The Bagaduce Music Lending Library is a
music lending library in
Blue Hill, Maine.
History
Established in 1983 in the garage of Mary Cheyney Gould and Marcia Chapman, the Library outgrew its original home on the
Penobscot Bay
Penobscot Bay (french: Baie de Penobscot) is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean in south central Maine. The bay originates from the mouth of Maine's Penobscot River, downriver from Belfast, Maine, Belfast. Penobscot Bay has many ...
near the
Bagaduce River. We house over a million pieces of music with over 150,000 individual titles and over 47% of these are rare titles not found on any other library shelves. It is a huge resource for lending
sheet music
Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses List of musical symbols, musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chord (music), chords of a song or instrumental Musical composition, musical piece. Like ...
used by musicians, educators and music lovers in all 50 US states and 28 foreign countries. This nonprofit organization also provides music education programs including a Young Composer's Competition and Festival and many 4 year music memberships to the Library for 8th grade students. The Library also sponsors the Annual Blue Hill Pops Concert, which has featured musicians like
Paul Sullivan Paul Sullivan may refer to:
*Paul Sullivan (composer) (born 1955), American composer and writer
*Paul Sullivan (footballer) (born 1937), Australian footballer
*Paul Sullivan (radio) (1957–2007), former radio talk show host for WBZ in Boston
*Paul ...
,
Noel Paul Stookey of
Peter, Paul and Mary, buttermilk fiddler, Andy Stein, Don Campbell and many Maine composers and musicians.
External links
The Bagaduce Music Lending Library homepage
Libraries in Hancock County, Maine
Music education in the United States
Music libraries
Music organizations based in the United States
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