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Blog topic: Music

Frank Ferko

Frank Ferko departing the Archive of Recorded Sound

April 9, 2019
by Jerry L McBride
Music
News
Sound recordings

Frank Ferko is leaving Stanford Libraries to accept the position of Music Metadata Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley working in the Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library. Frank leaves a significant legacy of accomplishment at Stanford Libraries. Frank accepted the position of Sound Archives Librarian in August 2016. During the past two and a half years, Frank met with numerous classes to introduce them to the many special collections and recordings in the Archive and handled hundreds of reference questions from researchers all over the world.

Image of a printed program from a Standard Hour broadcast

Historic Standard Hour radio broadcasts now accessible in SearchWorks

February 28, 2019
Digital preservation
Media
Music
SearchWorks
Sound recordings

The Archive of Recorded Sound, in collaboration with the Stanford Media Preservation Lab, recently completed the digitization and cataloging of 684 analog recordings of The Standard Hour radio broadcasts that occurred between 1938 and 1955.  This extensive project was generously funded through the Recordings at Risk program sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).   

Apotheosis of St. Louis, by Charles Henry Niehaus

Music librarians gather in St. Louis

March 1, 2019
by Ray Heigemeir
Music

Apotheosis of St. Louis, by Charles Henry Niehaus, depicts Louis IX of France (1214-1270), namesake of St. Louis, Missouri.

 

Music librarians from around the country traveled to St. Louis, MO recently for the 88thannual meeting of the Music Library Association.

Key signature in Verdi's hand

New titles in Music Reference, Spring 2019

May 23, 2019
by Ray Heigemeir
Music
New acquisitions

The Music Library invites you to browse our reference collection. Note the following new additions, listed in no particular order:

 

Verzeichnis der erhaltenen musikalischen Werke von Samuel Friedrich Capricornus 1628-1665 / erstellt von Doris Blaich ; ergänzt von Wolfgang Schäfer.

The Barberini manuscripts of music / Lowell Lindgren - Margaret Murata (Città del Vaticano : Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 2018)

Oldest known publication within the ARS Sheet Music Collection.

13,000 sheet music titles now available for research

February 12, 2019
by Benjamin E. Bates
Music
Sound recordings

Staff at the Archive of Recorded Sound have, for the first time, created a complete inventory of the ARS Sheet Music Collection. This culmination of over 13,000 published titles was generated through various donations during the Archive's first 60 years (1958-2018). The vast majority of titles within the collection are popular music scores published in the United States along with publications from England, France, Italy, and elsewhere. 

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