Louis Armstrong and Lil Hardin Armstrong brought the sounds of New Orleans and Chicago-style jazz to the forefront of America’s early 20th century soundscape. Learn more about Armstrong materials at the Library of Congress in this resource guide.
Ed Zanders, a British composer and musical director based in London, shares some of his discoveries of Sondheim's creative process, found amongst the Stephen Sondheim Papers held by the Library of Congress Music Division. The finding aid to the newly acquired Stephen Sondheim Papers is now available online, and a small set of materials from the collection is on display in the Performing Arts Reading Room.