Notes back issues from September 2007:
The printed dissemination of the Roman gradual in Italy during the early modern period.(music manuscript)
Sep 01, 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 relationships among printers. (1) My own interest in ...
A survey of the written reception of Carl Nielsen, 1931-2006.
Sep 01, 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 composer or a repertoire has now become a ...
Notes for notes.(Charles M. "Chuck" Herrold Jr's award, and Music Library of Greece's new building)
Sep 01, 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 made significant professional contributions to ...
An Annotated Catalogue of the Music Manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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. $86.00.] Appendices, indexes. The ...
The Violin: A Research and Information Guide.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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 of bibliographies about the literature ...
William Byrd and his Contemporaries: Essays and a Monograph.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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 examples, bibliographic references, index. ...
Music as Philosophy: Adorno and Beethoven's Late Style.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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, bibliography, indexes. Michael ...
Gustav Mahler and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Tour America.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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 rare to find a focused study that serves ...
Janacek: Years of a Life. Volume I (1854-1914): The Lonely Blackbird.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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, indexes, notes, bibliography. In this ...
George Crumb and the Alchemy of Sound: Essays on His Music.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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 examples. This new collection of ...
The Prima Donna and Opera, 1815-1930.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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 Rutherford points out early in her book, this ...
Recognition in Mozart's Operas.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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 suspicion of a celebratory tome hastily put ...
Meyerbeer Studies: A Series of Lectures, Essays, and Articles on the Life and Work of Giacomo Meyerbeer.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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.] Illustrations, index. Meyerbeer Studies ...
The Musical as Drama: A Study of the Principles and Conventions behind Musical Shows from Kern to Sondheim.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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.] Illustrations, bibliography, index. ...
The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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, discography, illustrations. This volume is ...
Staging Tradition: John Lair and Sarah Gertrude Knott.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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 references, index. Staging Tradition tells ...
Music in Jewish History and Culture.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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 examples, tables, appendix, glossary, bibliography, ...
Orchestration: An Anthology of Writings.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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 d'instrumentation et d'orchestration of ...
Audio and Video Equipment Basics for Libraries.(Book review)
Sep 01, 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, index, bibliography, sources for equipment ...
Books recently published.(Bibliography)
Sep 01, 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 50 Cent, and Kris Ex. From ...
Advances in Multimedia.(NEW TITLES)(Book review)
Sep 01, 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. Subscription or inquiries: Hindawi Publishing ...
Jazz Perspectives.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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: http://www.informaworld.com/rjaz. Subscription or inquiries originating ...
Journal of Mathematics and Music.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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: http://www.informaworld.com/JMM. Subscription or inquiries ...
Journal on the Art of Record Production.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)
Sep 01, 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 Zagorski-Thomas (Academic Editor), ...
Journal of the Society for American Music (JSAM).(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)
Sep 01, 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: http://journals.cambridge.org. Subscription or ...
Music and Politics.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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: zhall@music.ucsb.edu. Free. This new ...
South Central Music Bulletin (SCMB).(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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. Inquires: Nico Schuler, SCMB Editor, School of ...
Wax Poetics: Hip-Hop, Jazz, Funk & Soul.(NEW TITLES)(Periodical review)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 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: subscriptions@waxpoetics.com. $38 (U.S.), $50 (Canada), ...
Electronica.(NEW PERIODICALS)
Sep 01, 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 InfoTrac OneFile. Volume 10, number 1 ...
Title, frequency, and publisher changes; cessations.(NEW PERIODICALS)
Sep 01, 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 began in 1950 as a monthly publication; in 1991 ...
Special journal issues.(NEW PERIODICALS)
Sep 01, 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 improvisation. Celebrates the current ...
African American Song.
Sep 01, 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; Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Netscape 8 or higher, ...
Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.
Sep 01, 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 or headphones] One of the ...
Jules Massenet.(Jules Massenet. Le Roi de Lahore; Jean-Philippe Rameau. In convertendo)(Video recording review)
Sep 01, 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, 2006. 33487. $38.97. Jean-Philippe ...
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)
Sep 01, 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 name, unbeknownst to her, appears in the ...
Herbert von Karajan in Rehearsal and Performance.(Video recording review)
Sep 01, 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 Gould described this rehearsal footage ...
William Kanengiser--Classical Guitar and Beyond.(LAGQ Live! )(Video recording review)
Sep 01, 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. William Kanengiser's ...
Itzhak Perlman in the Fiddler's House: A Journey to the Heart of Klezmer.(Video recording review)
Sep 01, 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 and Glenn DuBose. [England]: EMI Classics, ...
Jazz Shots from the West Coast, Vol. 1.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
Sep 01, 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 fashioned a world of its own--own language, ...
Pianists--Defining Chopin.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
Sep 01, 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 Magierski's excellent documentary about the ...
Glenn Gould Hereafter.(Video recording review)
Sep 01, 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 pianism--always brilliant but sometimes ...
Martha Argerich and Friends.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
Sep 01, 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 performances in recent years, any ...
Annea Lockwood.(Annea Lockwood. Ear-Walking Woman)(Video recording review)
Sep 01, 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 showcases Ear-Walking Woman (1996), a ...
New Orleans Piano Players.(Video recording review)
Sep 01, 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 piano players, most of whom are not very ...
Dudley Buck.(Dudley Buck. American Victorian Choral Music)(Book review)
Sep 01, 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, 14.) [Frontispiece (Dudley Buck, n.d.); ...
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)
Sep 01, 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; texts and trans., p. xxxvii-l; score, p. 3-212; ...
Music received.
Sep 01, 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 provided. The primary aim of this column is ...
Music publishers' catalogs.
Sep 01, 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 publishers' catalogs of single composers, and ...
Music Library Association administrative structure.(Organization overview)
Sep 01, 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 J. Boettcher. Sidney Cox Library ...