The NYPL Digital Gallery went online yesterday to great acclaim. The collection includes American Popular Song Sheet Music Covers, 1890-1900, Joseph Muller Collection of Music and Other Portraits and a number of theatre and dance collections too.
A search of the term "music" produced 2,108 digital images!
Enjoy!
The Pillow Archives documents a wide range of dance artists from the past 72 seasons through correspondence, photographs, programs, books, costumes, posters, films, videos and audiotapes. For more information on materials contained in the Pillow Archives, either follow this link:
http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/dhc/findaid/pillow/@Generic__BookView, or go to http://www.jacobspillow.org and click on Archives, then select "Search the Archives" from the left side of the screen.
To apply, send a résumé and a brief letter (no more than one page) indicating proposed research topic to:
Norton Owen
Director of Preservation
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Priority will be given to proposals received by March 25, but other inquiries will be accepted as long as space is available.
from The New York Times, Monday, March 1, 2005
"In a basement apartment on Charlton Street in the West Village, there are eight tall file cabinets stuffed with hundreds of dog-eared manila folders.
The cabinets do not look imposing or important, but they contain possibly the finest collection of jazz photos in the world.
Even people with a passing interest in jazz photographs may recall seeing the "Courtesy of the Frank Driggs Collection" tag on pictures in newspapers, magazines, books and documentaries.
Mr. Driggs has almost 100,000 pieces of jazz memorabilia, mostly photographs. Several hundred of them are published each year, and he was the biggest contributor of photos to Ken Burns's highly regarded television documentary chronicling the history of jazz."
for more information see
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/01/nyregion/01jazz.html
From the Sunday Times - Britain
"Neanderthals have been misunderstood. The early humanoids traditionally characterised as ape-like brutes were deeply emotional beings with high-pitched voices. They may even have sung to each other, writes Jonathan Leake.
The new image has emerged from two studies of the vocal apparatus and anatomy of the creatures that occupied Europe between 200,000 and 35,000 years ago.
Neanderthal voices were loud, wonaly and probably highly melodic -- not the roars and grunts previously assumed by most researchers. Stephen Mithen, professor of archeology at Ready University and author of one of the studies, said: "What is emerging is a picture of an intelligent and emotionally complex creature whose most likely form of communication would have been part language and part song."
For more information see
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1462226,00.html
Check out the article in the Temple Times!
"Library Tools Lead the Way to Research --- and $1,000 prize!"
Eligible projects can be paintings, recordings of performances, compositions! There is no limit to the medium or type of project. Creative projects are particularly encouraged!
"The judges are looking for:
• originality, depth, breadth or sophistication in the use of library collections;
• exceptional ability to select, evaluate and synthesize library resources and to successfully use them in the creation of a project in any media;
• evidence of personal growth through the acquisition of newfound knowledge."
For further information, see
http://library.temple.edu/prize/
All application materials must be submitted by April 8th.
Good luck with your research and your presentations!
Please join the entire Temple University community in welcoming Larry Alford, Vice Provost for Libraries. Larry's first official day at Temple was February 15th.
Alford comes to Temple from the University of South Carolina, where he was Deputy University Librarian. As Vice Provost for Libraries, he will oversee all of Temple's 17 libraries in a federated system that includes the Paley Main Library and its related libraries, the law library, and the Health Sciences Library.
Be sure to say hello and introduce yourself to Mr. Alford if you see him on campus!
For more information see
http://www.temple.edu/temple_times/nmr/bw0411_092.html
"Less well known and often “invisible”, black and African heritage classical composers span three centuries and come from the continents of Europe, Africa, and the Americas . In an effort to increase awareness, initiatives are being undertaken to unveil and to acknowledge black composers and their creative output within the rich tapestry of classical music."
For more information see http://astro.temple.edu/~rgreene/BlackComp/documents/bhm.htm
An excellent resource, "Classical Music Recordings of Black Composers:a reference guide, a comprehensive guide to recorded works available on compact disc" complied by Richard Greene is available at
http://astro.temple.edu/~rgreene/BlackComp/
Enjoy!
