Notes articles from September 2005

Notes archives from September 2005

Editor's note.(Editorial)
September 1, 2005... With this issue, the journal begins its celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Music Library Association (MLA). For the next two years each issue will include at least one article that is devoted to a luminary of the...

Errant thoughts on some rare items in the Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library.
September 1, 2005... By way of an introduction to the specialized articles that follow in this issue, I shall attempt to sketch a general picture of the founding and early evolution of the music library at the University of California, Berkeley, with emphasis on...

The Borel manuscript: a new source of seventeenth-century French harpsichord music at Berkeley.
September 1, 2005... During the summer of 2004 John H. Roberts, the head of the music library at the University of California, Berkeley, was able to acquire for our new Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library a particularly interesting seventeenth-century manuscript of...

Charles Koechlin, Catherine Urner, and the Shatto-Urner manuscript collection at the University of California, Berkeley.
September 1, 2005... After the death of the organist Charles Shatto on New Year's Day 1983, the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) inherited a substantial collection of manuscripts by Shatto himself, his wife Catherine Urner (1891-1942), and their...

Sealed documents and open lives: Ernest Bloch's private correspondence.
September 1, 2005... In the spring of 1997, philosopher Lydia Goehr visited Berkeley as that year's Bloch Lecturer. Living in the same apartment building as Suzanne Bloch, the daughter of Ernest Bloch who, as the name of the lecture series indicates, was the first...

Notes for notes.
September 1, 2005... A. Ralph Papakhian and Sue Ellen Stancu are the joint recipients of the Music OCLC Users Group's (MOUG) Distinguished Service Award. This award was established to recognize and honor a librarian who has made significant professional...

Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo.(Cuban Music from A to Z)(Cubano Be, Cubano Bop: One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba)(Divine Utterances: The Performance of Afro-Cuban Santeria)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. By Ned Sublette. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2004. [xv, 672 p. ISBN 1-55652-516-8. $36.00.] Illustrations, index, bibliography. Cuban Music from A to Z. By Helio Orovio. Durham, NC:...

Archives for the Future: Global Perspectives on Audiovisual Archives in the 21st Century.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Archives for the Future: Global Perspectives on Audiovisual Archives in the 21st Century. Edited by Anthony Seeger and Shubha Chaudhuri. Gurgaon, Haryana, India: Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, American Institute of Indian...

Music and Copyright.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Music and Copyright, 2d ed. Edited by Simon Frith and Lee Marshall. New York: Routledge, 2004. [vi, 218 p. ISBN 0-415-97253-1. $24.95.] Index. Music copyright is a broad and complex issue. Philosophers and kings, governments and courts,...

Speaking of Music: Music Conferences, 1835-1966.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Speaking of Music: Music Conferences, 1835-1966. Edited by James R. Cowdery, Zdravko Blazekovic, and Barry S. Brook. (RILM Retrospective Series, 4.) New York: Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale, 2004. [xxii, 762 p. ISBN...

The Pianist's Dictionary.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... The Pianist's Dictionary. By Maurice Hinson. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. [x, 221 p. ISBN 0-253-344050-0. $39.95.] Bibliography. For more than 30 years the industrious Maurice Hinson, professor of music at the Southern...

Efrem Zimbalist: A Life.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Efrem Zimbalist: A Life. By Roy Malan. Pompton Plains, NJ: Amadeus Press, 2004. [xii, 368 p. ISBN 1-57467-091-3. $29.95.] Bibliography, discography, index. In the early years of the twentieth century, the violin studio of Leopold Auer at...

The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650-1815.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution, 1650-1815. By John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. [xviii, 614 p. ISBN0-19-816434-3. $175.] Music examples, illustrations, bibliography, index. In...

The Beethoven Violin Sonatas: History, Criticism, Performance.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... The Beethoven Violin Sonatas: History, Criticism, Performance. Edited by Lewis Lockwood and Mark Kroll. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2004. [164 p. ISBN0-252-02932-1. $45.] Music examples, index, bibliography. Previous scholarly...

Paul Bowles on Music.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Paul Bowles on Music. Edited by Timothy Mangan and Irene Herrmann. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. [xviii, 292 p. ISBN 1417508124. $34.95.] Index, bibliography. Whether he wanted it or not, fame has found Paul Bowles...

Brahms and the German Spirit.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Brahms and the German Spirit. By Daniel Beller-McKenna. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004. [xi, 243 p. ISBN 0-674-01318-2. $49.95.] Illustrations, music examples, index, notes. Daniel Beller-McKenna has set out to correct what...

The Age of Chopin: Interdisciplinary Inquiries.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... The Age of Chopin: Interdisciplinary Inquiries. Edited by Halina Goldberg. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. [xii, 368 p. ISBN 0-253-34319-4. $59.95.] Music examples, indexes, notes. The Age of Chopin: Interdisciplinary...

