Fish Tunes and Tales
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Music Division Archivist Anita M. Weber highlights the summer pastime of fishin' (and singin' about fishin').
Posted in: Composers, Musicians, Sheet Music
Category: Composers
Part of His World: The Little Mermaid in the Papers of Howard Ashman
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
The following is a guest post from Music Division Archivist Janet McKinney. To watch Janet discuss Howard Ashman’s influence on “The Little Mermaid,” check out this video on the Library of Congress’s YouTube channel. The recent live-action remake of the Disney classic The Little Mermaid (1989) inspires those of us who preserve our cultural history …
Posted in: Composers, Special Collections, Webcasts
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger: Creating Music and Family
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Archivist Anita M. Weber talks about the latest addition to the Library's Seeger Family Collection.
Posted in: Composers, Musicians, Women in Music
Jeanine Tesori and Tony Awards
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Mark Eden Horowitz congratulates composer Jeanine Tesori on her latest Tony Award win, and lists other Tony Award winners in the Music Division's collections.
Posted in: Composers, Musical Theater, Women in Music
The Triple Crown of Researching John Philip Sousa
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Music Division Archivist Jane Cross explores the holdings of John Philip Sousa at three major repositories.
Posted in: Composers, Special Collections
“Magic Moments” with Burt Bacharach
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Senior Music Division Specialist Mark Eden Horowitz remembers two days spent with Burt Bacharach at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Composers, In Memoriam, Musicians
A Look Back at A Streetcar Named Desire
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
On December 3, 1947, A Streetcar Named Desire opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City. It was the third full-length play by Tennessee Williams, a 36-year-old writer whose Broadway debut, The Glass Menagerie, was just two years earlier. Streetcar ran for more than two years clocking in at 855 performances, the longest …
Posted in: Composers, Dance, Film Music, Theater
Ned Rorem and the Library of Congress: An Appreciation
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
The following is a guest post by Music Division Specialist Loras John Schissel who has compiled letters and diary entries from Ned Rorem illuminating the composer’s relationship with the Music Division at the Library of Congress. Look not to things that are seen, but to that which is unseen; for things that are seen pass …
Posted in: Composers, In Memoriam
“And now, a postmodern self-referential opera!” Steven Stucky’s The Classical Style
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Dr. Stephanie Akau and Dr. Rachel McNellis take us on a fun romp through a Steven Stucky opera that takes a hilarious look at music history and theory.
Posted in: Composers, Special Collections