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Archive: August 2014 (5 Posts)

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Directed by Ken Russell: Film Fridays at the Mary Pickford Theater

Posted by: Pat Padua

In the Muse is excited to announce our September film series, Directed by Ken Russell. The late director, who died in 2011, had a vividly colorful, operatic vision of cinema, and was attracted to music that was similarly bold and romantic. With co-sponsors DCist and Brightest Young Things, we present four evenings of Russell’s most …

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AMERICAN BAYREUTH: The 1914 Peterborough Festival

Posted by: Cait Miller

The following is a guest post from Senior Music Reference Specialist Robin Rausch. For five days in August in 1914, thousands of people descended on the tiny village of Peterborough, New Hampshire to attend the fifth summer festival of music and drama produced by the Edward MacDowell Memorial Association.  Inaugurated in 1910, these annual festivals …

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Revamped “Friends of Music” Donor Recognition Program

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

For the 2014-2015 season of Concerts from the Library of Congress and the 150th birthday of our founding patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, the Music Division is pleased to introduce a revamped “Friends of Music” donor recognition program. The Library needs your support to help grow, advance and make universally accessible its unparalleled performing arts programs. …

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Rodgers & Hammerstein: “Some Enchanted Evening” [Video Podcast]

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Michael Feinstein on Musicals & Songs at the Library of Congress Series 1 – Rodgers & Hammerstein Episode 5 – “Some Enchanted Evening” In the fifth episode of a series of videos that explore the Rodgers and Hammerstein collections at the Library of Congress, Michael Feinstein discusses South Pacific, Mary Martin, and the beloved song …

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2014-2015 Season Brochure & News Release

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

2014-2015 Concerts from the Library of Congress Season BROCHURE 2014-2015 Concerts from the Library of Congress Season NEWS RELEASE The 2014-2015 Concerts from the Library of Congress season brochure is now available! Music should bring us together and open our minds to discovery, innovation and reflection—it resists categorization. We find the labels put on music …