Tag: Loeb Music Library

  • Nation & World

    Along China’s keys

    On view at Loeb Music Library through Dec. 18, “One Hundred Years of Chinese Piano Music” sheds light on a robust tradition of song influenced by native folklore, poems, and philosophy, as well as Western compositional techniques.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Unmasking minstrelsy

    A new exhibition at Harvard’s Loeb Music Library, containing items from the Harvard Theatre Collection in Houghton Library, offers visitors a disturbing look at the racist history and enduring legacy of blackface minstrelsy.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Before the baton, a red pencil

    A new online exhibit sheds light on the creative process of Sir Georg Solti, a giant in 20th-century classical music.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Bach to Bach

    Joint exhibitions at Houghton Library and Loeb Music Library mark the 300th anniversary of composer C.P.E. Bach’s birth and the first publication of his complete works, as well as discoveries and acquisitions that were made along the way.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Sox title strikes right note

    An organist of 11 years for the Red Sox, Harvard library assistant Josh Kantor serenaded fans deep into the night after the team’s World Series win.

    2 minutes
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    A year set to music

    Matt Aucoin has been busy since graduating from Harvard last year. The young conductor and composer splits his time among Europe, New York, and Chicago, and is working on a Civil War-themed opera for the American Repertory Theater.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Harvard’s best listeners

    Harvard’s Audio Preservation Studio, tucked away in a few rooms on Story Street, does the heavy lifting (and listening) required to make “loss-less” digital copies of archived sound artifacts in collections University-wide.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Let there be music

    As a liberal arts college, Harvard trains its students broadly so they can adapt nimbly to a rapidly changing world. Increasingly, appreciating and participating in music are integral parts of student life.

    18 minutes
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    Music scholar, John Milton Ward, 94

    John Milton Ward, Harvard’s William Powell Mason Professor of Music from 1961 to 1985, died quietly at home in Cambridge on Dec. 12. He was 94 years old.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Settling scores

    The famously detailed scores of conductor Sir Georg Solti will now live at Harvard’s Loeb Music Library — and soon on the Web. A reception celebrated a new exhibit of his work, as well as the visit of Solti’s widow and the collection’s donor, Lady Solti.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Choral director honors tradition

    Harvard’s Holden Choirs use one word to describe their new director, Andrew Clark: energy. Clark and Kevin Leong conduct a holiday concert at 8 p.m. Dec. 10.

    5 minutes
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    Sema Vakf Collection of Turkish Classical Music now available at Loeb Music Library

    Turkish-born businessman Altan Ender Güzey has ensured the traditional music from the Republic of Turkey is kept alive for future generations with a donation of the Sema Vakf Collection of Turkish Classical Music to the Loeb Music Library.

    4 minutes
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    Loeb Music co-authors issue major report on audio preservation

    A new best-practices report co-authored by Loeb Music Library staff is drawing national and international attention for its comprehensive and candid approach to the field of audio preservation at both the curatorial and technological levels. “Sound Directions: Best Practices for Audio Preservation” provides solid grounding for institutions pursuing audio preservation, either in-house or in collaboration…

    6 minutes