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- - Gnace Notes MLA Midwest Chapter N ~ W S

When the call for funding prop& came this past spring the Midwgt Chapter Fxecutive Committee decidedthatinstead of asking yetagain tohave theExchangvProgramfunded,

Addition to we would support a request for fundmg propused by the ad hcc ~ e m y committee Midwestern I a m p l e d to ~ p r t that funding was granted [seedated stmy, p. -1. Congratula- Music Libraries lions to Jean Geil and the rest of her committee Chronology Neverthelw, the Executive Committee recognizes the importance of the Exchange Pro- hi^ addition to the chronology of gramandwishes toseeitconhnue. Weprop"thatthegrantbeofferedwerytwoorh ~dwgtanmus ic l ib~eswassubmi~ yean, instead of annually with funds conung from the chapk We will establish a stand- by ~ u n i ~ 1 ing committee to deal with the Exchange Pmgram and its fundjng.

I would k e to add our library here at According to the Midwest Chapter Bylaws, Article IlI.C.1.: L a n m Univmty to the chronological

hbng of midwestem music libraries pub The dues of the m h h i p class [ m f l y reg& and student] shall be deter- ]ishedinthe&y 1995 jssue of t h e ~ i d w mined by a majority vote at the annual busmess me@. Student members will be Nok-Bwk. ne Lawrence University Li- entitled to membership at half the mte for @ar membas. brary was founded ca. 1850 (adually itwas

already in existence bqbre 1850) and, since Tne proposal to come befo~ the membership at our fall busings meeting will be to raise hwas already a c o m a t o T Y h h the dues from $5.03 to $8.00 (@.M3 for student m h h i p ) ) . I hope that you will support the ,hest day; of the &OOl, it be this vote. I am happy to answer any questions you may have about th~need for this dues ; i tsJhth~rqazff ted mu- in- - sic matedals from its incepton R e cur-

rent name Seeley G. Mudd Library, of course, came much later.

I wanted to send this information so that Lame can now take its place proudly as home of the oldest library music ml- ledions m the Midwest Chapter area!.

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Technology ... Archives ... Preservation ., Sound ~ h ~ o g i ~ a l change, p m t i o n of m11ectiom, 6 v a l mnbl,issues sum,undingmrded Grant from MLA Board sound.. . aJl present daily challenge for the music librarian How do we meet these challengg and to what extent does our own experience reflect that of our colleagues?

On Thmday afternoon, 2 November at our annual meeting there will be a meeting to discuss these and related issues. %broad-ranging discussionwillbe ledby f o r m e r ~ a t i o n C o m - The o~cers and members of the id^^^^ mitteemember~arenLitt~ehmtheu~vdtyofb~e~Itisintendedtobeanopenfolum Chaptermveryp~easedtohave~v~a and will be used to gauge the level of inferst in these &pic5 among m h of the Midwet pt of $580 hm the Mtional MLA board Chapier. Apotential outcome of this meeting might be a reorganjmtion of the Rwmation to undenvrite the oral history Committee or the mation of an entirely new committee devoted to one or more of these issues, for pur-

chaseof casette tapes, kanmiption of inter- Please join us for what planises to be a lively discussion* views, and niscellaneoffi expensg such as

postage, equipment mtal, and photocopy- Leslie T m a n , Chair

The oral history project is being axdinated by T~WIFX Zoski Didanan of Southern Illi- nois Univetsity at Edwaddle. Inkmiews will be conducted with past chapter chairs,

Applications Invited for Gerboth Award heads of large midwest music libraries, midwest chapter memba who held pmmi-

