Music - Technology Directory

  1. Beethoven: The Late String Quartets [CD]. New York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1996GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270.
    Rec #: 958
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Abstract:
    Three CDs of The Budapest String Quartet in Concert at the Library of Congress: 1941-1960. Includes Quartet in E-flat, Op. 127 recorded March 1941; Quartet in B-flat, Op. 130 recorded April 1960; Quartet in C-sharp, Op. 131 recorded May 1943; Quartet in a, Op. 132 recorded December 1945; Grosse Fuge, Op 133 recorded April 1960; Quartet in F, Op. 135 recorded March 1943.

     

  2. Electronic Music Foundation. CDeMUSIC [Web Page]. Available at: http://www.cdemusic.org.
    Rec #: 1227
    Call Number: updated 2002; information provided by the President of Electronic Music Foundation
    Abstract:
    Through CDeMUSIC, EMF distributes programs, they make a wide range of CDs, boks, and other materials available that are har to find elsewhere

     

  3. Figaro! [Macintosh]. Setzer, Patrick. Version Ver. 1.0. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark Publishers; 199525 Kessel Ct., Madison, WI 53711, 608-277-7382; ISBN: 0-697-29352-1 (individual copy); 0-697-29353-x (site license).
    Rec #: 959
    Call Number: Updated 1996; Information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $13.95, site license: $205.00
    Abstract:
    Figaro! is an interactive listening environment built around the musical examples from Jean Fermis' text Music: The Art of Listening (4th ed.) Each of the 57 selections on the 3 CD set has a real-time listening guide that allows the listener to explore the music in a variety of ways. Note: requires the CD set (0-697-26699-0, $31.25)

     

  4. Flora [CD]. Machover, TodNew York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1990GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270.
    Rec #: 960
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher.
    Notes: Cost: $15.00
    Abstract:
    Music for instruments, voice, live computer electronics. Winner of the Best of the Year award by Boston Globe.

     

  5. For Phillip Guston [CD]. New York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1998. 4 disc set, 1 enhanced trackGPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270; ISBN: 90404, 90782.
    Rec #: 962
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: 35.00; multiple copies: $30.00
    Abstract:
    Morton Feldman's monumental four hour long "For Phillip Guston" includes an enhanced multimedia track which includes Feldman's remarks as well as a photo montage of the composer.

     

  6. Heavenly Music Song Construction Disks [IBM / Macintosh / Atari]. Newton, NJ: Tran Tracks Inc.; 199615 Plotts Rd., Newton, NJ 07860, 973-383-6691.
    Rec #: 963
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $29.95-19.95
    Abstract:
    Rhythm patterns, drum grooves and bits and pieces of high quality sequenced music. Perfect to create your own sequences and compose your own music.

     

  7. Homebrew [CD]. Lansky, PaulNew York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1992GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270.
    Rec #: 966
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $15.00

     

  8. Jonathan Harvey [CD]. Harvey, JonathanNew York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1992GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270.
    Rec #: 969
    Call Number: Updated 1998; Information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $15.00
    Abstract:
    Three works by the British composer: From Silence (1988), Nataraja for flute and piano (1983), and Ritual Melodies for quadrophonic tape (1990).

     

  9. Lansky, Paul, composer. [CD]. Folk Images. New York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1996.
    Rec #: 961
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Abstract:
    The Instruments are guitar, violin, computer and occasional voice. The Music settings and arrangements of well-known folk songs, as well as original folk-like tunes. Lansky writes: "These pieces, arrangements and settings attempt to distill, emulate and paraphrase some of the things I love best about folk music: jangling, frantic guitar sounds; melancholy tunes which have aged just enough to sound distant and odd; triumphant displays of 'sold your soul to the devil' virtuosity and nostaglia for the 30's."

     

  10. ---. [CD]. More Than Idle Chatter. New York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1996.
    Rec #: 973
    Call Number: Updated 1998; Information provided by publisher
    Abstract:
    More Than Idle Chatter features 6 compositions based on texts ranging from Walt Whitman to choirs of almost indecipherable "cyber-chatter."

     

  11. Lost and Found [CD]. New York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1996GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270.
    Rec #: 970
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $15.00
    Abstract:
    Mackey's music, a multi-layered world of rhythm and sonority, draws much of its harmonic palette from western art music, and its wit and vivacity from an imaginative transformation of pop elements. Lost and Found repeatedly asks the listener to break down all pre-conceptions regarding sound and style. What remains is the warmth and humor of a true American "original" -- a composer fascinated by stylistic clash and the new language that this yields. On Lost and Found Steve Mackey emerges as a compelling musical personality -- one whose appeal crosses all barriers of categorization.

