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 […]
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CLIO affected by systems work, 1/14 – 1/16
Some necessary upgrades to the Libraries’ software are scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 14th through Friday, Jan. 16th. Patrons will be able to check out materials as usual, but there will be some impact on CLIO, and in using any CLIO functions which require login using your UNI. These services will not be available during this […]
Mauricio Kagel, 1931-2008
Avant-garde composer Mauricio Kagel has passed away at age 76. The New York Times has a brief obituary here. There is an interesting selection of Kagel’s work, including audio works and films, up on experimental music and art site ubuweb. […]
New Mozart sketch discovered
A one-page sketch by Mozart for a Mass has been discovered in a library in Nantes, France. More details are available here, from the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, Salzburg (once on the page, click on “English” and then on “News” for the full story). […]
Columbia Libraries launches re-designed Academic Commons
Columbia Libraries has launched Academic Commons, a re-designed version of the earlier Digital Commons. The site “collects, preserves, and makes accessible the scholarship and research of the faculty, staff, and students of Columbia University. The Commons will include articles and monographs, working papers, preprints, technical reports, conference papers, datasets, multimedia creations, and other materials in […]
New Bach organ composition discovered
On the heels of the discovery of an unknown aria in recent years, German scholars have announced the discovery of an unknown organ composition by J.S. Bach, as reported (in German) here, with a report in English here. The work is a chorale fantasy on the chorale “Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält”. […]