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Archive: September 2011 (2 Posts)

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Sheet Music of the Week: William Taft Birthday Edition

Posted by: Cait Miller

This week we recognize what would have been President William Taft’s 154th birthday by delving into the Library’s digitized collection of Presidential Campaign Songs. Taft was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909-1913. Note that this week’s Sheet Music of the Week, “President Taft, He’s All Right” with words and music by …

Posted in: Sheet Music, Sheet Music of the Week

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The Bad Boy of Music

Posted by: Cait Miller

The following is a guest post from Music Archivist Chris Hartten. George Antheil radicalized musical composition in ways that few before him had ever attempted. Born at the turn of the twentieth century in Trenton, New Jersey, Antheil traveled to Europe in 1922 to pursue “ultra-modernist” composition with financial support from arts patroness and Curtis …

Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Special Collections