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Archive: July 2013 (7 Posts)

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Ben-Hur and Music to Race Chariots By

Posted by: Cait Miller

The following is a guest post from Senior Music Reference Specialist Robin Rausch. A recent visit to a friend in Indiana took me to the quaint little town of Crawfordsville, Indiana, home of General Lew Wallace, author of the eternal classic Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, a book that has not been out of …

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iTunes U and Concerts from the Library of Congress

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Did you know that you can download audio and video content of select Concerts from the Library of Congress events and performances via iTunes U? Back in 2009 the Library of Congress launched its iTunes U channel, which allows users to subscribe (for free!) to content from various programs in podcast formats. Our award-winning programming …

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Sheet Music of the Week: Did Someone Call me Schnorrer Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following blog post was adapted from an essay by Senior Music Specialist Ray White and Digital Conversion Specialist James Wolf. This week the Music Division launches a new online collection of Yiddish American Sheet Music. The Library’s holdings of Yiddish American popular songs include the Irene Heskes Collection of Yiddish American sheet music as well …

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A Taste of Tanglewood at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Summer is a vibrant time of year for the arts. Performance offerings shift from more-traditional settings in the regular season (Autumn-Spring) to an array of different urban, suburban and rural venues. Music festivals, summer stock theater and dance festivals are back in session, as training grounds for the next generation of leading performers and second …

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How to Celebrate Mahler’s Birthday Like a Researcher

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

This past Sunday, July 7, 2013 marked the 153rd birthday of composer and conductor Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). The weekend was filled with performances of Mahler’s greatest works around the world, including his third symphony at Tanglewood with the Boston Symphony (Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor) and fourth symphony at the Castleton Festival (Lorin Maazel, conductor) …

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Six Questions: Paul Fraunfelter, Digital Conversion Specialist

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following post is by Carlos Martinez III, Office of Strategic Initiatives. In a recent blog post, I discussed a World War I Sheet Music digitization project and some of my contributions to it. I had the pleasure of working alongside several team members and Paul Fraunfelter, Digital Conversion Specialist from the Music Division. Over …