Star Trek: Two Versions of the Opening Theme
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
Discusses the story behind two copyright deposit versions of the theme for Star Trek: The Original Series.
Posted in: Composers, Copyright Deposits, Film Music, Guest bloggers
Category: Film Music
Announcing the 2019-2020 Season
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
Summer Concerts on the Lawn
Posted by: David Plylar
The following is a guest post by Claudia Morales, Music Division THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS and WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS PRESENT FREE SUMMER CONCERTS ON THE LAWN Thursday evenings at 7pm, July 11 through August 15 Bring your dancing moves because our Concert Series is going to make you swing! The Library of Congress and Washington …
Posted in: Concerts and Events, Film Music, Musicians
Disney at the Library: A Cinderella Story
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
Takes an inside look at Disney scores in the Music Division of the Library of Congress to share the fascinating story of unused songs from the 1950 animated film Cinderella.
Posted in: Copyright Deposits, Film Music, Guest bloggers, Newly Cataloged, Sheet Music
Augmented Realities: A Video Game Music Mini-Fest
Posted by: David Plylar
The Music Division of the Library of Congress will be presenting a series of events exploring video game music, from retro bits to VR hits. We will be looking at the history of game music, and learning about how it works from acclaimed musicians who are actively composing for some of the biggest franchises and …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Conservation, Copyright Deposits, Exhibitions, Film Music, Special Collections
Saturday Research Orientation: Film Music at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
Join us this Saturday, March 16, from 10-11:30am! The Music Division, together with the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, will offer a research orientation on how to find film music resources at the Library of Congress. These resources are located in the Performing Arts Reading Room, Moving Image Research Center, and Recorded Sound Research Center, …
Posted in: Film Music, Staff
In Search of Korngold
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
On this Saturday, February 23rd at 11am, yours truly, Paul Sommerfeld, will offer a #Declassified talk in the Mary Pickford Theater focused on the film music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold. A screening of Captain Blood (1935), one of Korngold’s earliest film scores, will follow at 12pm. In this interactive #Declassified event, I’ll be focusing on how Korngold’s …
Posted in: Composers, Exhibitions, Film Music, Special Collections
Film Music from 1923 and the Public Domain
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
Multiple news articles have heralded the many works and publications that entered the public domain on January 1st of 2019. Pieces of music, novels, and films alike have become available within the United States without copyright permissions. With the changes in copyright status, I wondered exactly how much of the Music Division’s substantial collection of …
Posted in: Composers, Copyright Deposits, Film Music
It’s Showtime, Folks! FRAUDWAY Dazzles the Pickford Theater in January
Posted by: Pat Padua
On Thursdays this month the Music Division hosts Fraudway in the Mary Pickford Theater. Inspired by the outrageous production numbers in such ‘80s films as The Fan and Staying Alive (which screens Jan. 24), the series celebrates the often bizarre and always dazzling cinematic spectacles that imagine a Great White Way that can only exist on …
Posted in: Film Music