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Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Senior Music Reference Specialist Robin Rausch. The Music Division assembles special displays fairly often for visiting dignitaries. But rarely do we get a chance to bring out the Beech-Nut gum wrapper autographed by composer George Gershwin, or the sales receipts for liquor sold to comedian Danny Kaye …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
The following is a guest blog by Katie Rodda of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. On October 22, the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) will present a concert by jazz pianist and NLS patron Justin Kauflin in the Coolidge Auditorium at 7:15 …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Film Music, Jazz, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Newly Cataloged, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Webcasts
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to play a duet with your brain waves? On October 16 you can find out what that sounds like, in a performance experience that is unique to Concerts from the Library of Congress. Renowned cellist Katinka Kleijn, of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and International Contemporary Ensemble, …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Staff, Webcasts, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Dr. Carol Hess, Professor of Music at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Hess will be presenting on Tuesday, October 7, 2014 as a part of the Library of Congress/American Musicological Society Lecture Series. See the flyer or follow the link for more information. Scholars and the …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Victoria Phillips, Lecturer in History, Department of History and the Donald and Vera Blinken European Institute, Columbia University in the City of New York. Victoria Phillips will give two presentations about the Music Division’s current exhibit, American Ballet Theatre: Touring the Globe for 75 years, consisting of a …
Posted in: Dance, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
The Library of Congress, home to the Irving Fine Collection, is proud to commemorate the hundredth birthday of this important figure in American music history, described by Aaron Copland as “the greatest of us all.” A leading voice in the American Neoclassical School, Fine was a member of the Boston Group of composers–Arthur Berger, Leonard …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Digital Collections, Exhibitions, Interviews, Musicians, Podcasts, Sound recordings, Special Collections, Staff, Webcasts
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Senior Music Specialist Ray White. “The dawn’s early light” on September 14, 2014, marked the 200th anniversary of the day that Francis Scott Key saw that “the star-spangled banner” was still waving “o’er” Fort McHenry. The story of that morning has been told many times in this anniversary …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Sheet Music, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Michael Feinstein on Musicals & Songs at the Library of Congress Series 1 – Rodgers & Hammerstein Episode 6 – Carousel In the sixth episode of a series of videos that explore the Rodgers and Hammerstein collections at the Library of Congress, Michael Feinstein examines the origins of the opening number from the hit musical …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Digital Collections, Exhibitions, Musical Theater, Musicians, Podcasts, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Theater, Webcasts
Posted by: David Plylar
It’s that time–time to reserve your tickets to attend a spectacular array of free events presented by Concerts from the Library of Congress! We start on September 5 with a month-long film series featuring the idiomatic biopics of Ken Russell, and continue with the great concerts, talks and films you expect to see at the …
Posted in: Concerts and Events, Curators, Film Music, Musical Theater, Musicians