Grove/Oxford Update!
It seems the Grove Music link is working again. I have left the link titled “Grove” even though the official site is Oxford Music Online.
If you want to find out more about the new site, please follow this link:
http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public/
Grove Site: Update
People from Electronic Resources are still working on Grove Online. There is currently good news and bad news:
Good News: If you are on campus, you can access it by manually typing www.grovemusic.com
Bad News: It is currently unavailable to off campus users.
I will update you as soon as things change. Again, we apologize for the inconvenience.
Grove Music Online becomes Oxford Music Online
Oxford Music Online has replaced Grove Music Online. For now, the plan is to keep the link the same, since everyone knows it as “Grove”. However, the problem we are encountering is that something is wrong with the link.
People from the main library are working on this and trying to get it fixed. We apologize for the inconvenience, and will have it up and working again as soon as possible.
UH Faculty Member Presents at Mendelssohn Festival
Dr. Jeffrey Sposato, Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Houston, recently presented a paper at the 2008 Georgetown Festival of the Arts. This year, the festival chose Felix Mendelssohn as the honored composer.
Dr. Sposato’s paper, entitled “A Christian Mendelssohn Cannot Be”: Jewish and Protestant Influences on Mendelssohn’s Sacred Music, is described below:
Most scholars since World War Two have assumed that composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy maintained a strong attachment to Judaism throughout his lifetime. As these commentators have rightly noted, Mendelssohn was born Jewish and did not convert to Protestantism until age seven, his grandfather was the famous Jewish reformer and philosopher Moses Mendelssohn, and his music was banned by the Nazis, who clearly viewed him as a Jew. Such facts tell only part of the story, however. Drawing on his recent research on Felix Mendelssohn and the Mendelssohn family, Sposato will explore new answers to the so-called Mendelssohn Jewish question.
More information about the festival can be found at:
http://www.georgetowntexassymphony.org/festival.html
Recent Acquisitions in Music: Scores
Here are some new scores acquired during March and April.
M3 .S56x
Works 1979 Sobranie sochineniĭ v soroka dvukh tomakh/ D. Shostakovich
M22 .N67 2007
The Christopher Norton jazz preludes collection : 14 original pieces for solo piano based on jazz styles with playalong CD / Christopher Norton.
M23 .H41 L25 1973
Sämtliche Klaviersonaten = The complete piano sonatas / Joseph Haydn ; nach Autographen, Abschriften und Erstdrucken hrsg. von Christa Landon ; Fingersätze von Oswald Jonas
M56 .F35 1990
A Family Album: Double Bass Solos [Compiled by Frank Proto]
M58 .B32 BWV 1007-1012 1995
Six suites S. 1007-1012 for string bass solo / J.S. Bach ; [transcribed and edited by] Mark Bernat.
M62 .T33 D5 1991
Dialoge nach Vogelstimmen : 1981 : Flöte solo / Jenö Takács.
M237 .L45 1983
Leichte Spielstucke für Kontrabass und Klavier / Herausgegeben von Klaus Trumpf.
M237 .A25 1986
Accompaniments for Double Bass Solo: Piano Parts for Twenty-six pieces from Double Bass Solo 1 and 2/ arranged by Jill and Keith Hartley
M237 .B685 T8 1984
Ausgewählte Stücke für Kontrabass und Klavier / Giovanni Bottesini ; nach den Quellen herausgegeben und eingerichtet von Klaus Trumpf.
M237 .S75 1995
Spielbuch für Kontrabass und Klavier : Ausgewahlte Kompositionen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts.
M238 .B67 E432 1997
Elegy / Giovanni Bottesini ; arranged for string bass and string quartet/orchestra by James Scott.
M238 .T35 A5 1958
Andante cantabile : op. 11, for string bass and piano / Tchaikovsky ; [edited by] Fred Zimmermann.
M238 .D65 op. 8 2003
Theme with variations (from the Sonata for cello and piano, opus 
for double bass and piano (orchestra tuning) / Erno von Dohnányi ; [edited for double bass by Lucas Drew].
M238 .D725 A5 1966
Andante und Rondo : für Kontrabass und Klavier / Erstdruck hrsg. von Rudolf Malarić.
M238 .D988 op. 100 2003
Sonatina in G major op. 100 for double bass and piano (orchestra tuning) / Antonin Dvorák.
M238 .F7 S6 1991
Sonata in A major for string bass and piano / Franck ; [bass part edited by] Stuart Sankey ; [piano part edited by Robert Casadesus].
