Music

New books: from rocking the nation to charting the world

New books: from rocking the nation to charting the world

April 11, 2014

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

 Rock country : the sounds, bands, fans, fun & other stuff that happened: edited by Christian Ryan “Sex lessons from Bon Scott. Scary encounter with Chrissy Amphlett. On the trail… Read More ›

From American Indian to Afro-Pop.

From American Indian to Afro-Pop.

April 7, 2014

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

Two music databases published by Alexander Street Press that you can explore are American Song and Contemporary World Music. American Song is described as a history database that allows people to hear… Read More ›

New Listening:  Chain, Cosmic Country & more

New Listening: Chain, Cosmic Country & more

January 30, 2014

Music, Musicals, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:

Some recent CD arrivals feature on the Listening Posts in Arts.  They include releases in opera, classical, country,  pop, rock, blues and musical theatre. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD… Read More ›

Vale Claudio Abbado

Vale Claudio Abbado

January 24, 2014

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

Claudio Abbado, one of the very greatest conductors of the modern era, sadly passed away this week after a long battle with illness. A true gentleman of the podium, he… Read More ›

Shall we dance?

Shall we dance?

January 10, 2014

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

Guest blogger extraordinaire, Jane, is inspired by some of the treasures in our sheet-music collection…… I am currently helping out with the sheet-music spreadsheet-cataloguing project (try saying that quickly!) in… Read More ›

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year

December 24, 2013

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

A few presents for Christmas…… Magnificat by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Son of the great Johann Sebastian, and a very fine composer in his own right, C.P.E.Bach wrote this wonderful… Read More ›

Christmas music listening in Arts.

Christmas music listening in Arts.

December 13, 2013

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

With Christmas fast approaching the Listening Posts in Arts are alive with festive sounds including new releases and old favourites.  The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD is available on. There are eight… Read More ›

New books: raising hell, and all that jazz!

New books: raising hell, and all that jazz!

December 6, 2013

Comic books, Film, Music, New books, Rare Books & Arts:

  Jazz covers: Joaquim Paulo, edited by Julius Wiedemann   Taschen certainly know a thing or two about producing visually exuberant books, and when the subject matter is jazz album-cover… Read More ›

Joyeux anniversaire, Charles Valentin Alkan!

Joyeux anniversaire, Charles Valentin Alkan!

November 29, 2013

Music, Rare Books & Arts:

This has been a big year for musical birthdays, with Wagner and Verdi celebrating their 200th and Benjamin Britten clocking up his 100th, but as these noisy gentlemen hog the… Read More ›

Baroque and beyond: streaming now!

Baroque and beyond: streaming now!

November 13, 2013

Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:

More wonders from our online Naxos video and music libraries  John Eliot Gardiner in Rehearsal: J.S.Bach, “Christen, atzet diesen Tag”, BWV 63 Arthaus/Naxos It’s almost hard to imagine a time… Read More ›