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Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post by Music Specialist Steve Soderberg. “As an undergraduate at the University of Iowa in the mid-sixties, I met Milton Babbitt for the first time. I’m using “met” here in a special, private sense, since what literally happened was that I, and at least a hundred others, saw and heard …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post by Music Reference Specialist Lisa Shiota. “It always makes me smile when the Library of Congress asks me to keep my sketches for their collection. When I get through I don’t have any sketches—they’re all rubbed out. I write an awful lot of notes that don’t stay.” ~Walter Piston, …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post by Music Division Archivist Chris Hartten. Roy Harris spent a lifetime searching for the American in American music. Born in Chandler, Oklahoma on February 12, 1898, Harris was profoundly influenced by American folksongs and poetry as a young student. He studied with Arthur Farwell and Nadia Boulanger during the …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post by Contract Archivist Janet McKinney. At a time of year when the airwaves are saturated with holiday music, I continually hear the strains of one man’s iconic songs stand out from the rest – those of Irving Berlin (1888-1989). It occurred to me that many may not associate these …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Holidays, Special Collections