Time Lines for Music

A helpful resource for Music History buffs, is the timeline...

here are some website examples....

http://www.jazzinamerica.org/jazzresources/timeline

http://www.d-vista.com/OTHER/Liszttime.html

http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/51727

These are great aids in relating subject matter to what was going on in history at the time.  There are timelines available for all sorts of subjects, I just chose music to blog on today.

You can also find time line posters and charts as well as the online scrollable kind. It is a wonderful way to expand what you know, or find out more about what you want to know. Next time you google add "timeline" to your search.

Rich A.

New Fisher Library Aquisitions

These just arrived and are ready to check out:

The Complete Sacred Music of Henry Purcell 11 CD Set

also

Samuel Barber 65 Songs (the newer Schirmer Edition) in High Voice and Low Voice scores.

Check 'em out!

New Arrivals in Fisher Music Library...

Those of you interested in 20th and 21st century classical music may want to audition  these new CDs  in  Fisher Music Library (Marquis Hall 105):

John Cage Complete Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano - Boris Berman, pianist

On February 13, Guest Artist, Patricia von Blumroder will perform the complete John Cage Sonatas and Inludes "LIVE" in D-K Auditorium. So it would be good to listen to those Cage pieces that feature prepared piano in the performances. Cage specifies that bolts, wedges and erasers be placed at specific locations for special effect that transform the piano, as we know it. These pieces were written in 1946 to 1948 and were very controversial at the time.

Other new CDs that arrived today are:

Xenakis - Metastasis

Elainie Lillios - entre espaces

The Fogg Project - Ryan Fogg, pianist

Four Cds by former Cedar Rapidian, and faculty member @University of Michigan, Michael Daugherty: Raise the Roof; Metropolis Symphony;Rout 66; Fire and Blood

In addition, our own Professor of Bassoon, Greg Morton plays on his "Wizards Finale" CD of double reed music.

Check them out!!!!!

Real Books - Fake Books

New on the shelf in Fisher Music Library are "The New Real Book, v.1,2,3 and the Real Latin book. All are in the Key of C and include vocals. These are legal "fake" books that do not infringe on copyright. For those of you in the know, these are the books that will help you get those pop songs down. Jazz Musicians and entertainers have been using fake books for decades. In 2006 the New Real Books came out and comply  with current copyright. Look 'em up and check 'em out!