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[Review] Speaking of Music: Music Conferences, 1835-1966 (open access)

[Review] Speaking of Music: Music Conferences, 1835-1966

This article reviews the book "Speaking of Music: Music Conferences 1835-1966," edited by James R. Cowdery, Zdravko Blažeković and Barry S. Brook.
Date: January 2005
Creator: McKnight, Mark, 1951-
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Health Promotion in Schools of Music: Initial Recommendations for Schools of Music (open access)

Health Promotion in Schools of Music: Initial Recommendations for Schools of Music

This article discusses the Health Promotion in Schools of Music (HPSM) Project.
Date: September 2006
Creator: Chesky, Kris S.; Dawson, William J. & Manchester, Ralph
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
How to Create Braille Music using the Music Library Accessibility Station captions transcript

How to Create Braille Music using the Music Library Accessibility Station

Video describing how to set up UNT Music Library's Accessibility Station. The video also demonstrates how to create Braille music using technologies and software available at the Accessibility Station.
Date: July 18, 2022
Creator: Gellner, Megan; Brubaker, Blaine A. & Wolski, Kristin A.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improving Access to Music: A Report of the MLA Music Thesaurus Project Working Group (open access)

Improving Access to Music: A Report of the MLA Music Thesaurus Project Working Group

This article reports on the work of the Music Library Association (MLA) Music Thesaurus Project Working Group.
Date: June 1, 1989
Creator: McKnight, Mark, 1951-
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
The WFAA and WBAP Sheet Music Collections at the University of North Texas Music Library (open access)

The WFAA and WBAP Sheet Music Collections at the University of North Texas Music Library

This document narrates a presentation given at the national meeting of the Music Library Association in Dallas, Texas in 2012. The report gives details about sheet music collections that can be found in the University of North Texas' music library as well as a brief history about what has been played on the radio and how it has evolved.
Date: 2012
Creator: Arnold, Donna M.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Mechanical Music

The large vertical painting consists of a dark ground. In the lower portion, five wooden spoons are attached. Along the upper edge is an impression of a hand and a plus and minus sign flank the right and left edges in the upper portion of the canvas. At a diagonal in the lower portion appears a long spatula or spoon shape nestled in a sandy brown area. The surface of the work is complex with numbers, letters and calculations barely visible.
Date: 1994
Creator: Cheal, Susan
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
Complexity Measures of Music (open access)

Complexity Measures of Music

This article presents a technique to search for the presence of crucial events in music, based on the analysis of the music volume.
Date: February 3, 2018
Creator: Pease, April; Mahmoodi, Korosh & West, Bruce J.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Music in the Church Library

Presentation for the 2006 North Texas Chapter of the Church and Synagogue Library Association meeting. This presentation discusses music in the church library.
Date: April 29, 2006
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Collecting and Disseminating New Music: Originally Presented as "The Impact of Women in Music, New Composers Forum" (open access)

Collecting and Disseminating New Music: Originally Presented as "The Impact of Women in Music, New Composers Forum"

Paper contributed to the 2002 Bar Harbor Music Festival. This paper discusses collecting and disseminating new music and the impact of women in music.
Date: July 18, 2002
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Piercing the Curtain: One Composer's Penetration into Eastern European Music Festivals: An Introduction to the Music of Gloria Coates (open access)

Piercing the Curtain: One Composer's Penetration into Eastern European Music Festivals: An Introduction to the Music of Gloria Coates

Paper presented at the 2005 Women in Music/Contemporary Music Roundtable at the Music Library Association Annual Conference. This paper discusses the music of Gloria Coates and her radio program in Germany.
Date: February 18, 2005
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review] [1] A Most Wonderous Babble: American Art Composers, Their Music, and the American Scene, 1950-1985. [2] Art Music in the American Society: The Condition of Art Music in the Late Twentieth Century. (open access)

[Review] [1] A Most Wonderous Babble: American Art Composers, Their Music, and the American Scene, 1950-1985. [2] Art Music in the American Society: The Condition of Art Music in the Late Twentieth Century.

