Conversations with the World's Leading Orchestra and Opera Librarians

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

This book is based on a series of informative interviews with a number of music librarians working for different leading symphony orchestras and opera companies throughout the world. In these interviews, librarians share with the readers what kind of professional skills, knowledge and personality that are required to supply music to the performers onstage, as well as information to these world-famous performing arts organizations. Interviewees also discuss in details about their professional lives, i.e., including their personal stories and working relationships with various legendary conductors and star soloists, e.g., Claudio Abbado, Simon Rattle, James Levine, Donald Runnicles, Bernard Haitink, Zubin Mehta, Sir Colin Davis, etc. Via the interviewees’ stories, one can also get a glimpse of the different inside operations and the unique management styles behind the backstage of these internationally renowned performing arts organizations. There are fourteen conversations including interviews with the Chief Librarian at the Metropolitan Opera and the Orchestra Librarians at the San Francisco Ballet, the Berlin Philharmonic, and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-06-07
Mått:159 x 237 x 27 mm
Vikt:608 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:294
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781442255425

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Mer om författaren

Dr. Patrick Lo is currently serving as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science, University of Tsukuba in Japan (since 2012). Dr. Patrick Lo earned his Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) from University of Bristol (U.K.) in 2009. He has a Master of Arts in Design Management (M.A.) from Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2004), a Master of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.) from McGill University (Canada; 1994), and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) from Mount Allison University, (Canada; 1992). Dr. Patrick Lo has presented about 80 research papers and project reports focusing on librarianship, humanities, and education at different local and international workgroup meetings, seminars, conferences, etc., including: Mainland China, Hong Kong, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Turkey, United States, and Sweden, and at institutions including the Library of Congress (U.S.), Austrian National Library (Vienna), University of Vienna, National Library of France (Paris), National Institute of Informatics (Japan), Konrad-Zuse-Center for Information Technology (Berlin), etc.

Recensioner i media

Reading these informative and often fascinating interviews conducted by Lo with librarians employed by orchestras, opera and ballet companies, and individual singers located in the US, Europe, and Asia does much to dispel the notion that performance music librarians merely inventory scores and parts, distribute and collect them before and after rehearsals and performances, and mark conductors' performance indications. A librarian in charge of performance music must be especially flexible and versatile, since last-minute changes are often necessary. These specialist librarians must also order orchestral scores and parts (so thorough knowledge of different editions is obligatory), and occasionally they compose passages linking one section to the next and even provide transpositions of arias to different keys. Librarians may function in the background, but their contributions are essential for successful performances….Summing Up:Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Maestro Fabio LuisiPrefaceChapter 1: Robert Sutherland, Chief Librarian at the Metropolitan Opera Chapter 2: Robert Sutherland, When the Metropolitan Opera Goes on TourChapter 3:Matthew Naughtin, Music Librarian of the San Francisco Ballet Chapter 4:Ronald Whitaker, Former Orchestra Librarian of The Cleveland OrchestraChapter 5:Alice Chatterjee-Rieckhoff, Orchestra Librarian of the Berlin PhilharmonicChapter 6:Benjamin Gould, Librarian of the Qatar Philharmonic OrchestraChapter 7:Jutta Lambrecht, Archive Director of the Department of Documentation and Archives, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) CologneChapter 8:Lauré Campbell, My Forty-One Seasons with the San Francisco OperaChapter 9:Carrie Weick, Orchestra Librarian at the San Francisco OperaChapter 10:Kazue Asawa McGregor, Kenneth Bonebrake and Stephen Biagini, Librarians of the Los Angeles PhilharmonicChapter 11:Katsu Watanabe, Akane Oki, and Yasushi Ishii, Librarians of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, TokyoChapter 12:Tony R