Hosted by: Fred McIlvain

Guests:
Karrie Porter Brace
Zac Humphrey
Episode 101 Running Time: 23:02

Exhibit:  Mighty Marching Sun Devils

Location:  Luhrs Gallery and Reading Room, Hayden Library, 4th Floor, Tempe campus

Available:  Fall 2009 Semester, during Luhrs Reading Room hours

Description: With photographs and artifacts drawn from the University Archives, the exhibit tells the story of the ASU Marching Band, from its first days in the Territorial Normal School to today.

Exhibit: Native Sounds: Selections from the Canyon Records Collection

Location:  Music Library, Tempe campus

Available: October 1 through November 30, 2009, during normal library hours

Description: In celebration of this year’s Native American Heritage Month (November, 2009) the ASU Music Library will be displaying sound recordings and cover art from the Canyon Records Collection. The exhibit also features poster art and other artifacts on loan from Canyon Records. Turned over to the Music Library by the Arizona Historical Foundation in 2004, the Canyon Records Collection contains over 450 sound recordings in a variety of formats – from 78 RPM records to compact discs.

Founded in 1951, by Ray and Mary Boley, Phoenix-based Canyon Records was the first company to market Native American music to the Indian people. The exhibit features their first commercial recording, Natay, Navajo Singer, which was released at the 1951 Arizona State Fair. The exhibit also showcases recordings by Native American flute virtuoso N. Carlos Nakai as well as recordings of the work of ASU professor and composer James DeMars, including his 2008 opera-oratorio Guadalupe: Our Lady of Roses.

The Music Library would like to thank Robert Doyle, President of Canyon Records, and Kathy Norris, Director of Promotions, for their assistance in the realization of the exhibit through their generous loan of Canyon Records artifacts. The library would also like to thank Dr. Richard Haefer of the School of Music for his loan of Native American musical instruments. The exhibit, created by Rodale Cooley, will be on display in the Music Library from October 1 through November 30, 2009.

Exhibit:  With the flow of the hand, composers make their mark

Location:  Music Library, Tempe campus

Available:  March 16 – May 15, 2009, during normal library hours

Description: For centuries, composers’ autographs have intrigued music historians and hobbyists, informing us of the past travels of scores, letting us know these pieces were once held by great musicians, even if for only a few seconds.

Some composers were generous with their autographs. Others seldom signed scores. For collectors and musicologists, these rare scribblings are biographically valuable and offer insight on the personal and professional life of composers.

Types of autographs include signatures, dedications, presentations, and musical quotes, which were a favorite of many French composers including Jules Massenet and Reynaldo Hahn.

This is a special exhibit of 12 autographed opera scores by Jules Massenet, Reynaldo Hahn, Aaron Copland, Giuseppe Verdi, and several other lesser known composers. Featured items include a signed, first edition score of Reynaldo Hahn’s opera La Carmelite with a dedication to Jules Massenet; a signed score of Verdi’s opera Aida; and a signed and numbered copy of American poet and writer Edna St. Vincent Millay’s play The King’s Henchman with a signed facsimile page of music from American composer Deems Taylor’s opera by the same title.

All scores are from the private collection of Robert Mills.

Exhibit: Besides jazz, what is there? An exhibit recognizing achievements and celebrating greatness.

Location: Music Library, Tempe campus

Available: February 2009, during normal Music Library hours

Description: Besides jazz, what is there? honors Black History Month by offering a glimpse into the accomplishments of Black American musicians. The exhibit, realized by Jennie Allen, Darrell Thompson, Rodale Cooley, and the Black Music Caucus, features photographs, biographies, and materials from the ASU libraries. Located in the lobby and the east wing of the Music Library, the exhibit will remain in place until the end of February 2009.

Exhibit: Marching Throughout History

Location: Music Library, Tempe campus

Available: November 2008 – January 2009, during normal Music Library hours

Description: Marching Throughout History offers a glimpse into the long tradition of wind ensembles at Arizona State University.

