Fred McIlvain and Tammy Allgood interview Dr. Robert Mills, Assistant Professor ASU School of Music and Chistopher Mehrens, Head Music Library about Robert’s personal collection of opera scores on loan for display in the Music Library.
The exhibit features early and first-edition opera scores printed by Parisian music publishers highlighting the rich history of Parisian music publishing.
During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s publishers took a lot of pride in their publications. These scores, illustrated in very intricate artwork, are visually appealing versus the scores of today which tend to be homogeneous, and in many cases lack images all together. Major French composers, such as Jules Massenet actually had a say in who the illustrating artists were and worked with the publishers to produce these works. These French scores are a true lost art form.
Robert Mills is a former DMA student of ASU, and wrote his Doctoral of Musical Arts Thesis on the French first editions of the Christina Carroll Collection, a special collection of primarily opera scores housed at the Music Library. Robert is an Assistant Professor ASU School of Music the vocal coach/accompanist for ASU’s Lyric Opera and also holds both Juris Doctor and a Master of Library Science.
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| Hosts: Tammy Allgood Fred McIlvainGuests: Robert Mills Chistopher Mehrens |
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Episode 65
Running Time: 12:44
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