Archive: July 2024 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Heather Darnell; (Year) 2024; (Month) July

Musics of Shakespeare: Library of Congress Music Division and the Folger Shakespeare Library

July 30, 2024

Celebrating the reopening of the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Library of Congress's neighbor just a block away, Dr. Stacey Jocoy provides an overview of music scores related to Shakespeare's drama that are housed in the Library of Congress Music Division.

Posted in: Early Music

Playing Tenor: Eddie Condon’s Journey to the Guitar

July 1, 2024

Posted by: Heather Darnell

It’s the summer of 2018, and I’ve once again found myself at the Marina in Corpus Christi, TX, sitting with my father on his sailboat. Guitars in hand, we are playing a special concert for the seagulls and pelicans, our only true fans. The vibrations of our strings loft into the air in perfect harmony …

Posted in: Instrumentalists, Jazz, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Uncategorized

Refined by: (Author) Heather Darnell; (Year) 2024; (Month) July