Notes articles from September 2007

Notes archives from September 2007

The printed dissemination of the Roman gradual in Italy during the early modern period.(music manuscript)
September 1, 2007... In the last few decades, music historians have produced a number of important studies on early modern printing in Europe. Many of these projects have focused on single printing firms, although some also focused, at least in passing, on...

A survey of the written reception of Carl Nielsen, 1931-2006.
September 1, 2007... The word "reception" in the title of this article naturally evokes the more exacting term "reception history." Having been a kind of fashionable discipline within our subject for a few years, the cultivation of a reception-history approach to a...

Notes for notes.(Charles M. "Chuck" Herrold Jr's award, and Music Library of Greece's new building)
September 1, 2007... The executive board of the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) is honored to name Charles M. "Chuck" Herrold Jr. as the seventh recipient of MOUG's Distinguished Service Award. This award has been established to recognize and honor someone who has...

An Annotated Catalogue of the Music Manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... An Annotated Catalogue of the Music Manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. By Richard Charteris (Annotated Reference Tools in Music, No. 6.) Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2005. [xxix, 749 p. ISBN 978-1-57647-115-9....

The Violin: A Research and Information Guide.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... The Violin: A Research and Information Guide. By Mark Katz. (Routledge Music Bibliographies.) New York: Routledge, 2006. [x, 410 p. ISBN 0-8153-3637-3; ISBN-13 978-0-8153-3637-2. $85.] Indexes, references. Surprisingly few examples exist...

William Byrd and his Contemporaries: Essays and a Monograph.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... William Byrd and his Contemporaries: Essays and a Monograph. By Philip Brett; edited by Joseph Kerman and Davitt Moroney. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007. [xiii, 252 p. ISBN-13 978-0-520-24758-1. $39.95.] Illustrations, music...

Music as Philosophy: Adorno and Beethoven's Late Style.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Music as Philosophy: Adorno and Beethoven's Late Style. By Michael Spitzer. (Musical Meaning and Interpretation.) Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 2006. [369 p. ISBN-10 0-253-34724-6; ISBN-13 978-0-253-34724-4. $39.95.] Music examples,...

Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America. By Mary H. Wagner. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2006. [xv, 237 p. ISBN-10 0-8108-5720-0; ISBN-13 978-0-8108-5720-9. $50.] Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. It is...

Janacek: Years of a Life. Volume I (1854-1914): The Lonely Blackbird.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Janacek: Years of a Life. Volume I (1854-1914): The Lonely Blackbird. By John Tyrrell. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 2006. [xxix, 771 p. ISBN-10 0-5711-7538-4; ISBN-13 978-0-5711-7538-3. [pounds sterling]60.] Illustrations, music examples,...

George Crumb and the Alchemy of Sound: Essays on His Music.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... George Crumb and the Alchemy of Sound: Essays on His Music. Edited by Steven Bruns and Ofer Ben-Amots. Colorado Springs, CO: Colorado College Music Press, 2005. [vii, 360 p. ISBN-13 978-093595-207-7. $36.] Illustrations, facsimiles, music...

The Prima Donna and Opera, 1815-1930.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... The Prima Donna and Opera, 1815-1930. By Susan Rutherford. (Cambridge Studies in Opera.) New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. [xii, 381 p. ISBN-10 0-521-85167-X; ISBN-13 978-0-5218-5167-1. $99.] Index, bibliography. As Susan...

Recognition in Mozart's Operas.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Recognition in Mozart's Operas. By Jessica Waldoff. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. [xii, 337 p. ISBN 0-19-515197-6. $45.] Illustrations, references, index. Any book about Mozart published in 2006 may immediately engender the...

Meyerbeer Studies: A Series of Lectures, Essays, and Articles on the Life and Work of Giacomo Meyerbeer.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Meyerbeer Studies: A Series of Lectures, Essays, and Articles on the Life and Work of Giacomo Meyerbeer. By Robert Ignatius Letellier. Madison and Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2005. [238 p. ISBN 0-8386-4063-X. $47.50.]...

The Musical as Drama: A Study of the Principles and Conventions behind Musical Shows from Kern to Sondheim.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... The Musical as Drama: A Study of the Principles and Conventions behind Musical Shows from Kern to Sondheim. By Scott McMillin. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. [xvi, 230 p. ISBN-10 0-691-12740-1; ISBN-13 978-0-691-12730-9. $24.95.]...

The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music. By James E. Perone. (The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection.) Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006. [xiii, 187 p. ISBN 0-275-98723-X; ISBN-13 978-0-275-98723-7. $39.95.] Index, bibliography,...

Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott. By Michael Ann Williams. (Music in American Life.) Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006. [xiv, 221 p. ISBN-10 0-252-03102-4; ISBN-13: 978-0-252-03102-1. $60.] Bibliographic...

