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Posted by: Cait Miller
The Library of Congress opened a new Treasures Gallery on June 13, 2024, featuring collection items from across the Library centered on "remembrance." The Gallery includes several items from the Music Division's collections, described in this blog post.
Posted in: Exhibitions
Posted by: Cait Miller
Today marks the opening of a new exhibition at the Library of Congress dedicated to civil rights activist Rosa Parks. “Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words” draws from material in the Library’s Rosa Parks Collection to tell the life story of this remarkable woman, including her early life and activism, the Montgomery bus boycott, the …
Posted in: African American History, Exhibitions
Posted by: Cait Miller
The Library of Congress continues to celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s Centennial with events this Friday and Saturday, all free and open to the public: FRIDAY, MAY 18 Bernstein Centennial Concert Coolidge Auditorium, Thomas Jefferson Building 8:00pm RUSH tickets available starting Friday at 6:00pm Michael Barrett, Music Director and pianist Lee Ann Osterkamp, pianist Julia Bullock, soprano …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Digital Collections, Exhibitions, Special Collections, Theater
Posted by: Cait Miller
DC dwellers and tourists should be aware that the Library of Congress is presenting “Pride in the Library,” a special pop-up exhibit that showcases items from the Library’s collections that feature LGBTQ+ creators and representations of LGBTQ+ life in America and around the world. Come to the Jefferson Building Friday and Saturday between 10 a.m. …
Posted in: Exhibitions, LGBTQ+, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Senior Music Specialist Robin Rausch. In 1995, documentary filmmaker Marjorie Short was looking for work in Washington, DC, and doing research at the Library of Congress for a new project on historical music performance. Music Specialist Raymond White suggested she contact Cyrilla Barr, professor of musicology at Catholic …
Posted in: Concerts and Events, Curators, Exhibitions, Guest bloggers, Interviews, Special Collections, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The Library of Congress Concert Series (whose 90th season was announced earlier this month) offers world-class chamber music performances in the Jefferson Building’s Coolidge Auditorium. Most Library visitors might assume that the space is named for President Calvin Coolidge; however, it was a different Coolidge who is responsible for its construction. In 1925 Elizabeth Sprague …
Posted in: Curators, Digital Collections, Exhibitions, Special Collections, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post by Music Archivist Janet McKinney and Music Reference Specialist Lisa Shiota. May is National Bike Month, a time to showcase the many benefits of cycling. Today in DC it is also Bike to Work Day, where thousands of people in the metropolitan area hop on their bikes for the …
Posted in: Curators, Exhibitions, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Staff
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following text excerpted from a Library of Congress press release. The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), one of the world’s leading performing-rights organizations, through the past 100 years has been protecting the use of its members’ musical works, monitoring broadcast, online and live usage and ensuring that music creators are fairly …
Posted in: Composers, Exhibitions, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Archivist Janet McKinney. Mesdames et Messieurs, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you to the In the Muse blog. And now, we invite you to relax, pull up a computer chair, as the Music Division proudly presents: The Howard Ashman Papers. Howard Ashman …
Posted in: Exhibitions, Special Collections, Theater