Henry F. Gilbert: A Bio-Bibliography.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Henry F. Gilbert: A Bio-Bibliography. By Sherrill V. Martin. (Bio-Bibliographies in Music, 93.) Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. [xii, 296 p. ISBN 0-313-27445-2. $79.95.] Index, discography. During the second decade of the twentieth century,...

Gustav Mahler: Letters to his Wife.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Gustav Mahler: Letters to his Wife. Edited by Henry-Louis de la Grange and Gunter Weiss in collaboration with Knud Martner. First complete edition revised and translated by Antony Beaumont. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995, 2004. [xxvii,...

Divining the Oracle: Monteverdi's Seconda Prattica.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Divining the Oracle: Monteverdi's Seconda Prattica. By Massimo Ossi. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. [xviii, 280 p. ISBN 0-226-63883-9. $60.] Music examples, illustrations, index, bibliography. In his fifth book of madrigals...

La casa del mugnaio: ascolto e interpretazione della Schone Mullerin, con l'edizione del ciclo liederistico secondo la Neue Schubert-Ausgabe.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... La casa del mugnaio: ascolto e interpretazione della Schone Mullerin: con l'edizione del ciclo liederistico secondo la Neue Schubert-Ausgabe. By Giuseppina La Face Bianconi. (Historiae Musicae Cultores, 102.) Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 2003....

The Cambridge Companion to Sibelius.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... The Cambridge Companion to Sibelius. Edited by Daniel M. Grimley. (Cambridge Companions to Music.) New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. [xvii, 273 p. ISBN 0-521-81552-5. $75.] Music examples, index, bibliography. In 1933, at the...

Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate. Edited by Christopher Washburne and Maiken Derno. New York: Routledge, 2004. [x, 379 p. ISBN 0415-94366-3. $24.95.] Illustrations, index. Every now and then a book comes along that articulates something...

Historical Musicology: Sources, Methods, Interpretations.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Historical Musicology: Sources, Methods, Interpretations. Edited by Stephen A. Crist and Roberta Montemorra Marvin. (Eastman Studies in Music.) University of Rochester Press, 2004. [viii, 429 p. ISBN 1-58046-111-5. $95.] Music examples, index....

Listening to Reason: Culture, Subjectivity, and Nineteenth-Century Music.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Listening to Reason: Culture, Subjectivity, and Nineteenth-Century Music. By Michael P. Steinberg. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. [xiv, 246 p. ISBN 0-691-11685-7. $29.95.] Illustrations, index. With Listening to Reason:...

Let the Church Sing!: Music and Worship in a Black Mississippi Community.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... "Let the Church Sing!": Music and Worship in a Black Mississippi Community. By Therese Smith. Rochester, NY: Rochester University Press, 2004. [xxi, 293 p. ISBN 1-58046-157-3. $45.00.] Music examples, illustrations, bibliography, index. As...

Performing Ethnomusicology: Teaching and Representation in World Music Ensembles.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Performing Ethnomusicology: Teaching and Representation in World Music Ensembles. Edited by Ted Solis. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. [vii, 322 p. ISBN 0-520-23831-1. $24.95.] Index, bibliography. World music ensembles can...

Real Country: Music and Language in Working-Class Culture.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Real Country: Music and Language in Working-Class Culture. By Aaron A. Fox. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004. [xv, 363 p. ISBN 0-8223-3348-1. $22.95.] Illustrations, index, bibliography. As a relatively young field of academic...

Rockin' Las Americas: The Global Politics of rock in Latin/o America.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Rockin' las Americas: The Global Politics of Rock in Latin/o America. Edited by Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Hector Fernandez-L'Hoeste, and Eric Zolov. (Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas.) Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh...

Thai Classical Singing: Its History, Musical Characteristics and Transmission.(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Thai Classical Singing: Its History, Musical Characteristics and Transmission. By Dusadee Swangviboonpong. (SOAS Musicology Series.) Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Co., 2003. [xxiii, 232 p. ISBN 0-7546-0790-9 $94.95.] Music examples,...

Books recently published.
September 1, 2005... This column is compiled quarterly based on the output of the monographic music cataloging units of the Library of Congress. Entries appear on the list as they are cataloged by the library, regardless of the date of publication. ENGLISH ...

Acoustical Arts and Artifacts: Technology, Aesthetics, Communication (AAA/TAC).(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Acoustical Arts and Artifacts: Technology, Aesthetics, Communication (AAA/TAC). Edited by Giovanni Morelli. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto per la musica, Venezia (Giorgio Cini Institute for Music, Venice); Istituti editoriali e poligrafici...

Action, Criticism and Theory for Music Education (ACT).(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Action, Criticism & Theory for Music Education (ACT). Edited by Thomas Regelski. MayDay Group; Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Semiannual (in practice; not formally limited to any number). Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 2002). In English;...

