Sharing a post from Tom McCutchon of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library’s staff, which may be of interest to many: 1962: Connecting Amiri Baraka, Angus MacLise and La Monte Young in Recent Additions https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/rbml/2017/05/12/young1962/ […]
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New and upcoming, for the Fall 2016 semester
The Music & Arts Library & Asian Music Humanities faculty have recently partnered to create an Asian Music Humanities – Class Resources page, on the Music & Arts Library home page. The page currently contains links to a glossary, and to a list of suggested concerts and venues for students. Music faculty Ellie Hisama and […]
Noted composer Milton Babbitt passes away at 94; WKCR offers 24-hour memorial broadcast
Noted American composer Milton Babbitt passed away on Saturday, January 29th. An obituary in the New York Times is available at this link. Beyond his many accomplishments and influence as a composer, which will no doubt be covered elsewhere, Babbitt participated in the birth and the spread of electronic music in the United States and […]
Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library Acquires Chaliapin Family Papers
The Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia has acquired the papers of Fiodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), renowned Russian opera singer, and his son Boris Chaliapin (1904-1979), noted portrait artist and illustrator. Full details available at this link. […]