Archive: June 2024 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Cait Miller; (Year) 2024; (Month) June

New Treasures Gallery: Music Division Collections on Display

June 21, 2024

The Library of Congress opened a new Treasures Gallery on June 13, 2024, featuring collection items from across the Library centered on "remembrance." The Gallery includes several items from the Music Division's collections, described in this blog post.

Posted in: Exhibitions

Black and white photograph portrait of Ulysses Kay. Kay is wearing glasses and looking off to the left. Underneath the close-up of Kay's face

“Forever Free: A Lincoln Chronicle” by Ulysses Kay

June 17, 2024

Posted by: Cait Miller

This blog post highlights the work of American composer Ulysses Kay (1917-1995), particularly his “Forever Free: A Lincoln Chronicle” for wind band, commissioned by Broadcast Music Inc. for the Civil War Centennial Commission in 1962.

Posted in: African American History, Composers, Holidays

Refined by: (Author) Cait Miller; (Year) 2024; (Month) June