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Conference Report on Papers in Music Bibliography: In celebration of the Careers of James B. Coover and Carol June ... (1719 words) |
 | It fell to music libraries to create order out of a media circus (the collection of sound recordings inherited from the departmental library), which also necessitated a shift in the selection process: faculty no longer dealt with the departmental secretary to obtain sound recordings, but with the library. |
| Music collections originally grew as a function of the 18th century public's need for performances, and the belief that the well rounded humanist needed music. |
| Music libraries justify their existence by being "a pain in the neck" They require vast amounts of space, time and money. |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) (3383 words) |
| Most of his music is not as well known as that of his father, but in the second half of the Eighteenth Century, C.P.E. Bach was known as the "Great Bach." He was the second eldest and the most famous of J.S. Bach's sons. |
| Proposals for a reorganization of church music in Hamburg meant that a successor to her husband was not appointed until autumn 1789, and it was only in December that year that she handed the post over to C.F.G. Schwencke, who had been elected the previous October. |
| In his music, there are often bold harmonic progressions, interjected sections in contrasting tempo, seamless transitions between movements, abrupt changes of mood, and frequent rambling passages that seem to be searching for a goal. |
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