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Posted by: Libby Smigel
Announces the completed processing of the Benjamin Garber Papers and Garber's relationship with choreographer Martha Graham.
Posted in: Dance, Guest bloggers, New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Women in Dance
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
From his Appalachian Spring ballet score for thirteen instruments (1944), Aaron Copland extracted an orchestral suite in 1945. A third configuration, requested by Eugene Ormandy in 1954, combines elements of both suite and ballet.
Posted in: Commissions, Composers, Dance, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: David Plylar
Concerts from the Library of Congress returns for a 95th season, packed with an impressive and richly diverse roster of more than 95 free events, including concerts, lectures, films, panels, conversations with artists and more. 2019-20 is a year of visionary legacies. In February we begin an adventurous and in-depth Beethoven at 250 festival that …
Posted in: Commissions, Composers, Concerts and Events, Dance, Film Music, Jazz, Musical Theater, Musicians, New Music, Special Collections, Staff, Women in Music
Posted by: Libby Smigel
The following is a guest post from Music Division scholar-volunteer K. Mitchell “Mitch” Snow, with an introduction from Dance Curator Libby Smigel. Readers of the Music Division’s In the Muse blog will have already met Mitch Snow through his posting on the Maxine Glorsky Papers. His scholarly pursuits have made him invaluable in many quarters …
Posted in: Composers, Dance, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Libby Smigel
The following is a guest post from K. Mitchell “Mitch” Snow, a scholar-volunteer in the Music Division. Dance Archivist Libby Smigel introduces him. Last August the Music Division was delighted to receive a major gift of career papers from award-winning stage manager Maxine Glorsky. While the Library of Congress is widely regarded as the destination …
Posted in: Dance, Guest bloggers, Special Collections, Women in Dance
Posted by: Libby Smigel
The following is a guest blog post from Dance Curator Libby Smigel and Howard University intern Jacquelyn “Jackie” Chin: The Music Division was selected to host one of the Library’s three spring internships from Howard University. Dance archivist Libby Smigel is working with Jacquelyn Chin on the Division’s Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Collection. A …
Posted in: African American History, Dance, Exhibitions, Guest bloggers, LGBTQ+, Special Collections, Staff Interviews
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
On February 12, 2019, our nation observes the 210th birthday of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States. Let’s see the variety of ways President Lincoln appears in the Music Division’s collections!
Posted in: Birthdays, Dance, Holidays, Sheet Music, Special Collections