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Come for the Stradivarius, Stay for the Buchla 100 Modular Synthesizer

Posted by: Pat Padua

Earlier this week the Library announced this year’s inductees into the National Recording Registry. Among the inductees is Morton Subotnick’s “Silver Apples of the Moon,” a piece composed on one of the unlikely treasures of the Music Division’s instrument collection. The following is a guest post by Steve Antosca,  a composer living and working in …

Posted in: Guest bloggers, Musical Instruments, Special Collections

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Are You Ready for some Football?

Posted by: Pat Padua

  The East Coast is bracing for another major snowstorm this weekend, but some readers may already have plans to stay glued to the television Sunday night. Today my colleage Donna Scanlon takes a look at Super Bowl ads on Inside Adams: Science, Technology, & Business, while In the Muse delves into the musical origins …

Posted in: Guest bloggers, Sheet Music