen Lott. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. [xviii, 366 p. ISBN 0-19-514883-5. $39.95.] Music examples, facsimiles,...

Gustav Mahler: Briefe und Musik-autographen aus den Moldenhauer-Archiven in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek.(Historical and Analytical Studies)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Gustav Mahler: Briefe und Musik-autographen aus den Moldenhauer-Archiven in der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek. (Patrimonia, 157.) Munich: Kulturstiftung der Lander Freistaat Bayern, Bayerische Landesstiftung, Bundesministerium des Innern, 2002....

Amerikanismus, Americanism, Weill. Die Suche nach kultureller Identitat in der Moderne.(Historical and Analytical Studies)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Amerikanismus, Americanism, Weill. Die Suche nach kultureller Identitat in der Moderne. Edited by Hermann Danuser and Hermann Gottschewski. Schliengen, Germany: Edition Argus, 2003. [330 pp. ISBN 3-931264-23-8. [euro]46] Music examples,...

Books recently published.
June 1, 2004... For information about the scope of this column, consult the headnote in the September 2003 issue (p. 194 of this volume). ENGLISH Aberbach, Alan David. The ideas of Richard Wagner: an examination and analysis. 2d ed. Lanham, MD:...

Andante.(Digital Media Reviews)
June 1, 2004... Andante (Internet music resource). Andante Corp. http://www.andante.com (accessed 3 March 2004). [Requires RealAudio or Windows Media Player and Internet Explorer versions 5.0 and higher or Netscape Navigator version 6.2 and higher. Pricing for...

Classical music Library.(Digital Media Reviews)
June 1, 2004... Classical Music Library. Published by Classical International. http://www.classical.com (accessed 4 March 2004). [Requires and audio-enabled computer with an Internet connection. Microsoft Windows users need Windows 98, Internet Explorer 5.5 or...

Costanzo Festa.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... Costanzo Festa. La Spagna: 32 Contrapunti. Huelgas-Ensemble/Paul Van Nevel. Harmonia Mundi HMC 901799, 2003. In September 1536, Costanzo Festa asked his patron Filippo Strozzi to intercede on his behalf with a Venetian publisher, hoping...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Musique Sacree. Musica Antiqua Koln/Reinhard Goebel. Archiv B0001413-02, 2003. The Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu des orgues (H. 513) that serves as the centerpiece for this collection of sacred...

George Frideric Handel.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... George Frideric Handel. La Resurrezione. Nancy Argenta; Maria Cristina Kiehr; Marijana Mijanovic; Marcel Reijans; Klaus Mertens; Combattimento Consort Amsterdam/Jan Willem de Vriend. Challenge Classics CC 72120, 2003. Of Handel's many...

Franz Anton Hoffmeister.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... Franz Anton Hoffmeister. String Quartets, op. 14. Aviv Quartet. Naxos 8.55952, 2003. Though Franz Anton Hoffmeister was well known and admired in his day as a composer (especially of flute music), it is as a music publisher that he is best...

Paul Hindemith.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... Paul Hindemith. Clarinet Chamber Music. John Bruce Yeh, Easley Blackwood, Amelia Piano Trio. Cedille CDR 90000 072, 2003. Paul Hindemith remains one of the more contradictory figures in twentieth-century music--a self-professed guardian of...

Chicago Duos for Flute.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... Chicago Duos for Flute. Mary Stolper; various accompanists. Cedille CDR 90000 071, 2003. This thoroughly enjoyable collection finds Chicago-area flutist Mary Stolper collaborating with six fellow Chicagoans to perform duo compositions by...

Joel Frahm with Brad Mehldau.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... Joel Frahm with Brad Mehldau. Don't Explain. Palmetto PM2096, 2004. Saxophonist Joel Frahm teams up with pianist Brad Mehldau for this quietly impressive survey of jazz standards, all of them performed by the duo without a rhythm section...

Richard "Groove" Holmes.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... Richard "Groove" Holmes. On Basie's Bandstand. Prestige PRCD-11028-2, 2003. The title of this album is a bit confusing at first--why would Count Basie have an organist on his bandstand? But the bandstand referred to in the album title was...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Raise Your Spirit Higher (Wenyukela). Heads Up HUCD 3083, 2003. The South African a cappella vocal music tradition known as isicathamiya developed among mine workers who would sing together in their barracks after...

