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Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
A quick look at songbooks by Pauline Russell Browne, Eva Jessye, and Peggy Seeger in celebration of International Women's Day.
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Musicians, Women in Music
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
At the end of my January blog post about 19th-century French composer Louise Angélique Bertin, I promised that a feature was forthcoming about her contemporary Marie Felicie Clémence de Reiset, the Vicomtesse de Grandval (1828/30-1907). I can’t wait to share some Music Division treasures of hers with you in honor of Women’s History Month!
Posted in: Composers, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
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."
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Musicians, Research Guides
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Take a look at four new jazz scores added to the Charles Mingus Collection: “Alive and Living in Dukeland,” “Three or Four Shades of Blues,” “Cumbia and Jazz Fusion,” and “Todo Modo.”
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Guest bloggers, Jazz, Musicians, Special Collections, Staff
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
An update on reporting the Music Division's holograph manuscripts to RISM, Répertoire International des Sources Musicales.
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Newly Cataloged
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
January 15, 2021 is the 216th birthday of Louise Angélique Bertin. She was a French composer, poet, librettist, and painter. She was the only composer to work directly with Victor Hugo, the first French composer to set Goethe’s Faust as an opera, and the first woman of the 19th century to have an opera performed at the Opéra de Paris. The Music Division has wonderful resources about Louise Angélique Bertin.
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Women in Music
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Lyricist and songwriter Harold Rome's first Broadway score, "Pins and Needles," became the longest running musical of the 1930s. With a cast of garment workers and a pro-union message, it was unlike any other musical seen at the time.
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Musical Theater, Special Collections, Staff
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Acclaimed for expanding the horizons of traditional musical sounds through his refined use of technologies, American composer Roger Reynolds reveals that the act of writing music is "my way of understanding the world."
Posted in: Composers, Digital Collections, Guest bloggers, Interviews, Staff
Posted by: Claudia Morales
The following is a guest post by virtual artist-in-residence, violinist Jennifer Koh. I am honored to be a virtual artist-in-residence at the Library of Congress. For the program that was streamed on November 19, 2020, I included works that engage with the question of who we are during this time of COVID. Beethoven Sonata No. …
Posted in: Commissions, Composers, Concerts and Events, Guest bloggers, Musicians, New Music, Women in Music