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Posted by: Pat Padua
The following is a guest post by retired cataloger Sharon McKinley. The Library of Congress has a wealth of sheet music from World War I. Although the United States entered the Great War rather late in the game, Americans wrote commemorative songs by the thousands. This music ranges from the famous to the obscure; large …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Holidays, Sheet Music of the Week, World War I
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 following is a guest post from Music Archivist Janet McKinney. Last week, October 19th marked the anniversary of the surrender by General Cornwallis to George Washington in the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. The siege lasted from September 28th until the peace negotiations were signed on October 19th. Although the …
Posted in: Curators, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Pat Padua
The following is a guest post from retired Music Cataloger Sharon McKinley. Ah, September. The month of warm days and crisp nights, when the leaves are still green but the summer flowers have given way to mums and asters. It’s the first month of school, as well, when a student’s thoughts might well still be …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Sheet Music of the Week
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Agnieszka Zagozdzon, who has been researching American Musical Theater collections in the Performing Arts Reading Room nearly every day for the past six months! We asked Agnes to share more about her project and experience at the Library of Congress in this blog post. Every researcher in …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Musical Theater, Special Collections
Posted by: Pat Padua
The following post was written by Dylan Kolb, one of 26 college students serving at the Library of Congress as interns in the Knowledge Navigators program. These interns, serving for 10 weeks, come from three institutions: University of Virginia (where Dylan is a rising Junior), Catholic University of America, College of William & Mary. Iconic, …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers
Posted by: David Plylar
Guest post by Loras John Schissel, Music Division Gunther Schuller died on Sunday and the world feels lighter. Through example and through tough love he made us: listen more carefully listen and judge more democratically not accept second-rate or second-best celebrate our American “musics” I can imagine Gunther Schuller being greeted by a long line …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, In Memoriam
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
The following is a guest post from Avery Boddie, an intern in the Music Division’s Concert Office. He holds a master’s degree in trumpet performance from the University of Maryland and is pursuing a master’s in library science this fall. Next Friday, May 29th, the Library of Congress closes its 2014-15 concert season with jazz …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Guest bloggers, Interviews, Jazz, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Sheet Music, Sound recordings, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from retired Music Cataloger Sharon McKinley. A few years ago, I wrote a blog post about Geraldine Farrar, famed soprano at Metropolitan Opera 100 years ago. I only scratched the surface of her collection at the time, and have learned so much more since then. I will be …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Special Collections