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Posted by: Cait Miller
While perusing The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, Musical Instrument Curator Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford happened upon a review of Canadian photographer Todd McLellan’s new book Things Come Apart and she stopped in her tracks. There she saw a photograph of a bicycle’s parts laid out neatly, grouped with like pieces (an example from his …
Posted in: Musical Instruments, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post by Senior Music Specialist Susan Clermont. Anniversaries commemorating the significant birthdays or deaths of famous composers often provide the curatorial staff here at the Library of Congress with great opportunities to take stock, so to speak, of what riches related to a certain figure might be found among our …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
On Tuesday night the Library of Congress hosted the annual ASCAP “We Write the Songs” concert that celebrates the Library’s partnership with The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, a non-profit organization that handles licensing and royalties for songwriters. In 2010 the first “We Write the Songs” concert was produced as a celebration …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Special Collections