The exhibit, realized by Karrie Porter-Brace and Rodale Cooley, features historic photographs and artifacts from the ASU archives spanning a eighty year period beginning with the second decade of the last century. Located in the lobby and the east wing of the Music Library, the exhibit will remain in place until the end of January 2009.

Image information: ASU marching band uniform from the 1970s featured in the exhibit “Marching Through History”; Photo by Karrie Porter Brace.

For information about exhibits in the ASU Libraries, please contact the Exhibits Committee at libraryexhibits@asu.edu.

Just the Facs, Ma’am: Les Basses Danses of Marguerite of Austria and other music facsimiles from the collections of the ASU Libraries and Professor Eckart Sellheim

Q. What’s the next best thing to an original manuscript?

Location: Music Library, May 5 – August 8, 2008

Facsimiles are books that attempt to recreate the appearance of original manuscripts. They are used by scholars as tools for study or investigation when they do not have access to original materials. This exhibit explores the wide variety of music facsimiles found in the collections of the ASU Libraries and Professor Eckart Sellheim of the ASU School of Music. The centerpieces of the exhibit are two facsimiles of manuscripts that were prepared for Marguerite of Austria (1480-1530) – a chanson album (Brussels manuscript 11239), and a collection of basses danses (Brussels manuscript 9085). The display also features facsimiles of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Mozart’s Magic Flute, Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony, and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. [Display Created by Rodale Cooley]

Listen to the related Library Channel podcast interview or watch the video.

Professor of Music Eckart Sellheim joins guest host Anali Perry and ASU Music Library Head Dr. Christopher Mehrens to discuss the summer 2008 exhibit, “Just the Facs Ma’am: Les Basses Danses of Marguerite of Austria and other music facsimiles from the collections of the ASU Libraries and Professor Sellheim.

 
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Facsimiles are books that attempt to recreate the appearance of original manuscripts. They are used by scholars as tools for study or investigation when they do not have access to original materials.

This exhibit, located in the ASU Music Library, explores the wide variety of music facsimiles found in the collections of the ASU Libraries and Professor Eckart Sellheim of the ASU School of Music. The centerpieces of the exhibit are two facsimiles of manuscripts that were prepared for Marguerite of Austria (1480-1530) a chanson album (Brussels manuscript 11239), and a collection of basses danses (Brussels manuscript 9085). The display also features facsimiles of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Mozart’s Magic Flute, Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.

The exhibit will be available from May 5 until August 8, 2008.

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Host:
Anali Perry

Guests:
Christopher Mehrens
Eckart Sellheim

Episode 75
Running Time 43:58

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

Episode 65
Running Time: 12:44

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Fred McIlvain, Music Library Head Christopher Mehrens, and noted ASU School of Music faculty member Jere Humphreys discuss Keokuk II: The 2007 MENC Centennial History Symposium commemorating the centennial of the The National Association for Music Education (MENC), which Jere chaired.

Keokuk II was a scholarly symposium held to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the founding of MENC (1907-2007). The event took place on May 31-June 2, 2007 in a hotel four blocks from the site of the 1907 conference, a Presbyterian church. The 2007 site was located in a new church building built by the same congregation.

MENC began in Keokuk, Iowa, a town located just across the Mississippi River from Illinois. The music supervisor in Keokuk in 1907, Philip C. Hayden, hosted a conference of music teachers, supervisors, normal school professors, and publishers. At the end of the conference, 69 of the 104 attendees voted to form a permanent organization. In the century since that day, MENC has become the largest arts education organization in the world with some 130,000 members.

Over one hundred people attended Keokuk II, including music educators from 29 states and scholars from Australia, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

From October 1-November 15, 2007 materials from this conference, provided by Jere Humphreys, will be on display in the Music Library on the ASU Tempe campus.

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Host: Fred McIlvainGuests: Jere Humphreys Christopher Mehrens

Episode 53
Runningtime: 23:42

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