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Music Library Book Sale
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
10 am - 4 pm
In conjunction with the Queens College Archives and the Copland School of Music, the Music Library is pleased to announce that selected interviews conducted and recorded by K. Robert Schwarz, music critic and writer, are now available on CD for in-library use. (Special arrangements can be made for the recordings to be used in classes.)
Currently, interviews with the following composers, conductors, and musicians are available and can be found by searching in CUNY+: John Adams, Milton Babbitt, Robert Beaser, John Corigliano, David Del Tredici, Lukas Foss, Paul Freeman, Philip Glass, Pauline Oliveros, Itzhak Perlman, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Ned Rorem, Dennis Davies Russell, Michael Torke, and Charles Wuorinen.
Additional interviews are being added to the collection as they are transferred to CD from the original cassette tapes. The CD transfers are being done (with loving care) by one of our Alumni, Dean Saghafiez, who is an expert recording engineer.
These interview recordings provide a vivid and fascinating window into the thinking of each of these musicians. The interviewees speak frankly and opening about many subjects (often commenting on their contemporaries) and often saying things that might be more carefully edited, if they were to appear in print. The interviews took place between 1987 and 1999. As such they are also a particularly rich window into the Classical Music scene of that time.
The Music Library Presents: Exhibit in Three Movements: Themes for Pencil, Home, and Trumpet
The 2011-2012 exhibits at the Music Library, which will be on display through June 2012, explore three different themes:
The Music Building at 20 and Other Milestones
The 2011-2012 school year is one of many exciting milestones for the Aaron Copland School of Music. This exhibit reflects back on the twentieth anniversary of the Music Building, the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the Aaron Copland School of Music, and Professor Emeritus Joel Mandelbaum’s fiftieth year on the faculty at Queens College.
Louis Armstrong: Citizen of Queens, Citizen of the World
Louis Armstrong lived in Corona from 1943 until his death, and embraced the neighborhood and the people in it. He also took same warmth and kindness on his travels, earning him the nickname “Ambassador Satch”. This exhibit takes a cursory glance at his life in Corona and his travels abroad.
Sketches: A Musician’s Hand
This exhibit explores the many connotations of the word “sketch” and its varied intersections with the field of music, including the seeds of musical ideas put to paper, short descriptive compositions, and the visual arts of drawing and painting.
About the Music Library
Supported 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. The reference collection, including complete works of composers and monuments of music, is one of the best in the New York City area. Special Collections, in the Benjamin Rosenthal Library, feature the Karol Rathaus Archives, the K. Robert Schwarz Papers, a collection of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American hymnals, and a large collection of first edition scores published before WWI.
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