Notes articles from March 2006

Notes archives from March 2006

Some uncataloged musical resources in the Harvard Theatre Collection with a handlist for the bound music volumes.
March 1, 2006... The Harvard Theatre Collection includes a wide range of musical resources, of which the bound music volumes are a small selection. (1) The bound music collection generally complements other materials available through the Theatre Collection,...

The legacy of Carleton Sprague Smith: Pan-American holdings in the Music Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
March 1, 2006... Carleton Sprague Smith (1905-1994) was chief of the Music Division of the New York Public Library (NYPL) from 1931 to 1959. The first fifteen of those years are remembered as a period of economic turmoil and war, yet Smith--through his vision,...

Information literacy instructional objectives for undergraduate music students: a project of the Music Library Association, Bibliographic Instruction Subcommittee.
March 1, 2006... The Music Library Association (MLA) Reference and Public Service Committee's Bibliographic Instruction Subcommittee has created a set of information literacy instructional objectives for undergraduate music majors based upon "Information...

Notes for Notes.(Music Library Association announces awards)
March 1, 2006... The Music Library Association has announced its publication awards for 2004. The Vincent H. Duckles Award for the best book-length bibliography or other research tool in music published in 2004 was presented to Speaking of Music: Music...

The Oxford History of Western Music.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... The Oxford History of Western Music. By Richard Taruskin. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. [6 vols. ISBN 0-19-516979-4 (set). $699,00.] Music examples, illustrations, timeline, bibliography, index. In my university mailbox recently,...

Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall. By Joseph Horowitz. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005. [xix, 606 p. ISBN 0-393-05717-8. $39.95.] Illustrations, index. Readers familiar with Joseph Horowitz's earlier books will know...

Louisiana Hayride: Radio and Roots Music Along the Red River.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Louisiana Hayride: Radio and Roots Music Along the Red River. By Tracey E. W. Laird. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. (American Music-spheres Series.) [x, 208 p. ISBN 0-19-516751-1. $29.95.] Maps, photos, bibliography, discography,...

Polish Music Since Szymanowski.(Karol Szymanowski)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Polish Music Since Szymanowski. By Adrian Thomas. (Music in the 20th Century.) New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. [xxiii, 384 p. ISBN 0-521-58284-9. $100.] Music examples, index, bibliography, appendices. Adrian Thomas' newly...

Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Ethnomusicology: A Research and Information Guide. By Jennifer C. Post. (Routledge Music Bibliographies.) New York: Routledge, 2004. [ix, 470 p. ISBN 0-415-93834-1. $110.] Indexes. Jennifer Post's substantial research guide contains...

Francois Couperin and 'the Perfection of Music.'(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Francois Couperin and 'The Perfection of Music.' By David Tunley. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004. [viii, 172 p. ISBN 0-7546-0928-6. $94.95.] Music examples, index, bibliography, appendices. This useful book, a concise monograph with...

The Virtuoso Liszt.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... The Virtuoso Liszt. By Dana Gooley. (New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism.) New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. [xv, 280 p. ISBN 0-521-83443-0. $75.] Music examples, illustrations, bibliography, index. In the afterword...

Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice. By Pauline Oliveros. New York: iUniverse, Inc., 2005. [128 p. ISBN 0595343651. $13.95.] Before you read beyond this first paragraph, take four or five minutes to do this simple exercise: stop...

Oh Joy! Oh Rapture!: The Enduring Phenomenon of Gilbert and Sullivan.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Oh Joy! Oh Rapture! The Enduring Phenomenon of Gilbert and Sullivan. By Ian Bradley. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. [xii, 220 p. ISBN 0-19-516700-7. $29.95.] Index, notes. In this book, Ian Bradley, author of The Complete...

The Cambridge Companion to Verdi.(Scott L. Balthazar)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... The Cambridge Companion to Verdi. Edited by Scott L. Balthazar. (Cambridge Companions to Music.) New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. [xxvi, 336 p. ISBN 0521635357. $25.99.] Music examples, index, bibliography. Within the prefaces...

