News from the music world
The music world has lost two of the greats this month. Legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck died on December 5, just one day shy of his 92nd birthday. Brubeck was best known for Take Five, along with his West Coast cool jazz style. Visit his website at http://www.davebrubeck.com for bios, photos, and recordings and lots [...]
Free Movies and Music on the Internet – that won’t turn you into a criminal
Check out this blog post about the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive is a little like a library/museum of online content. Basically, free books, music, videos, software, and websites that make you scream “what were they thinking?!” courtesy of the “Wayback Machine.” According to their “About us” section: The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit [...]
Naxos Music Library Subscribers Now Have Access to the Warner Classics, Teldec, and Erato Catalogs
Just in from Naxos headquarters in Nashville: Naxos Music Library is proud to announce the addition of the Warner Classics, Teldec and Erato labels to its streaming audio collection. These immense catalogs include many great performances which have become the standard for their repertoire, such as the Barenboim Mozart Operas and Bayreuth Wagner Ring Cycle, [...]
Classical Music in Video available in April
I just received the communication below from Alexander Street Press. Please check out Classical Music in Video and let me know what you think of it. jatkins3 @ uco.edu We at Alexander Street Press are so excited about our new music collection, Classical Music in Video, that we’re offering Open Access for the entire month [...]
Exciting News about Naxos Music and Jazz Libraries
We received the following announcement this morning from the folks at Naxos: It is with great pleasure that we announce – the complete EMI Classics catalog is now available to every Naxos Music Library and Naxos Music Library – Jazz institutional subscriber! This vast catalog of recordings includes EMI Classics, Virgin Classics, and Blue Note [...]