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Abstract for the AMS Southwest Chapter’s April 11, 2015 Spring Conference (open access)

Abstract for the AMS Southwest Chapter’s April 11, 2015 Spring Conference

This is an abstract for a presentation that was given at the American Musicological Society Southwest Chapter's Spring Conference on April 11th, 2015. The presentation was given alongside a poster display. This abstract highlights Serge Jaroff's Don Cossack Choir, which was founded at a Turkish concentration camp in 1921, and went on to perform around the world. This abstract gives details on the history of the choir and the type of concerts that Jaroff gave. In addition, it explains the lack of scholarly attention that Jaroff and his choir have received.
Date: April 11, 2015
Creator: Arnold, Donna M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evolving, Not Extinct: Music Reference in the 21st Century (open access)

Evolving, Not Extinct: Music Reference in the 21st Century

This is a personal narrative about the impact of ever-evolving technology used in libraries, particularly music libraries. The author - a librarian - highlights the strengths of using different types of technologies in libraries and also problems that they could cause. The author urges caution when considering the adaptation of particular technologies.
Date: April 7, 2015
Creator: Arnold, Donna M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Serge Jaroff and His Don Cossack Choir: Two Rare Scores at the University of North Texas Music Library (open access)

Serge Jaroff and His Don Cossack Choir: Two Rare Scores at the University of North Texas Music Library

This narrative gives details on Serge Jaroff's Don Cossack Choir, which first began in a Turkish concentration camp in 1921. The author highlights the how the choir's music has personally affected her, while also giving details about the history of the choir and how the group went on to tour around the world. This document also gives the information that the University of North Texas Music Library maintains two rare Jaroff scores.
Date: 2015
Creator: Arnold, Donna M.
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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Encoding the Works of Jean-Baptiste Lully & Sons with MEI [Presentation Notes] (open access)

Encoding the Works of Jean-Baptiste Lully & Sons with MEI [Presentation Notes]

Notes to accompany a presentation given as part of the session "Music encoding use-cases in US libraries: aims, pedagogy, and workflows" at the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML) Congress held virtually on July 26-30, 2021.
Date: July 27, 2021
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Houston-Stockholm Pipeline: One Attorney's Passion for Duke Ellington's Music, and a Texas Treasury of Swedish Concerts [Presentation Notes] (open access)

The Houston-Stockholm Pipeline: One Attorney's Passion for Duke Ellington's Music, and a Texas Treasury of Swedish Concerts [Presentation Notes]

Notes accompanying a presentation on the contents and historical context of the Rhodes Baker Collection at the University of North Texas Music Library. It was presented at the 55th Annual Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Conference held virtually May 12-15, 2021.
Date: May 14, 2021
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
System: The UNT Digital Library
We Handle Water Music: The Crazy Water Radio Broadcast Transcription Discs at University of North Texas [Presentation Notes] (open access)

We Handle Water Music: The Crazy Water Radio Broadcast Transcription Discs at University of North Texas [Presentation Notes]

Notes accompanying a presentation on the Crazy Water radio broadcasts in the UNT Music Library. This presentation was selected for the 2020 Best of Chapters presentations at the Music Library Association conference in Norfolk, VA held on February 26-March 1, 2020.
Date: February 29, 2020
Creator: Feustle, Maristella
System: The UNT Digital Library