OHAM@50
This year marks 50 years since Oral History of American Music (OHAM) was founded in 1969 by Vivian Perlis. Various celebrations of this anniversary are planned throughout the academic year.
Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
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AV special collections now available online
The Gilmore Music Library is pleased to announce that it is now providing significantly enhanced online streaming access to audiovisual materials in its Special Collections, including Historical Sound Recordings (HSR) and Oral History of American Music (OHAM). Working with the consulting and software development firm AVP, the Music Library (as well as the Fortunoff Video Archive and Manuscripts and Archives) has recently adopted a new AV Access platform, Aviary, specifically to enable streaming access to its archival AV collections.
From Prodigy to Priestess: Clara Schumann at 200
On September 13, 2019, we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896), one of the most brilliant and influential musicians of the nineteenth century. Beginning as a dazzling child prodigy and ending as a black-clad “priestess” of high art, she was in the spotlight for six decades. She earned her greatest acclaim as a pianist, and she also achieved considerable success as a composer and as a teacher. She was a central figure in the lives of two other renowned composers: her husband Robert Schumann, and their friend Johannes Brahms.
Rock's Backpages Trial
The Gilmore Music Library is currently trialing a new database, Rock's Backpages - the world's biggest archive of music journalism and pop writing of the last 60 years.
New Database Trials
The Music Library has setup trials for two new databases that we are considering subscriptions to for the Yale Community. To help us determine whether we should subscribe to these new resources, we would like to hear from you!
OHAM African American Studies Guide
Oral History of American Music is happy to announce a new research guide entitled “An African American Studies Critical Guide to Oral History of American Music.” This guide was created by Clara Wilson-Hawkins, PhD ’21, in fulfillment of a research fellowship through Yale’s Department of African-American Studies.
Musical Daughters of Eli: Women Pioneers at Yale
When Yale was established in 1701, its founders took for granted that it was an institution by and for men. It remained so for a very long time, but women had begun to make an impact well before co-education finally came to Yale College in 1969. The School of Music, which was established in 1894, admitted women from its inception; by the early 20th century, they made up about half of its students.
BabelScores & DRAM – Databases for Contemporary Music
Each year the Music Library subscribes to a number of databases so that music students and faculty have free access to online scores, recordings, video, books, and articles. This article highlights a couple of databases that feature contemporary music.
New Haven Academy visits OHAM
Oral History of American Music (OHAM) was delighted to recently welcome students from the New Haven Academy, a nearby public high school.
Insurance Papers related to Charles Ives now available
While Charles Ives is known mostly as a composer, he was also a successful life insurance agent. He and Julian Myrick started their own life insurance agency in 1907, “Ives and Myrick”, which was owned by Mutual Life Insurance Company. Ives held firm beliefs about the purpose and value of life insurance. Although he was rather reserved, Ives played an active role in training their insurance agents.
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