Category: Maxwell Music Library

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Furman is preparing for a performance of “The President’s Own” Marine Band on Friday, October 28.  I’m sorry to say that if you did not get tickets in the first five hours they were available, you might miss out on seeing them live this time around. Do not despair!  The Maxwell Music Library has a…

Come by and see our display about music inspired by the events around 9/11/01, expertly prepared by students Will H. and Chase M. Included among the works are a handful that we have recordings for: As All the Heavens Were a Bell by Jay Bocook Memorial by René Clausen On the Transmigration of Souls by…

Thanks to all of your positive feedback, the Furman Libraries now subscribe to Naxos Music Library. This wonderful classical music resource includes (at last count) over 740,000 tracks. It started as a digital collection of the Naxos label, but now includes many labels. To learn more about Naxos’ capabilities and features read the post in…

Thanks to all of your positive feedback, the Furman Libraries now subscribe to Naxos Music Library. This wonderful classical music resource includes (at last count) over 740,000 tracks. While it may have started as a digital collection of the Naxos label, it now includes many labels. The first track I listened to was On a…

Those of us who attended the Furman Presidential Inauguration this past Friday got to hear the premiere of two of Mark Kilstofte’s choral works, commissioned for the event. You might not know that the Furman Library recently acquired most of his past oeuvre, with one copy in the music library for check-out, study, and performance;…

Dame Joan Sutherland, diva soprano extraordinaire, died on Sunday at her home in Switzerland. You can read her obituary in the New York Times. Lucky for us, her voice lives on through sound and video recordings. We have a fair number in the music library collection. Remember that students can check out DVDs! Come watch…

Every week, Furman users can download a free work from Music Online, the set of databases we subscribe to including Classical Music Library, American Song, Contemporary World Music, and Smithsonian Global Sound. This week’s download is Saint-Saëns’ Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32. For more information, you can see the Music Online…

The Music Library just got three vocal wedding music anthologies in! The two that look identical have one volume for high voice and one for low. Singing in weddings is a great summer money making venture, and we can help you with your repertoire!