Applications for the Walter &th Award, offered annually by theMusic13,myAssodation, nent within the national organiza- m now being accepted by the Walter Gerboth Award Committee. tion+ and other individuals who were active

membas of theMidwest Chapter during the Applicanb should be m nswhommember;ofMLAandminthehstfiveyearsof 19ax,d1g3j their pmfessid career. me *wad, an amount up to $1m, supports r sach and bibliw graphic projects. The funds may be used for travel, to support the gathering of data or other ,tidpate that the oral k tory material, and similar activities. The award may not be used to purchase equipmentor computer will p-de data for or moR pmta- software ApplicdnG may requgt any amount up to the $1,WO maximum Should morr than tiOns at the 1996 chapter meeting at ~~b one applicant win the award, each will receive a portion of the fu!J amount Dame*

Applicatim should c m b h Jean Geil, Chair *A letter of application that includes a full dexription of the p m j e Ad Hoc Anniversary

Steering Committee *A detailed budeet:

*A cmiculum vitae;

*Two letters of mmmendation, one supparting the applicant and the other supporting the projea.

Mail applications to Geraldine Ostrove, &th Award Committee W, 4805 Westway Dr., Bethesda, MD 208161729.

The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 Cktober 1995. The winner wiU be announced at the F e b q 1996 annual Music Library Assodation meebng in Seattle, Washington*

Geraldine Ost rove, Chair Gerboth Award Commiftee

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- Chapter to Elect New Secretary/Treasurer

TheMidwestChapterNominating ganuniversity from 1970 to 1972. 1953-1972," a paper read at the Committee has announced two MLAnationalmeetinginFebruary candidatesforthepositionof chap He holds the Bachelor of Arts in or- 1986; and 'Tunes for Our Ties : ter Secretary/Treasurer: Bob gan from Hope College, the Master Music in I L W Gnhe,'' pub- DeI* and Lynn Gullickson Ab- of Arts in Music History from East- lished in the September 1989 issue siracts of their curricula vitae, PE- em Michigan University, and the of minois Lharies. He also helped pared by the editor, appear below. Master of Arts in Library Science to designthemusic interfacemod-

(A.M.L.S.) from the University of uleforK~Online,whiChwas Abdot forforrrgistering your voteis M i c h i p implemented in February 1994. contained on the last page of this issueof theMid~tNote-Bwk Bal- Bob has been am& of the Mid- Lynn Gullickson lots submittedby mail mustbe re- west Chapter since 1980 and has ceived by the current %xtary/ senred on several of its commim. L~ynn Gullickson has been Art and T'w, LindaHartig,by no latex From 1985 to 1986 he was &airof the Music Librarian at the University than 25 October. Small Academic Music Libraries of Northern Iowa since January

Committee, and in 1987 Bob was 1995. Lynn has fomflly held po- Alternate1 m you may choose to sub- appointed to the Public Services sitions asMusic T"d Services mit the ballot p d y at re@ Committee. Most-tlyhehosted Urarian at the University of Wis- trationfortheannualchaptermeet- the Midwest Chapter's 1994 m u d consin-Madison, Acting Re- ing. meeting at Illinois Wesleyanuniver- corded Sound Services Cataloger

sity. at Northwestern University, and The Nomiating Committee con- Music Cataloger at the University sists ofRobertAcker,chair@ePaul In addition to his involvement with of Wlsc011sh-Milwaukee. Univerjity),GregFitzgerald~est- the MLA, Bob is a member of Pi e m Michigan University), and Kappa Lambda (Gamma Upsilon She W e d the Bachelor of Mu- Laura Probst (University of Min- chapter), && Lib- Computer sic in Fmch horn performance nesota). System Organization (KCSO), the fromtheUniversiityofWlsc0~

Organ Historical Society, and the MackmtheMaste rof~rary~- Bob Delvin .Music Commission of theEpiscopal ence from Indiana University, and

