Technology re-animates performance. Or, re-performance?

There’s a fascinating story on WNYC’s Soundcheck blog today, which details a process used by the company Zenph, which uses actual audio recordings of keyboard music to re-create live performances, on a computer-driven Disklavier. Their claim is that the process is accurate enough to capture all of the details of an original piano performance. Of […]

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New E-Resources added

Three new e-resources of interest have been added to the Libraries’ collections. Please have a look! Questions or feedback? Please contact us at music@libraries.cul.columbia.edu ======================================================================= Classical Music Reference Library https://resolver.library.columbia.edu/clio6697428 The Classical music reference library brings together reference materials, spanning the entire history of Western classical music. Included are the reference titles Baker’s dictionary of […]

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Mister Softee’s siren song

This country is facing a time for big decisions. Wherever you may fall on the Mister Softee jingle controversy (soothing and nostalgic, or nervewracking?), it’s important to have the facts to make an informed decision. Check out the official sheet music, with *lyrics*, to get up to speed on the issues: http://www.mistersoftee.com/music.html […]

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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 […]

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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”. […]

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