Back to basics: music interlending
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Back to basics: music interlending Helen Bader Assistant Librarian Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
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Presentation given at the Forum for Interlending (FIL) conference in Cardiff on 27 June 2013.
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Back to basics: music interlending
Helen BaderAssistant Librarian
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
“The successful management of the printed music requirements for orchestral
and choral performance is perhaps the most complex operation in the music
service industry.”
(Wright 2003, p.250)
Understanding what musicians
need
Music formats
Full score
Study score
Miniature score
Vocal score
Orchestral part
Orchestral set
Terminology
Libretto
Arranger / arrangement
Opus number
Work number
Voices (SATB etc)
Searching can be challenging!
Foreign / alternative titles
Variations in spelling (eg composers’ names)
Opus / work numbers
Different versions of works
Candide by Leonard Bernstein
Operetta1956 Original Broadway version1973 Broadway revival1989 “Final revised version”
OvertureOperettaSymphony orchestraWind ensemble
Locating music materials
Some music materials can be sourced in the same way as monographs, journal articles, theses etc.
BLDSS
Copac
SUNCAT
EThOS
FABLibraries / WorldCat
Online sources
International Music Score Library Project imslp.orgComposer websites
Can you be sure that the music is in the public domain?
Copyright
Music for performance
What you may need to know • Composer• Title• Version• Arranger / editor• Publisher• Language• Dates required (first rehearsal to performance)• Type & number of scores / parts required
ENCORE! The British Union Catalogue of Performance Music Setshttp://asp.bibits.no/encore/wsSearch.Asp
Image © Royal Welsh College of Music and DramaImage courtesy of wirewiping via en.wikipedia (CC by 2.0) http://www.flickr.com/photos/wirewiping/5588062881/
Conservatoire libraries
Boosey & Hawkes
OUP
United Music Publishers
Novello
Schott
Universal Edition
Publishers’ hire librariesMusic Publishers Association (MPA)
Managing the loan
Know what you’ve been sent
Keep detailed records
Create your own numbering system
Check, check and check again
Replace lost parts and scores
Verdi’s Requiem – sung by 400!
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Catalogues and reference
sources
Printed
Information sources in music (ed. L. Foreman)
British Union Catalogue of Music Periodicals (BUCOMP)
Music dictionaries and encyclopaedias
Oxford Music Onlinehttp://www.oxfordmusiconline.com
British Library - Music Collectionshttp://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/music/index.html
OperaGlass http://opera.stanford.edu/
Music Theory & History Onlinehttp://www.dolmetsch.com
Online
Further help and advice
Jiscmail list ([email protected])
Training courses (Success with music inter-library loans, Music for the terrified, Virtuoso skills for music enquiries)
Publications (Working with music in libraries)
IAML (UK & IRL)http://www.iaml.info/iaml-uk-irl/index.html
Top tips for music
interlending
1. Make sure you know exactly what your borrower wants
2. Have access to comprehensive music reference resources
3. Subscribe to the IAML UK & IRL Jiscmail list
4. Ask for help from music specialists
5. Go to some of the performances - it’s a great feeling knowing you’ve helped made it happen!
Image courtesy of Stefan Baudy via Flickr (CC by 2.0) http://www.flickr.com/photos/-bast-/349497988/
Any questions?
Helen Bader
[email protected]: @helbaderSlideshare: helbader
References
Wright, S. (2003) “Performance (orchestral, opera and ballet).” In: Foreman, L. (ed.) Information sources in music. Munich: K.G. Saur. pp.250-261.
