Alexander Street Press Music & Performing Arts Content Update: 4/29/09

New Content

  • Added 379 classical scores from Edition Peters and University Music Editions, including works by composers Anton Webern, James Dillon, Jonathan Dove, Dunstaple, Brian Ferneyhough, Philip Grange, Stephen McNeff, and Jonathan Rathbone (added to Classical Scores Library).
  • 150 tracks from Rounder Records, including The 20th Anniversary Concert: Live at Carnegie Hall—The New Lost City Ramblers, Jelly Roll Morton: Anamule Dance, Tom Paxton: And Loving You, Deep River of Song: Louisiana (added to American Song).
  • 470 tracks from Six Degrees Records, including Issa Bagayogo: Tassoumakan, Azam Ali: Elysium for the Brave, Spanish Harlem Orchestra: United We Swing, Gaudi / Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Dub Qawwali (added to Contemporary World Music).
  • 550 pages of full-text reference, including Live at the Village Vanguard, by Max Gordon, and The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop-And Why It Matters, by Tricia Rose (added to African American Music Reference).

Content Coming Soon

  • The George Balanchine Foundation (for Dance in Video). New works licensed include rare and unpublished films of the choreographer’s work.
  • Charles Dennis Productions (for Dance in Video). The “Alive and Kicking” video documentary series showcases cutting-edge dance and performance artists.
  • ArtHaus Musik (for Opera in Video). Works include Wagner’s Tännhauser (Camilla Nylund) 2008 performance; Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra (Thomas Hampson) 2002 performance; Verdi’s La Traviata (Angela Gheorghiu, Ramon Vargas) 2007 performance; and Janacek’s Jenufa (Eva Marton) 2005 performance.
  • Sun Records (for American Song). Artists from this legendary Nashville record label include Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Patti Page, Sleepy LaBeef, and The Dixie Cups.
  • High Tone Records (for American Song). New recordings licensed include great American artists such as Honeyboy Edwards, Otis Rush, Sonny Burgess, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and Tom Russell.
  • Universal Edition (for Classical Scores Library). We’ve licensed 2,000 new scores from a wide variety of composers, including Berg, Berio, Boulez, Bruckner, Chopin, Debussy, Granados, Grieg, Janacek, Kodaly, Messiaen, Milhaud, Mussorgsky, Reger, Satie, Stockhausen, Weber, Webern, and more.

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