Music across my desk this evening

New CDs in and out to the shelves today include:
All I Want is You by Miguel, call # MCD 781.644 MIGUEL
Earth, Fire, Water, Wind by John Two-Hawks, call # MCD 781.629 TWOHAWK
And IF Our God is For Us... by Chris Tomlin, call # MCD 781.7. TOMLIN
Yoga by Putumayo, Call # MCD 781.657 YOGA
H. F. M. 2 (Hunger For More) by Loyd Banks, call # MCD 781.649 BANKS
...always trying to have something new for you.

Across my desk today

New music CDs just came in to go onto the shelf and there is a great mix. Check our New Arrivals shelf for these titles:

Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj's debut rap/hip hop CD, call #MCD 781.649 MINAJ

Move, Third Day's 11 studio CD in the contemporary Christian area, call# MCD 781.7 THIRDDA

Soul Bossa Nostra, contemporary versions of Quincy Jones' popular creations featuring a star studded array of artists, call# MCD 781.644 JONES

The Essential Charlie Daniels Band, call# MCD 781.641 CHARLIE

...and this is just a sampling of the titles heading out to the shelf.

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Jean-Claude Naude's Tell Me a Jazz Story

Our featured download from Classical Music Library is Jean-Claude Naude's Tell Me a Jazz Story, performed by the Ensemble de Cuivres Epsilon & Orchestre D'Harmonie de la Garde Republicaine. More information about this piece is available on the Alexander Street Press Music Online blog. All tracks downloaded through this promotion are owned by Alexander Street Press and are available to legally download, free of cost to the user through the library's subscription to this database. For more free resources visit our Online Resources page.
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Serge Lancen's Mascarade for brass quintet and band

The current featured download from Classical Music Library is Serge Lancen's Mascarade for brass quintet and band, performed by the Ensemble de Cuivres Epsilon & Orchestre D'Harmonie de la Garde Republicaine; Roger Boutry, conductor. More information about this piece is available on the Alexander Street Press Music Online blog. All tracks downloaded through this promotion are owned by Alexander Street Press and are available to legally download, free of cost to the user through the library's subscription to this database. Think... more.

Rieti's Two Songs Between Two Waltzes

Our featured download from the Alexander Street Press Classical Music Library is Rieti's Two Songs Between Two Waltzes, performed by Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano). All tracks downloaded through this promotion are owned by Alexander Street Press and are available to legally download, free of cost to the user courtesy of your public library. Think... more!

Gregorian Chant your style?

It may not be for everyone but I love it and we just got an order in of a great selection distributed by Paraclete Press. I'm talking about Gregorian chant... and we've got a whole series of CDs by the Monastic Choir of St. Peter's Abbey, A Benedictine monastery near Sable, France as well as other selected titles. Come take a lOOk in the New Arrivals MCD section inside of Entertainment Central.
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Free classical music download

Saint-Saëns' Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32
Our featured download from Classical Music Library is Saint-Saëns' Cello Sonata No. 1 in C minor, Op. 32, performed by cellist Daria Hovor and pianist Aleth Lamasse. More information about this piece is available on the Alexander Street Press Music Online blog found on our online resources page http://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org/resources/online.htm. All tracks downloaded through this promotion are owned by Alexander Street Press and are available to legally download, free of cost to the user.

For more free stuff visit our Online Resources page; you'll be amazed at what you find. Think....more music at your library.

Free Classical Music Download

Our featured download this month from Classical Music Library is Giacinto Scelsi's Ohoi for 16 strings , performed by the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie; Jean-Paul Dessy, conductor. More information about this piece is available on the Music Online blog. All tracks downloaded through this promotion are owned by Alexander Street Press and are available to legally download, free of cost to the user. You can see what else is available by visiting our Online Resources page on the website and selecting the Alexander Street Press Online Music link. Have your library card handy to log in; and remember, think... more at Missoula Public Library.

Free classical music download

Schumann's Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22
Our featured download from Classical Music Library is Schumann's Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22, performed by pianist Abdel Rahman El Bacha, a Lebanese pianist and composer. More information about this piece is available on the Music Online blog, and you can see over 125 works by Schumann here.
Think... more free classical music from your library.

This month's free classical music download

Skryabin's 8 Etudes for Piano, Op. 42
Our featured download from Classical Music Library is Skryabin's 8 Etudes for Piano, Op. 42, performed by pianist Nicole Afriat. More information about this piece is available on the Alexander Street Music blog, and you can browse works by Skryabin here.
So visit the Alexander Classical Music database from our website's E-databases page and add another great classical piece to your MP3 player. Think...more free music from your library.

I Resolve To...

