Music

Listening Post Music: New Selections.

Listening Post Music: New Selections.

January 21, 2013

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

Latest listening post selections in Arts include the following new CD arrivals. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD is available on. There are eight jukebox listening posts… Read More ›

Some cool jazz for a hot 2013!

Some cool jazz for a hot 2013!

January 4, 2013

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

No better way to welcome in 2013 than by welcoming the wonderful online Naxos Jazz Library to our growing collection of music streaming services! With over 65,000 tracks from over… Read More ›

A new sheet music collection; worth singing about!

A new sheet music collection; worth singing about!

December 19, 2012

Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

As the year draws to a close I thought it might be a good opportunity to show off a new collection of sheet music that we now have available via… Read More ›

Listening Post Sounds: Angels, Follies, Wiggles & more…

Listening Post Sounds: Angels, Follies, Wiggles & more…

December 6, 2012

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

Some recent CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD is available on. There are eight jukebox listening posts in… Read More ›

Pianos, pianos everywhere……

Pianos, pianos everywhere……

November 30, 2012

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

If you havent yet caught up with the remarkable performance currently happening in our Cowen Gallery then you had better get your skates on before December 6th, when Stop, Repair,… Read More ›

Music, music everywhere…..

Music, music everywhere…..

November 21, 2012

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

November is host to both Australian Music Month and Melbourne Music Week, so I’ve dipped into the Naxos Music Library to see what local treats are on offer: An Australian… Read More ›

Stop, Repair, Prepare: the Dome receives a birthday present

Stop, Repair, Prepare: the Dome receives a birthday present

November 16, 2012

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

To celebrate the centenary of our beautiful Domed Reading Room (aka. the LaTrobe Reading Room), the Library is kickstarting a full year of celebrations in 2013 this month with a… Read More ›

New DVDs: Haydn, the New York Times, the Don & more.

New DVDs: Haydn, the New York Times, the Don & more.

November 12, 2012

Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:

New DVDs arriving into the collection include the following: In Search of Haydn: a film by Phil Grabsky   Michel Legrand and the cinema A classical and film composer are… Read More ›

New books: culture can be popular, popular can be culture……

New books: culture can be popular, popular can be culture……

October 19, 2012

Comic books, Music, New books, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:

 Our hero: Superman on Earth by Tom De Haven Tom De Haven is the author of a very beautiful and surprising novel about Superman/Clark Kent’s early years in Depression-era America,… Read More ›

Some particularly rapid unintelligible patter: celebrating Gilbert and Sullivan

Some particularly rapid unintelligible patter: celebrating Gilbert and Sullivan

October 11, 2012

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

Once guaranteed crowd-pleasers, it seems that the works of Gilbert and Sullivan have lost a bit of traction in recent years with our major opera companies. A shame really as… Read More ›