Irving S. Gilmore Music Library News

February 16, 2016
The Gilmore Music Library is pleased to announce that the papers of influential French composer and Paris Conservatoire professor Betsy Jolas, renowned choral conductor Robert Shaw (1916-1999), music editor Kurt Stone (1911-1989), who edited works by Elliott Carter and Paul Hindemith, and...
February 15, 2016
On Friday March 11th 2016, Vivan Perlis, founder of Yale's Oral History of American Music (OHAM), will be honored at a special concert held during the Society of American Music's 42nd Annual Conference in Boston, MA. The concert, performed by pianist Alison D'Amato and soprano Tony Arnold, will...
January 26, 2016
The library's subscription to medici.tv, an online database of classical, world music, and jazz music videos, is now active.  medici.tv boasts a collection of 1500 classical music videos of ballets, concerts, operas,  documentaries, artist profiles and educational programs making it the largest...
December 8, 2015
Student Curator Eugene Lim '18 will talk about his exhibition on Monday, February 15, at 4:00pm in the Music Library, on the first floor of Sterling Memorial Library (map).  The event is open to the public.   During the Cold War, the U.S. State Department sponsored international concert tours by...
Photograph of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle conducting
December 4, 2015
The Gilmore Music Library is a beta testing site for the Berliner Philharmoniker's new Digital Concert Hall from October 2015 through January 2016.  This is an online streaming video service that includes pre-recorded and live concerts, films, and interviews.   The content includes more than 1000...
Vladimir Jurowski conducting
November 4, 2015
The library has a one-month trial to the medici.tv database, an online database of classical (as well as some world music and jazz) music videos.  The database is open to all students, faculty, and staff. medici.tv boasts a collection of 1500 classical music videos of ballets, concerts, operas,...
BabelScores logo
September 17, 2015
BabelScores is a database of contemporary music created in the past four decades.  A sophisticated search engine allows for searching works by title, performing forces, level of difficulty, techniques required, region of the world, date, and duration.  One can also search by the composer's name,...

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