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Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
From his Appalachian Spring ballet score for thirteen instruments (1944), Aaron Copland extracted an orchestral suite in 1945. A third configuration, requested by Eugene Ormandy in 1954, combines elements of both suite and ballet.
Posted in: Commissions, Composers, Dance, Guest bloggers, Music for Dance, Special Collections
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
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
Taylor McClaskie is one of the Music Division’s summer 2019 interns. She is a Ph.D. candidate in musicology at Case Western Reserve University and is currently writing a dissertation on music and environmental activism in 1980s America. During my time in the Music Division I have been helping to process and catalogue unpublished popular music …
Posted in: Composers, Copyright Deposits, Guest bloggers, Newly Cataloged, Women in Music, Women in Theater
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
Shares the history of baseball legend Addie Joss and the song "When the Naps are Playing Baseball."
Posted in: Baseball, Copyright Deposits, Guest bloggers, Sheet Music
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
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
Details the story behind how baseball's most well-known song, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," came to be.
Posted in: Baseball, Composers, Curators, Exhibitions, Guest bloggers
Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
The following is a guest post by Senior Music Specialist (and Red Sox fan) Susan Clermont: If you were asked to name a popular song about baseball, most likely you’d begin singing the chorus to the 1908 hit Take Me Out to the Ball Game, the third most recognized tune in the United States. What …
Posted in: Baseball, Guest bloggers, Newly Cataloged, Sheet Music