SCORES! GALORE!

Musical Theatre

Memphis – M 1508 .B885 M46 2009

Grey Gardens – M 1508 .F69 G7 2007

Voice

The French Song Anthology (High Voice) – M 1619 .F85 2001

Berio – Un Re in Ascolto (Ein Konig Horcht) – M 1503 .B48 R4 1983 v. 1

Berio – Un Re in Ascolto (Ein Konig Horcht) – M 1503 .B48 R4 1983 v. 2

Instrumental

Raph – Solo for Trombone – M 262 .R37 2010

Shostakovich – Symphonies No. 9 & 10 – M 1001 .S554 op. 70 1995

Shapey – For Lucy, for Cello and Piano – M 233 . S527 F67 2011

Shapey – Two Short Pieces, for Flute and Piano – M 242 .S529 T9 2011

Taffanel – 17 big daily finger exercises for the flute – MT 345 .T33 G7 1958

Rutter – Suite Lyrique, suite for harp and strings in six movements – M 1136 .R8 S8 2010

Bach/Bruggen – Suites I-III, for violin solo, arranged for recorder solo – M 110 .R4 B3 BWV 1007-1009 1973

Schlossberg – Daily Drills and Technical Studies for Trombone – MT 465 .S3 D3 1947

Rochut – Melodious Etudes for Trombone – MT 465 .B6 1928 v. 3 <3

Creston – Fantasy, for trombone and Orchestra - M 1033 .C8 op. 42 1951

Martin – Ballade, pour trombone (ou saxophone ténor) et piano (1940) – M 263 .M37 B35 2006

Hindemith – Sonate – M 263 .H585 S8 1942

Sulek – Sonata, for Tombone and Piano – M 263 .S85 S6 1975

Salzédo – Pièce concertante, for Trombone and Piano – M 263 .S32 P5 1958

Casterede – Sonatine, for Trombone and Piano – M 263 .C342 S66 2006

Larsson – Concertino, op. 45 no. 7, for Trombone and String Orchestra – M 1133 .L32 op. 45 no. 7 1957

Corigliano - Chiaroscuro, for two pianos, two playing scores – M 214 .C76 C48 2011

Tomasi – Concerto, for Trombone and Orchestra – M 1033 .T6 C62 2000

Rufus Reid – Evolving Upward, and aid in developing thumb position technique for the double bass – MT 330 .R42 1977

Dempster – The Modern Trombone, and definition of its idioms – ML 965 .D45 1994

Wagner – Concerto, for Trombone and Orchestra – M 1032 .W346 2007

Martín – Mel Bay presents play solo flamenco guitar with Juan Martín – MT 580 .M37 M4 2001

Other

Simplified Arrangements of Popular Jewish Music – M 1850 .M64 S5 1960

Food for Fines is BACK!

Over the course of a college career, everyone accumulates library fines. It’s as certain as the tides. From now through December 22nd, though, you can knock those fines down while doing good with Food for Fines.

For more than fifteen years, the AU Library has partnered with community groups to provide food to those in need while giving students a break. Library patrons can bring non-perishable foods to the circulation desk in order to have a discount applied to their current library account.  The food will be going to the Capital Area Food Bank‘s Kids Café.

IMORTANT PROVISOS:

- Only certain items will be accepted. See the posters in the main library or in the Music Library for details.

- Students can only pay off up to $20 in fines with food.

 

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me…

…a CD from the music library!

If you managed to keep the sing the tune while reading this title (despite the awkard rhythms squeezed together in “library”) then this is probably one of your favorite times of the year.

Ok, yes, finals are not that much fun. But just think – in 2 and a half weeks we will all be snuggled at home, decking the halls, drinking hot cocoa, petting our dog and cat, watching the snow and singing Christmas carols. Why not get in the mood now with some Christmas CDs from the music library?

In fact we have an entire CD by subject guide dedicated to Christmas music! And just for ease, I’ve selected a couple of my favorites from the pile:

• Elvis’ Christmas Album (CD 1951)
• A Jolly Christmas with Frank Sinatra (CD 5268)
• Motown Christmas (CD 5059)
• The Best of James Brown, Christmas Collection (CD 5063)

Even if you aren’t into Christmas and holiday carols – you should come by anyways. We’ll probably start having Christmas candy lying around pretty soon and you can always expect some new art project or coloring sheet at the music library!

So see you soon, and until then happy holidays and good luck with the end of the year!

New CDs & HAPPY THANKSGIVING

I know most people are already gone for Thanksgiving break…so all ya’ll still on campus – come grab these awesome new CDs before everyone else gets back!!!

Gold are my Flowers & A Civil War Song Cycle (CD 9503)

Beethoven - The Early Quartets - The Budapest String Quartets (CD 9504)

Bob Dylan – the collection - Blonde on Blonde & Blood on the Tracks & Infidels (CD 9505)

The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary (CD 9506)

Bobby Darin - The Hit Singles Collection (CD 9507)

70, Girls, 70 (CD 9508)

The Byrds - Greatest Hits (CD 9509)

Pearl (CD 9510)

The Fugs (CD 9511)

Deep Purple - Machine Head (CD 9512)

The Quintessence – Quincy Jones and his Orchestra (CD 9513)

The Best of the Everly Brothers – 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection (CD 9514)

Streaming Pierre Henry documentary “The Art of Sounds”

Via Dangerous Minds: Take a look at this documentary on musique concrète pioneer Pierre Henry, who wrote some of the most off-the-wall electronic music of his day, scored films, and created popular(ish) multimedia music and projection concerts in the 1960s.