Diocese of Springfield, Illinois. He is the Master of Music ~ @ T Y and Bob Delvin has been Music and m t l y on the User Interface Sub- LiteraturefromNor!hwestemUni- Fine Arts Librarian at Illinois committee of ILCSO, and was User versity. Wesleyan University since 1980 EducationSubcommitteechairfrom and has held the rank of assistant 1986 to 1989. Lynn has senred on several com- professor since 1986. Having avar- mittees within the Midwest Chap ied backgroundinmusic,Bobwas Examples of Bob's professional ac- ter,includingtheCataIogingCom- employed as an organist at Christ tivitis include "A Computerized mittee (1987-1992, chair; 1993- theIGngEpiscopdChurchinNor- Index to Organ-Builders and Re- p=t,member);theNominating mal, I h o i s from 1983 to 1994, a li- cordedInstrumentsl" apaper which Committee (1993, member; 19% brary assistant atHopeCollege Li- delivered ata Midwest Chapter chair); the Exchange Program brary from 1977 to 1979, a sales as- meeting in October 1984 as well as at Committee (1993); the ad hocCom- sodate with IVIdecki Music, Inc. the MLAnational meeting in March mittee on Committees (1990-1992, from 1975 to 1977, and a graduate 1985; "The King of Instruments: the chair); the Local Arrangements tea*gassistantatE&kmMichi- . Aeolian-Skinner Recording Project, Committee (1989-1990, cochair);

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and the Publications Committee Administrative Structure of the Midwest Chapter (1988-1990). W~thinthenationalor- ganization Lynn is currently a officers member of the Bibliographic Con- Chapter Chair: Leslie Tmutman (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign); Vice-Chuir/ &~l Commi&'s Working Group W-EkrkH.Stephenwright ~orthan~oisUniversity);Se~~etmy-TreasurecLindaHartig

on N~~~~ of T~~~~ of cornposi- (University of Wwomin-Milwaukee); Newsletter Editor: Jack Stewart (University of Ken-

tions for Uniform Titles (1989- hcb)). present) and the~*Perf~p Ad HOC Anniv- Steering Committee mance Subcommittee (1995- Chair: Jean Geil (University of m ~ ~ ~ i s at UrbanaChampaign); Bonna Boettcher (8owling pmsent). She is a former rn- G m State University),AUie Goudy (Western IllinoisUniversity), Marty Jenkins (Wright of the MOUG program commit- State University), Sue Stanm (Indiana University), Steven Sundell (University of W~scon-

tee (1989-1991), and from 1990 to sin-Madison).

1992shewascochairof theNOTIS Bylaws

Music Users Group. Chair: Beth Christwsen (St. Olaf College); AUie Goudy (Western Illinois University), Jack Knapp (Oberlin College Consenratq), Stephen Wright (Northern Illinois University).

Additional professional organiza- tionmemberships forLynninclude MOUG, the Innovative Music Us- ers Group, IAML, ARLIS/NA, ARLIS/Midstates, the Iowa Li- brary Association, ALA, AM!+ Midwest Chapter, and thehterna- tionalHom Society She is also cur- rently a member of the IAML Working Group on Bibliographic Core Records for Music.

Midwest Chapter publications with which Lynn has been in- volved include the Drractory ofAu- tomation Projects in the MLA-Mid- west Ckpter 1990 (compiled by the Cataloging Committee) and A Di-

Cataloging Committee Chair: Mary Huismann (University of Wisconsin-Whitewater); Richard Burbank (Univer- sity of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign), Paul Cauthen (University of Cincinnati), Grace Fitzgerald (University of Iowa), Lynn Gullickson (University of Wmin-Madison), Ruth Inman (University of Illinois at Chicago), Mark Scharff (Washington University), Anna Sylvester (University of Missouri-Kansas City).

Ad Hoc Handbook Committee AUieGoudy (Western Illinoisuniversity), LauraGayle Green (LTrd~~ty of ?vfissolsi-Kansas City), Sue Stancu (Indiana University).

Ad Hoc Librarian Exchange Program Review Committee Richard Jones (University of Notre Dame), Kim Lloyd (IEmis State University), Leslie Troutman (University of Illinois at Urbanachampaign).

