Richard Burbank
Music Catalog Coordinator
2146 Music Building
1114 W Nevada
Urbana, IL 61801
217.333.2713
burbank@uiuc.edu
Web Site
Previous Position(s)
- 1986-1993: Music Catalog Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Library Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- July 1992-October 1992: Acting Music Librarian, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- 1985-1986: Assistant Creative Arts Librarian, Brandeis University.
Education
- 1985 - Master of Library Service. Columbia University.
- 1978 - M.M. Music Composition. Manhattan School of Music.
- 1973 - B.A. Music History. Hunter College, City University of New York.
Awards and Distinctions
Awards
- Marquis Who's Who in America (2009, 2010).
- Library Research & Publication Committee Award for Research Travel, (1995, 1988, 1987).
- Library Research & Publication Committee Award for Data Collection and Analysis (1991).
- Who's Who in Fine Arts and Higher Education, AcademicKeys, (2005).
- Nominated for the Richard S. Hill Award for the best article on an aspect of music librarianship, Music Library Association, (1993).
- Ida Rosen Prize in Music Librarianship, Columbia University School of Library Service, 1985.
Recent Publications
Articles
- Burbank, Richard D. "Musical Fusion in the Works of Olaf Stapledon: A Matrix of Storms and Stars" Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 16/4 (2006): 350-368.
- Burbank, Richard D. "Apocalypse : timbral/registral etude on five chords for brass, winds, percussion and strings" (1978)
- Burbank, Richard D. "Review of Cataloger's Judgment: Music Cataloging Questions and Answers from the Music OCLC Users Group Newsletter." Reference & User Services Quarterly, 44/1 (2004): 98-99.
- Burbank, Richard D. "The Queen Mary 2 Library." Libraries and Culture, 41/4 (2005): 547-561.
- Burbank, Richard D. "Review of Describing Music Materials. A Manual for Descriptive Cataloging of Printed and Recorded Music and Archival Music Collections." Library Resources & Technical Services, 42/3 (1998): 246-247.
- Burbank, Richard D. "Review of William Grant Still, A Bio-Bibliography." Journal of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML), 45/2 (1998): 198-199.
Books
- Burbank, Richard, 1994. Charles Wuorinin: A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Press.
- Burbank, Richard, 1984. Twentieth Century Music: Orchestral, Chamber, Operatic and Dance Music, 1900-1980, Thames & Hudson, Ltd.
Book Chapters
- Burbank, Richard, 2007. "Wuorinen, Charles." in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Personteil 17, 1193-1195.
Other Publications
- Burbank, Richard, 2008. Review of The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, by Alex Ross, (winner of a MacArthur Genius Award), NOTES, Quarterly Review of the Music Library Association, 65/1: 75-78.
Web Projects
Professional Service
- American Society for Aesthetics
- Music Library Association Preservation Committee.
- Music Library Association Authorities Subcommittee.
- The Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations.
- International Association for Word and Music Studies.
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Research Programs, Evaluator.
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access, Evaluator.
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Reference Materials, Evaluator.
- Music Library Association.