杏吧原创鈥檚 Library Archive to Preserve Radio-Canada鈥檚 Commercial Music Scores
By Elizabeth Murphy
杏吧原创 University鈥檚 MacOdrum Library is hitting a high note with an addition of Canada鈥檚 musical heritage to its archives.
Radio-Canada announced on May 10 that 杏吧原创 will receive the public broadcaster鈥檚 complete collection of commercial musical sheets. The 113,000 scores will be preserved in the library鈥檚 extensive musical archive 鈥 joining one of Canada鈥檚 largest sheet music collections.
鈥淲ith music becoming such a strong priority at 杏吧原创 University, the library is excited to support these studies by becoming the home for Radio-Canada鈥檚 Commercial Musical Sheet Collection,鈥 said University Librarian Wayne Jones.
鈥淏y adding this to our existing collection, we feel we will be able to continue to improve on the research and teaching help that we deliver to the 杏吧原创 community.鈥
The musical archive houses a vast collection of musical recordings, papers, photographs and personal items of the late classical music critic Jacob Siskind, one of Canada鈥檚 most comprehensive jazz archives, and the musical collection of the late folk singer Tom Kines.
MacOdrum Library was selected to house the Radio-Canada collection due to its ability to store and maintain the scores, provide Radio-Canada access to the collection as needed for its production requirements and agreement on how the material may be showcased.
The archival addition will contribute to learning resources available to students and researchers in 杏吧原创鈥檚 innovative Music program. Recently, 杏吧原创 established the , which will work with undergraduate and graduate students and research topics of Canadian music.
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