Library Open House: the video preview
Save the date! The Library Open House is happening on Tuesday, 9 October, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm here in Green Library. Take a look at our video preview here.
Blog topic: News
Archive of Recorded Sound hidden collections project completed
The Archive of Recorded Sound has completed the processing of four significant collections under the sponsorship of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation which are now ready for use by researchers, students, musicians, and the public. The creators of all four collections have California connections, but their work and influence extended far beyond state borders to distant regions of the world.
Data Management Services New Website
Data Management Services is excited to announce the launch of our new web site!
The Metaphysics of Notation
Mark Applebaum, Associate Professor of Composition and Theory in the Department of Music, composed The Metaphysics of Notation specifically for installation at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford. The complete work includes a full hand-drawn score (72’ in length, in twelve 6’ panels), two corresponding mobiles, and the print now hanging in the Music Library, which reproduces the entire drawn score.
The Singing Revolution this Thursday in Annenberg Auditorium
There will be a screening of The Singing Revolution Thursday night in the Annenberg Auditorium.
From the event posting:
Early American tune books on display in the Music Library
“To please the taste of the public”
Early American Tune Books
(1761 – 1808)
Monterey Jazz Festival article highlights ARS
An article in SF Gate celebrating the opening of the 55th annual Monterey Jazz Festival highlights the MJF Collection in the Archive of Recorded Sound. The article, by Jeanne Cooper, includes an interview with Jerry McBride, Head of the ARS.
Read it here.
Visit the Monterey Jazz Festival Collection page.
Scripting the Sacred exhibition opens today
The first part of two-part exhibition Scripting the Sacred opens today, Monday, September 17, in Green Library's Peterson Gallery and Munger Rotunda. According to its website, the exhibition features "Western European manuscripts and fragments, showcases the medieval experience of reading."
From the exhibition's website: