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Tag Archives: music
Friday Fun: Yodeling!
Friday fun: Yodeling with Annette Funicello from Adventure in Dairyland, which was filmed in Wisconsin and aired on television as part of The Mickey Mouse Club show! Thank you, Becky, for bringing this to my attention. [youtube]http://youtu.be/kApDKLzt0QA[/youtube] Believe it or … Continue reading
Posted in around the world, around wisconsin
Tagged audio recordings, books, CDs, culture, ebooks, festivals, Films on Demand, fun stuff, music, sound recordings, Swiss, Switzerland, video, websites, world music, yodeling, youtube
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The Girls in the Band
The College of Arts and Communication will show the film The Girls in the Band at 7:30pm on Tues., Feb. 3, in the Greenhill Center of the Arts, room 30. The synopsis on the film’s web site says THE GIRLS … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, audio recordings, big bands, books, films, gender, history, jazz, music, sound recordings, videos, web sites, women
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T3: Streaming Music for the Season
Want to listen to some holiday music to help you study for finals (or distract you from studying)? The Library’s streaming music database, Naxos Music Library, has a new holiday-themed playlist available this month. The database also has dozens of … Continue reading
Posted in online @ the library, tech tips
Tagged android, apps, classical music, databases, iOS, music, streaming audio, streaming music
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Friday Fun: World Music
Are you going to the World Music Festival on Wed., Sept. 17? If you don’t have a ticket, or for other reasons can’t attend the parts of the Festival, or if you just want more world music, Andersen Library has … Continue reading
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Tagged CDs, databases, fun stuff, Irvin L Young Auditorium, music, sound recordings, streaming audio, world music
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Friday Fun: Jazz Music Library’s brand new look!
The streaming audio database Jazz Music Library, part of Alexander Street Press’s Music Online, released a new look on August 14th. UWW students and staff can enjoy some jazz tracks from over 44,000 albums! That is a whole lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged audio, databases, jazz, music, streaming
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Mealtime Music on Thursdays
Looking for a place to enjoy lunch outside? Maybe with a little music, too? Mmmmm…like a mini-vacation in the middle of your day! On Thursdays in July, from 11:30am-12:45pm, eat while sitting on the lawn of the Cultural Arts Center … Continue reading
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Tagged CDs, community events, dinner, fun stuff, lunch, music, parks, reading, sound recordings
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Internet Broadway Database
Did you know that there are free sources on the Internet for information about theatre productions? The Internet Broadway Database is an archive of Broadway theatre information, with “records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.” … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, books, Broadway, history, music, musicals, New York, performing arts, plays, set design, songs, sound recordings, theater, theatre, web sites
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T3: More Library Mobile Apps
Carrying on with our T3 theme of mobile apps for library resources this week, here are two more apps in addition to the EBSCOhost mobile app I already posted (see this T3 post). First up, Naxos Music Library has apps … Continue reading
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Tagged android, apps, article databases, classical music, iOS, mobile devices, mobile technology, music, science databases, social science databases
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Friday Fun: John Cage and 4:33
When I was a young music ed major, I remember learning about John Cage and his silent piece “4:33.” You can see an excerpt of John Cage performing this work via the WGBH Media Library and Archives’ Open Vault! Search … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, audio recordings, books, databases, fun stuff, music, sound recordings, streaming music, video, web sites
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New Stuff Tuesday – December 3, 2013
Child Ballads by Anaïs Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer POP Mit Chi Browsing CDs, 2nd floor The Child Ballads, a set of over 300 English and Scottish popular ballads collected by Francis James Child in the late nineteenth century, continue to … Continue reading
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Tagged folk singers, music
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