Shopping for Arias

Preparing for an upcoming audition? Trying to find a new aria for your voice type? Looking for 19th German Romantic Arias for a lyric voice? Or do you need to explore the repertoire for a student in your studio? Take a look at Mark Ross Clark’s Guide to the Aria Repertoire. According to Clark “the purpose of this book is to assist singers in identifying, choosing, and understanding arias for study and performance.”

The Guide lists over 400 arias by voice type. Each entry provides the basic information about the aria (range, composer, librettist, duration, range and tessitura). However, Clark goes beyond the basics and provides details about the dramatic context of the aria, vocal demands and for selected arias includes insights from noted experts and translations. He provides a variety of indexes, enabling the reader to locate arias by title, opera, language and historical period.

You can find this book in the Robinson Music Library’s Reference collection at Ref. ML 128.Op2 C548g

New DVDs

From operas by Handel, Strauss, Fortner and Donizetti to performances by the Vedehr Trio, Lotte Lenya and Bernard Greenhouse, the most recent additions to our DVD collection provide much to explore.

DVDc 332 Donizetti Don Pasquale		DVDc 334 The Art of Pierre Fournier		DVDc 335 Theater Music of Brecht and Weill		DVDc 336 Khachaturian Spartacus

Other new additions:

DVDc 337	Nielson. Maskarade [Bregenzer Festspiele and Capriccio)
DVDc 338	Bernard Greenhouse at Wigmore Hall
DVDc 339	Takács play Bartók from Hatchlands Park
DVDc 340	Dun. Tea: Mirror of Soul
DVDc 341	The Making of the Ring a Documentary. A film about Patrice Chéreau’s controversial centenary production at Bayreuth 1976-1980.
DVDc 342	Lehar. Das Land des Lächelns
DVDc 343	Roots: Béla Bartók 1881-1945, a documentary film
DVDc 344	Vedehr Trio. Concerts, composers, & conversations: Robert Mann, David Diamond.
DVDc 345	Verdehr Trio. Works by Gian Carlo Menotti, Libby Larsen, and Joan Tower.
DVDc 346	Strauss. Der Rosenkavalier
DVDc 347	Francis Poulenc & friends
DVDc 348	Fortner. Bluthochzeit
DVDc 349	Stravinsky. Pulcinella (ballet)
DVDc 350	Strauss. Elektra
DVDc 351	Handel. Xerxe

It’s a beautiful day in the library

The Magic Flute in the Library

Ready for a night at the Opera? From February 27nd through March 1st, the CIM Opera will present The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) by Mozart.

Want to explore this opera in depth? Check out the following resources held by the Robinson Music Library:

Read the Plot Summary at Grove Music Online

Libretto

Zauberflote. Libretto. English & German. New York : Universe Books, 1971. CIM Stacks ML50.M877z B972.

Recordings

DVDc 323 – Recorded July 29-Aug. 4, 2006, Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg. Performers: Christian Gerhaher (Papageno) ; Genia Kühmeier (Pamina) ; Paul Groves (Tamino) ; Diana Damrau (Queen of the Night) ; Rene Pape (Sarastro) ; Irena Bespalovaite (Papagena) ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Riccardo Muti, conductor.

DVDc 85 – Recorded in performance Aug. 21, 1982, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg. Performers: Ileana Cotrubas (Pamina) ; Peter Schreier (Tamino) ; Martti Talvela (Sarastro) ; Christian Boesch (Papageno) ; Edita Gruberova (Königen der Nacht) ; Gudrun Sieber (Papagena) ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; James Levine, conductor.

Books

Eckelmeyer, Judith A.. The Cultural Context of Mozart’s Magic Flute: Social, Aesthetic, Philosophical. Lewiston, N.Y., USA : E. Mellen Press, c1991. CIM Reserve ML410.M877Ec53c.

Gammond, Peter. The Magic Flute: a Guide to the Opera. London: Barrie & Jenkins, c1979. CIM Stacks ML410.M877G147m.

Till, Nicholas. Mozart and the Enlightenment: Truth, Virtue and Beauty in Mozart’s Operas. New York : W.W. Norton, 1993. CIM Stacks ML410.M877 T46m.

Black Grooves & liner notes

The Robinson Music Library has added Liner Notes, the newsletter of the Archives of African American Music & Culture to it’s shelves. Published monthly, the newsletter introduces the reader to the collections & activities of the AAAMC, based at Indiana University. The AAAMC is a “repository of materials covering a range of African American musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era….collections highlight popular, religious, and classical music, with genres ranging from blues and gospel to R&B and contemporary hip hop. The AAAMC also houses extensive materials related to the documentation of black radio.”

The Archives of African American Music & Culture also publishes, Black Grooves, a monthly collection articles and reviews of resources covering a variety of genres including rap, R&B, jazz, blues, gospel and world music. The February 2008 issue of Liner Notes includes of index of all the recording reviews published in Black Grooves since its inception.

Career resources at the Robinson Music Library

Looking for audition opportunities, competition notices, festival information, or job opportunities in your field of study?

The Robinson Music Library has a variety of career resources to assist you.

• Career Resource Guide – Lists a variety of print resource regarding careers in music held by the Robinson Music Library. The resources cover a variety of topics including auditions, careers in music, job-specific resources, resume preparation and the business of music.
• All currently enrolled CIM student and faculty members have access to BRIDGE, the online job bulletin of the New England Conservatory. BRIDGE provides access to a variety of career opportunities for the performing musician, including information about festivals, auditions, competitions and job notices. Bonnie Eggers, reference librarian can provide you with the login/password to this resource.
• Explore the journals & magazines related to your area of study. The library maintains a subscription to a variety of such publications. For example:
  • The International Musician (International Federation of Musicians) provides auditions notices for orchestral openings.
  • The February 2008 issue of Percussive Notes features an article by James A. Strain titled “So you want to teach at the university level? A survey of advertisements for college and university teaching positions.”

The Robinson Music Library actively collects career-related resources. Some recent acquisitions include:

• Great Jobs for Music Majors by Jan Goldberg (McGraw Hill, 2004). ML 3795.G564g 2005
• Beyond Talent by Angela Myles Beeching (Oxford, 2005). ML 3795.Be391b
• Beyond the Baton: what every conductor needs to know by Diane Whittry (Oxford 2007). ML 3795.W787b

Explore these resources during your tenure at CIM. Questions? Please contact Bonnie Eggers.

Marketing library services

Perhaps as a faculty member you have assigned a presentation or paper to your class this semester. Are your students familiar with Grove Music Online, RILM Abstracts of Music, JSTOR and the variety of print resources that relate to their topics? Reference librarian, Bonnie Eggers, is available to overview such resources and demonstrate effective search techniques in the classroom or library. Contact her at x251 or via email (bonnie.eggers-AT-case.edu) to set up a library instruction session for your class.