The documentary combines discussion and footage of his previous work with scenes of Henry preparing music for a concert at his home.

The library has a few of his works available. On CD we have “Orphée 53: Spectacle lyrique,” which he composed with Pierre Schaeffer.

We also have quite a few LPs (available at Media Services): Le Voyage, Variations for a Door and a Sigh, Entité, and Apocalypse de Jean.

Music Library Thanksgiving week schedule

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Because of the holiday, we will be operating with a reduced schedule next week.

 

Monday-Tuesday 11/21 & 11/22 : Normal hours 9am – 8pm

Wednesday 11/23 : 9am – 5pm

Thursday-Sunday 11/24 – 11/27 : Closed

New CDs

New CDs

John Tavener – Eternity’s Sunrise – The Choir and Orchestra of The Academy of Ancient Music directed by Paul Goodwin (CD 9499)

The Celtic Tenors - Feels Like Home (CD 9496)

Paysages – Debussy, Fauré, Messiaen - Susanna Phillips, soprano and Myra Huang, piano (CD 9494)

Babes in Arms - Mary Martin (CD 9495)

Johann Sebastian Bach – Kolbein Haga at the Gebr. Reil Orgran in the Stavanger Cathedral (CD 9502)

Sonny Rollins – Road Shows vol. 2 (CD 9501)

Camelot – Richard Burton and Julie Andrews - Original Broadway Cast Recording (CD 9500)

 

 

Branca – Symphony No. 5 (CD 9498)

Music of Fred Lerdahl – String Quartets 1, 2, & 3 - Daedalus Quartet (CD 9497)

Drive American – Heidi Louise Williams, piano (CD 9493)

Library of Congress “Music and the Brain” Podcasts

During 2009 and 2010, the Library of Congress presented a series of “lectures, conversations and symposia about the explosion of new research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and music.” All twenty of these discussions and presentations are available as podcasts.

The topics cover a wide variety of topics, from “Your Brain on Jazz: Neural Substrates of Spontaneous Improvisation” to “Trance Formation: Music, Trance, Religious Experience, and the Brain.”

You can access them through the Music and the Brain website or through iTunes.

This weekend’s events!!!

Hey everybody!!

This weekend we’ve got lots of fun stuff going on in our very own Katzen Arts Center! Definitely come check it out, you will NOT be dissapointed:

http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/calendar/

Friday Nov. 11 – A Tribute

• American University Symphonic Band: A Tribute
  Marc Boensel, director of the symphonic band
  Friday, November 11, at 8 p.m.
  Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
  Tickets: $10 regular admission, $5 AU community and seniors
• In a celebration of Veteran’s Day, the AU Symphonic Band will feature music that pays tribute to our country’s heroes, including works that focus on veterans, first responders, athletes, and others.

Saturday Nov. 12 – Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Workshop: Improvisation Collaboration

• Joshua Bayer, director of the Jazz Orchestra
  Noah Getz, director of the Jazz Workshop
  Saturday, November 12, at 8 p.m.
  Abramson Family Recital Hall, Katzen Arts Center
  Tickets: $10 regular admission, $5 AU community and seniors
• Join the Jazz Workshop as it explores concepts of improvisation and its role in the history of the jazz ensemble. From the collective improvisation of Dixieland and free jazz to the expanded improvisation concepts employed in contemporary jazz ensembles, this concert will examine how this central element of jazz performance has shaped the way that ensembles create and perform the music. The Jazz Orchestra will conclude the evening¿s performance with jazz ranging from the classics to modern works, from bop to swing and funk.
  *RSVP Required

UPCOMING!

Nov. 17, 18, 19 – Talking With

• Written by Jane Martin
  Gail Humphries Mardirosian, director
  Thursday, November 17-Saturday, November 19, at 8 p.m.
  Saturday, November 19, at 2 p.m.
  Studio Theatre, Katzen Arts Center
  Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 AU community and seniors
• What do a baton twirler, an ex-rodeo rider, and an actress have in common? They are just three of the many women whose lives are explored through their relationships to work, other women, parents, men, and the socio-political environment. Talking With is a summation of thoughts, events, actions, memories, hope, defeats, and dreams dramatizing the challenges that all of us face in contemporary society. Characters confront the audience directly with revelations that are not simply truthful, but deeply spiritual, hauntingly private, funny, and frighteningly exotic.

New Stuff!!!

DVDs

Ruffles & Flourishes – Fanfares for Presidents and World Events (DVD 189)

CDs

The Piano in China – Development & Expression of the Chinese Spirit – Tianshu Wang, piano (CD 9492)

Scores

The Evolving Bassist – Rufus Reid – a comprehensive method in developing a total musical concept for the aspiring jazz bass player (M330 .R41 2000)

Ross Hunter’s Musical Production of Lost Horizon – Music by Burt Bacharach, Lyrics by Hal David (M1508 .B22 L6 1973)

William Grant Still – Bells – Two pieces for solo piano (M25 .S75 B4 2011)

Also Sprach Arnold Jacobs - A development guide for brass wind musicians (MT418 .A57 2006)

Wolff – Quodlibet - for chamber orchestra (M1045 .W86 Q63 2009)

Wolff – John, David – for orchestra (M1038 .W86 J6 2011)

For a Look or a Touch - for actor, baritone, men’s chorus, flute, clairent, percussion, piano, violin and cello - Music by Jake Heggie, Libretto by Gene Scheer (M1503 .H28 F6 2011)

Vladislav Blazhevich – School for Trombone in clefs, including the all new alto studies (MT465 .B539 2008)