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| UCLA Music Library | |
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| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Type | academic library |
| Established | 1942 |
| Branch of | UCLA Library |
| Collection | |
| Size | 80,000 books, 115,000 scores, over 200,000 sound recordings |
| Access and use | |
| Circulation | 35,000 |
| Population served | 100,000 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The UCLA Music Library is one of nine branch libraries at the University of California, Los Angeles. It serves the Herb Alpert School of Music and is housed within the Schoenberg Music Building.[1]
History
[edit]Beginnings
[edit]The music library began in an east-west corridor of Powell Library in 1942. The starting collection consisted of roughly 8,000 orchestral and choral scores inherited from the Federal Music Project as well as 3,000 books and scores transferred from the main University Library.[2] The collection was first managed by Leon Strashun, who took a special interest in binding and maintaining the collection's music scores until his retirement in 1946.[3] In 1947, Ruth Doxsee took over as music librarian.[4] Doxsee helped to host weekly concerts of recorded music for library staff.[5] She also served on an interdepartmental committee dedicated to handling the "many special technical challenges" that arose while cataloging the music collection.[6] When the music collection's corridor was needed for transit to the library's new east wing, the music collection was moved to a room at the south end of the library's west wing. As the collection grew, this space was increasingly cramped, and the Department of Music quickly developed a need for a dedicated music library space.[3]
The New Music Library
[edit]In 1956, the music collection moved from its wing in Powell Library to a newly-built space in the music building. The new space featured two levels of stacks (estimated to hold 25,000 volumes, with room for future expansion), a dedicated service counter and catalog, and ten listening rooms equipped with sound systems.[3]
On February 27, 1976, the library was named after Walter H. Rubsamen, professor emeritus of the UCLA Department of Music. Rubsamen was an important figure in developing the collection at the music library, taking a special interest in cultivating a ballad opera collection and bringing English music materials to the Clark Library.[7]
Collections
[edit]Contemporary Music Score Collection
[edit]The Contemporary Music Score Collection consists of digital open access scores published as part of the Contemporary Score Edition series, the first open access new music series published by a library.[8][9] The collection includes music by UCLA students, faculty, and scores commissioned by the Hugo and Christine Davise Fund.[10]
Ella Fitzgerald Collection
[edit]The Ella Fitzgerald Collection consists of roughly 46,000 pieces of sheet music from Fitzgerald's personal collection, as well as related correspondence.[11] It is now housed in UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections.[12]
Other Collections
[edit]The music library has acquired various smaller collections over time. The Donovan Meher Collection focuses on rock music over a thirty year span, from roughly 1980-2010. The Southern California Punk Collection includes sound recordings, videos, and books related to LA and Orange County punk music since the 1970s. The Los Angeles Hip Hop Collection covers various LA hip-hop scenes from the 1960s to today. Other rare items, including facsimiles, manuscript fragments, and sound recordings, are kept in the music library reading room cabinet.[13]
Events
[edit]The UCLA Music Library is known for hosting community events such as conferences, classes, and concerts, including an ongoing series of Jam Sessions in collaboration with students from the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.[14]
Exhibits
[edit]- Musical Works of Vincent Persichetti (1957)
https://archive.org/details/uclalibrarianv9to10univ/page/104/mode/2up
Music of Interest to Children (1957)
https://archive.org/details/uclalibrarianv9to10univ/page/142/mode/2up
Work of the Department of Music Faculty
https://archive.org/details/uclalibrarianv9to10univ/page/172/mode/2up
Music and Theoretical Works of the 16th to 18th Centuries
https://archive.org/details/uclalibrarianv15to16univ/page/n79/mode/2up?q=%22music+library%22
References
[edit]- ^ Russell, Maureen (13 Sep 2022). "The UCLA Music Library and COVID-19". Music Reference Services Quarterly. 25 (4): 138–146. doi:10.1080/10588167.2022.2123600.
- ^ Fry, Stephen M. (March–April 1978). "The Music Library". UCLA Librarian. XXXI (3–4): 13. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ a b c "The New Music Library". UCLA Librarian. 9 (13): 79–80. March 23, 1956.
- ^ Philip B. Bantin, Dan Luckenbill, Dennis Bitterlich, Ida L. Rascol, Tom Philo, and Katharine A. Lawrie (November 1982). "Finding Aid: Library. Special Collections. Administrative files.". Prepared for the UCLA Library Special Collections, Los Angeles, California. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
- ^ "Music for the Staff". UCLA Librarian. 3 (3): 3. November 10, 1949.
- ^ "Committee on Cataloging the Music Library". UCLA Librarian. 1 (1): 1–2. October 16, 1947.
- ^ "Walter H. Rubsamen Music Library at UCLA" (PDF). Music Library Association Newsletter. No. 27. November–December 1976. p. 2. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ^ "Contemporary Music Score Collection". eScholarship.
- ^ Vest, Matthew (June 2020). "Notes for Notes". Notes. 76 (4): 577–578. doi:10.1353/not.2020.0046. JSTOR 27079694 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Hugo and Christine Davise Fund for Contemporary Music". UCLA Library.
- ^ "Notes for Notes". Notes. 55 (1): 68–70. September 1998. JSTOR 900347 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Ella Fitzgerald collection of sheet music, 1897-1991". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ "Music Library Collections | UCLA Library". www.library.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
- ^ Ramsey, Will (2018-02-14). "Hancock Institute of Jazz". Hancock Institute of Jazz. Retrieved 2024-07-21.