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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: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from saxophonist Chris Potter, who participated in the Music Division’s Finding Strayhorn discussion panel on June 12, 2019. My visit to the Library of Congress fortunately coincided with the announcement that the Billy Strayhorn Music Manuscripts and Estate Papers are now available for the public to study. I was …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Jazz, New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Webcasts
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: Libby Smigel
The following is a guest post from Music Division scholar-volunteer K. Mitchell “Mitch” Snow, with an introduction from Dance Curator Libby Smigel. Readers of the Music Division’s In the Muse blog will have already met Mitch Snow through his posting on the Maxine Glorsky Papers. His scholarly pursuits have made him invaluable in many quarters …
Posted in: Composers, Dance, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Dr. Christopher Dylan Herbert. Dr. Herbert is a baritone and musicologist. He is an assistant professor of music at William Paterson University and is a member of the Grammy-nominated quartet New York Polyphony. An extended version of this blog will be published as an article in volume 76, …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Lara Szypszak, Reference Librarian in the Manuscript Division. Mary Hallock Greenewalt (1871-1950) was a musician, inventor, businesswoman, and all around go-getter, whose work leaves traces throughout several divisions of the Library of Congress, most prominently in the Manuscript and Music Divisions. Greenewalt was born in Bhamdoun, a small …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Special Collections, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Dr. Katherine K. Preston, Professor Emerita at The College of William & Mary. Dr. Preston will be presenting “Americans’ Forgotten Love Affair with Opera” as part of the AMS/LC Lecture Series on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 7pm in the Madison Building’s Montpelier Room. The lecture is free …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Libby Smigel
The following is a guest post from K. Mitchell “Mitch” Snow, a scholar-volunteer in the Music Division. Dance Archivist Libby Smigel introduces him. Last August the Music Division was delighted to receive a major gift of career papers from award-winning stage manager Maxine Glorsky. While the Library of Congress is widely regarded as the destination …
Posted in: Dance, Guest bloggers, Special Collections, Women in Dance
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Senior Music Cataloging Specialist Laura Yust. Laura’s post marks the final blog post in our Women’s History Month series that highlights selections from the Music Division’s digital collection Woman’s Suffrage in Sheet Music. The suffragists of the early 20th century faced organized opposition from the anti-suffragists, both men …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Women in Music