Dan Ozzi, Chuck Close and
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
Dan Ozzi looks at Chuck Close.
Oxford Blues
The Oxford Blues introduce themselves.
Moving Day
“Ain’t no stopping us now, we on the move!” Yes folks, that’s right, we are moving to the 8th floor, and nothing says fun like lots of moving boxes. In the pictures below Dan Ozzi shows us the joys of moving. When we get to the new digs we will update you again.
Ellington’s A Drum Is a Woman turns 60
Recent research on African-American jazz icon Duke Ellington (1899-1974) has increasingly focused on the composer-pianist-bandleader’s post-World War II achievements: a torrent of creativity across film, theater, and dance perhaps unrivaled in American music. But the unleashing of Ellington’s “late career” genius was not a foregone conclusion. It would take an ambitious — if not a […]
A library in letters: the Bodleian
Libraries by their very nature are keepers and extollers of the written word. They contain books, letters, and manuscripts, signifying unending possibilities and limitless stores of knowledge waiting to be explored. But aside from the texts and stories kept within libraries’ walls, they also have a long and fascinating story in their own right.
Ten fun facts about Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi died 370 years ago today, so what better way to remember him than with the following fun facts.
Francesca Caccini, the composer
In my last post I wrote about little known composer Sophie Elisabeth. Today’s subject, Francesca Caccini, is somewhat better known. The last decade or so has seen a renewed interest in her work.
The Beatles and “My Bonnie”: 23 June 1961
By Gordon Thompson
To many adolescents fifty years ago, the future seemed bleak: the “King” had become preoccupied with refurbished Italian schmaltz while the world drew closer to Armageddon. But hope buzzed in the heart of an ungrounded amplifier in a West German high school.
Goodwill had floundered between the recently elected American president, John F. Kennedy and the Soviet Union’s premier, Nikita Khrushchev over the Soviet blockade of Berlin and America’s support of the failed
Monthly Gleanings: January 2009
Anatoly’s January gleanings.
Senators Obama and McCain confirm the malfunction of campaign finance reform
A look at the failure of campaign finance reform.
Our Favorite Books: Part Two
Oxford University Press staff share their favorite books.