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Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center News

The Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center's collects, archives and makes accessible historical music materials, including music manuscripts, sheet music, recordings and memorabilia, related to the creation, performance and recording of popular music, including jazz, with a special emphasis on Las Vegas musical entertainment.

Current Music Research Center News

College of Fine Arts, School of Music Present "Celebrating Student Success: A Tribute to Ken Hanlon" March 4
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The concert will be conducted by Professor Emeritus Virko Baley.

New York Collector Donates Massive Jazz Collection to 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center
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The collection includes more than 10,000 records; rare concert and self-recordings; and jottings, posters, artwork, and other memorabilia.

A Peek Inside a Composer's Mind
The Squarcialupi Codex
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The works of medieval Italian composers such as Landini are beautifully copied in the Squarcialupi Codex in the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Music Library.

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Recent Music Research Center Accomplishments

Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center and Jonathan Rhodes Lee
The Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center published an archive of recorded jazz interviews, masterclasses, and performances prepared by Bill Spilka between the 1970s and the 1990s. Director Jonathan Rhodes Lee (Music) has sorted and published this tape archive of one-of-a-kind items related to more than 90 jazz artists, including…
Arnold Shaw Popular Music Center
The Arnold Shaw Popular Music Center has a new website! Launched this month, the completely revamped site contains information about the center's lecture series and events, a browsable (and ever growing) catalog of the manuscripts and other items in the collection, a news feed, ways to connect with the center, and much more. Check out the website.
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