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Posted by: Pat Padua
Staff from the Performing Arts Reading Room frequently wave to their neighbors across the partition in the Recorded Sound Reference Center. In the Muse is now happy to welcome their neighbors in Washington and at the National Audio Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia to the blogosphere as they launch Now See Hear! We plan …
Posted in: Special Collections
Posted by: David Plylar
The stars are aligning this Friday at the Library of Congress, when a constellation of great pieces and great performers come together to illuminate Serge Koussevitzky as the cynosure of the evening. The Library of Congress is celebrating the merger of Koussevitzky’s two foundations into a single entity housed at the Library with a concert …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Musicians, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Dr. Nancy Newman, Associate Professor at the University of Albany. Dr. Newman’s lecture is a part of the LC/AMS Lecture Series. Please join us for Dr. Newman’s lecture on Tuesday, April 22 at 12:00 noon in Coolidge Auditorium. The Germania Musical Society was a group of about two …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Sheet Music
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Between April 7 and 12, the Library of Congress will present a lineup of performances, talks and educational programs dedicated to the Library’s collection riches in contemporary music. The week features leading performers of the international music scene, the world premieres of two Library of Congress commissions, and the Washington, D.C., premiere of American composer …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Digital Collections, Interviews, Musical Instruments, Musicians, New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Staff
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Daniel Boomhower, Head of Reader Services in the Music Division. In the eighteenth century mention of the name Bach brought foremost to mind either Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782), the “London Bach,” or to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), from 1768 the “Hamburg Bach” and from about 1740 to …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Concerts and Events, Guest bloggers, Musicians, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Staff
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Michael Feinstein on Musicals & Songs at the Library of Congress Series 1 – Rodgers & Hammerstein Episode 2 – “My Favorite Things” This is the second episode in a series of videos that explore the Rodgers and Hammerstein collections at the Library of Congress. Michael Feinstein traces the origin of the lyrics for “My …
Posted in: Composers, Curators, Film Music, Interviews, Musical Theater, Musicians, New Acquisitions, Podcasts, Sheet Music, Sheet Music of the Week, Sound recordings, Special Collections, Staff, Theater, Webcasts
Posted by: Cait Miller
On March 20 Disney’s latest animated film-turned-stage musical, Aladdin, opened on Broadway. There has been a lot of buzz about the new production, particularly regarding the new songs and characters, many of which have been revived from the early stages of the development for 1992’s top grossing film. The film’s release came over a year …
Posted in: Musical Theater, Special Collections
Posted by: David Plylar
The magnificent collection of Liszt manuscripts held at the Library of Congress includes a number of rarely heard works, including two of the three Funeral Odes (Trois odes funèbres). Liszt composed some fifteen versions of the Funeral Odes, even desiring one of them to be performed at his funeral service (Spoiler Alert: none of Liszt’s …
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Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
This Friday evening the Coolidge Auditorium will be at the helm of the Elias String Quartet, one of the leading British string quartets on the international circuit. Learn more about the concert repertoire via the program notes available here. Event Listing Friday, March 7, 2014 – 8:00pm ELIAS STRING QUARTET Coolidge Auditorium Program HAYDN | …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Staff