Top of page
Posted by: Pat Padua
The following is a guest post from retired cataloger Sharon McKinley. I’ve always enjoyed living vicariously through the Music Division’s special collections. Staffers who work in the Acquisitions and Processing Section become quite intimate with the collections they process. The rest of us are more likely to happen upon wonderful finds by serendipitous means. The …
Posted in: Exhibitions, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Concerts from the Library of Congress is gearing up for a month full of events that pay homage to the great German opera composer, Richard Wagner (1813-1883), who would have turned 200 years-young in 2013. Since we cannot present a full production of Der Ring des Nibelungen in the Coolidge Auditorium, we thought we would …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Exhibitions, Film Music, Musicians, Podcasts, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Staff
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
American song is the theme of several music-related programs taking place at this year’s National Book Festival. As part of the Library-wide Songs of America initiative, the Music Division is presenting dozens of events over two years that look at the integral role of song in American social history. These public programs complement the strengths …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Exhibitions, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Staff
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
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Our nation is in the midst of commemorating one of the single most significant days in our history, the March on Washington of August 28, 1963. That momentous occasion has shaped generations of Americans, from activists to community leaders and the President of the United States to the singer-songwriter performing original songs in an eclectic …
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Exhibitions, Musicians, Sheet Music, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Many of us who are lucky enough to work here at the Library of Congress get to experience giddiness frequently. We are surrounded by amazing treasures of all types and forms day-in and day-out. Every day leads to a new discovery in the collections. One of the topics that makes us particularly …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Exhibitions, Musicians, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Theater
Posted by: Cait Miller
Every six months the Performing Arts Reading Room looks forward to the installation of a new exhibit in the reading room’s foyer. Over the years staff and readers have learned about the riches of the Music Division’s collections by exploring exhibits on topics ranging from the Ballets Russes, to Music and Animation, to the Federal …
Posted in: Curators, Exhibitions, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Check out our newly released 2013-2014 Concerts from the Library of Congress Season Brochure. Join us for an exciting season of stellar concerts—classical pop, country, jazz, Americana, rock, bluegrass and musical theater. Plus, you will have the opportunity to be a part of unique experiences only available at the world’s largest music library. The season …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Exhibitions, Film Music, Interviews, Musical Instruments, Musicians, New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Staff
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
As part of our global mission, Concerts from the Library of Congress preserves all public programs for the national digital collections through film and audio recordings. Several webcasts of concerts, lectures and panels from the 2012-2013 season have recently been made available. Stay tuned to In the Muse for the release of even more webcasts …
Posted in: Composers, Conservation, Curators, Digital Collections, Exhibitions, Interviews, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Special Collections, Staff, Webcasts