New @ the Music Library
Queens College now has access to Classical Scores Library (digital scores online) and Classical Music Library (streaming audio). Classical Scores Library provides access to almost 4,000 digital and printable scores. Classical Music Library features over 50,000 tracks from almost 4,000 albums from Hyperion, Bridge Records, Sanctuary Classics, Artemis-Vanguard, Hänssler Classic, Vox and many more labels. The Coverage of the recordings includes music written from the earliest times (e.g. Gregorian Chant) to the present, including many contemporary composers. For scores and recordings the repertoire ranges from vocal and choral music, to chamber, orchestral, solo instrumental, and opera. Classical Scores Library and Classical Music Library are expanding their holdings regularly so please check back for new additions.
The Music Library now has laptops (Mac and PC!) available for loan to currently enrolled students for 5 hours at a time.
We are in the process of converting our score collection from Dickinson call numbers to Library of Congress. We are working on the regular scores and the reference scores, but the oversize and miniature scores are done. Please see the circulation desk if you have questions or problems finding a score. Thank you for your patience!
About the Music Library
Nurtured by both the Aaron Copland School of Music and the Queens College Libraries, the Queens College Music Library has evolved into a first-class research facility and is the largest music collection in the CUNY system. The Music Library is located on two levels in the School of Music building and contains over 35,000 scores, 30,000 books and 20,000 sound recordings, including the David S. Walker Music Education Collection and the Ursula Springer Choral Music Collection. Its reference collection, including complete works of composers and monuments of music, is one of the best in the New York City area. Special collections, which are housed at the Benjamin Rosenthal Library, include the Karol Rathaus Archives and the K. Robert Schwarz Papers.
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