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Archive: November 2010 (11 Posts)

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Election Day

Posted by: Pat Padua

The Music Division encourages stateside readers to exercise their right to vote. Today’s political climate may appear contentious, but perhaps a look at the campaign songs of elections past will put things into perspective.  If past is prelude, come preview the next campaign season with a collection of Presidental Campaign Songs in the Performing Arts Encyclopedia. …

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I Hear Thomas Hampson Singing

Posted by: Pat Padua

Walt Whitman wrote, “I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear.”  The American experience – the courage and the struggle and the hope of the American people – has long been reflected in her rich tradition of poetry and song.  The Music Division reaches beyond Capitol Hill to celebrate this great tradition with The …