During the summer, the collections and services of the Music Library located in Ward Hall will be consolidated into Mullen Library as those of the other branch libraries have been during the past year. If you need help locating specific scores or books during the relocation of the collections please contact Access Services staff in Read More

The following post was authored by Digital Archivist Paul Kelly. The Archives has several different media types in its holdings, and some of these, such as magnetic tape, are much more susceptible to degradation than paper. Audio cassettes and open reel tape can, over time, become sticky and difficult to play without causing irreparable damage, Read More

The exhibit “Sights & Sounds: The 50th Anniversary of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music” will be on display in the May Gallery from March 22 through May 18. Maintaining a tradition of excellence from the studio to the Broadway stage, from singing at the Met to teaching piano in Afghanistan, faculty and students of Read More

Until January 30, CUA Libraries has a free trial to the database Met Opera on Demand.  The database delivers streaming audio and video of more than 500 full-length Metropolitan Opera performances from the ‘Live in HD’ series, the classic Met telecasts from 1977-2011, and over 250 radio broadcast performances that dating back to 1936. Librarians are Read More

We are pleased to announce that the Music Library has purchased and will soon have available on the shelf: A Library of Essays on Renaissance Music Series Editor: Stanley Boorman, New York University, USA ‘…an extensive library of essays focused on crucial aspects of the music and the musical thought of the period…Taken together these Read More

You asked, we heard… Music Library Desk Reference Loan items may now be checked out until closing the next day! This includes all musical theatre scores, CDs, DVDs, and Blu-Rays.

Students and Faculty of the School of Music, Thank you so much for taking time to complete our patron survey! The feedback we received is invaluable, and we plan to make good use of it. We would like to provide answers to some specific questions and concerns that were raised in some of the responses: Read More

Disappointed with the results you’ve been getting in the ALADIN catalog? Check out this short Prezi to freshen up your keyword searching skills!

We are happy to announce that the three computers in the Listening Room now have rotating monitors! Using MagicRotation, the orientation of the screen can be changed from wide view to tall view.  This allows entire pages of musical scores to be viewed at once–ideal for score study while saving paper!  See the photos below. To convert Read More

Nineteenth Century Collections Online  (NCCO) provides full-text, fully searchable content from a wide range of primary sources for the “long” 19th century, 1789-1914. NCCO indexes the full text of books, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps, diaries, photographs, statistics, literature, government reports, treaties, and other kinds of documents in both Western and non-Western languages.  Released incrementally beginning Read More