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We Give Thanks for Music: an exhibit: S-Z

This guide contains a listing of all items from the Rita Benton Music Library's collection that were on display at the Iowa City Public Library in October and November 2015. Links to additional resources, such as YouTube videos and streaming audio, are al

S-Z

S is for Symphony

Meet the orchestra / written by Ann Hayes ; illustrated by Karmen Thompson.

San Diego ; New York ; London : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers c1991 (Singapore : Tien Wah Press)
Main Oversize FOLIO ML1200 .H39 1991

 

T is for Tape

Mix tape :the art of cassette culture

New York, NY : Universe Pub., 2004.
Main Library ML3918.P67 M59 2004

Tape is probably the most ubiquitous recording format of the 20th century because it could be used by professionals and amateurs alike to create and manipulate sound. Despite the fragility of certain tape formats and problems of long-term preservation, it is still used in the creation of analog and digital sound & video recordings today.
However, it's the mixtape - those glorious time-bound compilations created for the love of music and shared amongst friends - that is often what people remember most fondly about this particular recording format.

 

U is for Ukelele

Hula Breeze / Harry Owens and Bucky Henshaw, arr. Oahu Publishing Company Staff

 

V is for Vinyl

Old Gold

[Iowa?] : Sound Torrent Productions, [1983?]
Rita Benton Music Sound Recording Audio record 12205 DIS

Vinyl records of all speeds (78, 33/13, and 45 rpm) defined the home listening experience for most of the 20th century, including the album, singles, and liner notes. Tape allowed for recording and rerecording, but vinyl was very much about the static package. Usurped by the compact disc in the 1990s, vinyl held as the top commercial sound format for over seventy years. There's interest from collectors and audiophile in maintaining the format, as many appreciate its warm, analog sound that contrasts with the sometimes sterile sound of the all-digital studio.

 

W is for Whistle

Image from page 198 of "Poems my children love best of all" (1919)

How to whistle songs : an easy, enjoyable guide to beautiful whistling / by Edwin Zilz.

Costa Mesa, Calif. : Stanton Press, c1961.
Rita Benton Music Library MT705 .Z5

 

X is for Xylophone

The essential Bugs Bunny [videorecording] / Warner Bros. present, Merrie Melodies, Looney Tunes.

New York, London, Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. [c1939]
Main Media Collection Video record 32346 DVD

Y is for Yodel

Yodel-ay-ee-oooo : the secret history of yodeling around the world / Bart Plantenga.

New York : Routledge, 2004.
Rita Benton Music Library ML1460 .P53 2004

Z is for Zydeco

Zydeco : [allons danser! Creole accordions dance].

London : World Music Network, p2005.
Rita Benton Music Sound Recording Audio record 20205 CD