May 2012
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25 New Recordings Added to National Recording...
usagov:
Donna Summer’s ground breaking all-electronic 1977 hit, the creative wordplay of the Sugarhill Gang, the sounds of Native American culture and the voices of former slaves are among the sound recordings selected for induction into the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress. The Registry annually adds recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically...
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Want to see what we're up to this summer? →
I am writing a blog to answer that question! If you’re interested in library classification, or sound recording classification, the above link is a record of the SLC Music Library’s reclassification project over to the ANSCR system.
To make a long story short(er), we’re switching from organizing our CDs by when we got them to by what genre they are. And we’re trying to do...
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“Ligeti’s deliberately written things that are going to screw with your mind in...”
– Pianist Jeremy Denk on Ligeti, Beethoven and how to play eight fortes (hint: It might involve a bloody corpse). (via nprmusic)
This is a Ligeti appreciation tumblr now
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“Musicians own music because music owns them.”
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Virgil Thomson (pictured with Gertrude Stein)
(Post Nº. 4,000)
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“How to interpret eight fortes? I think maybe I should hurl my whole body at the...”
– Jeremy Denk, on Ligeti’s instructions to play eight fortes in Automne a Varsovie. (via nprfreshair)
You know this is exactly what Ligeti meant.
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Come Sing In A Philip Glass World Premiere — In... →
nprmusic:
Ever dream of participating in a world premiere of music by one of the world’s most widely beloved and celebrated composers? Here’s your big chance.
If you’re around this summer…
“Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the German baritone whose beautiful voice and mastery...”
– Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German Baritone, Dies at 86 - NYTimes.com
This is a sad week. First Donna Summer, now Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
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RIP Donna Summer
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Summer Hours
In less than a week the semester will be over. However, we’ll still be around during the summer! Our summer ours are by appointment only, due to numerous projects and Marshall Field being locked, weekdays 9:30 to 4:30.
You can check out books or sheet music, 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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nprmusic:
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Senior week hours
It’s the last day of classes! But we’ll be open next week so you can continue to listen to some CDs (and return the rest of your items). We’ll be closed this weekend (5/12-5/13), but you can return all music library items to the Main Library bookdrop if need be.
Monday, 5/14, through Thursday, 5/17: Open 9am to 5pm
Friday, 5/18: Closed for graduation!
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Who all is participating in #musicdiary2012?
nprmusic:
Nick Southall is spearheading a cool project this week: “For seven days this spring, from Monday the 7th May to Sunday the 13th May, anyone who wants to take part will keep a diary of everything they listen to, and publish it online somewhere.”
Count me in. I mean, I listen to a ton of music for work, at home, on the way to the grocery store, when I’m singing in the shower (not...
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What's the Score?
nypl:
Our friends at the Bodleian Libraries at Oxford have a new musical crowdsourcing project. You can help them transcribe the Libraries’ music collection (“64 boxes of sheet music, mostly for piano, from the mid-Victorian period, which includes dance music and other pieces designed for home entertainment”). Jolly good!
Click the link to find out...
Now, Here's a Little Story...
nypl:
“I’ve got to tell about three bad brothers, you know so well. It started way back in history, with Adrock, MCA, and me, Mike D.”
- Beastie Boys, from Paul Revere off their debut album Licensed to Ill (available at the Library)
This quote was recited in memory of the already-missed Adam “MCA” Yauch
“Horovitz had the most memorable, with an elastic, screechy whine. Diamond...”
– Oliver Wang, How Adam Yauch Grew Into His Voice (via nprmusic)
“Everything [Marvin Gaye] said on that whole album is still relevant — like spot...”
– Granted access to Marvin Gaye’s raw tracks, some Oakland youths have updated What’s Going On, his protest anthem. (via nprmusic)
nprfreshair:
Today is Pete Seeger’s 93rd...
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