Keynote:
Online Jewish Music Database and Encyclopaedia
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"I wish I had had such a versatile research tool when I was doing
my research."
Janet Topp Fargion, curator of International Section, British Library
Sound Archive.
Keynote, has been developed by the Jewish Music Institute in consultation with the British Library National Sound Archive. It is designed for printed, recorded or filmed music. It is designed for anybody who is serious about itemising any kind of music on computer whether they are a private collector, or a large library. It can be used for specific or wider collections. It will be compatible with international standards. There is the facility to transfer any existing catalogue onto the system.
Keynote manages all music related information, and is fully cross-referenced and searchable on keywords, and any fields. A special feature of Keynote is the Tune Manager that can recognise any musical phrase in a piece of music (provided it has been entered). It can find the tune even if the key is different or it comes in any part of the work, not just at the beginning. Keynote provides software to record and play tunes from the computer screen. Once a tune has been recorded it will be included in tune search and serve as a sample tune for the current record. You can have as many versions of the same tune as needed.
Keynote is particularly set up to provide detailed searchable
instrumentation of scores, manuscripts and recordings. Keynote
automatically generates pages with all the necessary links, publishable
on the World Wide Web. The web pages are both browsable and searchable.
The Jewish Music Edition has been developed for the special needs of Jewish
Music. It is hoped that this will become an important portal for Jewish
music.
Collectors are invited to submit data, reviews, biographies of composers
and artists, and anything they think will be interesting to post on the
site; send an email with their suggestions or use the template on Keynote
to send suggested entries. JMI is in negotiation with the Midem Library
in Paris and an archive in Miami to put all their material on the JMI
Keynote website.
How Keynote is formulated: All information is divided into five separate but related databases: 'titles', (or composed works or songs) 'media' (CDs LPs books, videos etc), 'artists' composers writers lyricists and performers, 'collections and companies' (ie where the item is located or who published it), and 'ensembles'.
Each section is fully cross-referenced, browsable and searchable on everything, including, keywords, titles (with alternative spellings) artists etc. There are expandable text fields for notes and further information in all sections and you can create your own fields that are also searchable and can be printed along with the preset fields. There are facilities to include images of CDs, artists, composers or ensembles and JMI can provide a utility to transfer an existing catalogue onto the system. Keynote has several inbuilt reports and further report formats can be generated. It comes with help pages and has an input wizard to assist inputting new records. Databases on other systems can be easily transferred to Keynote.
Keynote is available for purchase at reasonable prices to catalogue personal or community collections. Dedoc Software will provide full backup.
1. Description of Keynote
On Keynote you will quickly and easily be able to find all the printed and recorded music information (that has been entered on the system). It is fully cross-referenced and searchable on keywords, instrumentation and all fields. A special feature is a Tune Manager (not yet available on the web) that can find any musical phrase within a piece.
All information is divided into five major sections: 'Titles', (or composed works or songs) 'media' (CDs LPs books, videos etc), 'artists' (composers, performers and lyricists) 'collections and companies' (ie where the item is located or who published it), and 'ensembles'.
There are expandable text fields for notes and further information in all sections and you can create your own fields that are also searchable. There are facilities to include images of CDs, artists, composers or ensembles. Keynote has several inbuilt reports and further report formats can be generated. It comes with help pages and has an input wizard to assist inputting new records. Databases on other systems can be easily transferred to Keynote.
2. Submit data from your collection
Visitors are invited to submit data to the webmaster to help to make Keynote comprehensive. You may also submit, information about composers, genres and artists, as well as reviews and personal anecdotes - anything you think will be interesting. Email with your suggestions
3. Purchase your own copy of Keynote
Keynote is designed for anybody who is serious about itemising both recorded and printed music on computer whether they be a small private collector, or a large library. Keynote is suitable for all kinds of collections of music especially world music. Keynote automatically generates pages with all the necessary links, publishable on the World Wide Web.
To find out how to purchase a copy to catalogue your personal or community
collection or to visit the library, write to:
Geraldine Auerbach MBE, Director
Jewish Music Institute, SOAS
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London, WC1H 0XG
Email
Tel 020 8909 2445
Fax 020 8909 1030
Keynote, has been developed for JMI by Dedoc Software in consultation with the British Library Sound Archive. Keynote has been developed for JMI by Gregori Schechter of Dedoc Software.
last modified: 20 April 2004
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