American Music Librarianship is a biographical and historical
review of the musical situation in American libraries from its
roots in the late 19th century to the 1980s. Beginning with the
period from 1854-55 when the Boston Public Library began to buy
music for its collections, Bradley tracks the development of the
Music Division in the Library of Congress under the guidance of
chief librarian Oscar Senneck.
The opening section examines the professional careers of
America's first music librarians and the subsequent development of
music libraries, taken from information provided in their papers;
documentation in their libraries; and from oral interviews with the
librarians, their spouses and their successors. In the second and
third sections, Bradley covers the librarians involved in the
formulation of classification schemes and rules for cataloguing.
The fourth section covers the colleagues of these pioneer
librarians who are noteworthy for their own efforts on behalf of
music in American libraries. The Music Library Association is
reviewed in the final section, from its inception in 1931 through
the activities of its professionals, to current goals. The book's
appendices include tables and plates illustrative of various
aspects discussed in the body of the book. A detailed index
comprehends personal names, names of libraries, titles of
publications, concepts and subjects. This book is a source book for
all music libraries and librarians, school libraries, and music
research collections.
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