If you need any sheet music that is not in the Library, then do come and see the Music Subject Librarian to see if we can digitally download it from our Institutional subscription. Please note that the subscription content is mainly traditional classical music. If you need more popular music, then the Librarian is always willing [...]
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Digital Sheet Music
March 11, 2010New World Music CDs in stock
March 6, 2008We have just received the following CDs for the World Music collection: Rough Guide to Afro-Cuba Rough Guide to the music of the Appalachians Rough Guide to Bhangra Rough Guide to Cajan & Zydeco Rough Guide to Cape Verde Rough Guide to the music of Ethiopia Rough Guide to the music of France Rough Guide [...]
New CDs in stock
February 22, 2008The following CDs have just arrived… John Adams: Chamber Symphony – Grand Pianola Music Edward Elgar: Marches Nigel Hess: The Winds of Power Michael Dagherty: Metropolis Symphony – Bizarro L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (Pathetique – Moonlight – Appassionata) Ornette Coleman: Sound Grammar
New Database: Archival Sound Recordings
December 13, 2007We now have access to the Archival Sound Recordings database from the British Library. Search database through Portia This database has over 12,000 sound recordings of music, spoken word and human & natural environments. Browse the collections by using the links on the right, or use the search box for more specific results (which can also [...]
Project MUSE®: New Journal
November 27, 2007A new journal of interest to music students has been added to the Project MUSE® database: The Eighteenth Century, which takes a theoretical and interpretive approach to all aspects of Western culture from 1660-1800. In particular students might be interested in the Special Issue Vol, 7, No.2/3, Summer/Fall 2006 subtitled, ‘Ballads and Songs in the Eighteenth Century’
Check LinkSource
November 20, 2007The Library has introduced a new feature that will benefit users of our non full-text databases such as the MLA Bibliography and ZETOC. Over the last few weeks you may have noticed the following LinkSource logo on your database results: Check LinkSource for more information Clicking this link will tell you if your result is available in [...]
Jazz Greats Digital Exhibits
November 14, 2007Rutgers University is now hosting the Jazz Greats Digital Exhibits website which gives online access to some of its collections. Currently featured are Count Basie, Fats Waller, Mary Lou Williams and Benny Carter. Each exhibit includes biographical information, photographs, discographies and selected recordings. The Count Basie exhibit features a video from Montreux 1977 and a Basie [...]
Many New Labels Join the Naxos Music Library
November 9, 2007The Naxos Music Library has been extended with the addition of several diverse record labels. V2 Music is a non-classical independent label with signing such as the Stereophonics. Atoll is an independent label from New Zealand specialising in classical, historical and contemporary music. Focus is given to NZ composers such as Douglas Lilburn, Helen Fisher and [...]
