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Posted by: Cait Miller
It’s National Dog Day, which means it’s time for another post in our Furry Friends of Music blog series! Leonard Bernstein is remembered and celebrated as a renowned conductor, a major composer, and a masterful educator, but there’s another side to the great musician: Bernstein the dog lover. Although there are far more stories that …
Posted in: Composers, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Back in 2015 we announced our collaboration with Q2 Music, the contemporary music online radio station affiliated with WNYC/WQXR. Since then, we’ve had many exciting recordings of Library of Congress commissions and premieres released via Q2 Music, which has facilitated increased access to our commissioning activities. Many recordings from our 90th anniversary season are now …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Musicians, Sound recordings, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Happy 100th Birthday to the National Park Service! The National Park Service was founded 100 years ago on August 25, 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson. Reporting to the U.S. Department of the Interior, the National Park Service protects and makes accessible hundreds of historic sites, monuments, parks, and recreation areas throughout the United States and …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Sheet Music, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
The following blog is a guest post by Marcia McCants, a summer intern in the Music Division’s Concert Office. McCants is a rising senior at James Madison University where she is majoring in music. New musical styles and genres, as well as instrument timbres, emerged in the 1920s and 1930s. The xylophone gained prominence during …
Posted in: Copyright Deposits, Guest bloggers, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Sheet Music, Sound recordings, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived! We are pleased to announce the 2016-2017 season of Concerts from the Library of Congress, which builds on our continuing mission: to give the music on the shelves of the Library a living voice, and let the people hear it. You can read the season announcement press …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Dance, Film Music, Interviews, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Special Collections, Staff, Theater
Posted by: Pat Padua
The following is a guest post by retired cataloger Sharon McKinley It’s that time again when the world focuses on the glories of the Summer Olympics. Many of us are enthralled by the extensive coverage. Basketball! Cycling! Gymnastics! Track and field! Badminton! No, don’t laugh. That’s the competitive sport I played as a teenager. Alas, …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Sheet Music, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
We’ve released a wide variety of videos from recent concerts, lectures, and other events. Learn what’s newly available below. Sign-up for Library of Congress Video Alerts Enter your email address then direct to “Subscriber Preferences.” Select “New Webcasts” and hit submit to receive notifications of new releases via email. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Subscribe …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Dance, Digital Collections, Interviews, Musical Instruments, Musical Theater, Musicians, New Acquisitions, Sound recordings, Special Collections, Staff, Theater, Webcasts
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Save the date! Tickets for all fall 2016 “Concerts from the Library of Congress” events will be released at 10:00 am (ET) on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 via Eventbrite. All programs are free and open to the public; concerts, films, and evening lectures require tickets. Stay tuned for our season announcement, which will be released …
Posted in: Concerts and Events
Posted by: Pat Padua
The following is a guest post from retired cataloger Sharon McKinley. All around the mulberry bush, The monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought it was all in fun, Pop! goes the weasel. I recently ran into an unexpected and amusing piece of music which proved to have a long and varied history. The piece? …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Sheet Music of the Week, Special Collections