Program Committee (1995) Chair: H. Stephen Wright (Northern Illinois University); Stacey Pearson (Men County Pub- lic Library), Markschaff (Washington University-St. Louis), Lynne Weber (Mankato State University).

members hi^ Committee

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r e ~ t o ~ ~ O / Music C O ~ ~ C C ~ ~ O ~ S in the C/uir: Linda Hartig(University of Wisconsin-Mlwaukw!; KaHdeen Abmmeit (OberlinCol- Midmtcm U n i t e d S m fcomDiled lege Conservatory), Anita Balm (hli~eapolis l'ublic Library), Keith Eiten (Central Col-

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by &e publications committee). legel, sue stancu(lndiana university). -

MOremtl~ shea%ktedRiM Nominations Committee Green with the preparation of the Chair Rob& Acker (DePaul University); Greg Fitzgerald (Western Michigan University), tewtfortheFoundatimOfMusiCB& Laura Probst (University of Minnesota). liography (Haworth Press, 1993), and she is mtlY an abstrahr Preservation Committee

Chair: There Zoski (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale); Anita Bealer (Minneape for Rmire Internationale de la lis Public Library), Marlena Frackowski (Indiana University), Karen Little (University of Litt&atUre Musicale 0 . 0 Louisville), Steven Sundell (University of Wisconsin-Madison).

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Annual Meet ing N e w s I 1 Hotel and Meeting Information

T h e T h d y andSaturday sessionswillbeheldintheHoli- day Inn-Southwyck,locatedjustoff the80/90tumpike The hotel, which has m t l y been remodeled, is located near the Southwyck Mall; numemus restaurants are minutes away. In addition to the Thursday-evening reception, your registration fee mdudes a don!jnental breakfast on Friday and Sa tday mornings and the chapter luncheon on Fri- day.

The Holiday Inn will honor the room rate of $65, but will guarantee room availability only through 10 October, so make your memations early. When making mematiom, please remanber to indicate that you are with the Music Libmy AssociationMidwest Chapter. This will inmv get- ting the group rate and will keep our meeting-mm fees down Information regwhg placing your hotel mema- tions is located on the opposite page.

Friday moming and afternoon sessions, as well as the chag ter luncheon, will be held on the Bowling Green State UN- versiitycampus. Tranqmrtationto BGSUisincludedinyour registration fee. You should have time to explotv the library and to stroll mund campus

Made in America' Ten Centuries of American Art

by Friday 13 October, so if you plan on joining us for this event, please send in your registmtion as soon as possible. Tnis trip may be canceled if sufficient interst isn't gener- ated. If the trip is d e d , you will meive a refund

Weather in Northwest Ohio

k l y Novanber w e a k m Bowling Greenfloledo is un- predictable. We could have frost and hi& m the &, 01 we could enjoy sun and the &. Our best advice is to bring layers, an exha sweater, and don't forget your umbrella!

T i e Zone

Please r that Ohio is in the eastern time zone.

Air the Toledo Express Auport isservedby numerous com- nwb& d i i i The Hoiiday Inn has a free shuttle mvice to and from the airport A courtesy phone is located near the baggage claim area.

Bus/Train: Toledo is served by Greyhound and Amtrak According to the Toledo Convention and Viitors Bureau, the best way to get to the hotel is to take a cab. Black & White Cab estimates the fare to be approximately $1&$11.

The Toledo Museum of Art houses numerous, excellent col- Car: if you are traveling on the 80/% turnpike, you are in lectim, including many well-knownaxtworks. In addition luck! TheHoliday Inn is just off Fxit 4. (hn't confuse E t 4 , to its own collectio~~~, the Museum will be hosting the exhi- the Toledo/Maumee/Rte 20 exit with Exit 4a, the 1-75 exit) bitionWin& Ten Centuries ofAmwican Art from 13 From Exit 4, go north The Holiday Inn is on the right, just October 1995 to 7 January 1996. This exhibition includes past Heatherdowns Road. functional, decorative, and h e arts from the eleventh cen- tury to the pment, b j lesser-known and famous artists, in- FromI-75: if youare arriving from the north, take 1-75 south dud in^ Winslow Homer, Maw Cassatt, and Ansel Adams. to 1-475 west Get off at Exlt 8a (Route 2 east), also h o w as "

