Waiting with Jonathan Larson
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Concluding the series on Jonathan Larson, Mark Eden Horowitz takes a look at Larson's day job as a waiter at New York City's Moondance diner.
Posted in: Composers, Musical Theater
Category: Composers
Turning a Life Into Art: The Evolution of tick, tick…BOOM!
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Continuing the series on Jonathan Larson, Music Division Archivist Janet McKinney examines the composer's exploration of how to turn life into art.
Posted in: Composers, Musical Theater
Jonathan Larson in His Own Words
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Senior Music Specialist Mark Eden Horowitz discusses his connection with the early work of Jonathan Larson in the second of four blog posts leading up to the release of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Larson’s "tick, tick…BOOM!" this month.
Posted in: Composers, Musical Theater
Celebrating 150 Years of Zemlinsky!
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Dr. Rachel McNellis commemorates the 150th birthday of composer and conductor Alexander Zemlinsky with a whirlwind tour through his life and work.
Posted in: Composers, Special Collections
The Women of Warner/Chappell
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Take a look at the lives and works of some of the women composers from the Warner/Chappell Collection with Archives Processing Technician Melissa Capozio Jones.
Posted in: Composers, Women in Music
All the World’s a…Show
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Archivist Jane Cross provides a peek at the show music found in the newly described Warner/Chappell Collection.
Posted in: Composers, Musical Theater
It’s August! Let’s Water Ski!
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Archivist Anita M. Weber explores the summer pastime of water skiing with a pair of songs by William P. Barlow.
Posted in: Composers
More Than Words: A Virtual Tour of Designs, Dance, and Graphic Notation in the Music Division
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Music Division staff lead a virtual tour through selections of colorful graphic aspects of performing arts documentation.
Posted in: Composers, Dance, Musical Theater, Staff, Women in Dance, Women in Music, Women in Theater
Happy Pride Month from the Music Division!
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Emily Baumgart helps us celebrate Pride Month with a few LGBTQ+ highlights from our performing arts collections and the announcment of a forthcoming LGBTQ research guide from the Music Division.
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Guest bloggers, LGBTQ+, Musicians, Research Guides, Staff, Women in Music