Marvin Duchow Music Library
The Marvin Duchow Music Library is a branch of McGill University Library. Its mandate is to "provides resources and services to support the performance, composition, research, and teaching programs of the Schulich School of Music".[1]
Description
Located in Montreal, at the third, fourth and fifth floors of the Elizabeth Wirth Music Building,[2] the library contains printed scores, recordings, books and journals, and other data related to music and its performance. More than 200 000 documents[1] are accessible to visitors, making the collection one of the most important in Canada, documenting Renaissance scores, Baroque music, jazz recordings and 20th-century music. The library also offers audio and video equipment to its members, including microphones, playback equipments, turntables...
Pianos are available to visitors and members in the library.
Archival collection
| Marvin Duchow Library Archival Collection | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Type | Musical archive |
| Affiliation | McGill University |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Address | 3rd floor - 527 Sherbrooke Street West |
| Coordinates | 45°30'22.079"N, 73°34'22.498"W |
| Website | https://mcgill.ca/library/branches/music, https://archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/marvin-duchow-music-library |
The library also contains a small archival collection, which contains correspondence, photographs, programmes and audio and video recordings documenting Canadian music, both classical and avant-garde, through artists such as Kelsey Jones[3] and Bernard Gagnon,[4] which taught or were students of McGill University.
Contents of the collection
References
- "About the Marvin Duchow Music Library". McGill Library. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- "Marvin Duchow Music Library". McGill Library. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- "Kelsey Jones Collection".
- "Bernard Gagnon Fonds".