In 2007, Oxford University Press purchased Grove Music Online and the entire family of Grove dictionaries.  Oxford University Press has recently released a complete redesign of Grove Music Online and renamed the product, Oxford Music Online. While the Robinson Music Library will officially unveil this product in July, 2008, we would like to offer a preview for our avid blog readers.    As we will be redesigning the library’s website in the summer of 2008, we will integrate links to Oxford Music Online in our new site.  However, both versions of this resource are currently online.

Here are the respective URLs:

• Grove Music Online (online through June 30, 2008):  http://www.grovemusic.com
• Oxford Music Online (online from  March 2008-): http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com

Oxford Music Online expands the content of Grove Music Online to include the latest  editions of the Oxford Dictionary of Music and the Oxford Companion to Music.  Grove Music Online encompassed articles from the New Grove Dictionaries of Music & Musicians, Opera & Jazz.   Oxford University Press has decided to consolidate the articles found in these three dictionaries under one main article. Only these main articles will be updated and revised by the editorial staff.  Future plans will expand Oxford Music Online to include content from former  Grove dictionaries, such as the New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments and the New Grove Dictionary of American Music which currently are only in print form.

A new feature of Oxford Music Online includes links to external sources.

“As part of the redevelopment, we have also established partnerships with Classical Music Library, Digital Recordings in American Music (DRAM), and RILM abstracts in music literature.  Links to each of these sites is available from relevant articles for subscribers to those sites.”

Future posts will highlight  new features of Oxford Music Online.  Your feedback is always welcome.  Just email cimlibrary@gmail.com.

In the current, May/June 2008, issue of Choir & Organ, Matthew Power introduces a new resource on music manuscripts located in British and Irish Libraries. RISM United Kingdom & Ireland serves as an open guide to the music manuscript holdings of libraries in the British Isles & Ireland. A collaborative effort, this manuscript database has been six years in the making. Mr. Power provides a description of the database and interviews Sr. Sandra Tuppen, who headed the team of catalogers.

The URL is: http://www.rism.org.uk

An image gallery of select manuscripts is available from the site as well. The database is searchable by keyword, manuscripts, people, institutions, titles, and subject and by library.

The Robinson Music Library Media Center houses a large collection of CIM
performances consisting mostly of faculty recitals, CIM orchestra
concerts and other small ensemble concerts, including performances of
CIM operas and scenes programs. This collection exists in a variety of
formats, including reel to reel tape, cassette tape, and CD. This is an
in-house use only collection that can be streamed to any of the 24
listening carrels or group rooms. Access to this collection is through
the Audio Card Catalog, located by the staircase in the Media Center.
Additionally, a list of recent CIM performances may be browsed in a
binder at the Media Desk.

Denise Smith Green
Media Librarian

In recognition of the upcoming 15th annual Darius Milhaud Prize competition on March 29th at CIM, the Robinson Music Library would like to highlight new additions of the composer’s music to the library’s media collection.

CDc 11,309

CDc 11,307

CDc 11,292

CDc 11,288

New CDs featuring the music of Darius Milhaud

Would you like to be able to compare 8 different professional performances of recital pieces that you are studying? Do you wish you could find all of those recordings in one location? Look no further than the Robinson Library Media Center at CIM. Located downstairs, just off the Robinson Music Library entrance, the Media Center houses over 12,000 CDs, hundreds of DVDs, and an extensive collection of LPs of historic performances that have not been re-issued on CD. The collection also contains laser discs, video tapes, cassette tapes and reel to reel tapes, many which contain CIM performances of CIM faculty and students.

Though Compact Discs and DVDs are often the media of choice, Media Center assistants can stream any of our media collection digitally to any of 24 individual listening carrels and 2 group rooms. Additionally, online subscription resources such as Classical Music Library, Naxos Music Library, and DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) can be accessed in the Media Center at any of the 6 PCs that also function as listening carrels. Please make a point to stop in and let us know how we can help you find what you are looking for.

-Denise Green, Media Librarian

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

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:

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.

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.