http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib News From The Middlebury College Music Library Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:07:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The perennial page for finding Holiday Music in MIDCAT  (Winter solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, etc.) is back. http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib/2009/11/18/finding-holiday-music-in-midcat/ For this installment of Staff Picks, please welcome today's guest blogger, Philippe Bronchtein, '10. Philippe works at the circulation desk in the Music Library, and is a Dance and Music joint major at Middlebury. If you're interested in this disc, or would like to see what student and full-time music ... http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib/2009/04/21/staff-picks-2/ Being an ex-drummer myself, I love reading about unsung heroes of the drum throne, and two were recently featured in the NYTimes (if you can call an obituary a "feature," in one case). The obit was for Uriel Jones, a member of the Motown session band The Funk Brothers ... http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib/2009/03/31/drummers/ Some of you may have noticed a "staff picks" section near the reference area in the Music Library. These are interesting, noteworthy, or just favorite CDs selected by the full-time and student staff. This irregular series of blog posts will highlight certain individual staff picks, and hopefully I'll ... http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib/2009/02/13/staff-picks-1/ Ever wonder what the most popular CDs in the Music Library are? Yeah, me too. Below are the most popular discs from the last 3 years or so, since we moved to the new library system. Hit me, drummer, and pass the envelopes... CLASSICAL 5. Sonatas and partitas for solo violin ... http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib/2009/02/02/most-popular-cds-in-the-music-library/ Librarians and IT professionals spend a lot of time reading various email lists devoted to their particular specialties, and music librarians are no exception. In my experience, most this information is routine and somewhat mundane -- how do other libraries handle issue X, Y, or Z; can someone ... http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib/2009/01/15/musical-mash-ups/ Welcome back and Happy New Year, faithful On That Note readers! The Music Library staff hopes your holiday break was joyous, and we hope your return to Middlebury sees you reinvigorated and ready for more adventures in the land of lurnin'. As J-Term gets underway, perhaps a few handy links/reminders ... http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib/2009/01/05/happy-new-year/ OK, if you skip over the unpleasant first paragraph of this article from today's NY Times about President-elect Obama's inauguration, things improve substantially in the 2nd paragraph. The first lady of soul, Aretha Franklin, is going to be a featured performer, and Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Gabriela ... http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib/2008/12/18/salve-barry/ There are probably, oh, 800 billion CD review sites out there, but one that I particularly like is Black Grooves, a monthly site hosted by the Archives of African American Music & Culture (AAAMC) at Indiana University. They focus, as the title might suggest, on "gospel, blues, jazz, ... http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib/2008/12/16/black-grooves/ The page with canned links for finding holiday music (divided by recordings, scores and videos) is once again up on the music library homepage. http://blogs.middlebury.edu/muslib/2008/12/10/find-holiday-music-in-midcat/