The Music & Arts Library is currently presenting Early Music Treatises, an exhibition of 16 volumes from the Library’s Cased collection. It features Italian, German, and English treatises published from 1573 to 1843. Among its offerings, it includes the earliest published book in the Library’s collection, Gioseffo Zarlino’s Le institvtioni harmoniche, published in Venice in 1573 (pictured […]
Category: Exhibitions
Exhibition & Opening: FAB-Musiconis Project, Friday, April 14, 6-8pm
The Music & Arts Library is please to host an exhibition of work by participants in the FAB-Musiconis project (French-American Bridge for Medieval Musical Iconography), led by Prof. Susan Boynton of the Music Dept. faculty, and Frédéric Billiet (Paris-Sorbonne), and involving the exchange of students from Columbia and the Sorbonne. An opening reception for the […]
“Women, Music, Power: A Celebration of Suzanne G. Cusick’s Work”
This Spring, the Music & Arts Library has been pleased to host an exhibition curated by graduate students Jane Forner and Velia Ivanova, designed around the very successful Dec. 2015 symposium “Women, Music, Power: A Celebration of Suzanne G. Cusick’s Work” (http://www.womenmusicpower.com/), organized by Music Dept. professor Ellie Hisama, and co-sponsored by several diverse departments, […]
New Sound Arts MFA students exhibit their work
The first two students in the newly-established Sound Arts MFA program, Carla Cisno and Nolan Lem, presented their work in the First Year Show, at Prentis Hall, from May 4-12, 2014. The works presented were What is all (2014) by Cisno, and Dice Roll (2014) by Lem. Video […]
Exhibition: Rudolf Kurz Recordings Collection
An exhibition in the Gabe M. Wiener Music & Arts Library highlights recordings from the private collection of Rudolf Kurz, which have been given to Columbia University and the Center for Jazz Studies. Comprising 36 recordings drawn from the 16,000 held in the collection, the show presents a selection of various types of discs, including […]
India Music Week exhibition
In conjunction with India Music Week, the Music & Arts Library has mounted an exhibition of materials from our collections representing the music of India, including books and recordings in several formats, and covering musical styles from the ancient art music traditions through Bollywood film music. As is the case in several other areas […]
On Exhibit: 2011 winners of the Paul Revere Award (music publishing)
Currently on exhibition in the main display case of the Music & Arts Library, 701 Dodge: the winners of the 2011 Paul Revere Award, given by the Music Publishers Association to “… outstanding examples of graphic design”. Categories include note-setting for chamber music, keyboard music, cover design (the Corigliano score in this post was an […]