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John Philip Sousa and the Boys, 23 May 1914.
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It’s Commencement day here at Sarah Lawrence, and so many incredibly talented students are graduating today to go on to bigger and better things. The Music Library will sorely miss you, so come back and visit (did you know you can check out books and scores after you graduate with an Alumni card?).
But in the meantime, you should all be super proud of yourselves! Congratulations!
Advice to Young Musicians (via leadingtone)
While this may have too many genres to be useful (is “sexy” really a genre in its own right?), this clickable music genre map is certainly interesting! Hover over a genre and an example band/song will pop up.
Bicentennial Man
While performing arts groups around the world have taken the 2012-13 season to celebrate the music of Richard Wagner, it was on May 22 in 1813 that the man who defined “gesamtkunstwerk” was born. The New York Philharmonic tips its hat to Wagner’s works with A Ring Journey, an “orchestral synthesis” of the composer’s epic Ring Cycle arranged by our very own Alan Gilbert (after Erich Leinsdorf).
Meanwhile, you can sate your appetite for all things Niebelungen thanks to the Philharmonic’s Digital Archives, which houses a number of scores from all four parts of the Ring, many (like the excerpts shown above) marked by Leonard Bernstein.
Ring facts and marked scores from the NY Phil, on Wagner’s birthday!
The semester is over and commencement is nearing! However, we’ll still be around during the summer (and senior week). Our summer hours are by appointment only, due to numerous projects and Marshall Field being locked, weekdays 9:30 to 4:30. We’ll also be closed for Memorial Day and the 4th of July.
You can check out books or sheet music for the summer (if you’re not a graduating senior), but CDs can only be used in the library for the duration of the summer. See you all in the Fall!
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Caravaggio | The Musicians
A memento mori—anonymous French woodcut ca. 1580.
Don’t forget, all SLC Library and Music Library books, scores, CDs, etc are due today by 5pm!
Students (with the exception of our dear graduating seniors) are welcome to check out books and scores for the summer, but you must bring the item in to the library to renew it. CDs and DVDs cannot be checked out for the duration of the summer.
Seniors with library items checked out or overdue fines will not receive a diploma at graduation, so get that fixed ahead of time!
Zac Efron thanks you in advance for returning all the library items you had checked out!
“Pagliacci” (cast)
Wishing they put these in the front of every opera program. Wonderful tumblr, there’s more to this.
A year ago, Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Yauch passed away. Today, the New York Post reports that Brooklyn’s Palmetto Playground is set to be renamed “Adam Yauch Playground.” (via New York Playground Renamed After Beastie Boy Adam Yauch | Under The Radar)
