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Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
An obscure composer from the late 18th and early 19th century, Nicola Sampieri self-published most of his music with programmatic titles, intricate engravings, and specific instructions for performance that included both sound effects and visual displays.
Posted in: Composers, Film Music, Sheet Music
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Processing Technician Pam Murrell shines light on the surprisingly ordinary life of a man who would be deemed one of the extraordinary classical composers of syncopated rhythm.
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Musicians, Staff
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Archives Processing Technician Emily Baumgart describes some timely cicada-centric compositions by avant-garde composer, writer, poet, and inventor Lucia Dlugoszewski.
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Staff, Women in Music
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
The following is a guest post by Music Division Archivist Dr. Stephanie Akau. Earlier this year Processing Technician Anthony Edwards and I had the privilege of processing the records of the Arsis Press. This music publishing company was founded in 1974 and run solely by intrepid school teacher, social activist, and composer Clara Lyle Boone …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Musicians, Staff, Women in Music
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
The Music Division has commissioned new works of music since 1925, and this post celebrates the artistic contributions of commissioned composers from the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, May 2021.
Posted in: Asian American History, Commissions, Composers
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week, Emily Baumgart takes a look at several notable educators in the Music Division's special collections.
Posted in: Composers, Dance, Guest bloggers, Staff, Theater, Women in Dance, Women in Music, Women in Theater
Posted by: Libby Smigel
Dance Curator Libby Smigel gives a sneak peak at the materials inside the newly available Erick Hawkins and Lucia Dlugoszewski Papers.
Posted in: Composers, Dance, Guest bloggers, Special Collections, Staff, Women in Dance, Women in Music
Posted by: Claudia Morales
The following is a blog post from 2021 Library of Congress Jazz Scholar, Terri Lyne Carrington. As I took a walk on a cold February afternoon in Massachusetts, I continued working through feelings I have formed in response to the inequities women have faced in jazz. Although I thought I was taking a break walking, …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Jazz, Musicians, Women in Music
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Archives Processing Technician Melissa Capozio Jones looks at bandleader Glenn Miller while processing a new collection on the 1956 major motion picture he inspired, "The Glenn Miller Story."
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Musicians, Special Collections, Staff