M238 .G75 op. 36 1994
Sonata in A minor, opus 36 for string bass and piano / Grieg ; [transcribed and edited by] Stuart Sankey.
M287 .B65 op. 40 no. 2 2001
Sonata in B♭ for violoncello and double bass / Joseph Bodin de Boismortier ; arranged by Klaus Stoll.
M291.E48 D8 1970
Duett for trombone and double bass. [Edited by Rodney Slatford]
M287.M68 D8 2007
Duettini concertati (1966) per violino e contrabbasso / Virgilio Mortari.
M287 .M379 D96 1974
Duo for double bass and cello / Jules Massenet ; [edited by Rodney Slatford]
M287 .P53 R6 1998
Rondeau for cello bass duet / Ignatz Joseph Pleyel ; transcribed and edited by Klaus Stoll.
M287 .P917 D82 2004
Duo no. 1 for violin and double bass / Frank Proto
M287 .S22 S6 2003
Sonata in D minor for two double basses : (c. 1705) / Alessandro Scarlatti ; arranged by Klaus Stoll.
M322 .B72 G7 1979
Gran duo : A-Dur, für Klarinette in A, Kontrabass und Klavier, op. posth. / Giovanni Bottesini ; [bearb. von Rudolf Malarić].
M353 .D6 op. 10 1980
Serenade for violin, viola and double bass / Ernő von Dohnányi ; [transcribed & edited by Frank Proto].
M385 .S58 M6 1997
Moody garden : for flute and alto flute, violoncello, and percussion / by Robert T. Smith
M412 .S42 op. 47 1945
Quartet in E flat major. Opus 47. For piano, violin, viola and cello
M422.W34 S4 1991
Serenade for Mallarmé : for flute, viola, cello and piano / Robert Ward.
M454 .B59 C3 1992
Carmen fantaisie : extraits de l’opéra-comique : pour quatuor de contrebasses / Georges Bizet ; transcription et arrangement de Bernard Salles
M454 .S559 op. 47 1995
Scherzo : from Symphony #5, op. 47, (1937) : for double bass quartet / Dmitri Shostakovitch ; arranged and edited by Carolyn W. Buckley.
M457.4 B777 F55 2006
Flight of the four kings : for trombone quartet / Christopher Brubeck.
M554 .B68 T3 1997
Tarantella / Giovanni Bottesini ; arranged for string bass and string quartet/orchestra by James Scott.
M554 .S68 M B30 1997
Adagio A-Dur für Kontrabass und Streichquartett = Adagio A major for double bass and string quartet / Johann Matthias ; herausgegeben von Klaus Trumpf.
M1011 .R16 op. 18 2001
Second concerto, op. 18 / Sergei Rachmaninoff ; the orchestra accompaniments arranged for a second piano.
M1018 .D73 S67 1978
The famous solo : in E minor, for double bass and piano / Domenico Dragonetti.
M1018.R25 L9 2001b
Three lyric pieces : for double bass & piano / Paul Ramsier ; [edited by John Miller].
M1041 .W37 D5 1986
Dialogues : for violin, cello and piano or orchestra / Robert Ward.
M1503 .H456 D4 2007
Dead man walking : opera in two acts / Jake Heggie ; libretto by Terrence McNally ; based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ.
M1503 .W259 R6 1993
Roman fever : opera in one act after the story by Edith Wharton / music by Robert Ward ; text by Roger Brunyate ; vocal score
M1614 .M87 A73 1991
Seven concert arias for bass voice and piano / Mozart.
M1620 .B52 A78 2007
Art songs and arias : 29 selections / Leonard Bernstein.
M1620 .B52 A783 2007
Art songs and arias : 33 selections / Leonard Bernstein ; edited by Richard Walters.
M1620 .H42 S64 1999
The faces of love : the songs of Jake Heggie.
M1621.3 B68 B68 1997
Two songs for high voice, string bass, and piano / Bottesini ; [edited by] Thomas Martin.
M1621.4 W37 L68 1994
Love’s seasons : a song cycle for high voice and piano / music by Robert Ward ; words from Fatal interview by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
M2023 .B34 M3 2004
Magnificat / Randol Alan Bass.
Recent Acquisitions in Music: CDs and DVDs
Hello all,
Here are recent acquisitions in music, starting with CDs and DVDs, for the months of March and April.
CD 10283
Asyla, Thomas Adés
CD11158
Fado [sound recording].
CD 11190
Violin sonatas [sound recording] / Porter, Piston, Copland.
