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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
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
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
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Emily Baumgart explores the work of piano duo Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson found their recently processed papers.
Posted in: Composers, Musicians, Women in Music
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
The Music Division's summer Pruett Fellow, Destiny Meadows, showcases a few of composer and arranger Sammy Nestico's musical partnerships.
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Jazz
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Melissa Capozio Jones explores Ross Lee Finney's questionnaire to composers during World War II.
Posted in: Composers, Special Collections
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Rachel McNellis announces a new finding aid to an expansive collection of music materials.
Posted in: Composers, Special Collections
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Emily Baumgart announces the forthcoming finding aid on the papers of Alice Eversman and Elena de Sayn, two Washington, D.C. area musicians connected to an international network of women musicians.
Posted in: Composers, Musicians, Women in Music
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
On what would have been Stephen Sondheim's 92nd birthday, Mark Eden Horowitz remembers the three days he spent interviewing the composer in 1997. The interviews are now fully available online.
Posted in: Composers, Interviews, Musical Theater