Music in Jewish History and Culture.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Music in Jewish History and Culture. By Emanuel Rubin and John H. Baron. (Detroit Monographs in Musicology/Studies in Music.) Sterling Heights, MI: Harmonie Park Press, 2006. [xxvi, 403 p. ISBN 0-89990-133-6. $70.] Illustrations, music...

Orchestration: An Anthology of Writings.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Orchestration: An Anthology of Writings. Edited by Paul Mathews. New York: Routledge, 2006. [230 p. ISBN 10: 0-415-97683-9. $35.00.] Bibliography, index, music examples. In his preface, Paul Mathews declares Hector Berlioz's Grand traite...

Audio and Video Equipment Basics for Libraries.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Audio and Video Equipment Basics for Libraries. By Jim Farrington. (Music Library Association Basic Manual Series, No. 5.) Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2006. [viii, 144 p. ISBN 0-8108-5716-2; ISBN-13 978-0-8108-5716-2. $45.] Illustrations,...

Books recently published.(Bibliography)
September 1, 2007... 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 ...

Advances in Multimedia.(NEW TITLES)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Advances in Multimedia. Edited by Dapeng Oliver Wu. Hindawi Publishing Corporation. Article-by-article. Vol. 1 (2007). ISSN 1687-5680 (print); ISSN 1687-5699 (online). Print and online (PDF) format. Access: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/am....

Jazz Perspectives.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Jazz Perspectives. Edited by John Howland and Lewis Porter. Routledge Journals. Semiannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (April 2007). ISSN 1749-4060 (print); ISSN 1749-4079 (online). Print and online (PDF and HTML) format. Access:...

Journal of Mathematics and Music.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Journal of Mathematics and Music. Edited by Thomas Noll and Robert Peck. Taylor and Francis. Triannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (March 2007). ISSN 1745-9737 (print); ISSN 1745-9745 (online). Print and online (PDF and HTML) format. Access:...

Journal on the Art of Record Production.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)
September 1, 2007... Journal on the Art of Record Production. Edited by Katia Isakoff and Simon Zagorski-Thomas. Art of Record Production. Semiannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (February 2007). Online format (PDF). Access: http://www.artofrecordproduction.com. Inquiries: Simon...

Journal of the Society for American Music (JSAM).(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)
September 1, 2007... Journal of the Society for American Music (JSAM). Edited by Ellie M. Hisama. Cambridge University Press. Quarterly. Vol. 1, no. 1 (February 2007). ISSN 1752-1963 (print); ISSN 1752-1971 (online). Print and online (PDF and HTML) format. Access:...

Music and Politics.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Music and Politics. Edited by Patricia Hall. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Semiannual. Vol. 1 (2007). Online format (PDF and HTML). Access: http://www.music.ucsb.edu/projects/musicandpolitics/index.html. Inquiries:...

South Central Music Bulletin (SCMB).(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... South Central Music Bulletin (SCMB). Edited by Nico Schuler. College Music Society South Central Chapter (CMS South Central). Semiannual. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Fall 2002). ISSN 1545-2271. Online format (PDF). Access: http://www.txstate.edu/scmb....

Wax Poetics: Hip-Hop, Jazz, Funk & Soul.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Wax Poetics: Hip-Hop, Jazz, Funk & Soul. Edited by Andre Torres. Wax Poetics. Quarterly. No. 1 (Winter 2002). ISSN 1537-8241. Print format. Subscription or inquires: Wax Poetics, 45 Main Street, Suite 311, Brooklyn, NY 11201. E-mail:...

Electronica.(NEW PERIODICALS)
September 1, 2007... Reviews, new titles, and publisher and title changes announced elsewhere in this column include additional comments about electronic access. Volumes 1-9 (1992-2002) of Beethoven Search Premier and Gale Group's Expanded Academic ASAP and...

Title, frequency, and publisher changes; cessations.(NEW PERIODICALS)
September 1, 2007... Church Musician Today (ISSN 1550-5294), published by the Southern Baptist Convention, has ceased with volume 5, number 6 (2002). The journal began with volume 1, number 1 in September 1997, replacing the Church Musician (ISSN 0009-6466) which...

Special journal issues.(NEW PERIODICALS)
September 1, 2007... Coda. Issue 329 (September/October 2006): Jazz in Canada: The State of the Nation. Compares the jazz scenes of Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Contemporary Music Review. Vol. 25, no. 5-6 (October-December 2006): special focus on...

African American Song.
September 1, 2007... African American Song. Published by Alexander Street Press. http://aamu.classical.com (accessed November 2006-March 2007). [Requires an audio-enabled computer with an Internet connection. Microsoft Windows users need Windows 98 or later;...

Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.
September 1, 2007... Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project. University of California, Santa Barbara. http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu (accessed January-February 2007). [Requires an Internet connection; Web browser; Apple QuickTime for streaming; speakers...

