The Library’s Vinyl Hour in the Galleria was a success. Gisele Schierhorst, Head of the Music Library, and a crew of library student assistants played LPs from the Music Library’s collection from noon until 1 pm. Passersby included students who were…
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Art of the Violin a great success
The Art of the Violin concert held in the Galleria on 4/12/22 was another resounding success. Seated listeners and passersby were treated to works by Sergei Prokofiev, Jessie Montgomery and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The violinists and pianists who performed were…
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Music Library acquires Matthew Barnson scores
The Music Library has recently added a number of works by Music Department faculty member Matthew Barnson to our collections. Professor Barnson teaches composition, electronic music, theory and the history of music after 1945. He composes for orchestras, choirs, string quartets, voices, chamber ensembles,…
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The Art of the Violin At Home
Violin Professor Jennifer Frautschi and her students in the Department of Music have put together the following performances for viewers to enjoy. Professor Frautschi’s students regularly perform live in the Library’s Galleria during the Spring and Fall semesters. Our thanks to her…
The Tolkien Pathfinder
The following post is the final entry in a series by Music Library intern Dan Hunt discussing the musical influences on the works of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien. Since the publication of “The Hobbit” in 1937, the world of Middle-earth…
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J.R.R. Tolkien and the Kalevala
The following post is the sixth entry in a series by Music Library intern Dan Hunt discussing the musical influences on the works of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien. Click here to view the previous post regarding the Jean Sibelius composition…
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Kullervo and Turin: Music and Tragedy in Middle-earth
The following post is the fifth entry in a series by Music Library intern Dan Hunt discussing the musical influences on the works of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien. Click here to view the previous post regarding the musicians who were…
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Beyond the Books
The following post is the fourth entry in a series by Music Library intern Dan Hunt discussing the musical influences on the works of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien. The previous post highlighted the development of “The Road Goes Ever On”…
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The Road Goes Ever On. A Song Cycle: Donald Swann Spotlight
This post is the third part of Music library intern Dan Hunt’s research into J.R.R. Tolkien’s creation of Middle-earth and the music connections that influenced him. You may wish to begin with the first post in this series. Roads go…
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And It Is Sung: The Music of Iceland
The Library’s intern Dan Hunt has been researching the musical influences on the works of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien. This is a supplement to the first blog post in this series. While reading the books pertaining to Middle-earth I came…
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