Tag: music

Posted on

National Music Museum

No. 1525. Normaphon by Heber Workshop, Markneukirchen, Germany, ca. 1930. Board of Trustees, 1977 (Currently on display at the Meredith Wilson Museum of Music Man Square in Mason City, Iowa.)

Posted on

World of Classical Music

Title page, piano/vocal score, La Nuit de Noel, 1895

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsadov (Russian 1844-1908) began composing this four-act opera in 1894, and it premiered a year later in St Petersburg. Based on a story by Gogol, it features the magical, fantastic and exotic elements characteristic of Russian ballet. Although this score was published in Germany, its cover page is in Russian and the interior is multilingual.

Posted on

Music at the Ordway

Ladysmith Black Mambazo
“Ladysmith: refers to the hometown of the group. “Black” refers to the black oxen, the strongest animal on the farm. And “Mambazo” is a Zulu word for axe, signifying the groups ability to “chop down” the competition at fierce, but social, singing contests held throughout South Africa.

The National Troupe of Nigeria
The National Troupe of Nigeria is the sole cultural representative of Nigeria. Established in 1989 to ensure the preservation of the enduring culture of the nation, their dances represent aspects of Nigeria’s 97000 identifiable communities, and cover over 270 languages.

Posted on

South Dakota

May 2006

Hi Noah,

We enjoyed this museum greatly. It was full of musical instruments of all types and ages. It is getting hot here. We all miss you.

Love, Virginia

America’s Shrine to Music Museum, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. One of the features of the Graese Gallery is the exhibit of instruments used during the American Civil War. Including No. 2866 snare drum by Eli Brown, No. 2814 snare drum by H.R. Eisenbrandt; No. 2882 Over the shoulder cornet in B-flat by Klemm & Brothers, No. 2258 Cornet in E-flat by John f. Stratton.