Archive: February 2022 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Cait Miller; (Year) 2022; (Month) February

Sheet music cover for "I'm Going to Be a Suffragette" featuring a woman dressed in a tuxedo and top hat.

By the People: Women’s Suffrage in Sheet Music

February 16, 2022

The Library of Congress By the People project launched its first campaign to feature sheet music in February 2022. "Women's Suffrage in Sheet Music" features approximately 200 titles created before 1923 either for, about, or against the suffrage movement. Once the campaign is transcribed and approved, researchers will be able to keyword search across all text included in the sheet music, including lyrics.

Posted in: Sheet Music, Women in Music

Black and white portrait of James Weldon Johnson sitting at a desk.

“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

February 8, 2022

Posted by: Cait Miller

James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is one of the most significant hymns in American history. Read more about the genesis of the song and download sheet music published in 1900 and 1921.

Posted in: African American History, Composers, Sheet Music

Refined by: (Author) Cait Miller; (Year) 2022; (Month) February