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Archive: January 2010 (11 Posts)

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In Memoriam: Edward Beach

Posted by: Pat Padua

The Music Division was saddened to learn that legendary jazz broadcaster Edward Beach passed awayon Christmas Day.  Beach was the host of “Just Jazz,” a radio program which ran in New York City from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s.  The Library of Congress is home to the Edward Beach Collection, which consists of his broadcast …

Posted in: In Memoriam, Jazz, Special Collections

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Remembering Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post by Robin Rausch, Senior Music Specialist. In 1922, Swiss-born composer Ernest Bloch’s American experience had soured. He did not wish to become an American citizen after all—he would return to Europe. But a visit to his friend, Music Division chief Carl Engel, changed his mind. It was Bloch’s first trip …

Posted in: Composers