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June 19, 2007

Live from Bonnaroo 2002

bonnaroo.jpgJackson, Roland. Bonnaroo Music Festival [videorecording]
     New York, N.Y. Sanctuary Records, BMG Distribution p2002

DVD: M1630.18 .B655 2002

This 2-DVD set presents the 2002 Bonnaroo Festival held in Manchester, Tennessee. Includes performances by Widespread Panic, Trey Anastasio, Phil Lesh and Friends, String Cheese Incident, Ben Harper, Ween, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson, Galactic, Gov't mule, Jurassic 5, North Mississippi Allstars, Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, Robert Randolph, Les Claypool, Karl Denson, Drums and Tuba, and others. Also includes Bonus Footage and Outtakes, photo gallery, trailer, etc.

Posted by Matt Jordan at 05:50 PM

June 15, 2007

Performance Practice: A Dictionary Guide for Musicians.

perfpract.gifJackson, Roland. Performance Practice: A Dictionary Guide for Musicians.
     New York: Routledge, 2005.

Ref. ML100 .J29 2005

This dictionary guide is designed to assist the performer in finding a quick reference to performance practice throughout the history of music. Entries are assigned dates (i.e. 17th-20th c.), and cross references are given whenever appropriate. Articles on topics such as instruments, ornaments, etc are divided into time periods, while composer entries are separated into areas based on performance considerations. Bibliographic information is presented for each entry.

Posted by Connie Steigenga at 09:09 AM

June 10, 2007

Amazing Grace

amazinggrace.jpgThe Library of Congress Amazing Grace. 2007.
      http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/html/grace/grace-home.html

The Library of Congress has launched a new Web site devoted to the history of the hymn "Amazing Grace," and the Library's Chasanoff/Elozua Amazing Grace Collection, which is comprised of 3,049 published recordings of the hymn by different individual musicians or musical ensembles. This site is a joint venture of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, the Music Division, and the American Folklife Center. Since its creation in 1779 in England, "Amazing Grace" has grown in popularity to become one of the best-known musical works in the world. This Web site explores its history through items from the collections of the Library of Congress, from the earliest printing of the song to various performances of it on sound recordings.

Posted by Connie Steigenga at 01:41 PM