AU sheet music holdings now a part of the Sheet Music Consortium

The Sheet Music Consortium consolidates the sheet music collections of many institutions, allows searching across all collections or within a particular collection, and links to digitized copies for easy access online. And now it includes listings of the sheet music housed here at the Music Library.

To access the collection, you can either choose browse from the list of repositories, or you can search within our collection by choosing ‘Advanced Search Options’ from the SMC home page, then ‘Narrow by Collection,’ and check off American University.

Watch free music movies on SnagFilms

Website, SnagFilms, which allows you to stream documentaries for free, has recently added dozens of music documentaries. The streams are high-quality, and their slick interface is easy to navigate.

Their offerings run the gamut from acknowledged classics like Buena Vista Social Club and Heavy Metal Parking Lot, to archival television footage of Miles Davis Frank Sinatra, and Leonard Bernstein, to concert films like Toots and the Maytals – Live at Santa Monica Pier, and straight documentaries like loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies, Captain Beefheart – Under Review, and Ballou (about SE D.C.’s Ballou High School Marching Band).

 

The CDs You’ve Waited for are Finally Here!

Israeli Music

28 Most Famous Israeli Folk Songs, (CD 9343)

“Kulam Sharim Naomi Shemer” (Everybody Sings Naomi Shemer), (CD 9346)

Anne La Berge– Speak, (CD 9342)

Newton, James– Sacred Works, (CD 9339)

Liang, Lei– Milou, (CD 9340)

Hirsch, Louis A.– Midnight Frolic: The Broadway Theater Music of Louis A. Hirsch– The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, (CD 9338)

Sondheim, Stephen– Company– Raul Esparaza, (CD 9345)

Bach, Johann Sebastian– The Leipzig Chorales, (CD 9344)

Restless, Endless, Tactlass: Johanna Beyer and the Birth of American Percussion Music– Meehan/Perkins Duo,  Baylor Percussion Group, (CD 9341)

Johnston, Ben– String Quartets Nos. 1, 5, & 10– Kepler Quartet, (CD 9337)

Gringy, Bach, Mozart– Jean Jaquenod (Organ), (CD 9347)

Wondering what you should do next?…Come to the Music Library and Check Out These New Scores!

Webber, Andrew Lloyd– Song & Dance, (M 1508. L55 S66 1985)

Wagner, Richard– The Ring of the Nibelung, First Part: The Rhinegold, (M 1503. W14 R52 1990)

Puccini, Giacomo– Il Tabarro, (M 1503. P977 T32 2006)

Puccini, Giacomo– Edgar, (M 1053. P977 E3 2010)

The Kander & Ebb Collection, (M 1507. K26 K3 2004)

That’s right…more new CDs at the library!

Bernstein, Leonard:

The encore Collection: An A-Z Treasury of Concert Favorites, Vol. 1– New York Philharmonic, (CD 9317)

The encore Collection: An A-Z Treasury of Concert Favorites, Vol. 2– New York Philharmonic, (CD 9318)

The encore Collection: An A-Z Treasury of Concert Favorites, Vol. 3– New York Philharmonic, (CD 9319)

Schmidt, Franz:

Symphony No. 1 in E major– Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, (CD 9308)

Symphony No. 4– Radio Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, (CD 9311)

Sibelius, Jean– Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5– Mariss Jansons, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, (CD 9298)

Fort Reno Park concert schedule announced

The long-running Fort Reno Park summer concert series picks up again Monday, June 27th, with Beasts of No Nation, Railsplitter, and Valley Tours. Shows are free, and occur twice a week all summer long. So it’s a great option if you’re on-campus or in Tenley this summer and want to hear some live, local music. Past summers have included such performers as Fugazi, the Dismemberment Plan, Q and Not U, and Ted Leo. Catch this year’s acts before they’re indie-famous.

Fort Reno Park is right across from the Wilson School at Fort Drive, two blocks north of the Tenleytown Metro station (get off the shuttle at Brandywine). All shows begin at 7:15pm and end by 9:00pm.