Finest Kind.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... Finest Kind. Silks & Spices. Fallen Angle Music FAM 05, 2003. A Canadian folk trio that deserves far more international recognition than it has received so far, Finest Kind consists of singers Ian Robb, Shelley Posen, and Ann Downey, all of...

Tower of Power.(Sound Recording Reviews)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
June 1, 2004... Tower of Power. Oakland Zone. Or Music OR 803022, 2003. Few bands have forged quite as intimate a connection between themselves and their home towns as has the legendary funk crew Tower of Power with its beloved Oakland, California. Primary...

Music publishers' catalogs.(Directory)
June 1, 2004... A-R Editions, 8551 Research Way, Suite 180, Middleton, WI 553562. http://www.areditions.com/Embellishments no. 21, fall 2003. [12 p.] Ashgate, 101 Cherry Street, Suite 420, Burlington, VT 05401-4405. http://www.ashgate.com/Music...

Antonio Vivaldi.(Critical Editions)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Antonio Vivaldi. Six Flute Concertos, Op. 10, in Full Score: With Related Concertos for Other Wind Instruments. Edited with an introduction by Eleanor Selfridge-Field. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, c2002. [Introd., p. vii-ix; facsim....

Dieterich Buxtehude.(Critical Editions)
June 1, 2004... Dieterich Buxtehude. VII. suonate a doi, violino & violadagamba, con cembalo, opera prima. Edited by Eva Linfield. (Critical Facsimiles, 2.) New York: The Broude Trust, c1999, 1994. [Series description, 1 p.; introd., p. 3-9; crit. apparatus,...

Vocal music.
June 1, 2004... An Anthology of French Operatic Arias for Soprano: 19th Century Repertoire. Selected and edited by Roger Nichols; complete with translations and guidance on pronunciation. London: Edition Peters, c2000. [Pref. in Eng., Ger., p. iv-v; aria texts...

Arias for Nancy Storace, Mozart's First Susanna.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... Arias for Nancy Storace, Mozart's First Susanna. Edited by Dorothea Link. (Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era, 66.) Middleton, WI.: A-R Editions, Inc., c2002. [Acknowledgments, p. vi; introd., p. vii-xvii; texts and trans., p....

Lowell Liebermann.(Keyboard Music)
June 1, 2004... Lowell Liebermann. Piano Sonata no. 1, op. 1 (1977). Bryn Mawr, PA: Theodore Presser, c1999. [Score, 10 p. Pub. no. 110-41305. Duration, ca. 11 min. $10.] Lowell Liebermann. Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, op. 12 [1983]. Solo piano...

Johann Sebastian Bach.(Keyboard Music)
June 1, 2004... Johann Sebastian Bach. Basic Organ Works: Orgelbuchlein; Three Free Works. Edited by Quentin Faulkner. (Historical Organ Techniques and Repertoire, 2.) Colfax, NC: Wayne Leupold Editions; sole USA and Canadian selling agent, Boston: ECS...

Music received.
June 1, 2004... 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 2003 issue (p. 302 of this volume). All Web sites accessed...

Communications.
June 1, 2004... 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...

Report of independent certified public accountants.
June 1, 2004... To The Board Of Directors Music library Association 8551 Research Way, Suite 180 Middleton, WI 53562 We have audited the accompanying statements of financial position of Music Library Association as of June 30, 2003 and 2002,...

Music Library Association: statements of financial position.
June 1, 2004... Music Library Association Statements Of Financial Position June 30, 2003 2002 Assets Cash And Cash Equivalents $24,511 $25,776 Cash And Cash...

Music Library Association: statements of activities.(Illustration)
June 1, 2004... Music Library Association Statements Of Activities For The Year Ended June 30, 2003 Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total Revenues...

Music Library Association: Statements of Cash Flows.(Financial Statements)(Illustration)
June 1, 2004... For The Years Ended June 30, 2003 2002 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Change In Net Assets $ 38,842 $ (71,689) Adjustments To Reconcile Change In Net Assets To Net Cash...

Music Library Association: notes to financial statements.
June 1, 2004... June 30, 2003 And 2002 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ORGANIZATION -- The Music Library Association was formed in 1945 as a non-stock, non-profit corporation. The purposes of the Association are to promote the...