On the Music of Stefan Wolpe: Essays and Recollections.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... On the Music of Stefan Wolpe: Essays and Recollections. Edited by Austin Clarkson. (Dimension & Diversity, no. 6.) Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2003. [xii, 371 p. ISBN 1-57647-063-0. $42.] Index, notes, illustrations, catalog, discography,...

Hearing Bach's Passions.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Hearing Bach's Passions. By Daniel R. Melamed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. [xi, 178 p. ISBN 0-19-516933-6. $24.95.] Index, bibliography, tables. In 1925, in the preface to two short books on J. S. Bach's Passion settings,...

Pierrot lunaire: Albert Giraud, Otto Erich Hartleben, Arnold Schoenberg: Une Collection D'etudes Musico-Litteraires.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Pierrot lunaire: Albert Giraud--Otto Erich Hartleben--Arnold Schoenberg: Une collection d'etudes musico-litteraires. Edited by Mark Delaere and Jan Herman. (La republiques des lettres, 20.) Louvain; Dudley, MA: Editions Peeters, 2004. [204 p....

The Clarinet in the Classical Period.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... The Clarinet in the Classical Period. By Albert R. Rice. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. [xx, 316 p. ISBN 019514483X. $74.] Music examples, illustrations, references, index. Albert Rice, author of The Baroque Clarinet (New York:...

Bibliography and Discography on Music for Solo Wind Instruments and Orchestra.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Bibliography and Discography on Music for Solo Wind Instruments and Orchestra. By Hermann Haug. Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Hartel, 2004. [3 v. ISBN3-7651-0377-2. [euro]98.] Indexes, appendices. This set is a perfect example of the awkward and,...

Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music. By Mark Katz. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. [xiii, 276 p. ISBN 0520243803. $19.95.] Index, notes, compact disc. It is a curious fact that the enormous changes in musical...

Books recently published.(Column)
March 1, 2006... For information about the scope of this column, consult the headnote in the September 2004 issue (p. 154 of this volume). ENGLISH Ain't it funny? A tribute to Willie Nelson. Cincinnati, OH: Texas Monthly Books, c2005. 143 p. ISBN...

Acoustics Research Letters Online (ARLO).(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)
March 1, 2006... Acoustics Research Letters Online (ARLO). Edited by D. Keith Wilson, US Army Cold Regions Research Laboratory. Acoustical Society of America. Quarterly. Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 2000). Online format (PDF and PostScript). ISSN 1529-7853. Access:...

Chaise Magazine.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)
March 1, 2006... Chaise Magazine. Coedited by Bennett Barbakow, Michelle Higa, Noah Norman, and Chris Smith. Creative Arts Council, Brown University. Semiannual. Issue 1 (2004). DVD-ROM format. Subscription or inquires: Chaise Magazine, 97 N. 3rd St., No. 1F,...

DOWN Magazine: Dedicated to Southern Hip-Hop Music and Culture.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)
March 1, 2006... DOWN Magazine: Dedicated to Southern Hip-Hop Music and Culture. Down Enterprises. Bimonthly. No. 1 (July 2005). ISSN 1554-8945. Print format; includes a compact disc. Subscription: Down, 124 Durham Ave., Metuchen NJ, 08840. $20. For more...

JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning (JMM).(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)
March 1, 2006... JMM: The Journal of Music and Meaning (JMM). Edited by Cynthia M. Grund. University of Southern Denmark at Odense. Semiannual. Vol. 1 (Fall 2003). ISSN 1603-7170. Online format (HTML or PDF). Access: http://www.musicandmeaning.net/. E-mail:...

Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland (JSMI).(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)
March 1, 2006... Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland (JSMI). Coedited by Barra Boyell, Aileen Dillane, Paul Everett, Wolfgang Marx. Society for Musicology in Ireland. Annual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (2005). ISSN 1649-7341. Online format (PDF). Access:...