k o r t Hizhwiv. TTake Route 2east to ~e&Olds ~ o a d and

1 I The fee for fhis expxhtion includes admission to the exhi- t-right. ?h so~thfourlights;the~olida~Inn-~uthwyck tionandwrtationtoand fromthehotel. &Museum's is on the left iust before Heatherdowns Road. If you are cafe will be o&n fmm 5:30 to 8:30 for those who wish to eat arrivingh'thesouth, take 1-75 north to 1-475 west Get off dinner or have a snack while at the Museum. Aminimum atExit6(WqRoad/Dussel)andtumright TakeDwel of fifteen people is rqumd to receive the group rate for ti&- to Reynolds Road and tum left Go mrthone light; the Holi- ets. Weneed to coniinn the number of tickets for our group day Inn is on the right side just past Heatherdowns.

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From AM Arbor: Route 23 I mergeswith1-475. Get off atFxit 8a (Route 2 east), also h o w as Auport Highway Take Route 2 east to Reynolds Road and turn right Gb south four lights; the Holiday Inn-Southwyck is on the left just before Heatherdowns Road.

"-*.euS,$lm@ + Southwyck

Friday sessions in Bowling Gmn: if you ane driving into Bowling Green, beware. Park- ing on campus is at a premium; YOU may end up parking in a commuter lot and taking the campus shuttle to the library

From 1-75: k&e Exit 181. If you are coming in from the north, turn right off thi! exit; from the south, hun left koceed to the first traffic light and turn right on Alumni Drive. Stop at the information booth for parking information and for a campus map.

Ifyoudrivefromthehotektum left onto Reynolds Road. After you cross the Maumee River, follow the signs for Route 25. Take 1-475 south/east to 1-75 south (youllonly be on 1475 for about one-half mile; stay in the rightlane). FoUowdktions for 1-75,

Bonna Boettcha; Chair

Holidome and Convention Center For any guests needing overnight accommodations there is a block of rooms reserved

at the Holiday lnn-Southwyck under M i b t chapter of the msic Lib- Asloc.

with a speaal rate of $65.00 win bldg. (plus taw1

Please call the resetvations office before - Octaber 10, 1995

to guarantee these special rates (419) 381-8765 (800) 3236708

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Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association 1995 Annual Meeting 2-4 November 1995

Toledo, Ohio - Bowling Green, Ohio

Thursday 2 November

1:30 p.m.-5SO p.m. Chapter Committee Meeting

1:30.230 Cataloging Committee 1:3230 MembeF;hip Committee 230.3:45 Open P o r n Technology, M v e s ,

Preservation, Sound 400-5:W Public W c e s Committee 400-5:W Publications Committee

7.a pm-8.CHlp.m Session 1

10:45 am-lk30 a.m. Tours of Popular Culture Library and Sound Recordings Axhives

ll:& a.m.-1:45 p.m. Chapter Luncheon and Business Meeting

2100 pm. - 403 p.m. Session 3

"Ihe Mid-American Center for Contemporary Musi?' hhilyn %rude, Diredor

SwameThier ry ,Asktant~or

'The Midwcst Chapter's Librarian Exchange P w m " Mark M d f (Washinmn University), Modcmtor

with from th;, Librarian FxExchange Program

1 Ledurr/Redtal 415 pm. Vans h v e for Hotel I David Hamish

Assitant Professor, College of Musical Arts, 5:30p.m Vans Leave for Toledo Museum of Art Bowling Green State University Kasuma Sari Balinese Gamelan Saturday~ 4 November

8:00 pm-10:00 pm. Reception

Friday, 3 November

8:00 a.m.-9:00 a m User Group Meetings Chapter Cffim' and Committee Chairs' Meeting

