A personality test
Just some fun for the day. Find out which dead Russian composer you have an affinity with by taking this quiz.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Archive for September, 2006
Cleveland International Piano Competition Winners
On Friday September 29, 2006 CIM’s Cavani String Quartet will be collaborating with Sergey Kuznetsov, 2nd Prize Winner of the 2005 Cleveland International Piano Competition, in a concert of Brahms and Scriabin. Kuznetsov doesn’t have a CD out yet, but other former CIPC winners do. Have a listen in the library’s audio room!
Roberto Plano, [...]
If only everything were on Google
We all dream of sitting at our laptop watching our favorite DVD and skimming the Internet preparing for our latest paper. But sometimes our favorite search engine just doesn’t find that analysis of Prokofiev’s violin sonata. So we may search RILM Abstract of Music or Music Index to find some articles in “real” journals. Do [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Listen to Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
The post-Romantic Danish composer, Carl Nielsen, was born in 1865, the son of a painter and village musician. He studied at the Copenhagen Conservatory and developed his own personal style of composition, in particular in a series of important symphonies. Nielsen wrote six symphonies; of these the best known are Symphony No. 2, the four [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Music at the movies
Curious about the music behind the movies? Several internet resources may help you locate the musical landscape of a given film. These include:
Internet Movie Database
Classics from the Silver Screen
Classic TV Database
These are tagged on our del.icio.us pages (see right).
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )On tour with the Cleveland Orchestra
While waiting for their return, listen to the repertoire the Cleveland Orchestra is performing this month on their European tour.
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896): Symphony no. 5 in B flat major
Mozarteum Orchester; Ivor Bolton, conductor; CDc 9862
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor; CDc 9478
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): La Mer
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Paavo Järvi, conductor; CDc 10,017
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln; [...]
Orchestra Library 24/7
While CIM’s orchestra library is open from 2 to 4 pm, Monday through Friday, you may request parts 24 hours a day by sending an email to orchlib@cim.edu
Over the summer, our orchestra library received a face lift. Stop by and admire the new compact shelving and sorting areas pictured beow.
Where can I find?
The most popular question of this past week has been “Where can I find…?” Whether it is string quartets, Rubinstein piano studies, or that Danhauser book, the same tools may be used to locate these items in our collection.
The library catalog is a great place to start. You can search by author (i.e. composer, performer) [...]
Back to School: Academic Overtures
Begin the semester by listening to a few overtures. Here’s a list to get you started. All are available for in-house listening in the library.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Egmont Overture
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich; David Zinman, conductor; CDc 10,193
NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini, conductor; CDc 6231
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): Academic festival overture, op. 80
New York [...]
