Reading Day

Today is reading day, and lots of you are here in the library studying away. Your mantra to get your through your last final is "it's almost summer!" The heat is practically here, the sun's shining, and summer is so close we can taste it!

In honor of summer, I thought I'd put a list of summer-themed scores, books, LPs, and CDs. Maybe they'll help make the time pass as you study.

Scores:
Three summer-beach sketches : H. 109 (1915)
Sowerby, Leo, 1895-1968.
M25 .S69 T4 1996

Summer song : clarinet solo
Karchin, Louis.
M72 .K38 S8 1996

Summer serenade : for bassoon and piano
Schickele, Peter.
M254.S34 S96 1993

Summer and smoke : opera in two acts
Hoiby, Lee.
M1503 .H707 S8 1976

Music for a summer evening (Makrokosmos III)
Crumb, George.
Oversize M485 .C78 M8

Summer song : for flute and piano
Green, Harold Bellman. 1921-
M 242 .G73 S9 1969

A Summer journal for piano, op. 19
Muczynski, Robert, 1929-
M25 .M83 op.19 1966

Summer music, for woodwind quintet. [Op. 31]
Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.
M557 .B365 op.31 1957

Before and after summer, ten songs for baritone and piano,
Finzi, Gerald, 1901-1956.
M1621.F55 B4 1949

Summer day suite : (Music for children) for small orchestra : op. 65a
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
M1003.P76 S8

Clouds in summer ; B♭ clarinet solo with piano accompaniment
Hovey, Nilo W., 1906-
M 250 .H69 C56 1948

A song of summer.
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934.
M1045.D45 S6

Les nuits d'été = Summer nights : op. 7 : complete song cycle in full score and vocal score
Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
M1621.4 .B46 op.7 2003

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Books:
My Indian summer : a second book of memories
White, Maude Valérie, 1855-
ML410.W64 A32

Molto agitato : the mayhem behind the music at the Metropolitan Opera
Fiedler, Johanna.
ML1711.8 .N3 M427 2001

The book of music and nature : an anthology of sounds, words, thoughts
ML3845 .B614 2001 and Compact disc 5976

Sounds of reform : progressivism and music in Chicago, 1873-1935
Vaillant, Derek.
ML3917.U6 V35 2003

Searching for the sound : my life with the Grateful Dead
Lesh, Phil, 1940-
ML 419 .L43 A3 2005

Grit, noise, and revolution : the birth of Detroit rock 'n' roll
Carson, David, 1949-
ML 3534 .C34 2005

Haunted heart : a biography of Susannah McCorkle
Dahl, Linda, 1949-
ML 420 .M34118 D34 2006

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CDs and LPs:
Cool summer Jazziz on disc. Compact disc 3877

Jazziz on disc. Cool summer, volume 2. Compact disc 4732

Jazziz on disc. cool summer, [vol.] 5. Compact disc 8109

Summer tale Fantastic scherzo.
Suk, Josef, 1874-1935. Compact disc 6482

The last song of summer Romantic music for 'cello and organ.
Moline, Donald. Compact disc 2863

Knoxville, summer of 1915.
Upshaw, Dawn. Compact disc 640

Endless summer.
Beach Boys. Sound Recording (LP) 16851

In a summer garden; music of Frederick Delius. Sound Recording (LP) 7741

Songs for a summer night. Sound Recording (LP) 9188

Summer aria and Spring aria from Tale for a deaf ear.
Bucci, Mark.
Sound Recording (LP) 7217

Summer music, op. 31.
Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981.
Sound Recording (LP) 121

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Stop by the library when you get time and to say bye before you head out for the summer. In case we miss you, hope you have a very fun and super safe summer. Don't forget to reapply your sunscreen!
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Women's History Month

March is Women's History Month. To celebrate, here are a few items by women composers or performers available at the Music Library:


Ammer, Christine. Unsung: A History of Women in American Music.
ML82 .A45


Block, Adrienne, and Carol Neuls-Bates, comps and eds. Women in American Music: A Bibliography of Music and Literature.
ML128 .W7 B6


Borgerding, Todd, ed. Gender, Sexuality, and Early Music.
ML3838 .G373 2002


Bowers, Jane, and Judith Tick, eds. Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950.
ML82 .W67 1985


Cohen, Aaron. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers.
REF ML105 .C7 1987 v. 1 and v. 2


Frasier, Jane. Women Composers: A Discography.
REF ML156.4 .W6 F7 1983


Fuller, Sophie. The Pandora Guide to Women Composers: Britain and the United States 1629-Present.
REF ML390 .F94 1994


Heinrich, Adel, comp. Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog.
REF ML128.O6 O73 1991


Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Susan Gritton. Lieder. CD. 2000.
Compact Disc 4221


Hensel, Fanny Mendelssohn. Klavierwerke. CD. 1987.
Compact Disc 1629


LaMay, Thomasin, ed. Musical Voices of Early Modern Women: Many-Headed Melodies.
ML82 .M798 2005


MacAuslan, Janna, and Kristan Aspen, comps. Guitar Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog.
ML128 .G8 M33 1997


Meggett, Joan, comp. Keyboard Music by Women Composers: A Catalog and Bibliography.
ML128 .H35 M43



Oliveros, Pauline. Deep Listening. CD. 2007.
Compact Disc 4167


Pendle, Karin, ed. Women & Music: A History.
ML82 .W6 1991


Stern, Susan. Women Composers: A Handbook.
REF ML105 .S7


Tower, Joan. Silver Ladders; Island Prelude: For Solo Oboe and String Orchestra; Music for cello and Orchestra; Sequoia. CD. n.d.
Compact Disc 3220


Tower, Joan. Black Topaz. CD. 1995.
Compact Disc 1656


Walker-Hill, Helen. From Spirituals to Symphonies: African-American Women Composers and Their Music.
ML390 .W16 2002


Women of Note. CD. 1997
Compact Disc 2596

Special thanks to Amy Edmonds and Music Library student employee Abby!