Maverick.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)
March 1, 2006... Maverick. Edited by Alan Cackett. AAG Publishing. Monthly. Vol. 1 (July 2002). Print format. Subscription or inquiries: AAG Publishing, 24 Bray Gardens, Maid-stone, Kent, ME15 9TR, UK; online order form at: http://www.maverick-country.com/....

Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa.(Periodical review)
March 1, 2006... Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa. Coedited by George King and Chris Walton. UNISA Music Foundation, University of South Africa. Semiannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (2004). ISSN 1812-5980. Print format. Subscription or inquiries: Business...

Electronica.(NEW PERIODICALS)
March 1, 2006... Reviews, new titles, and publisher and title changes announced elsewhere in this column include additional comments about electronic access. Asian Music, see OCLC Electronic Collections Online announcement in this section. British...

Title, frequency, and publisher changes; cessations.(NEW PERIODICALS)
March 1, 2006... Ars Nova (ISSN 0379-6485), published semiannually from volume 1 (1969) to volume 35 (2003) by the University of South Africa, has ceased and been replaced by Muziki: Journal of Music Research in Africa (see entry in this column). Back copies of...

Special journal issues.(NEW PERIODICALS)(Bibliography)
March 1, 2006... American Music. Vol. 23, no. 1 (Spring 2005): Editing American Music: Perspectives on the MUSA Series. This volume celebrates the monument that helped establish American music as worthy of study. Contains an article by Richard Crawford on the...

Smithsonian Global Sound.(Product/service evaluation)
March 1, 2006... Smithsonian Global Sound. Produced in partnership with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings; online subscription service distributed by Alexander Street Press. http://www.alexanderstreet.com/products/glmu.htm. [Requires: Computer audio, Internet...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Don Giovanni. DVD. Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera / Riccardo Muti. With Carlos Alvarez, Adrianne Pieczonka, Angelika Kirchschlager, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Michael Schade, Lorenzo Regazzo, and...

Giuseppe Verdi.(Giuseppe Verdi: Aida)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Giuseppe Verdi. Aida. DVD. National Theatre Brno / Ernst Marzendorfer. Recorded live at the Opernfestspiele St. Margarethen in July/August 2004. With Janusz Monarcha, Cornelia Helfricht, Eszter Sumegi, Kostadin Andreev, Pier Dalas, Igor...

Richard Wagner.(Richard Wagner: Siegfried)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Richard Wagner. Siegfried (from Der Ring des Nibelungen). DVD. Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona / Bertrand de Billy. Recorded live in June 2004. With John Treleaven, Graham Clark, Falk Struckmann, Gunter von Kannen,...

Sergey Rachmaninoff.(Sergey Rachmaninoff: The Miserly Knight)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Sergey Rachmaninoff. The Miserly Knight. DVD. London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski. With Sergei Leiferkus, Richard Berkeley-Steele, Maxim Mikhailov, Viacheslav Voynarovskiy, Albert Schagidullin. Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex:...

Benjamin Britten.(Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Benjamin Britten. The Turn of the Screw. DVD. City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox. With Lisa Milne, Diane Montague, Catrin Wyn Davies, Mark Padmore, Nicholas Kirby Johnson, and Caroline Wise. Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex: Opus Arte,...

Keeping Score: MTT on Music, the Making of a Performance, Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony.(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Keeping Score: MTT on Music; The Making of a Performance: Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony. DVD. Produced and directed by David Kennard and Joan Saffa. Executive producer, Janette Gitler. Live concert performance directed by Gary Halvorson, and...

Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence, Sketches for a Portrait.(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence; Sketches for a Portrait. DVD. Berlin Philharmonic; Vienna Philharmonic; Lucerne Festival Orchestra; Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra / Claudio Abbado. Produced and directed by Paul Smaczny. Live concert...

