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Speaking of Music: Music Conferences, 1835-1966.

Publication: Notes
Publication Date: 01-SEP-05 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Speaking of Music: Music Conferences, 1835-1966.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
Speaking of Music: Music Conferences, 1835-1966. Edited by James R. Cowdery, Zdravko Blazekovic, and Barry S. Brook. (RILM Retrospective Series, 4.) New York: Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale, 2004. [xxii, 762 p. ISBN 1-932765-00-X; ISSN 1547-9390. $295 (institutions); $65 (individuals).] Indexes.

Articles published in congress reports form an important set of sources for music scholarship. For writings presented since 1967 researchers can routinely refer to RILM Abstracts of Music Literature to find relevant items, but for papers on music from conferences before 1967 the process is not so straightforward, as several different tools are currently available for consultation. The result of a project nurtured by successive RILM editors-in-chief starting with Barry S. Brook, with contents amassed by 125 contributing abstractors working over a period of three decades, Speaking of Music now emerges as the dominant voice in retrospective indexing of congress reports and papers on musical topics. It may not be the final word on the subject, but due particularly to its expanded scope of coverage and classified arrangement it does effectively quiet the voices of its predecessors.

The reference volume consists of a chronological presentation of...

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