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Archive: February 2017 (6 Posts)

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This Week: Hagen Quartet, Hindemith, Monson & Hutchins

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

This Week at the Library: Tuesday, 2/28, 12:00 pm – Hindemith’s Musical Responses to WWI (Lecture) Wednesday, 3/1, 12:00 pm – Ingrid Monson (Interview) Friday, 3/3, 6:30 pm – American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins (Lecture) Friday, 3/3, 8:00 pm – Hagen Quartet (Concert) ***** Tuesday, February 28, 2017 – 12:00 pm [Lecture] Hindemith’s Musical Responses to …

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This Week: Rachmaninoff, Baseball, Tim Burton + Either/Or

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

This Week at the Library: 2/14, 12 pm – Plylar on Rachmaninoff (Lecture) 2/15, 12 pm – Baseball’s Greatest Hits (Gallery Talk) 2/17, 7 pm – The Nightmare Before Christmas (Film) 2/18, 12 pm – The Nightmare Before Christmas (Film) 2/18, 8 pm – Either/Or (Concert) ***** Tuesday, February 14, 2017 – 12:00 pm [Lecture] …

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Sheet Music Spotlight: Beautiful Snow: A Cautionary Tale

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is by retired cataloger Sharon McKinley. On a day when there’s lots of snow to go around, if not in the Washington, D.C. area, let’s examine the wintry precipitation in song. You may be surprised to learn how lyricists of the late 19th century responded to forecasts. While the modern researcher may eagerly …

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Smokey Robinson at Gershwin’s Piano

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

(The following is a guest post by Director of Communications Gayle Osterberg. It was originally published on the Library of Congress Blog.) This Friday (Feb. 10) PBS stations nationwide (9 pm Eastern – check your local listings) will share with America the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song tribute concert honoring Motown legend …

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This Week: Beauty and the Beast + YRC

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Friday, February 10, 2017 – 7:00 pm Saturday, February 11, 2017 – 12:00 pm [Family-Friendly] Beauty and the Beast (1991) [Film] Toon Tunes with Solomon HaileSelassie The world of film animation displays great variety in the techniques used to produce the images and in how those images interact with the sound environment. We will explore …