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Archive: November 2017 (2 Posts)

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Higdon’s Viola Concerto: A Library of Congress Commission and a Grammy Nom!

Posted by: Cait Miller

The 2018 Grammy nominations were announced this morning, and among the lineup you can find a work co-commissioned by the Library of Congress! Pulitzer Prize winner and American composer Jennifer Higdon’s Viola Concerto was co-commissioned by the Library of Congress (with support from the family of Cameron and Jane Baird, and John J. Medveckis), the …

Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Musical Instruments, Women in Music

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Thanksgiving Music

Posted by: Cait Miller

Thanksgiving is upon us, and across the country our readers are making plans and preparations for Turkey Day. What kind of Thanksgiving-related music can we find in the Music Division’s stacks? Out of curiosity, I visited our “subject files” in the office to see what sort of information our reference librarians collected back before the …

Posted in: Holidays, Special Collections