Category: Maxwell Music Library

  • Kindle Music Experiments

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    Jenny

    This summer I had the opportunity to try the sheet music newly available for the Kindle, the wireless reading device made by Amazon. I tried both the regular (6″) sized Kindle and the KindleDX, which has a 9.7″ screen. From Kindle Experiments Right now, Kindle treats sheet music as it does any other image. Most…

  • Dedicated Listening Carrels ’09

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    Jenny

    Garrison Ries – for years of dedicated service Tiffany Gibson – for years of dedicated service Robert Wells – for being the most likely to end up on our shelves in the future Natalie Wren – for delving deep into the resources of the music library Heather Jackson – for serving as the music library…

  • Trial of RISM

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    Jenny

    If you are a Furman faculty member or student, you can access the trial to RISM Series A/ii: Music Manuscripts After 1600. This database is an international, annotated bibliography, which aims to document the world’s musical sources of manuscripts or printed music, works on music theory, and libretti. A comprehensive annotated index and guide to…

  • Elliott Carter – 100 Years and Still Composing

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    Jenny

    In December, Elliott Carter celebrated his 100th year with a concert at Carnegie Hall. Carter is still composing now, in fact of his body of work containing just over 130 pieces, 30 were written in the past ten years. 10 were written in 2007 alone, and 6 in 2008. Other Resources:Carter Centenary Web siteContains press…

  • Exciting News for Spring Semester

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    Jenny

    The music library has been approved to be open additional hours starting January 12, the first day of classes spring semester. Our new hours will be: Sundays 1 pm – midnightMondays 8 am – midnightTuesdays 8 am – midnightWednesdays 8 am – midnightThursdays 8 am – midnightFridays 8 am – 4 pmSaturdays 1 – 5…

  • Navigating the Current Periodicals

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    Jenny

    As we approach an increasingly digital environment, some of our journal subscriptions will go online because of package or consortial deals. This has already happened with the titles put out by Oxford University Press, which includes Early Music, Music & Letters, The Musical Quarterly, and The Opera Quarterly. While you will no longer see them…

  • Extended Hours Trial – October 26-30

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    Jenny

    It has come to our attention that students want the music library to be open more, particularly Sunday afternoons and weekday evenings. We will be doing a trial of additional hours. You can vote for them by showing up during this time! Sunday, October 26 1 pm – midnightMonday, October 27 8 am – midnightTuesday,…

  • The Virtual Music Library

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    Jenny

    Classes at Furman start today. If you are in Greenville, welcome back! I wanted to make sure you were aware of the resources you can access from outside of the library. Furman subscribes to four streaming audio databases. Because we have unlimited users for each one, you can use these for course-related listening or just…

  • Students Honored

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    Jenny

    This year, six graduating seniors were honored by having listening carrels in the Maxwell Music Library dedicated to them for the 2008-2009 academic year. The students have all contributed to the library as workers, scholars, or by heavy use of the library and its resources. This year’s honorees include Katie Chapman, McMillan Gaither, Nikki Kindelberger,…

  • Southern Gospel Convention Singing

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    Jenny

    Piano in the Corner Originally uploaded by sh1mm3r I recently attended the Farther Along Conference, the first conference to focus on the tradition of southern gospel convention singing. This was a new church music genre for me. I have experienced shape-note singing as a scholar and as a participant, and grew up listening to gospel…