The schedule is as follows:

• Monday, June 27th

  Beasts of No Nation, Railsplitter, Valley Tours

• Thursday, June 30th

  Oh So Peligroso, Hundred Acre Wood, Elephant Pistol

• Monday, July 4th – NO SHOW – Happy Fireworks Day

• Thursday, July 7th

  The Blackberry Belles, Cane & The Sticks, Wild Fruit

• Monday, July 11th

  Title Tracks, America Hearts, Cat Jack

• Thursday, July 14th

  The Cornel West Theory, Sound Limit, Guilty

• Monday, July 18th

  The NRI’s, The Gift, The Union of Sgt. Teddy

• Thursday, July 21st

  SPRCSS, The Ambulars, Fell Types

• Monday, July 25th

  Office of Future Plans, The Akoma Drummers

• Thursday, July 28th

  The OK Corral, Foul Swoops, The Burnside Shattered

• Monday, August 1st – TBA

• Thursday, August 4th – TBA

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DVD

The Mikado (Music Library DVD 184)

CDs

• Brahms – Symphony No. 1, Haydn Variations (Philidelphia Orchestra, Muti) (CD 9294)
• Schumann – Symphony No. 1 [Spring] & No. 4 (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Zinman) (CD 9295)
• Schumann – Symphonies 1 & 2, Julius Caesar (Wiener Philharmoniker, Solti) (CD 9293)
• Bruckner – Symphony No. 5 (Wiener Philharmoniker, Abbado) (CD 9275)
• Dvorak – Symphony No. 8, The Noon Witch (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Harnoncourt) (CD 9274)
• Sibelius - Symphonies No. 2 & 6 (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Maazel) (CD 9273)
• Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique ( London Symphony Orchestra, Davis) (CD 9272)
• Mussorgsky – Pictures; Prokofiev - Symphonie Classique (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Masur) (CD 9257)
• Stravinsky - Petrushka/Pulcinella (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chailly) (CD 9256)
• Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition; Stravinsky – Petrouchka (London Symphony Orchestra, Abbado) (CD 9255)
• Prokofiev – Symphony Concertante in E minor for cello and orchestra Op. 125, Sonata in C for cello and piano Op. 119 (London Symphony Orchestra, Chang [violoncello], Pappano [piano]) (CD 9252)
• Franck – Symphony in D minor, Les Eolides (New York Philharmonic, Masur) (CD 9254)
• Charles Bestor - The Long Goodbye [Music for Orchestra] (Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, Klock [horn], Hite [tenor], Marcelletti [conductor]) (CD 9287)
• Shades of Love – Four Cycles of the Poetry of Constantin Cavafy (Muriello [baritone], Gompper [piano]) (CD 9288)
• Asenjo – The Batrachomyomachia, Palm-of-the-Hand Tales, Basile’s Pentameron (Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, Trevor) (CD 9290)
• Ticheli – An American Dream; McLoskey – Prex Penitentialis (CD 9289)
• Haydn – Paris Symphonies Vol. 1: No. 82 [The Bear], No. 83 [The Hen], No. 84 (Sinfonietta de Montreal, Dutoit) (CD 9326)
• Night Strings - Music for Viola and Guitar (Taylor [viola], Goluses [guitar]) (CD 9327)
• Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 in C minor (Berliner Philharmoniker, Karajan) (CD 9328)
• Tschaikowsky – Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams, Francesca da Rimini Op. 32 (CD 9329)
• Tchaikovsky - No. 2, Romeo and Juliet (CD 9330)
• Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 3, Polish (Masur) (CD 9331)
• Tschaikowsky - Symphony No. 4, F-moll Op. 36 (Leipzig, Masur) (CD 9332)
• Tschaikowsky – Symphony No. 5 e-moll Op. 64 (Leipzig, Masur) (CD 9333)
• Tschaikowsky – Symphony No. 6, Pathetique, (Leipzig, Masur) (CD 9334)
• Kontraste – (Dessauer an der Mayer-Orgel) (CD 9335)
• Romantische Orgelmusik (Wachowski) (CD 9336)
• Schumann – The Four Symphonies (Philadelphia Orchestra, Levine) (CD 9325)

Opera CDs

• Pasatieri – God Bless Us, Every One!, Opera in One Act, based on the writings of Charles Dickens (University of Kentucky Opera Theatre and Dicapo Opera Theatre) (CD 9291)

Musical Theatre CD

• Mary Poppins, The Supercalifragilistic Musical. Original Cast. (CD 9292)

New CDs…You know you want them!

