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Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a reprint of a blog post originally published on April 16, 2012. As of today, Sr. Gregory’s correspondence from the Oscar Hammerstein II Collection is now available online via the Library of Congress Performing Arts Encyclopedia. See the added inventory and links to digitized material at the end of the blog post. …
Posted in: Special Collections, Theater, Women in Theater
Posted by: Cait Miller
Washington, DC had a big weekend with preparations for yesterday’s Presidential Inauguration (we were getting ready for it last week with our Inauguration Day sheet music blog post). Nearly one million people were estimated to attend yesterday’s festivities on the National Mall, and the masses were treated to several stunning patriotic musical performances, from James …
Posted in: Holidays
Posted by: Cait Miller
We’re sorry to announce that tomorrow’s Tuesday Noontime Talk has been canceled, as James Wintle is ill. Hopefully we can reschedule his talk for later this year or next season. Our series will continue in two weeks with my own presentation related to The Sound of Music. Hope to see you there!
Posted in: Staff
Posted by: Cait Miller
For the second year in a row, the Music Division is sponsoring a series of curator talks called our Tuesday Noontime Lecture series. We scheduled 17 lectures for the 2012-2013 series, and we have 9 lectures awaiting us through April! In most instances, these talks are presented by Music Division staff members who have researched …
Posted in: Curators
Posted by: Cait Miller
I was excited to notice in yesterday’s Top 11 In the Muse Posts of 2012 that last year’s Downton Abbey-related “Sheet Music of the Week: Roses of Picardy” post made the list, so I’m back today with another selection featured in last Sunday’s season three premiere! If you are a regular viewer, you will remember …
Posted in: Sheet Music of the Week
Posted by: Cait Miller
For years now In the Muse has been highlighting digitized sheet music from our collections in our “Sheet Music of the Week” series, sharing with our readers beautiful cover art, quirky titles and lyrics, and musical documentation of America’s cultural history. Because of copyright law, most of the digitized sheet music selections you will find …
Posted in: Sheet Music of the Week, Special Collections