Tuesday, December 31, 2024

James Cleghorn, Composer and Music Librarian

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Illustrious pianist and Bay Area treasure Sarah Cahill will perform a concert of music by James Cleghorn at Old First Presbyterian Church on...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

San Francisco Bay Area ... Today

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The "Today" of the title was the year 1973 when San Francisco was in the midst of a development spree. A later book, Splendid Surv...
Thursday, December 5, 2024

San Francisco Sheet Music of the Roaring Twenties from the Dorothy Starr Collection featuring local bandleaders

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The 1920s were a heyday for live music. Most people went out on the town to enjoy their music -- sound recordings had limited audio fidelity...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Art, Music & Recreation Books With The Most Holds (October 2024)

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Books about performing artists and entertainers usually dominate our most popular books lists. Memoirs by Al Pacino ( Sonny Boy ) and Lisa M...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Maya Angelou and the Purple Onion

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Another pioneer offbeat, avant-garde, and/or existential cellar, with a more or less continuous show featuring folk singers, monologists, an...
Wednesday, October 2, 2024

The San Francisco of Maya Angelou

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The San Francisco Public Library is honored to be the home of “Portrait of a Phenomenal Woman,” Lava Thomas's monument to Maya Angelou. ...
Sunday, September 22, 2024

J. C. Cebrian's gift to the Music Department of the San Francisco Public Library

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image source: Sigma Delta Pi website Juan Cebrián Cervera (1848-1935) was a prominent Spanish-American citizen of San Francisco in the late ...