Happy New Year everyone. The stroke of midnight means it's time to sing that New Year Classic "Auld Lang Syne." A little research tells me this is a Scottish song translating to "times gone by." You can enjoy a few different renditions of this classic New Year song online with our Smithsonian Global Sound subscription.

Of course, the New Year isn't just a time to look back, but a time to make plans for the year ahead. I have no idea what my New Year's resolution should be. I see too many possibilities every time I walk through the library. Should I resolve to keep up on the world better with our collection of newspapers and magazines? Or I could resolve to watch a foreign film each month (an easy task if you come to World Wide Cinema). How about resolving to revisit some of my favorite childhood books?

Choosing a resolution is serious business. It can determine the course of your entire new year! Luckily, I found some help on ehow.com. According to them, there are some very simple factors to keep in mind - make your resolution realistic, be specific, break a large goal into smaller ones.

So what's your New Year's resolution? I'm looking for suggestions - something creative & fun. Send in your ideas by adding a comment here.

Free music download from your library

Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74
The latest free download from Classical Music Library is Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, performed by the Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra; Fernando Lozano, conductor. The symphony is commonly referred to as the 'Pathetique' symphony. Visit our link from the Electronic databases page of our website to Alexander Street Press Online Music to get it and burn it.

This week's free music download

Josquin des Prez: Deploration sur la mort d'Ockeghem
This week's free download from Classical Music Library is Josquin's Deploration sur la mort d'Ockeghem, performed by A Sei Voci. Josquin Des Prez was one of the most influential and widely regarded composers in the history of Western music, so famous that he is known merely by his first name.

For more information on this download or to see what else is available from our music databases go to the E-databases page and open up the Alexander Street Press link.

For more information on this composer go to our E-databases page open the Infotrac link and go to the Biography Resource Center. It's chock full of biographies on just about everyone even mildly famous.

Free music download

This week's free download from Classical Music Library is Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice, performed by the the Orchestre Symphonique de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg; Louis de Froment, conductor.

To take advantage of this free download visit our website and follow our link for E-databases and open up the Classical Music Library of Alexander Street Press.

More free music from MPL

Our classical music database offers weekly free music downloads and this week is...Mozart's Serenade No. 11 in E flat, K. 375 performed by the Ensemble á Vent Français Bordeaux Aquitaine, Michel Arrignon, conductor.
To get this free download go to the E-databases link on our homepage and go into the Classical Music Library from the Alexander Street link.

Recognized...19 years later.

After a period of only 19 years, the Missoula Public Library has officially recognized rap/hip-hop as a legitimate musical genre. Hip-hop music as an artform is much older, of course; 19 years is the length of time since the first mainstream hip-hop single.

In the past, rap and hip-hop cds were scattered between soul, blues, contemporary rock and countless other genres in perhaps an ode to the fact hip-hop borrows from all genres of music. But now, under the dewey classification 781.649, you'll find all of our rap and/or hip-hop in one place.

Free Music!

Have you taken advantage of our Alexander Street Press music databases? You can make playlists and stream music from three libraries - Classical, Smithsonian Global Sound, and African-American Song. They offer all their songs as pay-per-download, but you can stream all the tracks for free.

They also offer weekly free downloads, this week the selection offered is J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068. Enjoy!

Sundaes on Sunday!

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month (informally known as NLCSUM), and here at Missoula Public Library we have a few traditions associated with this month-long celebration of all things library. Certainly the most delicious among them is Sundaes on Sunday, an afternoon of ice cream and music. This year Ben, our blogmeister and local music guru, has arranged for Tater Pig to come and shake the walls with their sound. The fun starts at 2:00pm tomorrow with free tunes for all, and a suggested donation of $1 to enjoy one of our delicious Sundaes on Sunday!

Tiny Tales Presents... The JillBillies!

On Tuesday, Tiny Tales (our storytime for 0-3 year olds) hosted the bluegrass/folk group whimsically known as The JillBillies. The kids loved them!
We're hoping to add more music to our Tiny Tales programs. Please call the Children's Desk at 721-BOOK to find out specific dates.

Montana Library Association

IMHO it was a great time in Great Falls. There were lots of good workshops, and yes, I can attest to Ben being there. Speaking of Ben being in attendance it was his birthday while we were there so... Friday night during the membership dinner there was a rock band playing as the "entertainment" so I (being the shy retiring librarian that I am) went up to the band to ask them if they knew Happy Birthday. I gave them a little background on Ben so they would understand that he was a fellow musician and the next thing I knew thay had invited him up to play a song with them. It took a few minute to line up their play lists to a matching song but we were treated to a great song with bass solos by our Ben. What fun we had and there are pictures to prove it.












On the serious side I really learned alot from my workshops and meetings and am looking forward to toning up, or would it be tuning up my services at the reference desk.