August 30, 2004
Mary's Pick of the Week
Proms 2004
Listen online to the Proms 2004, "the world's greatest classical music festival." The Proms, which began 16 July and runs through 11 September, features over 70 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. These concerts are also broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Selected concerts are available for on-demand listening up to seven days from broadcast date. Online program notes are available, as are links to information, a mailing list and message board.
Enjoy!
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August 27, 2004
Music at the State Fair
Wondering what to do between Pronto Pups and deep fried eelpout-on-a-stick?
Here are a couple of ideas to get your feet tapping at the "Great Minnesota Get Together"
Check out the free stage at the International Bazaar or other State Fair Freestage offerings.
Follow along with the Amateur Talent Contest Semi-Finals 6 p.m. nightly at the Leinie Lodge Bandshell. Schedule of performers and previous evenings results posted daily.
4-H Fun! Check out the 4-H Fair Schedule for Share the Fun and other performances on the Harkness Hall and Erickson Hall Stages in the 4-H building.
For general State Fair entertainment info, including Grandstand entertainment, try the official State Fair entertainment page.
Enjoy!
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Music at the Olympics
Here's a link to an article in the Washington Post about the arrangements of the national anthems at the Olympics.
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August 24, 2004
All about online music
Here's a link to a series of CNN.com special articles about the "online music revolution." In addition to the articles, there are links to an online music knowledge quiz, history of recording technology, and where to find digital music.
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Upcoming Conferences
Here's a list of upcoming music library-related conferences and meetings:
Online Audiovisual Catalogers biennial meeting, 1-3 October 2004, Montreal
Keynote speakers include Allyson Carlyle and Guy Teasdale; sessions are devoted to cataloging music scores, cartographic materials on CD-ROM, still and moving images, unpublished oral history materials, and videorecordings, the future of the GMD [general material designation], and form/genre terminology. For more information, see the OLAC webpage (select "Conferences").
Music Library Association Midwest Chapter annual meeting, 7-9 October 2004, St. Louis
Sessions include "Composers, Editors and Publishers, the Interrelationship," "One Hundred Years of Music in St. Louis," "Online Services for Music Librarians," and "Music and the St. Louis Public Library." For more information see the chapter webpage (select "Meetings").
And a little farther out, but still worth mentioning...
Music Library Association annual meeting, 13-20 February 2005, Vancouver, BC
Watch for updates to the program at the Vancouver 2005 meeting site.
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August 5, 2004
New Relator Codes
From the MARC TECHNICAL NOTICE (July 27, 2004):
Additions to the MARC Code Lists for Relators, Sources, Description
Conventions
Network Development and MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
The relator codes listed below have recently been approved for use in MARC
21 records. The new codes will be added to the online MARC Codes Lists for
Relators, Sources, Description Conventions. The codes should not be used
until after September 27, 2004.
MARC Relator Codes Additions:
cng- Cinematographer [use only after September 27, 2004]
vdg - Videographer [use only after September 27, 2004]
For further information, see the MARC webpage.
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Welcome
Welcome to Music Notes, a blog for music cataloging. The aim of this blog is to facilitate sharing information on music cataloging, news from Technical Services and the Music Library, and to distribute procedures for cataloging music materials.
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