African American History Month

The Music Library has tons of sources on African American musical history.
Click this link for a selection of items in our catalog, or visit the Jazz or Hip Hop LibGuides.


The Music Library's Digital Sheet Music Project Site also has many pieces of African American-related sheet music digitized, some from the mid-1800s.

As always, please let us know if we can assist you in any way!

Super Bowl Sunday!

In honor of this weekend's Super Bowl, here are some football-related items from our catalog:

Kick off, U. S. A.! [Sound recording]
Columbia Music Sound Recordings 7016

Touchdown! [sound recording]
Columbia Music Sound Recordings 11279

Gridiron pageantry; the story of the marching band for bandsmen, directors and football fans.
by Charles Boardman Righter
Columbia Music Library MT733.R38 G7

Football marches [sound recording]
Columbia Music Sound Recordings 7565

How to arrange and rehearse football band shows
By Carrol M. Butts
Columbia Music Library MT733.4 .B88











Steelers photo courtesy of Sister72
Cardinals photo courtesty of Dru Bloomfield

Hanukkah

Naxos music library has some great Hanukkah music (no matter which way you spell the holiday)!

Check out some of these:

SEASONS' CELEBRATION

FROM JEWISH LIFE

CHRISTMAS and HANUKAH: I'll Be Home for the Holidays

CHRISTMAS Eaken Piano Trio: Home for the Holidays

HOLIDAYS OF THE NEW ERA

A HANUKKA CELEBRATION

Christmas

Compact disc 7806 Discs 1-4
Noël
On a personal note, this CD set is my absolute favorite. When it is checked out around the holidays, I'll even settle for Compact Disc 1344, "On Yoolis night" which is an earlier release of one of the discs in the Noël set. I don't think I would've made it through finals week in my last Master's degree without this CD set. Please check it out when you get the chance!

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Compact disc 8621
A holiday note from home
If you like your Christmas to have some swing, this CD is a must!

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Compact Disc 3530
A rose in winter
If you like to stick to traditional sacred music for the holidays, this CD is perfect!

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Compact Disc 2780
Winter pages ; Bright music
If chamber music, or to be more specific, 20th century quintet music is your genre of choice, check out Ned Rorem's Winter Pages on this CD. It's all composed around winter-themed poetry. The liner notes go into detail, and make for a very interesting read.

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Compact disc 4165
A mind of winter
Another piece in a similar vein is George Benjamin's A Mind of Winter on this CD. It is a setting of Wallace Stevens's "The Snow Man," for soprano and chamber orchestra. If you like 20th century music, you'll find this a nice piece!

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Compact disc 2445
In a cold winter's night
If you like more traditional (and by traditional, I mean Renaissance period/sounding music), then you'll like this CD. There are some 20th century pieces, and even some pieces of North and South American origin. This is a can't miss CD.

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Compact Disc 9645
The winter trombone
Something old, something new, something trombone....something blue. This CD starts off with Vivaldi's "Winter" from The Four Seasons, Op. 8 No. 4, which fills the "old" category. Something new (and blue) would be Roland's Blue Winter. As you can guess, the entirety of the CD is trombone music, and for a non-brass player, I found it quite enjoyable!

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Compact disc 9124
Merry : a holiday journey
If you like your Christmas music to be more intimate or slightly "folky," then you'll like this CD. I swear I've heard this playing in the background of a Starbucks before.

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Compact disc 7752 Discs 1-2
Essential carols : the very best of King's College Choir, Cambridge.
If you like your Christmas carols sung by a large choir and preferably in a large hall, this two-CD set is for you! It contains well-known classics and some songs you might discover for the first time! Some of these songs have a chant-like quality that would make them perfect for relaxing around finals week.

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Compact Disc 2942
Christmas Star
This CD is filled with the tried and true Christmas classic carols like "Silent Night," and some that may be new to you, such as "Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming."

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Happy Holidays from the Music Library!

Jason's favorite

Our good friend Jason B. has worked at the Music Library for a year now. He's graduating at the end of this semester with his Master's degree in Library Science. Most of the students that work at the Music Library are music people--they're working towards their first music degree. Jason's undergrad degrees are in English and history, making him our resident music enthusiast! Regardless of degrees, everyone at the Music Library is thankful we've had Jason around this year and will be sad to see him go.

So for fun, I asked him to do a blog entry on his favorite CD in the Music Library. Here's what he had to say:

"Ok, I was asked to write a little something about my favorite CD here at the USC Music Library. That’s like asking a particle physicist which type of quark is his favorite! How can one decide? They’re all so awesome! Hmmm, well, charm type quarks are pretty cool… Anyway, for today I’ve decided that my favorite CD is Apostrophe (‘) by Frank Zappa.

The first side (keep in mind this CD was originally released as a record, you know, those flat, round, and black plastic things) follows our Inuit hero Nanook as he battles the evil Fur Trapper. Each track segways into the next, and Zappa really gets to put out some of his favorite tricks: timing and mood changes, sound effects, and unique instrumentation. And of course, we’re treated to some of Frank’s incredible guitar work and fantastic composition. See, you can still rock if you know how to read and write music!

The last half of the album is individual songs, but don’t fret, the rockin’ don’t stop! Zappa never does simple, straight-forward rock, but these compositions are a little more foot-tapping. “Cosmik Debris” and “Stink-Foot” are great, and the album’s title track, “Apostrophe (‘),” features Jack Bruce from Cream in a blistering bass solo. All-in-all, one of my favorite Zappa albums. Check it out! And if you really like it, try it’s companion album, Over-Nite Sensation."