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Cataloger’s Corner: Interns–Where Are They Now?

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post by Senior Music Cataloger Sharon McKinley. My colleague Mary Wedgewood and I were recently chatting about all our former interns and volunteers, and how much we’ve enjoyed working with them. Some were training for library work.  Some wanted to be performers. And a few just happened across our paths …

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Five Questions: Xavier Zientarski, Intern

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following interview was conducted by frequent In the Muse contributor, Senior Music Cataloger Sharon McKinley. How did you come to be an intern in the Music Division? I heard about this program through my honors courses. As a member of Renaissance Scholars Honors program at Montgomery College, I was frequently told to apply to …

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Pic of the Week: Proud as a Peacock Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following post is by Music Cataloging intern Ruth Bright. While cataloging as an intern in the Music Division, I ran across this beautifully illustrated lithograph title page for a song tucked away inside an anonymous volume, one of approximately 290 volumes found at LC classification number M1.A15.  This volume of miscellaneous melodies contains many …

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Pic of the Week: Calling all Choreographers Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post by Dance Heritage Coalition Fellow Nicole Topich. Processing the Marge Champion Collection in the Music Division has been one of the most exciting archives jobs I have held.  The collection is not very large, but almost every item I found was interesting or historically significant.  Because the collection has …

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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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Remembering Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, 1925-2012

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post by Senior Cataloger Sharon McKinley. This is already last week’s news, but we wanted to note the passing of a singer who had a profound and lasting effect on legions of performers and a horde of admirers through a large part of the 20th century and beyond. How does …

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Five Questions: Intern Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post by Ruth Bright, an intern working in Music Cataloging. Thanks to Sharon McKinley, Senior Music Cataloger, for conducting the interview. What made you want to apply for an internship at the Library of Congress? As a member of the Renaissance Scholars Honors Program at Montgomery College, I was encouraged …

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Sheet music of the week: It’s STILL Cherry Blossom Time Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post by Sharon McKinley, Senior Music Cataloger. The blossoms themselves have been gone for weeks already; it was one of the earliest seasons ever. But the Centennial of the National Cherry Blossom Festival is still going strong, all the way through April 27, and we thought we’d help keep the …