Senior Music Specialist Mark Eden Horowitz reflects on his friendship with Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) and Sondheim's connection to the Library of Congress.
The creators of the new film adaptation of tick, tick...BOOM! researched the Jonathan Larson Papers at the Library of Congress in the early stages of their process. Learn more about Jonathan Larson by seeing notes and sketches related to <tick, tick...BOOM!, and a questionnaire Larson created and filled out about life in 1990.
In recognition of Women's History Month, the Music Division shares its recently published online research guides about women composers and women in music.
As Black History Month comes to a close, the Music Division is pleased to announce three recently published research guides that highlight Black history in our collections: "Harry Thacker Burleigh: A Guide to Resources," "Early African-American Music: A Bibliography," and "Black Composers in Music Division Collections."