Leaving Home: Orchestral Music in the 20th Century - Dancing on a Volcano, vol. 1.(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Leaving Home. Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Vol. 1: Dancing on a Volcano. DVD. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle. With Felicity Palmer and Gidon Kremer. Leipzig, Germany: Arthaus Musik, 2005. 102033. $24.99. ...

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Presents: Music Meets Business.(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Presents: Music Meets Business. DVD. Directed by Ayelet Heller. [Germany]: EuroArts Music International, 2005. 2051837. $16.99. The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, established in Boston in 1972 was founded by...

Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen.(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen. DVD. Produced by Daniel Iron, Niv Fichman, and Larry Weinstein for Rhombus Media. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, 2003. ISBN: 1-59458-074-X. Available from Bullfrog Films (www.bullfrogfilms.com). $275.00....

Jazz Legends Live!(Jazz Legends Live!, vols. 1-13)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Jazz Legends Live! 13 vols. DVD. Produced by Kim Lyon & Gary Peet. Oaks, PA: Quantum Leap Productions, 2004-2005. Available from Music Video Distributors, Inc. DJ-878 through DJ-891. $9.95 each. The Jazz Legends series is comprised of...

Leonard Bernstein.(Leonard Bernstein: Wonderful Town)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Leonard Bernstein. Wonderful Town. DVD. Berliner Philharmoniker / Simon Rattle. With Kim Criswell, Audra McDonald, and Thomas Hampson. [Germany]: EuroArts Music International, 2005. 2052299. $24.99. It can be argued that Leonard Bernstein...

Inside Bowie and the Spiders: An Independent Critical Review, 1969-1972.(Inside Deep Purple: The Independent Critical Guide, 1969-1973, Inside Led Zeppelin: A Critical Review, 1968-1972)(Video recording review)
March 1, 2006... Inside Bowie and the Spiders, 1969-1972: An Independent Critical Review. DVD. [UK]: Classic Rock Productions, 2004. CRL 1606. Inside Deep Purple: The Independent Critical Guide, 1969-1973. DVD. [UK]: Classic Rock Productions, 2004. CRL 1593....

Charles Ives.(Charles Ives: 129 Songs)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Charles Ives. 129 Songs. Edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock. (Music of the United States of America, 12.) (Recent Researches in American Music, 47.) Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., 2004. [Frontispiece (C. Ives, ca. 1947); foreword (Richard...

Jean-Baptiste Lully.(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Jean-Baptiste Lully. Armide: Tragedie en musique. Edition de Lois Rosow; edition du livret: Jean-Noel Laurenti. Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 2003. (CEuvres completes. Ser. III: Operas, vol. 14.) (Musica Gallica.) [Gen. pref. in Fr., Eng.,...

William Byrd.(William Byrd: Psalmes, Sonets, and Songs)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... William Byrd. Psalmes, Sonets, and Songs (1588). Edited by Jeremy Smith. London: Stainer & Bell, c2004. (The Byrd Edition, 12.) [Gen. pref. (Philip Brett), p. v; pref., p. vi-xi; editorial notes, p. xii-xv; texts, p. xvi-xxxvi; notes on the...

Johann Joachim Quantz.(Johann Joachim Quantz: Seven Trio Sonatas, Johann Joachim Quantz: Six Quartets for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Basso Continuo)(Book review)
March 1, 2006... Johann Joachim Quantz. Seven Trio Sonatas. Edited by Mary Oleskiewicz. Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., c2001. (Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era, 111.) [Acknowledgements, p. vii; introd., p. ix-xx; 7 plates; score, 102 p.;...

Music received.
March 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 2005 issue (p. 199 of this volume). All Web sites accessed...

Music publishers' catalogs.(Directory)
March 1, 2006... For information regarding the scope of this column, consult the headnote in the September 2005 issue (p. 211 of this volume). All Web sites accessed 23 November 2005. Allegra Musikverlag, see Musikverlag Zimmermann. Amadeus...