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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
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
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
In Part 1 of this series, I walked readers through Coronavirus Web Archive items within the theme of financial relief efforts in the performing arts. This second post focuses on medical and public health initiatives specific to the performing arts in the Coronavirus Web Archive.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Special Collections, Web Archives
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Mark Eden Horowitz remembers designer Tony Walton.
Posted in: In Memoriam, Musical Theater, Theater
Posted by: Cait Miller
British composer Ethel Smyth's 1911 song "The March of the Women," dedicated to Emmeline Pankhurst and the Women's Social and Political Union, became a suffrage anthem in the United Kingdom and abroad. Learn more about Smyth's involvement with the WSPU and access sheet music from the Library of Congress digital collection "Women's Suffrage in Sheet Music."
Posted in: Sheet Music, Women in Music
Posted by: Library of Congress
On March 1, 2022, In the Muse published a blog post announcing a finding aid to the Music Division’s Florence B. Price Music Manuscripts. Although we are proud to enhance discoverability of the Library’s Florence Price manuscripts with the finding aid, the blog post contained some inaccurate information and lacked appropriate citations. After considering the concerns raised with the post, the …
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Women in Dance, Women in Music
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
The Coronavirus Web Archive official landing page and press release came out on #WebArchiveWednesday, February 2, 2022. My first post in this series provides an overview of one of the major thematic areas within the Coronavirus Web Archive: financial relief efforts in the performing arts. Performing arts content is a significant part of the Coronavirus Web Archive numbering over 180 items.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Special Collections, Web Archives
Posted by: Cait Miller
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
Posted by: Claudia Morales
The following is a guest post from Senior Concert Producer, Anne McLean. Series to Offer Virtual and In-Person Events, International Artists, World Premieres of Library of Congress Commissions The Library of Congress will present an exciting 22-event lineup of concerts, lectures, conversations with musicians and engaging educational programming in a packed spring season launching March …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Dance