This article reviews the two books "A Most Wondrous Babble: American Art Composers, Their Music, and the American Scene, 1950-1985" and "Art Music in the American Society: The Condition of Art Music in the Late Twentieth Century," both by Nicholas E. Tawa and published in 1987.
Date: March 1989
Creator: McKnight, Mark, 1951-
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Don't Fence Me In: Engaging Local Music Communities to Preserve Texas Music: Final Report (open access)

Don't Fence Me In: Engaging Local Music Communities to Preserve Texas Music: Final Report

This report documents the Don't Fence Me In: Engaging Local Music Communities to Preserve Texas Music project funded by the Dean's Innovation Grant for the Local/Independent Music Initiative of Texas (LIMIT). The final report briefly describes the project scope, activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and project continuity.
Date: unknown
Creator: Outhier, Sara; Huff, David & Lemons, Justin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Soundbox: A Music Engagement Lab (open access)

The Soundbox: A Music Engagement Lab

Report asserts that The Soundbox was designed as a public space within the Music Library where UNT community members can engage with various types of music technology to learn and create. The overall goal was to utilize Music Library space for public use in a way that increases engagement.
Date: October 6, 2023
Creator: Huff, David; Wolski, Kristin A.; Fernandez, Sabino; Lemons, Justin & Sellers, Steven
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Caverns and Caves Depicted in Music

Presentation for the 2016 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture. This presentation contains a brief overview of musical works about caverns.
Date: September 16, 2016
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Talkin' to Texans and Other Americans: Music Oral History Project Perspectives: The Founding of the Texas Chapter of the Music Library Association (open access)

Talkin' to Texans and Other Americans: Music Oral History Project Perspectives: The Founding of the Texas Chapter of the Music Library Association

This narrative centers on the start of the Texas chapter of the Music Library Association. The author gives the history and events that led up to the creation of the chapter, highlighting individuals that played a large role. This document played a part in a presentation given on behalf of the Oral History Committee at the national meeting of the Music Library Association in Dallas, Texas in 2012.
Date: 2012
Creator: Arnold, Donna M.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rediscovering Music Published in American Newspapers

Poster gives information about music that was published in American newspapers from 1900 to 1920 by the American Melody company. This poster was shown at the 2015 National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) Awardee Conference at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on September 17, 2015.
Date: September 17, 2015
Creator: Fisher, Sarah Lynn
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Review] Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music (open access)

[Review] Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music

This article reviews the book "Historical Dictionary of Baroque Music," by Joseph P. Swain; Lanham: Scarecrow, 2013.
Date: 2015
Creator: Justice, Andrew
Object Type: Review
System: The UNT Digital Library
Setting That Record Straight: Revised Program Notes for Sounds of New Music, Smithsonian Recordings (open access)

Setting That Record Straight: Revised Program Notes for Sounds of New Music, Smithsonian Recordings

Revised program notes for the recording "Sounds of New Music" produced by Smithsonian Recordings. The document includes an introduction, a list of relevant formats and associated OCLC numbers to which the notes correspond, and a brief description of each piece appearing on the recording.
Date: 2005
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Brain, Music, and Non-Poisson Renewal Processes (open access)

Brain, Music, and Non-Poisson Renewal Processes

Article discussing research that shows both music composition and brain function, as revealed by the electroencephalogram (EEG) analysis, are renewal non-Poisson processes living in the nonergodic dominion.
Date: June 21, 2007
Creator: Bianco, Simone; Ignaccolo, Massimiliano; Rider, Mark S.; Ross, Mary J.; Winsor, Phil & Grigolini, Paolo
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Educating Music Catalogers: The Synergy of Work and School

Presentation for the UNT Music Library 75th Anniversary Symposium. This presentation discusses the education and training of the UNT Music Library's student workers.
Date: April 22, 2016
Creator: Harden, Jean, 1948-
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

College of Music Recordings at the University of North Texas

Presentation for the Music OCLC Users Group (MOUG) 2018 Conference. This presentation describes the process of ingesting College of Music Recordings at UNT Libraries.
Date: January 31, 2018
Creator: Harden, Jean, 1948-
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cataloging Sheet Music in the Church or Synagogue Library

This presentation provides an overview of the challenges faced in cataloging sheet music by both academic and congregational libraries.
Date: July 29, 2015
Creator: Hartsock, Ralph
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Increasing Music Accessibility for Patrons With Print Disabilities (open access)

Increasing Music Accessibility for Patrons With Print Disabilities

This report documents the "Increasing Music Accessibility for Patrons With Print Disabilities" project funded through the Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report describes the project activities, budget, outcomes and other relevant results/information, best practices, and future program continuity.
Date: January 31, 2022
Creator: Brubaker, Blaine; Wolski, Kristin & Fernandez, Sabino
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Making Music Accessible in the UNT Digital Libraries (open access)

Making Music Accessible in the UNT Digital Libraries

This report documents the "Making Music Accessible in the UNT Digital Libraries" project funded by the Dean's Innovation Grant. The final report briefly describes the project purpose, activities, budget, outcomes, best practices, and program continuity.
Date: September 21, 2021
Creator: Hicks, William & Cleveland, Susannah, 1972-
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library