I 803 am-8:30 a.m. Continental Bmkhst at the Hotel 8:30 a m Continental Breakfast I 83 am. Vans Leave Hotel for 900 a.n-12:CHl p.m. Session4

Bowling Green State University 'Tublic and Academic Music L i b r M p : ASympium"

8:45 a.m.-915 am. Registration H. Stephen Wright, Moderator (at Jerome Library, R i M LeSueur (Am Arbor Public Library)

Stacey Pearson and Liisa Pi (AUen County Public Library) 915 a m Welcome Calvin Ewer (University of Michigan)

Martin J&g (Wright State University) Linda S. Dobb

Dean of Libdies and Ieaming Fkmme Bowling G m State University

"Electronic Mail M t y " H. Stephen Wright (Northern Illinois University)

I 93 am-1@45 am. Session2 " O w n d p vs. Accgs:

Issues in Cooperative Collection Managementt' "Collecting Popular Music and Popular Culture" Ruth Inman (University of Illinois at Chicago), Moderator

William L Schurk and Alison Scott Panelists to be ananged Popular Culture Library and Sound Recordings Axhives

Bowling State Univasity EM) p.m Adjournment I I

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I U~l l 'n ie MLA Midwest Note-Book Features

Music Librarianship in the 1940s: William G. Hill and the Midwest Chapter of the Music Library Association

Jean Geil

The initial porlion of this two-part study d e of Music's 6rstmusimlogist' AArmer student at an MLAmeetingonthenationalorchapter &bed the organization in 11941 of the Mid- rrmembers him as a kind mag, with a kern in- level, W laments the fact that the war has I west Chpata of the Music Library Assoda- tell&, wowas a good teacherer5 tion, and provided a brief summary of the somewhat sparse documentuy information During the 19&, when W wa active in fos perbkihgtoitsdestyears. Wtingmrds teringanexpandedmusichisto~~&culumat relating to the chairmanship of William Illinois, the profession of academic music GfithHill(l891-1953)dowforasomhat librarianship and the field of musicology were fuller picture to emerge of chapter activities both of comparatively recent development andpf Hill'swide-rangingpm%dinta- within the United St*. Hill was quite aware esk A native of Carthage, Illinois, W re of the complementary &tionship between the ceived d e w from Carthage College (AB, two pmfeaiom and was a firmsuppter of the 1912) and the University of Illinois (M.A., newlyetablished music libmy at illinois. He 1913), with major areas of concentration in served as chair of the School of Music's library chemistry, ,English andmusic. Subsquently committee, organized ewhibits, notified local he studied at Drake Univdty and at the newspap as to recent acquistions of rare or ScholaCantominParis,wherehewasastu- earlymusicsom,and&itedacontinuing dent of Vincent d'Jndy. Between 1914 and in-t i nco l l ec t io~d~e lb~mt Wth Joseph 1932, W studied and taught at Columbia (Iay)AIlen,theefust musiclibrarianat &ok, he school ofMusic in Chicago, except for a twe ~Ilaboratedintheproductionofabiblio81,ahy ye~tourofdutyinthemilitaryd~World of important hold$~g at the Univety of Ilk- War L In common with many music profs- nois Music Libw. SOIS of this generation his academic resp011- sibilities wmremarkably vaded At Colum- There is ample evidence within the Wfiam G. bia School ofMusicand laterattheunivmtiy W p a p of a view of music h i m h i p ex- of k i s at Urbanachampaign, w h m he ten* far beyond the confires of the Univer- was a mmk of the faculty from 1932 until sity ornois: his death in 1953, he was rqcmible at vari- ous times for compsition, theory, and music If an institution should plan to inaugurate history courses in addition to piano instnrc- a musimlopical p q p m i t should mmider tion. He prformed frequently inchicago, to in the first place not the pasomel of the the a~ombation of critics such as Maurice de~ahnent butthe state of the libran.. . . d e l d o f thechicago ~ m ' 1 ~ ~ e w s : "Mc Hill The finest musicologist in the world can played the %riabin F i Sonata with every accomplish nothing without the tools to apparent--of technic,musidcompr& work with.... AnFtitutioncanonlybe hension and artistic taste." as great as its h i .

