Irving S. Gilmore Music Library News

September 3, 2015
Join staff for a tour and orientation to the Music Library. You will learn about our collections, both in print and online, general and special, including Historical Sound Recordings and Oral History of American Music.  You'll hear about our services, see our study spaces, meet staff, and find out...
July 29, 2015
The Gilmore Music Library is home to a wealth of organ music, in manuscripts and early printed editions, ranging from J.S. Bach and his circle, to Yale composers such as Charles Ives and Paul Hindemith. This exhibition has been organized to coincide with the Northeast Regional Convention of the...
April 20, 2015
The staff and collections of Oral History of American Music (OHAM) have moved from their previous location on Prospect Street to Sterling Memorial Library (SML). OHAM’s director, Libby Van Cleve, is now located in a reconstructed office in room 332 on the third floor of SML. Adjacent to her office...
Swing into Spring thumbnail of poster
March 27, 2015
All are welcome to join us for an evening of dance and fun on April 8th. The Gilmore Music Library, the Yale University Library, and Yale Swing and Blues are proud to sponsor this event to (hopefully!) swing us into spring for good! Most of the music at the event is from the Music Library's...
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March 27, 2015
It’s customary to describe the history of western art music as a progression of historical periods: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern. These periods form the basis of countless books, recordings, courses, radio programs, and so on. But they are the creation of...
Seeing Voices: Imaging Applied to Early Recorded Sound Preservation
September 24, 2014
The Yale Library is delighted to offer a lecture and reception featuring Professor Carl Haber, Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and 2013 MacArthur Fellow. The event is sponsored by the Richard Warren Jr. (B.A. 1959) Fund for the Preservation and Promotion of Music. ...
August 13, 2014
Did you know that Yale Library provides access to a number of Cambridge History of Music volumes from American Music to World Music. Here's a listing of all of them. The Cambridge History of American Music The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Music The Cambridge History of Musical...

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