Several archival collections were processed this fall, and are open for research. These include the papers of two award-winning producers of Broadway hits and Classical performances: Thomas Z. Shepard and Goddard Lieberson, as well as the papers of Slam Stewart, prominent American jazz bassist.
The Music Library subscribes to many databases that bring full-text books and articles, streaming audio, and streaming video to your computer, anywhere in the world, 24/7.
The staff of Oral History of American Music (OHAM) have recently conducted interviews with Bright Sheng, John Luther Adams, Jabala Billy Hart, and Toshiko Akiyoshi. In the next few months, interviews are planned with Guy Klucevsek, David Lang, and first year composition students at the Yale School of Music. Additionally, OHAM staff released two new videos on their YouTube channel: "OHAM
With the recent completion of its renovations, the Irving S. Gilmore Music Library is delighted to announce the inaugural exhibit, on view in its brand-new exhibition space in the corridor outside the Music Library from January 27-April 25.
At the heart of the Gilmore Music Library is our magnificent Main Reading Room, a custom-built facility constructed in a former courtyard of Sterling Memorial Library. Photographer: Michael Marsland.
The Music Library features three floors of study spaces, including carrels, large tables, and group study areas. Photographer: Michael Marsland.
Can't find something, or have questions about the Music Library's collections and services? Our Circulation Desk staff are here to help! Photographer: Michael Marsland
Yale University Libraries has recently enrolled in a free, 30-day trial of MGG Online, a new digital encyclopedia that includes the second edition of Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) as well as regular updates and newly written articles. The free trial begins on 16 November 2016 and expires on 15 December 2016.
We were fortunate to host Thomas Shepard last week for his lecture on recording works by Stephen Sondheim. Shepard, a Grammy Award-winning record producer, composer, arranger, orchestrator, and pianist, has produced numerous recordings of Sondheim productions, including Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday In The Park With George, and Side by Side by Sondheim. Before Shepard launched his career, which has included work at Columbia Records, CBS Masterworks, MCA, and RCA Red Seal, he studied composition with Quincy Porter at the Yale School of Music.
Quicksearch became the featured search box on the Music Library’s website this summer. Quicksearch is a search interface that allows researchers to search across a variety of library resources, presenting results from three groups: Books+, which searches across the two library catalogs (Orbis and Morris); Articles+, which searches across ejournals and other electronic resources; and Digital Collections, which searches across digitized rare materials in several of the library’s collections.