After 1943 W dinquishedpiano inshuction 1 and @a rmance to devote full attention to teaching musicology courses, pursuing re- search projects, and his various other herol- arly endeavors. Amo"gHill'spublicatiomm analytical studies in The Music RPview of spe cific c o m p i t i m by Brahms, S i u s , and S c h M Hehasbeendesoibedastheschool

In this essay Hill a h pm@ rather explicit educational mpimmnts for music libmiam, including the "usual t&inginIibraryb&nics"; profiaency in German, Fmch and Italian (as well as at least superSdal fadarity withaddi- tionalm0demlanguagesandLatin);anda work- ing knowledge of basic musicolopical issues. In a m n d say, which may have beenpmmted

shut off the supply of &ce material and basic s o m to support siflcant musice logicalm~'We,at~ois,havebeentry- ing for five years to lccate a set of the h t se- ries of themerDeu0;cherTonkunst.. . sofarasIhavebeenableto~er,dyme set has been on the market in this country" W pm- that scholarly music editions, joumalfla, a d thecard indexesof the "more significant libraries" be made available on mimprint In this rrgard, Hilt had &ved an estimate of a price of 520 for a micmprint copy of the &%volume set of Denkndu der Tonkunsf in Cisterreiich, to be pprodced on a basis of a commiimmt of 6fty dxciptions.

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Among W m G. Hill's many enthusiastic inhtswithinthefieldofmusicwasacom mi'unent todmummtingthehisbxyof music within the United States:

Americans probably know less about American music than about any other. 7hey are apologetic about it. They are likely tobe surprk.4 if such a subject as "History of American Music" is sug- gested, assuming either that t h w is no such thing. or that it is merely a contm- p0mychfOnide. Thatsuchasubjectcan carry us b$ck ck years may s q r i z e most of us.

For at least eight years, W was ababed in a pq'ect to designate "positories forcoUe&g musical materials of local and regional inter- est Hedeliveredapaperatthe~tionalMLA meeting in Milwaukee in June 1942 in which hedgaibed s p e d s c w traditiomwithin the state of Illinois as examples of the many and varied types of regional American music worthy ofp~t im'Theremustbequarr tities of materid relating to the musicallife of these communities awaiting collection.. . .""

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AfterddmgaLibmryofConpAn+ive Several re~pondmls, induding personnel hom %hcol of Music voie Faculty; the AMS busi- of Ameiican Folk Song mrdinz pmkd m- public libraries in Quincv, Chicam, and Rock- ness meetinp;and hvopaper sessions indud- I derthedirectionof~oh;;and~la&kx, w continued:

Libraries can thus forma nudeus of fok music records of their own xegicn quite ineqxmively through hservimmade available by the Library of Congress. Further, they should conect composi- tim,books,andp€liodi&d*witll musiceitherwrittenorpublishedin~ eon. TheymightwellmIIectprogmms and DIWW soa~books of news~awr . . ' L dipping.. . . Itiswellnottommmate- rial of little apparent intrinsic value. . . . Each year that we neglect what now lies abu t us will mst the scholar of the fu- ture muchthatwemight havep-ed for him."

Jn 1943, at a time when the M scope of Mid- west Chapter adivitig remains somewhat indistind, the chapter's Committee on Col- lfftingof RegionalMusiccondudeda survey of public library holdings of music falling within thescope of this project I n m p m to a form letter (in which the committee is desddashavingbeaappiniedby anuni- dentised "President of the Midwest Chap ter"), W received seventyme mponses frompubhlibrariesintenmidwestemstates.

ranged fromexpressim ofm par- ticular inter4 inthepmjectto afewbrief d e saiptionsof relwant reso-, as well as re ferrals to other repositories, 1 4 musidans, or teachers. Many mpondenb were in sym- ~a thv with committee obiectives, but m i d -

