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  • Celebrating John Harbison’s 80th Birthday

    Posted on February 15, 2019

    Mills Music Library exhibit in Memorial Library lobby celebrates Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur Fellow John Harbison’s amazing – and ongoing – musical career, with a focus on his Madison connection.

  • Leary lauded as Grammy Awards ceremony approaches

    Posted on February 7, 2019

    Emeritus Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies Jim Leary garnering media attention for his Best Album Notes Grammy nomination.

  • Featured Database: African American Music Reference

    Posted on January 31, 2019

    Database offers full text of important reference texts, e-books, liner notes, and other print resources.

  • Kanopy available again (partially)

    Posted on December 26, 2018

    Canceled subscription to streaming video database renewed, but only for three of its collections.

  • Leary earns another Grammy nomination

    Posted on December 7, 2018

    Jim Leary earns second Grammy nomination in the category of Best Album Notes.

  • Featured Database: Music Magazine Archive

    Posted on November 30, 2018

    Database offers the full runs of 13 rock magazines and 10 folk magazines published from the late 1940s to the present.

  • Staff Picks

    Posted on November 16, 2018

    Mills Music Library now pulling favorites from the collection for you to peruse and check out.

  • Sound Salon: Alpine Dreaming CD Release Party

    Posted on October 31, 2018

    Celebrate the release of the 2-CD set Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924. Saturday, November 17, 2018. Wayside Dining Room, University Club, 803 State St. 7:00pm. Free and Open to the Public.

  • Sound Salon: Yiddish Empire

    Posted on October 23, 2018

    Debra Caplan speaks about her book Yiddish Empire: The Vilna Troupe, Jewish Theater, and the Art of Itinerancy, Monday, October 29, 2018, 5:30-7:00pm, Memorial Library, Room 126.

  • Featured Database: Naxos Music Library Jazz

    Posted on September 30, 2018

    Naxos Music Library Jazz is a separate streaming audio database from Naxos Music Library, offering more than 180,000 tracks and over 12,000 artists.

  • Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924

    Posted on September 29, 2018

    2 CD-set produced by Archeophone Records in cooperation with Mills Music Library and the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures is now here and available for borrowing.

  • Die Tanzgeiger: Eat! Dance!

    Posted on August 31, 2018

    Austrian ensemble Die Tanzgeiger performs Monday, September 24, 2018. Wayside Dining Room, University Club, 803 State St. 5:00pm Reception (with food) 6:00pm Concert. Free and Open to the Public.