Canadian Winds: The Journal of the Canadian Band Association / Vents canadiens: revue de l'Association canadienne de l'harmonie.(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Canadian Winds: The Journal of the Canadian Band Association / Vents canadiens: revue de l'Association canadienne de l'harmonie. Edited by Denise Grant and Timothy Maloney. Canadian Band Association (CBA). Semiannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Autumn...

Colloquium: Music, Worship, Arts.(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Colloquium: Music, Worship, Arts. Edited by Margo E. Fassler and Bryan Spinks. Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Annual. Vol. 1 (September 2004). Print and online (HTML) formats; includes DVD. Access:...

Critical Studies in Improvisation / Etudes critiques en improvisation (CSI/ECI).(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Critical Studies in Improvisation / Etudes critiques en improvisation (CSI/ECI). Edited by Ajay Heble, Ellen Waterman, and Frederique Arroyas. University of Guelph, Ontario. Semiannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (September 2004). ISSN 1712-0624. Online...

Field Notes: Southern Folklife Collection Newsletter.(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Field Notes: Southern Folklife Collection Newsletter. Edited by Steven Weiss. Southern Folklife Collection (SFC), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Annual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 2004). Print and online (PDF) formats. Access:...

Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa.(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa. Edited by Anri Herbst. South African College of Music, University of Cape Town, in collaboration with the University of Pretoria. Annual. Vol. 1 (2004). In English. ISSN 1812-1004; ISBN 1-919833-98-6 (vol....

Musurgia.(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Musurgia (subtitled Analyse et pratique musicales or Musicales revue trimestrielle d'analyse et de theorie musicale [Music Analysis and Practice, or, Quarterly Journal of Music Analysis and Theory]). Edited by Nicolas Meeus. Published with the...

Newsletter [of the Institute for Canadian Music].(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Newsletter [of the Institute for Canadian Music] (alternate title: ICM Newsletter). Edited by Robin Elliott. Institute for Canadian Music, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Triannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (January 2003). ISSN 1705-1460. Print...

Online Journal of Bass Research (OJBR).(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Online Journal of Bass Research (OJBR). Edited by Joelle Morton. International Society of Bassists (ISB). Semiannual (but annual to date). Vol. 1, no. 1 (July 2003). ISSN 1552-9657. Online (HTML and PDF) format. Access: http://www.ojbr.com/....

Popular Music History.(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Popular Music History. Edited by Robert Strachan. International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM). Semiannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 2004). ISSN 1740-7133, E-ISSN 1743-1646. Print and online (PDF) formats. Subscription: Journals...

Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology.(Periodical Review)
September 1, 2005... Soundscape: The Journal of Acoustic Ecology. Edited by Gary Ferrington, Nigel Frayne, and Hildegard Westerkamp. World Forum for Acoustic Ecology (WFAE). Semiannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 2000). ISSN 1607-3304. Print and online (PDF) formats....

Electronica.(NEW PERIODICALS)
September 1, 2005... Reviews, new titles, and publisher and title changes announced elsewhere in this column include additional comments about electronic access. 19th Century Music, see JSTOR announcement in this section. Asian Music, see Project Muse...

Title, frequency, and publisher changes; Cessations.
September 1, 2005... The quarterly French music theory journal Analyse Musicale (ISSN 0295-3722), published under the auspices of the Societe francaise d'analyse musicale, started with number 1 (November 1985) and suspended publication after number 32 (July 1993),...

Special Journal Issues.
September 1, 2005... Column editor's note: at this writing, special issues are not always readily apparent in journals that are accessed electronically through publisher Web sites. These online resources frequently omit cover and title pages, and do not fully...

Naxos Music Library (Internet music resource).(Product/Service Evaluation)
September 1, 2005... Naxos Music Library (Internet music resource). Naxos Digital Services Ltd. http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com. [Requires: For PC users: Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, or XP with Internet Explorer 6.0, Mozilla 1.7.1, FireFox 1.0, Netscape 7.1, or...

Early American Anthems.(Anthems for Special Occasions)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... Early American Anthems. Edited by Karl Kroeger. (Recent Researches in American Music, 36-37.) Madison, WI: A-R Editions, Inc., c2000. [Pt. 1: Anthems for Public Celebrations. Acknowledgments, p. vii; introd., p. ixxxv; 6 plates (3 p.); score,...

Music received.
September 1, 2005... INTRODUCTION This column presents a comprehensive list of new music publications that have been sent recently by publishers and distributors for possible review in Notes. Self-published music is listed when a source of acquisition is...

Music publishers' catalogs.(Directory)
September 1, 2005... This column lists new and current publishers' catalogs received since the last issue, and aims at comprehensive coverage. Also included are stock order blanks, agents' catalogs, catalogs of books on music, catalogs of single series, substantial...

Music library association administrative structure.(Directory)
September 1, 2005... BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT: Bonna J. Boettcher. Music Library & Sound Recordings Archives, Wm. T. Jerome Library, 3rd floor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0179; 419/372-9929; FAX: 419/372-2499; E-mail:...