Just the Facs Ma'am: Eckart Sellheim on Music Facsimiles (2008)

A 2008 Library Channel Classic Production

Professor of Music Eckart Sellheim joins guest host Anali Perry and ASU Music Library Head Dr. Christopher Mehrens to discuss the summer 2008 exhibit, "Just the Facs Ma'am: Les Basses Danses of Marguerite of Austria and other music facsimiles from the collections of the ASU Libraries and Professor Sellheim.
Facsimiles are books that attempt to recreate the appearance of original manuscripts. They are used by scholars as tools for study or investigation when they do not have access to original materials.

This exhibit, located in the ASU Music Library, explores the wide variety of music facsimiles found in the collections of the ASU Libraries and Professor Eckart Sellheim of the ASU School of Music. The centerpieces of the exhibit are two facsimiles of manuscripts that were prepared for Marguerite of Austria (1480-1530) a chanson album (Brussels manuscript 11239), and a collection of basses danses (Brussels manuscript 9085). The display also features facsimiles of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Mozart's Magic Flute, Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.

The exhibit was available from May 5 until August 8, 2008.

Director: Matthew Harp
Producer: ASU Libraries
Production Company: The ASU Library Channel
Sponsor: Arizona State University

Category:

Education

Tags:

• library
• music facsimiles
• ASU
• Eckart Sellheim
• music history
• music scholarship
• manuscripts