CD 11194
Piano concerto [sound recording] ; Distance and enchantment & other works / [Judith Weir].
CD 11199
TITLE That devilin’ tune [sound recording] : a jazz history. Volume 1 of 4, 1895-1927.
CD 11200
That devilin’ tune [sound recording] : a jazz history. Volume 2 of 4, 1927-1934.
CD 11201
That devilin’ tune [sound recording] : a jazz history. Volume 3 of 4, 1934-1945.
CD 11202
That devilin’ tune [sound recording] : a jazz history. Volume 4 of 4, 1945-1951.
DVD 0316
Rebel Music [Videorecording]: The Bob Marley Story/ produced and directed by Jeremy Marr
DVD0338
A night in Havana [videorecording] : Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba / Winterscene, in association with Studio-on-Hudson presents a Polanetska/Holland film ; produced by Chiasma, Inc. for Cubana Bop Partners ; produced by Nim Polanetska ; directed by John Holland.
DVD 0339
Lady day [videorecording] : the many faces of Billie Holiday / Toby Byron/Multiprises in association with Taurus Film, Munich and Video Arts Japan ; director, Matthew Seig ; writer, Robert O’Meally ; producers, Toby Byron, Richard Saylor.
DVD 0340
Wozzeck [videorecording] : opera in three acts and fifteen scenes / by Alban Berg ; after the play by Georg Büchner ; producer, Rolf Herrmann ; director and set design, Peter Mussbach ; a production of the Oper Frankfurt ; a ZDF production in association with RM Arts.
DVD 0341
The Harlem renaissance [videorecording].
DVD 0342
Benny Goodman [videorecording] : adventures in the kingdom of Swing / Columbia Music Video ; produced and directed by Oren Jacoby ; a co-production of Thirteen/WNET and Antelope for Meridian.
DVD 0343
TITLE Cheremushki [videorecording] = Cheryomushki / muzyka, D. Shostakovicha ; postanovka, G. Rappaporta.
Some Friday Humor
A MUSICAL JOKE
A C, an E-flat, and a G go into a bar. The bartender says: “Sorry, but we don’t serve minors.” So the E-flat leaves, and the C and the G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and the G is out flat. An F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough.
A D comes into the bar and heads straight for the bathroom saying, “Excuse me. I’ll just be a second.” Then an A comes into the bar, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor. Then the bartender notices a B-flat hiding at the end of the bar and exclaims, “Get out now. You’re the seventh minor I’ve found in this bar tonight.”
The E-flat comes back to the bar in a 3-piece suit with nicely shined shoes. The bartender says, “You’re looking sharp tonight, come on in! This could be a major development.” This proves to be the case, as the E-flat takes off the suit and stands there au natural.
Eventually, the C sobers up, and realizes in horror that he’s under a rest. The C is brought to trial, is found guilty of contributing to the diminution of a minor, and is sentenced to 10 years of DS without Coda at an upscale correctional facility. On appeal, however, the C is found innocent of any wrongdoing, even accidental, and that all accusations to the contrary are bassless.
The bartender decides that since he’s only had tenor so patrons, with the soprano out in the bathroom, and everything becoming alto much treble, he needs a rest, and closes the bar.
Events This Week at the Moores School of Music
University Men’s/Women’s Choruses, Floreat.
Tuesday, March 4. 7:30 PM. Moores Opera House
A.I. Lack Masterclass-David and Linda Cerone.
Wednesday, March 5. 7:00 PM. Dudley Recital Hall
A.I. Lack Masterclass-David and Linda Cerone.
Thursday, March 6. 7:00 PM. Dudley Recital Hall
Wind Ensemble.
Thursday, March 6. 7:30 PM. Moores Opera House
Events this week at the Moores School of Music
Symphonic Bands/Symphonic Winds
Tuesday, February 26, 7:30 PM.
Moores Opera House
Texas Piano Quartet
Thursday, February 28, 7:30 PM.
Dudley Recital Hall
Moores Jazz Festival: TMF Jazz Project.
Friday, February 2, 7:30 PM.
Moores Opera House
Moores Jazz Festival. 3/1. 7:30 PM. Moores Opera House
Events this week at the Moores School of Music
Faculty Recital:
Ciesinski, Carlson, Lerner, more.
Tuesday, 2/19. 7:30 PM.
Moores Opera House
Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, 2/21, 7:30 PM.
Moores Opera House
Moores Society Annual Dinner Concert
Saturday, 2/23. 6:00 PM.
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