Category: Maxwell Music Library

  • Dedicated Listening Carrels 2010

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    Jenny

    I’m happy to announce the graduating seniors who are honored with dedicated listening carrels for 2010-2011. They include: Veronica Coe, Christina Carviou, and Roddy Terrell – I consider them a founding trio of the music library, the first student workers I hired after I started working here, and all of them have worked at least…

  • Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians Now Available Online

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    Jenny

    One of our key music reference tools – Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (sometimes known as the bright blue books) – is now also available in electronic format. You can do a keyword search or view a complete entry listing alphabetically. There is a screen reader embedded in each entry, and if you click on…

  • Listen Before You Engage!

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    Jenny

    On Friday, April 16, classes are cancelled at Furman in favor of Furman Engaged. Among the myriad offerings, including several musical events, is a performance of “Inuksuit” by John Luther Adams, from 1-2:30 at the Amphitheatre. (The following information is taken from the Furman Engaged! program).The work, scored for 9–99 percussionists, was co-commissioned by Furman…

  • Closing Early Because of Snow

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    Jenny

    The music library will close at 9:30 today, Tuesday, March 2, because of inclement weather. Please check Public Announcements and the Furman web site in the morning for an update for Wednesday’s hours. Sorry for any inconvenience.

  • Database News – Music Index on EBSCO Platform

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    Jenny

    Music Index has been officially switched over to the EBSCO platform. This is great news for several reasons: • The Full-Text? button is now integrated into the database, making it much easier to find whether the article exists online, whether we own it in print, or if you need to be redirected to interlibrary loan.…

  • Two New Journals in the Music Library

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    Jenny

    The next time you have a strange thirty minutes between classes, wander over to our current print periodicals section. We have two new journals out on the display shelves – Classical Singer and Jazz Perspectives. Classical Singer is the premier magazine for classical singers. It focuses on articles about the lifestyle of being a professional…

  • Music Library Closed for Snow and Ice

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    Jenny

    The Furman libraries are closed Saturday, January 30. We expect to be open normal hours on Sunday, January 31.

  • Hours for January 4-8

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    Jenny

    We will be open Monday through Friday this week, 9 am – noon and 1-4 pm. This is a great week to get in and do some listening, research for your upcoming recital program notes, or to watch those operas you always wanted to have time to watch!

  • Finding music on the internet

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    Jenny

    When preparing a piece, or researching performance practice, it can be helpful to listen to several versions of it. There are the usual library resources of the compact discs we have on the shelf, and databases such as Classical Music Library. If you are looking for more, the internet is a logical place to go.…

  • Women in Music

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    Jenny

    One of my pet projects this summer was to read more about women in classical music, and to do a lot of listening. I thought I’d share the resources I came across in the Maxwell Music Library. We have sixteen books with the subject heading of women and music, and that is where I would…