Tasty Summer Treats from the Stacks
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
A bite of songs about summertime food from Music Division Archivist Anita M. Weber.
Posted in: Sheet Music
Archive: 2022 (20 Posts)
Ross Lee Finney and His War-time Composers
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Melissa Capozio Jones explores Ross Lee Finney's questionnaire to composers during World War II.
Posted in: Composers, Special Collections
The Music Division and the Joint Army and Navy Committee
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Anita M. Weber provides a brief look at the individual materials and research possibilities discoverable in the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation, Sub-Committee on Music papers.
Posted in: Musicians, Special Collections
Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
The following is a guest post from Music Division Archivist Janet McKinney. By their very nature, the performing arts depend on the key element of live interaction. But what happens to this art when that component is taken away? In March 2020, concert halls, theaters, and other live performance venues were forced to close their …
Posted in: New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Theater, Women in Music
Pride Stories in the Paul F. Stiga Collection
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
A look at three design renderings from the Paul F. Stiga Collection of Stage and Costume Design and how they connect to stories about the LGBTQ+ experience.
Posted in: LGBTQ+, Musical Theater, Theater, Women in Theater
A New Finding Aid for the Moldenhauer Archives!
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Rachel McNellis announces a new finding aid to an expansive collection of music materials.
Posted in: Composers, Special Collections
Alice Eversman, Elena de Sayn, and the Washington, D.C. music scene
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Emily Baumgart announces the forthcoming finding aid on the papers of Alice Eversman and Elena de Sayn, two Washington, D.C. area musicians connected to an international network of women musicians.
Posted in: Composers, Musicians, Women in Music
Interviews with Stephen Sondheim
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
On what would have been Stephen Sondheim's 92nd birthday, Mark Eden Horowitz remembers the three days he spent interviewing the composer in 1997. The interviews are now fully available online.
Posted in: Composers, Interviews, Musical Theater
Remembering Tony Walton
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Mark Eden Horowitz remembers designer Tony Walton.
Posted in: In Memoriam, Musical Theater, Theater