http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music Another amazing bgsu blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:42:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every poet is a thief... so says Oscar Wilde. Mental Floss posted an interesting list of 6 pop songs that rip off classical music. And for a little extra fun, Wikipedia has a growing list of songs that retell a work of literature.  Add a few if you notice some holes. http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music/2009/11/20/every-artist-is-a-cannibal/ In observance of Veteran's Day, we will be open only from 1:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. on this upcoming Wednesday, November 11.  We'll return to normal hours on Thursday. And to celebrate Veteran's Day, consider listening to some patriotic music! http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music/2009/11/10/limited-hours-this-wednesday/ The Record and Book Sale will be on December 11 from 9:30 am - 9:00 pm.  We're departing from the two-day format we've had in past years in favor of having one long day in which we hope people will be able to fulfill all of their record-shopping dreams. As ever, ... http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music/2009/10/15/2009-record-and-book-sale/ All OhioLINK Services will be unavailable this Saturday, October 3.  Please see the main library news for more details. http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music/2009/09/30/ohiolink-services-unavailable-this-saturday-10309/ The College of Musical Arts has introduced a streaming site for viewing their Faculty Artist Series online: In conjunction with the Dean’s Office, Public Events Office and Recording Services, a new streaming page has been added to the college’s Web site, which will allow another way to enjoy the Faculty Artist ... http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music/2009/09/17/cma-announcesnew-streaming-web-page-for-faculty-artist-series-concerts/ For those of you teaching classes, don't forget that this semester, you should send your reserve requests to Susannah Cleveland.  We are in the process of filling Morgan Rich's position and will let you know who that is as soon as we do. Also, if you are interested in creating playlists ... http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music/2009/08/31/reserve-reminder-and-naxos-playlists/ NPR's The Picture Show blog is currently featuring a story about how jazz was used in the Cold War.  Not only is this a fascinating aspect of cultural history, but the story also gives some background on the State Department's program of "ambassadorial jazz tours," which led, eventually, to a ... http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music/2009/08/14/how-jazz-warmed-cold-war-hearts-an-npr-picture-show/ On August 1, Naxos Music Library will transitions from Windows Media Player to Adobe Flash.  This should ease use for Mac users.  Read more on their blog: http://naxosmusiclibrary.blogspot.com/2009/07/brave-new-world-of-flash-only.html http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music/2009/07/27/naxos-transitions-to-flash/ If you've been interested in listening to music on DRAM (formerly called the Database of Recorded American Music), but haven't been quite sure how to get started, check out our new DRAM tutorial.  The guide was created by John Cook, a former ML/SRA employee who did his Kent library school ... http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music/2009/06/18/new-dram-tutorial-available/ From Naxos: We at Naxos have some exciting news!  We'd like to officially welcome into the Naxos Music Library, the Van Cliburn competition recordings! The recordings from the 2009 preliminary rounds are already available in the NML, with the complete competition being uploaded daily!  We're also pleased to announce that all of ... http://blogs.bgsu.edu/music/2009/06/16/naxos-adds-van-cliburn-competition-recordings/