Strauss, Richard– Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan– Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, (CD 9262)

Copland, Aaron– Third Symphony, Music for the Theatre– Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, (CD 9258)

Shostakovich, Dmitry– Violin Concerto No. 1 Op. 99– Prokofiev, Sergey– Violin Concerto No. 2 Op. 63– Vadim Repin (violin), Halle Orchestra, (CD 9265)

Rautavaara, Einojuhani– Apotheosis– Tchaikovsky, Peter– Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathetique’– Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, (CD 9260)

Beethoven, Ludwig von– Symphonie Nr. 9– Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Chorus of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, (CD 9261)

Chopin, Frederic– 12 Etudes op. 10, 12 Etudes op. 25– Maurizio Pollini (piano), (CD 9279)

Strauss, Richard– Sinfonia Domestica op. 53, Macbeth op. 23– Wiener Philharmoniker, (CD 9280)

Bruckner, Anton:

Symphony No. 3– Chicago Symphony Orchestra, (CD 9276)

Symphony No. 4– Chicago Symphony Orchestra, (CD 9277)

Symphonie Nr. 5 in B flat major– Munchner Philharmoniker– Live Recording, (CD 9278)

Symphony No. 5 in B flat major– Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, (CD 9284)

Symphonie No. 7– Wiener Philharmoniker, (CD 9286)

Symphony No. 8 in C minor– London Philharmonic Orchestra, (CD 9281)

Bruckner, Anton– Symphony No. 7 in E major– Mahler, Gustav– Des Knaben Wunderhorn– Radio Symphonie Orchester Berlin, (CD 9283)

Mahler, Gustav– Symphony No. 1– Royal Liverool Philharmonic Orchestra, (CD 9285)

Shostakovich, Dmitri– Shostakovich Plays Shostakovich– Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), (Cd 9282)

Schumann, Robert– The Complete Symphonies– Wiener Philharmoniker, (CD 9259)

Haydn, Franz Joseph– Symphony No. 101 “The Clock”, Symphony No. 104 “London”– Orchestra of St. Luke’s, (CD 9263)

Schumann, Robert– Symphonies 1-4– Bamberger Symphoniker, (CD 9264)

Balada, Leonardo– Guernica, Symphony No. 4– Barcelona Symphony, Catalona National Orchestra, (CD 9266)

New streaming video database trial – Medici.tv

We’re pleased to announce a new database trial for the site, Medici.tv. This slick site has live and archival performances, as well as many high quality documentaries.

From the website:

The catalogue offers:

• Filmed concerts performed by the today’s greatest names in classical music: Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich, Maurizio Pollini, Anna Netrebko, Gustavo Dudamel…
• An unrivalled heritage of archive movies that bring back to life the legends of the past: Maria Callas, Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovitch, Samson François, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau…
• Inspiring documentaries on performers and composers directed by well-established names such as Bruno Monsaingeon and Frank Scheffer and movie documentaries directed by the great masters such as Alexander Sokurov and Johann van der Keuken…In addition, the catalogue offers numerous educational programs and master classes.

To access the database, go to the AU Library database trial page, and scroll down to “Medici.tv – Virtual Classical Concert Hall.” From off-campus, you will have to log in with your AU ID number.

If you have any feedback, please let us know by using the form at the bottom of the page.

Have you tried our sheet music on CD-ROM?

New sheet music on CD:

Russian & eastern European Piano Music Part I, (CD-ROM 44)

Russian & eastern European Piano Music Part II, (CD-ROM 45)

The Complete Vocal Scores: Wagner Operas (CD-ROM 42)

The Complete Vocal Scores: Verdi Operas, (CD-ROM 43)