The Library

The library contains a continually expanding, invaluable resource for learning and understanding some of the world’s important cultural achievements. 

Music from the Americas (North and South)

 American Landscape (Series)

 American Indigenous Music

      African American Folk Music

      Appalachian Music

             Scots-Irish Influence 

             Bluegrass Music

      Native-American Music

             American Primitive Music

 Country Music

 Jazz Music

     The Life & Legacy of Django Reinhardt

 Latin Music

      The Palladium

 Rhythm and Blues Music

 Sacred Music Traditions

      African American Sacred Music

      Southern Gospel Music

      Mountain and Bluegrass Gospel Music

             The Isaacs

      Contemporary Christian Music

      Early Gospel Music Records

 South of the Border

      The Islands

      Mexico

      Central America

      South America    

 Western Music

American and European Popular Music

 A Survey of Contemporary Popular Music

 Popular Music of the USA

      Popular Music of the “Twenties”

      Popular Music of the 1930s

      Popular Music of the 1940s

      Popular Music of the 1950s

      McArthur Park – L.A. (1966-1969)

 The German Electronic Music Era

 The Sanremo Song Festival

 Popular Music of the UK

      The Beatles

      Skiffle and the “British Invasion”

      The Corrs

      The Moody Blues

 Singers

       Emma Kok

       Haley Westenra   

       Kelly Clarkson

       Mariah Carey

European Folk Music

Western Classical Music

 Music Through the Centuries

      The Polyphonic Music Era (10th-16th Century)

      15th Century – The Pre-Renaissance

      16th Century – The Renaissance

      17th Century – The Forgotten Century

      18th Century – The Classical Era

      19th Century – The Romantic Era

      20th Century – The Century of Transition

      21st Century – A New Beginning

 Italy

     Bologna – The Great Music City

          Cazzati, Maurizio (1616-1678) 

          Colonna, Giovanni Paolo (1637-1695)

          Cori Spezzati in Bologna

     Gabrieli, Giovanni (c.1557-1612)

     Grandi, Alessandro (1575-1630)

     Renaissance Sacred Music in Rome

           Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c.1525-1594) 

     The Florentine Camarata

     The Great String Music Era (1680-1750)  

 Austria

     Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)

     Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732-1809)

     Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)

 France 

     Campra, André (1660-1744)

     Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)

     Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)

     Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986)

     Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)

     Franck, César (1822-1890)

            Hulda et Ghiselle

     Magnard, Albéric (1865-1914)

     Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)

            The Tales of Hoffman 

     Ropartz, Guy (1864-1955) 

     French Organ Music

     The Organs of Paris

 Franco-Flemish Composers

     Orlando di Lasso (c. 1532 – 1594)

     Jacob Obrecht (1457 – 1505) 

 Germany

     Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

     Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782)

     Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)

     Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)

     North German 17th-Century Choral Music

 Russia

      The Russian Romantic Music Era

            Scriabin, Alexander (1871-1915)

 Scandanavia

     The Franco-Flemish School

            Obrecht, Jacob (c.1458-1505)

            Lassus, Orlande de (c.1532-1594)

     Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)

     Het Concertgebouw

 Spain

     Renaissance Sacred Music in Spain

            Victoria, Tomás Luis de (c.1548-1611)

 United States of America

     The American Landscape Series

 Musicians, Conductors, and Singers

     Conductors

            Antonia Brico (1902-1989) 

            Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954)

            Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989)

     Pianists

            Aimi Kobayashi

            Glenn Gould

            Natálie Schwamová

            Sviatoslav Richter

            Yuja Wang

            Yunchan Lim

     Violinists

            Julia Fischer

     Cellists

            Jacqueline du Pré

            Mstislav Rostropovich

            Sol Gabetta             

Music of Asia

The Middle East 

     Persian Classical Music

The Far East

     The Folk Music of China

Sub-Saharan Africa

The Music of India

 The Story of India

 The Music of India

 North Indian Classical Music

      Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

      The Dhrupad Tradition

Plainsong

Gregorian Chant

     Cantus Selecti 

     Liber Usualis (1961)

     Officium Hebdomadae

     The Solesmes Method

     The Holy Week Book

     The Secret Mora Vocis of the Vatican Edition

     Vesperale (Swann 1913)

Hymnody

Hymns from Chant to Today

      Ausbund Songs with Score

      Gesangbuch Mit Noten

      Harmonia Sacra

      Philharmonia Hymn Book

      Singing the New Song

Theory, Harmony, Counterpoint & Orchestration

Counterpoint – Knud Jeppesen

Fux – Gradus ad Parnassum

Traité de la fugue – Gédalge, André

Art

Art

     Positive and Negative Art

     Thomas Kinkade

     George Lucas

     Norman Rockwell

     Raphael

     Vermeer, Johannes

     Visionary Art 

     Walt Disney

Architecture

Literature

Other

Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus in 2009

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)