Jules Massenet.(Jules Massenet. Le Roi de Lahore; Jean-Philippe Rameau. In convertendo)(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... Jules Massenet. Le Roi de Lahore. DVD. Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro La Fenice di Venezia/Marcello Viotti. With Ana Maria Sanchez, Giuseppe Gipali, Vladimir Stoyanov, Riccardo Zanellato. Directed by Tiziana Mancini. Genova, Italy: Dynamic,...

P.D.Q. Bach/Peter Schickele.(P.D.Q. Bach/Peter Schickele. P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem)(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... P.D.Q. Bach/Peter Schickele. P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem. DVD. Directed by Alan Foster. With Peter Schickele, OrchestraX, Peter Jacoby. Silver Spring, MD: Acorn Media, 2006. AMP-8 849. $19.99. Caveat lector: This reviewer's...

Herbert von Karajan in Rehearsal and Performance.(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... Herbert von Karajan in Rehearsal and Performance. DVD. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. [Germany]: EuroArts, 2006, 1965. 2072118. $24.99. This is one of a thirteen-part series, Die Kunst der Dirigierens (The Art of the Conductor). Glenn...

William Kanengiser--Classical Guitar and Beyond.(LAGQ Live! )(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... William Kanengiser--Classical Guitar and Beyond. DVD. Directed by Bill Bay. Pacific, MO: Mel Bay Publications, 2006. 21487DVD. $24.95. LAGQ Live! DVD. Directed by Doug Witherspoon. Pacific, MO: Mel Bay Publications, 2005. 21047DVD. $29.95....

Itzhak Perlman in the Fiddler's House: A Journey to the Heart of Klezmer.(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... Itzhak Perlman in the Fiddler's House: A Journey to the Heart of Klezmer. DVD. With Red Buttons, Fyvush Finkel, Samuel Sanders, Leopold Kozlowski, Brave Old World, Kapelye, The Klezmatics, The Klezmer Conservatory Band. Directed by Don Lenzer...

Jazz Shots from the West Coast, Vol. 1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... Jazz Shots from the West Coast, Vol. 1. DVD. [Andorra]: EFOR Films, 2006. 2869055NT. $19.95. Jazz, America's unique art form, needs the appropriate atmosphere for performance, some might claim even for listening. Like hip-hop, it has...

Pianists--Defining Chopin.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... Pianists--Defining Chopin. DVD. Antoni Wit / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Directed by Tomasz Magierski. Featuring Sean Kennard, Rachel Kudo, Esther Park, Mei-Ting Sun. [New York]: Smoking Mirror Productions, 2006. $240.00. Tomasz...

Glenn Gould Hereafter.(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... Glenn Gould Hereafter. DVD. A Film by Bruno Monsaingeon. [New York]: Ideale Audience International, 2006. DVD9DM20. $24.99. When Glenn Gould died in 1982 at the age of fifty, he clearly had reached a new level of mastery in his career. His...

Martha Argerich and Friends.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... Martha Argerich and Friends. DVD. With Nicolas Economou, piano; Mischa Maisky, cello; Nelson Freire, piano. [U.S.]: Pioneer Classics, 2000, [p1982]. PC-10356. $29.98. Because the legendarily reclusive Martha Argerich has given fewer public...

Annea Lockwood.(Annea Lockwood. Ear-Walking Woman)(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... Annea Lockwood. Ear-Walking Woman. DVD. Performed by Lois Svard. [n.p.]: Innovera Studios, 2005. IS 021. $16.49. Pianist Lois Svard has devoted her career to the performance of contemporary and avant-garde music. Her most recent recording...

New Orleans Piano Players.(Video recording review)
September 1, 2007... New Orleans Piano Players. DVD. [n.p.]: American Music, 2006; distrb., City Hall Records (San Rafael, CA). AMVD-3. $39.98. New Orleans Piano Players makes no promises or claims aside from its title. It is solely about a handful of local...

Dudley Buck.(Dudley Buck. American Victorian Choral Music)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Dudley Buck. American Victorian Choral Music. Edited by N. Lee Orr. Middleton, WI: Published for the American Musicological Society by A-R Editions, Inc., c2005. (Recent Researches in American Music, 53.) (Music of the United States of America,...

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre.(Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre. Sacred Vocal Works; Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre. Three Sacred Cantatas: Esther, Susanne, Judith; Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre. Secular Vocal Works)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre. Sacred Vocal Works. Edited by Mary Cyr. New York: The Broude Trust, 2005. (The Collected Works, 3.) [Acknowledgments, p. vii; contents, p. ix; introd., p. xiii-xxxi; editorial policies, p. xxxiii-xxxvi;...

Music received.
September 1, 2007... 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.
September 1, 2007... 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.(Organization overview)
September 1, 2007... BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT: Philip R. Vandermeer. Music Library, CB#3906, Wilson Library, 301 South Road, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514; 919-966-1113; FAX: 919-843-0418; vanderme@email.unc.edu (2006-7). PAST PRESIDENT: Bonna...