Year: 2011

Over the summer, the music library installed two exhibit cases. These exhibit cases will be used to display music library materials and highlight our unique and interesting collections. They may also be used by Blair music courses to curate a special exhibit appropriate for their course. Currently on display is… Read More

“Terrorists Destroy World Trade Center, Hit Pentagon in Raid with Hijacked Jet.” This Pulitzer-Prize winning headline article announced to the world that tragedy had struck America in the form of attacks on two of the country’s major cities. Americans were desperate for news in those first hours and miraculously, The… Read More

The Wilson Music Library is participating in the Vanderbilt Libraries’ “Book as Art” exhibit with an installment on musical notation over the centuries. This exhibit can be viewed in the lobby of the Martha Rivers Ingram Performing Arts Center. Read More

See this recent article about the new Book as Art exhibit in the Library and the Fine Arts Gallery. Read More

The Mahler album edited by Gilbert Kaplan (Abrams, 2011) Call Number: ML88 .M27 M34 2011 The Mahler Album is the definitive collection of all known photographs of the legendary composer and conductor Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Selected and edited by Gilbert Kaplan, a renowned authority on Mahler, the images are enhanced… Read More

One of the monuments in the history or recording, the late Scott Ross recorded this epoch-making set of 555 keyboard sonatas as part of a series of recitals given on Radio France. The music is amazing. After starting out as a slightly run-of-the-mill Italian Baroque composer, the middle-aged Domenico left… Read More

“Truly exciting one-voice-per-part Vespers that rethinks the work anew”–Gramophone “This ensemble of virtuosi is in blithe and total command of the material”–Choir and Organ “Glorious”–American Record Guide Check Acorn for current availability. Read More

The first full-length biography in English of Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824), one of the great violinist-composers in the history of music, and arguably the most influential violinist who ever lived. “Amico is a thorough and entertaining life-and-times”–Strad “A substantial and beautifully produced monograph”–Early Music “This is a labor of love. Read More

By Jesse Jones “Thankfully, at Vanderbilt we have enough books to keep a person occupied for several lifetimes, and the administration takes our libraries very seriously. Last year, Vanderbilt’s Central Library got a multimillion-dollar renovation. It used to be a creepy place to study, but with the new lobby,… Read More

The Milliner-Koken Collection of American Fiddle Tunes is an essential resource for fiddlers who are looking for ways to expand their repertoire. 1,404 tunes are arranged alphabetically in 741 pages, with references to source recordings and cross references to similar tunes and titles. A special feature is an artist index… Read More