     

  12. The MIDI files for String Orchestra [MIDI]. Townsend, JohnIssaquah, WA: StringOrchestra.com; c1998331 SW Forest Drive, Issaquah, WA 98027, 425-557-5468, MrT1998@aol.com.
    Rec #: 1190
    Notes: Cost (individual copies): $32, (multiple copies): $40, Free Demo Disk Available
    Abstract:
    The 150 MIDI Files for String Orchestra are MIDI recordings in full score of the standard educational repertoire for string orchestra.

     

  13. MusicMastery [Macintosh/ Windows]. Curran, R. Michael and Northern Lights Technologies. Version Ver. 4.1.1. Minnetonka, MN: AABACA Inc.; 1996; c1993-2001622 Maple Park Dr., St. Paul, MN 551188, 651-451-1926, rmcurran@musicmastery.com.
    Rec #: 570
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information obtained from publisher
    Notes: Cost: (single)$59.95; (multiple) See web site
    Abstract:
    MusicMastery is a comprehensive music learning and composition system for music students from beginning to advanced. MusicMastery uniquely gives teachers flexibility and complete control over music lessons and activitites they create. The methods of creating leassons and activities were designed by musicians and music education professionials. Using these open-ended methods the educator can help students quickly master the important aspects of music. For example, MusicMastery separates melody learning into two parts: pitch learning and rhythm learning. Similarly, it separates melody creation into a two step process: rhythm creation and melody creation.

     

  14. New Music with Guitar, Vol 4 [CD]. Starobin, DavidNew York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1990GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270.
    Rec #: 975
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $15.00
    Abstract:
    works with guitar including pieces by Tod Machover, Robert Saxton, Michael Starobin, Humphrey Searle, Barbara Kolb.

     

  15. New Music with Guitar, Vol V [CD]. Starobin, DavidNew York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1993GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270.
    Rec #: 976
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $15.00
    Abstract:
    Works for guitar, guitar and tape, guitars and orchestra by Mario Davidovsky, Mel Powell, Milton Babbitt, John Anthony Lennon, Tom Flaherty, Roger Reynolds.

     

  16. Quest [CD]. Crumb, GeorgeNew York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1998GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270; ISBN: 09404, 90692.
    Rec #: 978
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $15.00; multiple copies $12.00
    Abstract:
    Winner "Best CD of the Year - Livin Composer", 1998 Cannes Classical Award.

    Also named one of the "5 Best CDs of the Year" by Tower Pulse.

     

  17. Quick Time 6 [Macintosh/Windows]. Version Ver. 6. Apple Computers; c2002.
    Rec #: 1213
    Call Number: updated 2002; information provided by publisher
    Abstract:
    QuickTime 6 Public Preview offers the first comprehensive media solution for creating, streaming, and viewing MPEG-4 content, an important open standard now being adopted for use in cellular phones, wireless PDAs, computers, and other devices. It also offers: Instant-On streaming, a feature that eliminates buffer delays and lets you locate and instantly view specific sections of streaming media files; Advanced Audio Coding, and audio format that delivers superior sound quality at drastically reduced file sizes; An updated user interface for easier access to QuickTime content

     

  18. Things She Carried [CD]. New York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1997GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270; ISBN: 90404-90762.
    Rec #: 980
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $15.00; multiple copies: $12.00
    Abstract:
    A musical portrait of a woman drawnin eight movements. We learn a lot about her: what she carried in her purse, what she noticed, remebered, read, knew, felt, and liked. A large number of facts and ideas are provided with which to thread together an image of the oman, but little is explicitly stated. In his largest work to date, Paul lansky presents a dramatic scenario full of spectacularly beautiful sounds.

     

  19. Tod Machover -- Spectres [CD]. Machover, Tod, composerNew York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.; 1986GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270.
    Rec #: 981
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $15.00
    Abstract:
    Music for large ensemble and computer sounds. Koussevitzky Commission and Awardee.

     

  20. Tran Tracks MIDI Sequences [IBM/ Macintosh/ Atari ST]. Whitley, TranNewton, NJ: Tran Tracks Inc.; 198715 Plotts Rd., Newton, NJ 07860, 973-383-6691.
    Rec #: 982
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $10.00; multiple copies : call; demo: free
    Abstract:
    A collection of over 4000 titles of professional quality MIDI sequences of popular songs.

     

  21. Tran Tracks MultiMIDI [IBM/ Atari / Macintosh]. Whitley, TranNewton, NJ: Tran Tracks Inc.; 199315 Plotts Rd., Newton, NJ 07860, 973-383-6691.
    Rec #: 983
    Call Number: Updated 1998; information provided by publisher
    Notes: Cost: $29.95; multiple copies: call
    Abstract:
    A collection of 40 different collections of detailed sequences of popular songs.

     

  22. VALIS [CD]. Machover, TodNew York, NY: Bridge Records Inc.GPO Box 1864, New York, NY 10801, 914-654-9270.
    Rec #: 984
    Call Number: updated 1998; information obtained from publisher
    Abstract:
    An opera on the science fiction classic by Philip K. Dick. Performed by the original English cast and conducted by the composer.