IAML Electronic Newsletter No. 20, March 2006 sessions on copyright and film music, IAMIC-IAML-IMS 2006 training sessions and opportunies to hear Swiss composers and conductors. y An- nika Stemshorn reported the changes which had taken place in the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln. Jutta Lambrecht now has responsibility for shhet music and music information. y Martie Severt from the Netherlands told of the effects of a major reduction in the annual budget for music in his broadcasting com- pany, which included a 25% cut in the li- brary budget. y Finally, Roberto Grisley announced that the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome is seeking to digi- tize the string masters from orchestral works conducted by such figures as Pap- pano and Sawallisch. Veslemöy Heintz (here at the Ircam Mul- The second session focused on Collect- timedia Library), chair of the organizing ing, promoting and distributing contem- committee, reminds you that the early porary music. The speakers – Mieczyslaw registration deadline is April 10, 2006. Kominek and Andrzej Kosowski – repre- After that date, a higher fee will be sented respectively the Polish Music In- charged. formation Center (PolMIC) and the first Polish music publisher of note, PWM Edi- Further report from tion. PolMIC was founded in 1925, be- IAML 2005 came a member of IAMIC in the nineties and plans to launch a database of biogra- Broadcasting and Orchestras phies of performing musicians, musicolo- Branch gists and composers, and to digitize its collections. As to PWM, it lost its monop- Two sessions took place during the con- oly in 1989 and subsequently reorganized ference. At the Working meeting on to adopt marketing policies. It signed an Tuesday, Gina Boaks of the Royal Opera agreement with Chester, to cover distribu- House Covent Garden, London, described tion in Western Europe, and had particular the history of HOLiWog (Hire and Orches- financial success partly as a result of the tral Librarians’ Working Group), a com- popularity of Gorecki’s Third Symphony. mittee of representatives of orchestras and Educational materials form a substantial publishers’ hire librarians. In the ensuing part of the publisher’s output, which in- discussion, librarians described their ex- cludes also film, pop titles, illustrated lives perience with music hire in their respective of musicians and text books at all levels. countries. y Jürg Obrecht of the Zurich The rental library in Krakow possesses Tonhalle spoke about the upcoming 60,000 titles and orchestras find it cheaper MOLA conference (Major Orchestra Li- to rent orchestral materials. brarians’ Association), the first one to be Angela Escott held in Europe, and which will include Branch secretary To submit an item to this newsletter, please send it via email to the address [email protected] IAML Electronic Newsletter N° 20 March 2006 Music (in) libraries Open position The library of the Our long-time Advertising Man- Juilliard School has ager, Sarah Canino, has asked us to recently received search for a replacement. Informa- 139 original rare tion on responsibilities and qualifica- music manuscripts, tions can be found here. If you are including first edi- interested in this position or have tions with compos- questions about the duties, please ers’ emendations, contact me at [email protected]. sketches and prin- Maureen Buja ter’s proofs; they range from Purcell to Mozart to Schubert to Brahms to Schnittke, and include the New book: audio in libraries printer's manuscript of Beethoven’s Ninth The Music Library Association has is- Symphony, Mozart’s autograph of part of sued the fifth volume in its Basic Manual the final scene of Le Nozze di Figaro and Series. Jim Farrington’s Audio and Video manuscripts of parts of Brahms's Sym- Equipment Basics for Libraries presents all phony No. 2 and Piano Concerto No. 2. the information librarians need to know to They were donated to the Library by Bruce make intelligent decisions about providing Kovner, chairman of Juilliard’s board. listening and viewing facilities in libraries. According to Jane Gottlieb, the room to Everything from what to look for when house the collection will be built in what is buying new equipment, to how it works, to now a faculty lounge, and in the interim what to think about when designing a new the collection will be consolidated in a listening facility or retrofitting an existing storage facility and available on an ex- space is considered. tremely limited basis. Books: La bibliotheca de Events, publications música, free to libraries The Music Direction of the Argentine’s BBC Legends new releases National Government's Culture Secretary has just published the first three vols. of its This label of historical performances has new short music books collection called La recently issued recordings of Pierre Mon- biblioteca de música (The Music Library). teux conducting Weber’s Jubel Overture, They are offering to send them free of Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin, Pijper’s charge (shipping included) to those librar- Symphony no. 3, Elgar’s Enigma Varia- ies which might be interested in having tions and Chabrier’s Fête polonaise. These them. The first three titles are: were sources from collectors, as they don’t exist in the BBC archives. Vol.1 La música de las esferas (Music of the Spheres) Texts by Cicerón, New CD: stock market music Macronio, Favonio. The Somnium Scipi- onis narrated by Cicero and the first Span- Playing the Market is a recent experi- ish translation of its commentaries by Am- mental music recording by Emerald Sus- brosius Theodosius Macrobius and Fa- pension. The project features audio com- vonius Eulogius. positions based on patterns found in the stock market and in economic data. The Vol. 2 De Música (About Music) Texts resulting tracks range from minimalist or- by Esteban Buch, Mariano Etkin, León chestral pieces to raw industrial audio ar- Ferrari, Fogwill, Gerardo Gandini, Horacio rangements. González and Francisco Kröpfl. Short texts on musical though by contemporary Ar- 2 IAML Electronic Newsletter N° 20 March 2006 gentine composers, philosophers, writers and artists. Change of address Vol. 3 Juan Bautista Alberdi. Teoría y The Italian IAML branch has praxis de la música (Juan Bautista Alber- changed address as of January 2006. di. Theory and practice of Music). Selec- It is now: tion and a preliminary study by Pola IAML Italia Suarez Urtubey. Texts by Argentine's 19th c/o Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai e century philosopher musician and politi- Archivi Storici cian Juan Bautista Alberdi. Piazza Vecchia, 15 All three books are in Spanish. Of your I-24129 Bergamo library is interested in having them, please Italy respond privately and I will compile a list. Leandro Donozo +39.035.399430 +39.035.240655 Shostakovich centennial Federica Riva As Dmitri Shostakovich was born on September 25, 1906, tion of the 30 years of his death at the many celebrations Festival de Colmar in 2005, then with con- take place this year. certs in early January, including the ¡ Binghamton Uni- Concert du centenaire organized by the versity (New York) Association Internationale Dimitri Chosta- announces concerts, kovitch, which will soon (April) publish on lectures, poetry rea- its web site a calendar of international ding and an art ex- events related to this commemoration. The hibit, to start March newly revamped Salle Pleyel (see below) 23. The University will hold a series of concerts Chostako- of Texas, Austin has opened a web site vitch et la musique russe throughout its providing information on Shostakovich 2006-2007 season with various orchestras, and his music, and on the events in the soloists and conductors, including Mstislav Austin area. Rutgers will hold a Rostropovicth, Vladimir Fedosseiev, Paavo Shostakovich Festival on April 7-9. ¡ Järvi or Mikhail Pletnev. ¡ Russia will Meanwhile in London, Valery Gergiev is celebrate in kind: The Golden Age ballet is continuing his “epic 15-month journey scheduled in March and July at the Bolshoi through the complete Shostakovich sym- Theater. Mstislav Rostropovich will inau- phony cycle at the Barbican Hall”. The gurate the Museum Shostakovich in Skt. BBC Radio 3 just broadcast all of his Petersburg on the anniversary day. Mean- string quartets and provides online re- while, DSCH Publishers continues work- cordings of Rostropovich talking about ing on a 150-volume edition of all of Shostakovich. A Symposium/Festival Shostakovich’s works, including many “Shostakovich 100” will take place on unpublished ones. In 2006, there are pub- September 24 and 25 at the Queen Eliza- lishing a facsimile of the 13th Symphony beth Hall in London, and another one a few and a photo album. days later at the University of Bristol. ¡ Shostakovich’s 15 symphonies con- Several events are scheduled for Septem- ducted by Kirill Kondrashin were recently ber in the Netherlands as well. ¡ France reissued in a boxed CD set. started quite early – in 2004, with the Cycle Chostakovitch at the Orchestre Na- Paris Conservatoire’s new web tional de France, scheduled to close in Five years after having launched its web 2006 – and followed with a commemora- site, the Conservatoire is inaugurating its 3 IAML Electronic Newsletter N° 20 March 2006 new version at the same address, fuller and more functional. It includes information on RILM survey registration, curricula and resources and RILM Abstracts of Music Litera- events of the Conservatoire. The Journal ture invites you to participate in a du Conservatoire, started in 1994 on paper, brief survey that will help us to refine and geared to its students and personnel, is our database's coverage and search also available online. tools, and to understand better the diverse needs of the wide range of Awards, grants people who use it. The survey will take only five to ten minutes to com- plete, and your input will result in an MLA award to RILM volume improved RILM for everyone.