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A Composer’s Eclectic Personality Reaches out to the World: Nico Muhly’s Library of Congress Commission, “Compare Notes”

Posted by: Cait Miller

The following is a guest post from Nicholas A. Brown, Music Specialist in the Music Division’s Concert Office. American composer Nico Muhly’s (b. 1981) latest work Compare Notes receives its world premiere in the Library’s historic Coolidge Auditorium on Friday, October 12 at 8:00pm.  Written for violinist Daniel Hope and pianist Jeffrey Kahane, this intriguing …

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Paul Williams: Copyright and the American Songwriter

Posted by: Pat Padua

It wasn’t your typical mid-day lecture on Capitol Hill. This week the Copyright Office sponsored a special presentation in the Coolidge Auditorium, “Copyright and the American Songwriter.”  Copyright regulations have helped many songwriters make a living by their craft, and one songwriter in particular graced the Coolidge stage to humbly represent his fellow songwriters: ASCAP …

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Concerts From the Library of Congress 2012-2013 Season Preview Podcast, “American Voices”

Posted by: Pat Padua

Join Anne McLean, Loras Schissel and Nicholas Brown of the Music Division as they discuss some of the highlights from the 2012-2013 concert season. They are joined by Chloe Veltman, a junior fellow at the Library of Congress and host of VoiceBox, a weekly public radio and podcast series. Audio used by permission of: COPLAND …

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Cinema in Concert

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post by Senior Music Cataloger Sharon McKinley.  The Library of Congress Chorale’s Spring concert is this Thursday, June 7. Cinema in Concert  will be presented at noon in the JeffersonBuilding, Coolidge Auditorium. It is free to staff and the public, so if you’re in the neighborhood, stop on by! It’s …

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Gershwin Prize 2012: Bacharach and David

Posted by: Cait Miller

Tonight President Obama will award the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to the songwriting duo of Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and last night the Library of Congress hosted a special invitation-only tribute concert to Bacharach and David in the Library’s historic Coolidge Auditorium. I was lucky enough to get a seat …

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(Motion) Pic of the Week: Country Music Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

People sometimes ask if Library of Congress programs are available to view online. Copyright and other issues prevent us from making everything available online, but highlights from the Music Division’s great concert and lecture season are available on the Library’s webcasts page, including the lecture “Bernstein meets Broadway,” the late Jack Gottlieb’s revealing talk “Working …

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Pic of the Week: Carolina Chocolate Drops Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post by Stephen Winick, Writer and Editor, American Folklife Center. On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Library’s Coolidge auditorium hosted a relaxed and thoroughly enjoyable concert by Grammy-Award-winning old-time folk music group The Carolina Chocolate Drops.  The two-hour concert featured old-fashioned music on guitar, banjo, steel-resonator mandolin, and fiddle, with …