January 5, 2016, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, ConservationHandel’s famous 1727 coronation anthems get the royal treatment Justine Provino is a recent graduate of the Master of Conservation of Cultural Heritage program at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, in the Book and Paper Department with Professor Claude Laroque. From October 2014 through February 2015 she worked as an intern in the Ransom Center’s book lab with… read more
November 14, 2014, Filed Under: Film, Research + TeachingUndergraduates review music production records for “Rebecca” to understand business side of Hollywood film scores James Buhler is an Associate Professor in Music Theory and the Director of the Center for American Music at The University of Texas at Austin. Below, he writes about using materials from the Ransom Center’s David O. Selznick collection to teach students in his Signature Course “Introduction to Music and… read more
March 4, 2013, Filed Under: Theatre + Performing ArtsThe ballet performance that sparked a riot It is 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and the audience is screaming, cat-calling, and fist-fighting. It’s the most famous riot in classical music history at the premiere of the ballet The Rite of Spring, composed by Igor Stravinsky, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, and premiered by the Ballets Russes. Accustomed to… read more
