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Posted by: Cait Miller
Celebrate Rossini's leap day birthday with a close-up look at his original manuscript for his Septet for two flutes, clarinet, and string quartet, recently acquired by the Library of Congress and now available to view and download online.
Posted in: New Acquisitions
Posted by: Cait Miller
This is a guest post from Head of Acquisitions & Processing Vin Novara, with Senior Music Specialists Mark Eden Horowitz, Kate Rivers, and Ray White. Nick Hornby’s book “High Fidelity” (1995) features an entertaining look at the quirks of people who intensely collect on music. Top five lists feature prominently throughout the work. As …
Posted in: Commissions, Composers, Conductors, Curators, Film Music, Guest bloggers, Musicians, New Acquisitions, New Music, Sheet Music, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The Library of Congress celebrated the acquisition of the Neil Simon Papers by hosting a conversation with actors Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker who currently star in the Broadway revival of Simon's comedy Plaza Suite. Watch a recording of their conversation with Plaza Suite director John Benjamin Hickey, as well as a video overview of the Simon Papers featuring Senior Music Specialist Mark Horowitz.
Posted in: Interviews, New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Theater, Webcasts
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from saxophonist Chris Potter, who participated in the Music Division’s Finding Strayhorn discussion panel on June 12, 2019. My visit to the Library of Congress fortunately coincided with the announcement that the Billy Strayhorn Music Manuscripts and Estate Papers are now available for the public to study. I was …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Jazz, New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Webcasts
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from music archivist Anita M. Weber. Milton Berle, who lived to be 94, did it all. He was a child actor and juvenile dancer who became a vaudeville emcee, stand-up comic, and Friars Club roastmaster. He acted on radio, stage, and screen. He wrote song lyrics, novels, short stories, …
Posted in: Comedians, Guest bloggers, New Acquisitions, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post by Senior Music Specialist Loras John Schissel. We are pleased to announce the acquisition of a collection of rare John Philip Sousa materials donated by the well-known educator and Sousa researcher Christopher Dodrill. The collection includes many first editions of Sousa’s marches and concert works in mint condition. …
Posted in: Composers, Digital Collections, Guest bloggers, New Acquisitions, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post written by Theater Specialist Walter Zvonchenko. Thanks to the generosity of Mrs. Yanne Norup Schmidt and Mr. Kristian Schmidt, the Library of Congress soon will release a website dedicated to the life and work of Swedish theatrical producer Lars Schmidt [1917-2009]. Schmidt was born in Uddevalla near Gothenburg in …
Posted in: New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Theater