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Free Download: Sonata for Flute and Piano in E Flat Major, Op. 169 by Ferdinand Ries

Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) was a pianist and composer and studied piano with Beethoven in Vienna from 1801-1804. He wrote many compositions for piano, including this sonata for flute and piano, often referred to as the Sonate sentimentale.

This recording is performed by Benoit Fromanger (flute) and Alexis Golovin (piano).

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More new music content!

Just when you thought we were done adding content to Music Online this week, we went out and uploaded another batch of new content.

Three new titles have been added to African American Music Reference—Jazz Matters: Reflections on the Music and Some of its Makers by Doug Ramsey, The Pilgrim Jubilees by Alan Young, and Rythm Oil: A Journey Through the Music of the American South by Stanley Booth.

We've also added Women Composers: Music Through the Ages, Vol. 8 by Sylvia Glickman and Martha Furman Schleifer to Classical Music Reference Library.

Classical Music Library gained 24 new albums from Wirripang, including contemporary compositions by Australian composers. New material from composers Betty Beath, Phillip Wilcher, John Martin, Jeanell Carrigan, Hugh Dixon, and others is now available.

Opera in Video now contains the 1956 recording of Casta Diva from Bel Canto Society, a film biography of Bellini's life, with performances of famous arias from his operas. The film features Caterina Mancini, Gianni Poggi and Giulio Neri.

Finally, an another 18,000+ pages of sheet music has been added to Classical Scores Library. The new content includes material from the Recent Researches in the Music of the Renaissance and Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era. Composers include Johannes Mouton, Pierre de la Rue, Tomaso Albinoni, Adriano Banchieri, Francesco Gasparini, Michel Lambert, Jacopo Peri, Giovanni Felice Sances, Orazio Vecchi, Adrian Willaert, and more.

Music Online now contains over 299,000 tracks for US and Canadian customers (over 264,000 for customers in other countries), nearly 67,000 pages of full-text reference, close to 24,000 scores, and over 400 streaming videos.

Streaming music collections go mobile

We've just enabled mobile access to ALL of our streaming music collections, making it possible for patrons at subscribing libraries to listen using internet-enabled smart phones and other mobile devices. Mobile access options include QR codes (like the one below), automatic email or SMS text delivery, and navigating to a mobile-friendly URL. Every recording, album, and playlist can now be accessed on-the-go.

The QR code above can be scanned with with your smart phone, and will connect you directly to an e-album of music from the movie Pride & Prejudice. The e-album can then be streamed on your mobile device through August 31, 2010. QR readers are readily available as free or inexpensive add-on applications, and many mobile phones come with QR readers pre-installed. If your 3G mobile device is connected to the web but does not have a camera, you can simply go to http://goasp.it/austen to stream the e-album. To see other working examples of QR codes, check out the Resource Shelf.

Later in 2010, Alexander Street video collections will be streamed to mobile devices. For more information on mobile access, read the press release.

Celebrate Bastille Day with a free streaming playlist

We're celebrating Bastille Day by offering a free streaming playlist for your mobile device. Simply scan the QR code below with your smartphone, or visit http://goasp.it/july14 on your 3G mobile device, and listen to music celebrating le quatorze juillet.

This free playlist can be streamed on your mobile device through August 15. Enjoy and bonne écoute!

July issue of Music Media Monthly is live

The July issue of Music Media Monthly is available now, and touches upon a wide range of topics and formats.

Authors Gene Hyde, Anne Shelley, Steve Dankner, and Rick Anderson discuss several excellent blues-oriented websites; recently-released video titles on Christoph von Dohnányi, Philip Glass, and Howard Goodall; books about American composers and opera; and recordings ranging from Renaissance polyphony to British folk to the lo-fi pop artistry of the Apples in Stereo.

Music Media Monthly is your guide to the best music-related books, videos, Web sites, and recordings. Check out the July issue now, and be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed, email notification, or bookmark the site. We also encourage you to leave feedback for the editor and authors.

Free Download: Rieti's Two Songs Between Two Waltzes

Vittorio Rieti (1898-1994) wrote this song cycle in 1957. The texts are taken from W.B. Yeats poetry.

This recording is performed by Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) and Graham Johnson (piano).

Classical Music Library subscribers can learn more about Vittorio Rieti here.

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New music content added

We've just updated several of our online music collections with new content, which is available now to subscribers worldwide.

New music reference content includes I Dream A World: The Operas of William Grant Still by Beverly Soll, currently available in African American Music Reference. Classical Scores Library has been updated with over 11,000 pages from A-R Editions and Publications by Wirripang. The new scores include material from the Recent Researches in the Music of the Renaissance and Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era (A-R Editions), and feature composers Andrea Gabrieli, Orlando de Lassus, Claude le Jeune, Orazio Vecchi, Andre Pevernage, Costanzo Festa, Johannes Martini, and others. Contemporary Australian composers (Publications by Wirripang) include Betty Beath, Sylvia Rice, Diana Blom, Colin Brumby, Houston Dunleavy, Amanda Handel, Ann Carr-Boyd, and others.

The number of streaming audio tracks in Contemporary World Music has increased by over 35,000. New material in Afro-pop, Argentinian folklore, bachata, bhangra, Carnatic music, dancehall, Fado, flamenco, Ghazal songs, Hindustani, Judaica, Latin, Reggae, Son, and other genres is available from artists including Asha Bhosle, Balkan Beat Box, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Mercedes Sosa, Jose Calderón, Gurdas Maan, Artur Paredes, Ghulam Ali, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and many more! New labels include Navras Records, Ariwa Sounds, Charsur, Discos Belter, EMI Pakistan, Hula Records, Indigenous Australia, Living Media India, Ovação, Sagarika Music, and more.

The growing Music Online suite now contains 298,739 tracks from 20,528 albums*, 65,200 pages of full-text reference, 20,867 scores, and 407 videos. Subscriptions to individual collections and Music Online packages are available to libraries worldwide. For more information, please contact sales@alexanderstreet.com.

* Track and album counts listed are for US and Canadian customers only. All other customers have access to 264,071 tracks from 18,039 albums.