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News for February 9, 2010

Andy Statman Trio gives a klezmer music performance at Vanderbilt

The Andy Statman Trio will give a Klezmer music performance at Vanderbilt on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. The event, which takes place at the Vanderbilt Divinity School Reading Room, is free and open to the public. The Andy Statman Trio, which includes bassist Jim Whitney and percussionist Larry Eagle, plays regularly at Derech Amuno Synagogue in Greenwich Village in New York City, and tours nationally. Andy Statman is a noted Klezmer clarinetist and bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist. Link to full information about the concert here.

To hear Statman’s music before his performance, check out the following CDs from the Music Library’s Collection:

Jewish Klezmer music CD-MUS 8081
Klezmer! : Jewish music from old world to our world CD MUS-8194
Between heaven and earth: music of the Jewish mystics CD MUS-8199
Songs of our fathers CD MUS-8181
Hot pstromi: with a little horseradish on the side CD MUS-4128
Klezmer music CD MUS-2961

News for February 3, 2010

Library offers a new tool for viewing lists of new acquisitions in the Music Library

Users can now dynamically generate a list of new items that have been purchased and cataloged for the Music Library. Lists can be created by library type (Music) and time period when the materials were added to ACORN (past 24 hours, past 3 days, past week, past 2 weeks or past month). To see all materials in all formats, select “All Call Number Ranges ” (be sure to limit to the Music Library). To view just CDs, select call number range “C”. To view just DVDs, select call number range “DS-DX”. To view print materials (books and scores), select call number range “M”. Let us know what you think about this new feature. To link to the new titles lists, go to http://acorn.library.vanderbilt.edu/newtitles/index.phtml.

News for February 1, 2010

Faculty Tune-Up Session – An ACORN Refresher

Need help finding scores, CDs, DVDs, and books in the library catalog? Drop by the Music Library Seminar Room on Wednesday, February 3, at 12:10 pm for a refresher on ACORN. Sara Manus will cover basic and advanced search strategies, share searching tips and tricks, and offer solutions to common problems with finding music materials in ACORN. A demo of DiscoverLibrary (a new search and discovery tool for the library’s collection of resources) will also be included. If you are unable to attend this session but are interested in learning more about using ACORN, contact Sara Manus to schedule a consultation (sara.manus@vanderbilt.edu; 2-8686).

Find your parts at the Circulation Desk...we've GOT PARTS!!!

REPERTOIRE — Complete sets of original orchestral parts from the great symphonic repertoire – over 600 masterworks from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods – are readily available on individual CD-ROMs by instrument. Each volume includes all the parts for up to 90 works available separately by instrument. These are standard parts used by orchestras around the world for many years. All editions used are in the public domain in the United States.
FORMAT — Sheet music pages are formatted for easy viewing, searching, and printing, transforming any computer (PC or MAC) into a virtual music library. The CDs use the Adobe Acrobat Reader which is included with the CD.
Violin 1 & 2 Bassoon (Contrabassoon)
Viola Horn
Cello Trumpet
Double Bass Low Brass
Flute/Piccolo Timpani/Percussion
Clarinet (all) Harp/Keyboard/Other
Oboe (English Horn)

News for January 22, 2010

Discover the 2010 Grammy nominees

A selected list of nominees from the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards is below. Check Acorn for current availability and more nominees.
Best Chamber Music Performance Emerson String Quartet, Intimate Letters CD MUS-12650
Best Choral Performance Krzysztof Penderecki, Utrenja (Warsaw Phil. Choir and Orchestra, Antoni Wit, cond.) CD MUS-12648
Best Classical Album Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 8; Adagio from Symphony No. 10 (San Francisco Symphony & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas) CD MUS-12657
Best Classical Contemporary Composition George Crumb, American Songbooks II & IV CD MUS-12647
Best Classical Vocal Performance Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Recital at Ravinia CD MUS-12705
Best Contemporary World Music Album Béla Fleck, Throw down your heart: Tales from the acoustic planet, Vol. 3, African sessions CD MUS-12053
Best Instrumental Soloist(s) with Orchestra Béla Bartók, Concertos (Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Berlin Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez, cond.) CD MUS-12691
Best Jazz Instrumental Album Allen Toussaint, The Bright Mississippi CD MUS-12653
Best Opera Recording Dmitry Shostakovich, The Nose (Chorus and Orchestra of The Mariinsky Theatre; Valery Gergiev) CD MUS-12372
Best Small Ensemble Performance Stile Antico, Song of Songs CD MUS-12649

News for January 12, 2010

Do you want to learn how to incorporate OAK into the classroom or studio? Drop by the Music Library for a Tune-Up!


News for January 6, 2009

Blair alumna publishes an article on MS Bologna Q15 in Plainsong and Medieval Music


New LibGuides


Last updated Jan. 10, 2010:
African Music

Last updated Dec. 14, 2009:
World Music


Upcoming events


Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010,
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Faculty Tune-Up Session –
An ACORN Refresher

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