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Posted by: Pat Padua
The following is the fifth in a series of guest posts by retired Senior Music Cataloger Sharon McKinley. Rachel Weiss worked as a volunteer intern during the summer of 2011 cataloging the last thousand or so librettos in the Albert Schatz collection. Following her internship, Rachel pursued her MLIS at the University of Pittsburgh, graduating …
Posted in: Newly Cataloged, Staff
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
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Distinguished American composer and conductor John Adams (b. 1947) will be in residence at the Library of Congress from May 22-25, 2013. Made possible by the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music, Adams has worked with Concerts from the Library of Congress to develop a unique series of programs that both honor …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Digital Collections, Interviews, Musicians, Special Collections, Staff, Webcasts
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
As part of our global mission, Concerts from the Library of Congress preserves all public programs for the national digital collections through film and audio recordings. Several webcasts of concerts, lectures and panels from the 2012-2013 season have recently been made available. Stay tuned to In the Muse for the release of even more webcasts …
Posted in: Composers, Conservation, Curators, Digital Collections, Exhibitions, Interviews, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Special Collections, Staff, Webcasts
Posted by: Pat Padua
In the Muse was saddened to learn that classic country singer George Jones died today. The 81-yr old performer was in the process of completing what was to be his farewell concert tour. George Glenn Jones was born in 1931 inSaratoga,Texas. His early career reads like something out of American myth. When Jones turned 16 he …
Posted in: In Memoriam, Musicians, Special Collections
Posted by: Pat Padua
The following is the fourth in a series of guest posts by retired Senior Music Cataloger Sharon McKinley. After graduating from Cornell University, Eun Ji (Eunice) volunteered in the Music Division for six months in 2010. She spent much of her time taking inventory of music scores in the stacks. Eunice recorded statistics for a …
Posted in: Staff
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Head of Reader Services Daniel Boomhower. In the fall of 2012 Dr. Chris Ford, Director of the Baltimore School for the Arts, contacted the Music Division to see if his faculty and students could work with us to develop a research component in conjunction with their production of …
Posted in: Dance, Guest bloggers, Musicians, Special Collections
Posted by: David Plylar
I was discussing the upcoming appearance of the British choral group Stile Antico with my colleague Susan Clermont, a reference specialist at the Library of Congress, and she related a story about a motet anthology held at the Library of Congress so tinged with intrigue and the lust for printing power that it prompted retelling …
Posted in: Concerts and Events
Posted by: David Plylar
On Saturday afternoon the Coolidge Collective (my new name for our dedicated audience) will descend on the Library for a fête du clavecin, served by the great harpsichordist and founder/director of Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset. The program will include a delectable assortment of harpsichord works both familiar and less so, featuring music by François …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Musical Instruments, Musicians