I have always (unfashionably) had a bit of a soft spot for art of the Victorian era, generally dismissed as kitsch, garish, old-fashioned, etc., etc., etc.; I know all of… Read More ›
The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra is currently showing off its vast and extraordinary collection of Ballets Russes costumes; you have to hurry though, it closes in March. While… Read More ›
Sound Beam is a regular program highlighting recorded music from the Arts audio-visual collection. It is accessible through headphones at selected workstations in the Arts Reading Room. To continue our… Read More ›
A few new arrivals in the music collection; something old, something new, something revived…… Seussical: original off-Broadway cast, music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens A musical based on the… Read More ›
I know that you can’t (or shouldn’t) judge a book by its cover and maybe the same can be said about the title as well, but some things just demand your attention!… Read More ›
Online access to well over 49,000 classical recordings, and counting! Over 716,000 individual tracks of music, and counting! Over 300 different record labels available, and counting! That’s what you… Read More ›
A new year, and a shelf of new books! Sole mates : cowboy boots and art by Joseph Traugott The cowboy boot seen as an American icon, a subject for… Read More ›
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Sound Beam is a regular program highlighting recorded music from the Arts audio-visual collection. It is accessible through headphones at selected workstations in the Arts Reading Room. The current program… Read More ›
The wind in the ash-tree sounds like surf on the shore at Truro. I will shut my eyes… Edna Saint Vincent Millay: Memory of Cape Cod (The harp weaver, and other… Read More ›
Looking forward to resuming our blogging activities in January!
