{"id":17545,"date":"2023-06-23T11:27:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T15:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/?page_id=17545"},"modified":"2024-05-21T12:26:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T16:26:29","slug":"generalcollections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/generalcollections\/","title":{"rendered":"General Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1716308787356{margin-top: -10px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: -40px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568747522014{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-3 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;14455,14451,14452,10622,10613,15611,15610,14450,10607,10610,10616,10625,10603,15609,14449&#8243; img_size=&#8221;3000&#215;300&#8243; slides_per_view=&#8221;5&#8243; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; partial_view=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1687539071947{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: -20px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1686945453348{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div id=\"ultimate-heading-477869ebfefa9e1c1\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-477869ebfefa9e1c1 uvc-5092 \" data-hspacer=\"line_only\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer line_only\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px;height:4px;\"><span class=\"uvc-headings-line\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-bottom-width:4px;border-color:#ffc70a;width:80px;\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-477869ebfefa9e1c1 h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:10px;\">Books, Scores, and Periodicals<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;10&#8243; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568830734353{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568301362178{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Sibley Music Library is the largest and most comprehensive academic music library in North America, with total holdings of nearly 750,000 separate items. The general stacks, which are spread across the library\u2019s three floors, hold approximately 375,000 catalogued books and scores as well as current and archived issues of more than 2,000 music periodicals.<\/p>\n<p>One of the library\u2019s greatest strengths is the comprehensiveness of its holdings of late 19th- and early 20th-century scores by European and American composers. The library also maintains a robust collection of critical and study scores and facsimile editions as well as extensive scholarship on music theory, historical musicology, and performance practice. Current collecting aims to diversify and widen this repertoire by building comprehensive collections of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/equity\/justice\/\"> works by composers of color<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?query=creator,exact,Institute%20for%20Music%20Leadership%20Collection.&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;vid=01ROCH_INST:UR01&amp;offset=0\">The Institute of Music Leadership Collection, containing more than 100 reference books on music careers, entrepreneurship, and leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?query=creator,exact,Edward%20H.%20Tarr%20Collection.&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;vid=01ROCH_INST:UR01&amp;offset=0\">The Edward H. Tarr Collection, more than 1,100 scores for brass instruments\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Current subscriptions to 300 music periodicals in many languages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1686945453348{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a id=\"Recordings\"><\/a><div id=\"ultimate-heading-725469ebfefa9e21b\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-725469ebfefa9e21b uvc-886 \" data-hspacer=\"line_only\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer line_only\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px;height:4px;\"><span class=\"uvc-headings-line\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-bottom-width:4px;border-color:#ffc70a;width:80px;\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-725469ebfefa9e21b h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:10px;\">Recordings Collection<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;10&#8243; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568830825893{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568301362178{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]Sibley Music Library holds more than 100,000 audio and visual recordings spanning several media formats (LP, cassette tape, CD, VHS, DVD), and the library also subscribes to 9 databases of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/resources\/streamed-audio-video\/\">streamed audio and video recording<\/a>s. Among the library\u2019s major recordings collections and acquisitions are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?query=creator,exact,Ron%20Carter%20Audio%20Archive%20and%20Collection&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;vid=01ROCH_INST:UR01&amp;mode=simple&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron Carter Audio Archive and Collection<\/a>, containing nearly 800 jazz recordings<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/rochester.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/search?query=creator,exact,Vincent%20Lenti%20Collection.&amp;tab=LibraryCatalog&amp;search_scope=MyInstitution&amp;vid=01ROCH_INST:UR01&amp;offset=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vincent Lenti Collection<\/a> of more than 1,300 audio and video recordings, primarily of piano music<\/li>\n<li>The Eastman Audio Archive, containing more than 35,000 recordings of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/specialcollections\/esm-audio-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performances at the Eastman School of Music<\/a>, the earliest dating from 1933<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1686945453348{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<a id=\"Digitized\"><\/a><div id=\"ultimate-heading-578869ebfefa9e24c\" class=\"uvc-heading ult-adjust-bottom-margin ultimate-heading-578869ebfefa9e24c uvc-4395 \" data-hspacer=\"line_only\"  data-halign=\"left\" style=\"text-align:left\"><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer line_only\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px;height:4px;\"><span class=\"uvc-headings-line\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-bottom-width:4px;border-color:#ffc70a;width:80px;\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading-578869ebfefa9e24c h2'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h2 style=\"font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:10px;\">Digitized Material<\/h2><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;10&#8243; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568830825893{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568301362178{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]As a service to scholars and musicians, the Sibley Music Library actively digitizes scores and books in its collections that are in the public domain. The library\u2019s digitization efforts were kick started in 2009 and 2011 with two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities that funded the digitization of more than 19,000 items. To date, more than 30,000 scores and books from the library\u2019s collections have been digitized and are available on the University of Rochester\u2019s free, public online digital repository, <a href=\"https:\/\/urresearch.rochester.edu\/viewInstitutionalCollection.action?collectionId=25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UR Research<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1716308787356{margin-top: -10px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: -40px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1568747522014{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-xs-3 vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][vc_images_carousel images=&#8221;14455,14451,14452,10622,10613,15611,15610,14450,10607,10610,10616,10625,10603,15609,14449&#8243; img_size=&#8221;3000&#215;300&#8243; slides_per_view=&#8221;5&#8243; hide_pagination_control=&#8221;yes&#8221; partial_view=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1687539071947{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"coauthors":[3],"class_list":["post-17545","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17545"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}