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Fourteen authors explore the recent past, the present, and the
future of music librarianship through an examination of topics of
importance to the profession: collection development, preservation,
cataloging, technology, copyright, reference, reference sources,
user education, music publishing, sound recordings, the antiquarian
music market, archives, and education for music librarianship.
First published in the quarterly journal Notes, these essays
reflect the views of today's professionals at the fin de si cle.
The set of essays is framed by a foreword and afterword by editor
Richard Griscom.
Finished just weeks before his death, George Rochberg's eloquent
memoir offers a detailed look at his fruitful life as a composer,
publisher, and teacher of music. The volume traces a life immersed
in music, with early study under George Szell and Gian Carlo
Menotti and later long-term collaborations with the Concord Quartet
and commissions for major orchestras and opera companies. Rochberg
takes care to describe the intellectual and aesthetic changes that
led him down certain paths as a composer, often challenging the
conventions of the day. Reflecting on music, aesthetics,
colleagues, and the life of the creative mind, Rochberg's memoir
captures not only the spirit but also the intellectual climate of
the second half of the twentieth century. Rochberg's life as a
composer was marked by an ongoing search for his artistic place
between tradition and the avant-garde, with an extensive oeuvre
comprising over one hundred works including chamber ensembles,
string quartets, symphonies, solo pieces, songs, and an opera. In
addition to his importance as an American composer, he was also a
central figure in academia and publishing. He served as chair of
the University of Pennsylvania's music department, and as an editor
and director of publications at the Theodore Presser Company, he
helped marshal the company into one of the premier American musical
publishing houses. Through the course of the book, Rochberg reveals
the thought processes that led him in unexpected directions as he
pursued the independent path of his career. This is the story of a
creative mind developing, at times struggling, and constantly
growing. Publication for this book was supported in part by a grant
from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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