Now Playing: Naxos Travels, Too
by dontmindme For the iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad users among you: the (free) streaming Naxos Music Library app.* Browse the entire Naxos database – 41,000 recordings and counting – or stream your...
View ArticleNew: bX Article Recommendation Service
by random letters One of the things we hear from library users all the time is how much they enjoy browsing through the stacks for articles related to their research interests. It’s hard to...
View ArticleRestructured and Renewed: Online Resources for Music Scholars
Online Resources for Music Scholars We are delighted to announce a major revision to the Music Library’s largest and oldest research guide, Online Resources for Music Scholars. Online Resources for...
View ArticleExplore, Cite, and Print: Page Delivery Service Updates (December 2010)
The latest release of Harvard’s Page Delivery Service (PDS) – the system through which we share our digital scores with the world – is live, and there are a few enhancements to share with you. We spend...
View ArticleAnnouncing The Music Treasures Consortium
The Music Treasures Consortium proudly announces a new site designed to give access to selected music manuscripts and printed editions from six institutions in the United States and United Kingdom. The...
View ArticleDear Stephen Mosko, you are quite an “extremist”
The Stephen “Lucky” Mosko Collection, 1963-2000 is cataloged and open for research. Composer, conductor and professor Stephen Lee “Lucky” Mosko was born in Denver, Colorado in 1947. After early...
View ArticleHappy 90th Birthday to Leontyne Price!
Legendary American soprano Leontyne Price celebrates her 90th birthday on February 10. This coincides with the 50th anniversary season of the Metropolitan Opera at its present Lincoln Center home. The...
View ArticleHarvard Honors Jessye Norman
For this post we would like to celebrate honors received by Jessye Norman, who passed away in September 2019, starting with the honorary doctorate she received from Harvard in June, 1988. This was one...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Jenny Lind!
In commemoration of renowned Swedish soprano Jenny Lind’s 200th birthday on October 6th, we’re taking a look at her time in and around Boston during her 1850-1852 U.S. tour. Lind came to the United...
View ArticleA Playlist for Earth Day
For Earth Day 2021, I polled our staff for music that they associate with nature or the environment. Here are their picks, and why they think we should listen. Enjoy, and let us know in the comments...
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