A curious little book

While weeding the book collection, I came across Sigmund Spaeth's Great Symphonies: How to Recognize and Remember Them (1952 ed.). Spaeth's solution to the problem of remembering themes is to provide "lyrics" for each. So for the main theme of the finale of Beethoven's Sixth, you can in future hear "Hither, come hither, and join our hymn of praise; the shepherds in gladness their thankful voices raise". Or you can run away screaming. There are hundreds of such examples. I decided to keep this book as a "priceless" artifact of another era's approach to music appreciation. You can find it at MT125.S74 1952.

Jones Library hours

Here are Jones Library's staffed hours between now and the beginning of Spring semester. Please note that our print collection can be accessed anytime Ritter Library is open. See http://libguides.bw.edu/content.php?pid=86103&sid=640462 for Ritter's hours.

Friday, Dec. 3, 8:30AM--9:00PM
Saturday, Dec. 4, 1:00--7:00
Sunday, Dec. 5, 2:00--midnight
Monday, Dec. 6 to Wednesday, Dec. 8, 8:30AM--midnight
Thursday, Dec. 9, 8:30AM--11:00PM
Friday, Dec. 10, 8:30--5:00
Saturday, Dec. 11 to Sunday, Dec. 12, CLOSED
Monday, Dec. 13 to Friday, Dec. 17, 8:30--5:00 (closed 11:00--1:30 on Tuesday for the Holiday Luncheon)
Saturday, Dec. 18 to Sunday, Dec. 19, CLOSED
Monday, Dec. 20 to Wednesday, Dec. 22, 8:30--5:00
Thursday, Dec. 23 to Sunday, Jan 2, CLOSED
Monday, Jan. 3 to Friday, Jan. 7, 8:30--4:00
Saturday, Jan. 8, CLOSED
Sunday, Jan. 9, 2:00--7:00

Happy Holidays.

Jones Library, 440-826-2375, jonesml@bw.edu

Philip Glass

During weather like this, I might typically be listening to Winterreise or Nantucket Sleighride (by the 70s rock group Mountain). This week, I've been listening to Philip Glass, something I don't often do. There's a little of his music in Naxos and DRAM, but if you want a better selection, check out the 10-CD set on Nonesuch titled Glass Box. The call number at Jones is CD 010-075 (http://198.30.145.251/record=b3182705~S3). I've been listening to disc one, Music in Contrary Motion and Music with Changing Parts, and it seems very well-suited to the gray Cleveland skies.

Remember that when I say "check out", I mean as in "take it with you" to your dorm or apartment. Students can now borrow CDs for three days, with renewals possible. Enjoy.

Paul Cary

Here are Jones Library's staffed hours during Thanksgiving break. Please note that our printed collections are available whenever Ritter Library is open. Those hours are available at http://libguides.bw.edu/content.php?pid=86103&sid=640462.

Jones Library hours
Wednesday, November 24 through Friday, November 26 - CLOSED
Saturday, November 27 - 1:00--5:00PM
Sunday, November 28 - 2:00--7:00PM

Incidentally, I posted some pictures of the library under renovation to the Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jones-Music-Library-Baldwin-Wallace-College/127938017226780). It's pretty cool to see what's being done there, with walls torn down and the like.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Paul Cary

A few new scores

Just a few highlights from our most recent contemporary scores approval plan:

Songs by John Duke, Peter Maxwell Davies (for boy treble or soprano), Milton Babbitt, and Judith Weir; a violin concerto by Magnus Lindberg; Hue and Cry for wind orchestra by Steven Stucky; a piano trio by Aulis Sallinen; and Earle Brown's Corroboree for 2 or 3 pianos, which features such techniques as fingernail pizz and forearm clusters.

We have also begun posting lists of new acquisitions at our Web site. Right now, lists for September and October are available.

Paul Cary

Classical Scores Library

One of the things I hope to do with the blog is to highlight some of our more significant resources. Today, I wanted to make sure that you're aware of Classical Scores Library, an online collection of scores (and parts) from Alexander Street Press. We've had a subscription for a year or two, but it has grown substantially in the last few months. What was once (in my view) a kind of free pot-sweetener with the online version of the Garland Encyclopedia is now a large, significant collection that provides access to 25,000 scores from anywhere you might be. It's certainly not going to replace our print collection, but it's a valuable adjunct. For example, the collection includes 37 scores by Mahler (including all the symphonies), 939 by Mozart, 322 by Schutz, and 48 by Sculthorpe. The interface is not perfect, but it does allow you to search and browse. I believe the scores are all stored as PDFs, and you can print as much as you want.

If you're on campus, you can simply go to http://shmu.alexanderstreet.com/. If you're off campus, start at http://www.bw.edu/academics/libraries/jones/. Please let us know if you have any questions or problems.

Paul Cary, 440-826-8074, pcary@bw.edu.

Welcome to the new Jones Library blog

This is the new blog for Jones Music Library at Baldwin-Wallace College. We will be posting news, changes to hours, and recommendations here.