Music for Flower Gazing
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
The Music Division has a full crop of music to complement the cherry blossoms, daffodils, and tulips blooming in Washington, D.C.
Posted in: Sheet Music, Special Collections
Category: Special Collections
Louis Eilshemius: American Beethoven?
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
An event took place at the Library on Friday, January 12, 2024, in collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland and the Phillips Collection, about the American painter, poet, pianist, and composer Louis Eilshemius. This blog post explores the Music Division's display as if you were there, too!
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Exhibitions, Musicians, Special Collections
High Holiday Music in the Music Division
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
Tonight at sunset (Friday, September 15, 2023) through Sunday after nightfall, Jewish Americans and Jews around the world celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, to welcome the year 5784 in the Jewish calendar! The Music Division does not disappoint with its holdings of both religious and secular music for this time. Here is a small sample of the gems in our holdings so that we may celebrate together.
Posted in: Composers, Conductors, Holidays, Jewish American History, Special Collections
Performing Arts in the Coronavirus Web Archive: Part 4
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
This is the final installment in a 4-part series about archived performing arts web content in the Library's Coronavirus Web Archive. This final post focuses on web archives that correspond to archival documents in the Music Division's Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection.
Posted in: New Music, Special Collections, Web Archives
You’ve Got [Hate] Mail
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
Exploring hate mail to music greats Henry Mancini, Jascha Heifetz, and Leonard Bernstein
Posted in: Musicians, Special Collections
Performing Arts in the Coronavirus Web Archive: Part 3
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
Part 3 of this Coronavirus Web Archive blog series features performance directories, calendars, and listings. Part 2 focused on medical and public health initiatives specific to the performing arts. Part 1 walked readers through Coronavirus Web Archive items within the theme of financial relief efforts in the performing arts.
Posted in: Special Collections, Web Archives
Performing Arts in the Coronavirus Web Archive: Part 2
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
Performing Arts in the Coronavirus Web Archive: Part 1
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
Who Was Maia Bang Hohn?
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
Back in October 2021, my dear colleagues in the Music Division Concert Office asked me to film a short curator talk about our world famous Nicolò Paganini holdings. As I learned more about Maia Bang Hohn, whose widower Charles sold the materials to the Library, I realized that she is more than just a collector in a footnote. In this blog post, I share some of my findings that couldn’t make it into my brief video as well as reiterate some key ones that did.
Posted in: Curators, Musicians, Special Collections, Webcasts, Women in Music