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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 …
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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
Posted by: Libby Smigel
The following is a guest blog post from Dance Curator Libby Smigel and Howard University intern Jacquelyn “Jackie” Chin: The Music Division was selected to host one of the Library’s three spring internships from Howard University. Dance archivist Libby Smigel is working with Jacquelyn Chin on the Division’s Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Collection. A …
Posted in: African American History, Dance, Exhibitions, Guest bloggers, LGBTQ+, Special Collections, Staff Interviews
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
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Music Reference Specialist Sam Perryman. Some people know that the Music Division is home to the National Negro Opera Company Collection. They also know that, while it’s not the first African American opera company, it was one of the largest. It was founded and managed by Mary Lucinda …
Posted in: African American History, Guest bloggers, Musicians, Special Collections, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from music archivist Anita M. Weber. Milton Berle, who lived to be 94, did it all. He was a child actor and juvenile dancer who became a vaudeville emcee, stand-up comic, and Friars Club roastmaster. He acted on radio, stage, and screen. He wrote song lyrics, novels, short stories, …
Posted in: Comedians, Guest bloggers, New Acquisitions, Special Collections