&XI, as w d as hb&ianshm theuniversity of Chimgo and the Chicago Historical Sodety en- doseddeiaiki listsofpublications,manusaipb, andmixdhm~~~ materials. Aquestforclari- f i c a t i o n w a s ~ e d h m t h e N ~ L i b ' i u y , as a great many items within that collection mightbemmidered relevant to thepmjed. This file also contains correspondence fmm AUen Britton, who assumed mpmibility in 1950 for the workof the Midwest &ptef;s Committee on CollecIing of Regional Music

&themselves hamperk by lack of funds, space, and staf6ng rexnures, or were unwill- In 1949 Waam G. Hill orgaruzed a joint meet- ing to t&e on new projects in d F c e to ing in Uhana of the midwest chap& of the work directly related to war &I%. Music Library Assodation and the American

MusimIogicalSodety. At the timeHill waspmi- Byl948,afterhaving~dedwithabout dent of t h e w chapter as well as senring as 150institutions,~0mmitteem~hadsuc- MLA Midwest &. The meeting date, 4-5 ceeded in designating offid qmitories for March 1949, had been set to coinade with the midwest music at libraries within ten of the UnivenityofIlIinok'second Festivalofcontem- twelve states comprising the chapter at that pomryArts,forwhichwentIgorSha~kywas h e . Hill's aunmruyofmmmitteecbjecfives to be anhonored guest Members of bothchap- and actiom was pubghed in MLA Ndes: ters received advance information outlining Supplementj6rMembers. Asecond6learnong scheduled activities: a p m n f e m c e concert Hill'spaperscontaim mpollsghomtwerty- featuring Stravinsky conducting the University seven academic and public libraries within Sinfonietta in a program of his own compi- MIS to his form letter distributed in Octo- tiom; visits to art galleries and libmries; addi- ber 1949 asking for spedficinfomtion m s tionalconcerksby the WaldenShingQtmtet, the cemingholdrgsofloslandxegionalmusic University Sionietta, and members of the

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i n g p ~ ~ t i ~ b y ~ t t ' ~ l d t h w a i t e , ~ m Nathaq Robert Erickson, S i u n d Levarie, Hans T d e r , and others. Goldthwaite's paper. 'The Practical Application of Geneml Refemue Matedals to Pmblm in Musical Research and R h c e Li-," was tobe the only pmtat ion d i d y dated to music lib-p. Hotel mmswereavail- ableatmtesmnginghm$350 to$760;a ticket to the Shavimky concat couldbemased for $120.

A letter from William G. Hill to Scott GoldthWaite,whowasthenthe~tionalpreSi- dent, illumhtes an am of concern inherent inthechallengeofo~askgkpmgmm for both o r p b t i o x

. ..Sincewe~tohaveajointm6ngof the MLA and Ah6 this coming spring itseems tome thatsomeoffiaalwqni- tionofthatfaaisinorder. NowtheAMS m&ng was already arranged when it was dedded to invite the MLA to meet with them, and the program was phed J n a n y c a s e t h e t ~ i i b m - ians' discussions would havenoplace in such a meeting. All the papers on gen- eral topics, with one exception, at the Debit [MLA] meeting last winterwm read by members who were also AMS members. So wehaven't thought of al- tering the program materially for the MLAmembas. But I do think that there shouldbemore understanding between thetwoomanizahons. There hasbeen a tendency i n the ppart of M pmple to belittle the MLA-an attitude that has been aggravated by jealousy of the suc- cesstheMLAhasmdewithN0fawhile for years t h e m had not been able to get a joumal going. This is an unfortu- nate state of i f f a h . The oqpbations complement each other and each might be a great help to the other. I I we need some effective l i a i i work Well, thepointofallUlisisthatitseemstome thatyou, aspmidentof theMLA,mi&t o p the meetings with some comment on our initial pint meeting speaking of themanyproblems thatwehaveincom- mon, and of the many ways that we

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