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Posted by: Paul Sommerfeld
The Music Division celebrates the 257th birthday of composer Franz Ignaz Danzi, and summarizes efforts to report rare holdings to RISM, the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales.
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Guest bloggers
Posted by: Cait Miller
The Alex North Papers document the career of American film composer Alex North and are now processed for researchers to consult in the Performing Arts Reading Room of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Composers, Dance, Guest bloggers, New finding aid, Special Collections, Women in Dance
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Senior Music Specialist Loras Schissel. In 1930, John Philip Sousa set down his memories of playing in the first violin section in a special grand orchestra assembled for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia during the summer of 1876. The conductor of this orchestra was the celebrated composer Jacques …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
Recently, the Music Division completed the processing of the Chet Baker Materials. During this anniversary month of his passing, we remember the life of the artist whose name will forever be synonymous with West Coast Jazz.
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Jazz, Musicians, Special Collections
Posted by: Claudia Morales
The following is a guest post from Anne McLean, Senior Producer in the Music Division. On May 28 Concerts from the Library of Congress launches a virtual programming initiative and premieres a new Library commission online Aural Explorations: Farrin, Fure and Messiaen features the stellar International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) in a special livestreamed concert capping …
Posted in: Commissions, Composers, Concerts and Events, Guest bloggers, Musicians, New Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
Independent scholar Bonnie H. Miller discusses how she conducted research in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room for her book, "August Browne: Composer and Woman of Letters in Nineteenth-Century America."
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Musicians, Special Collections, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
On April 2, 2020, academia lost Claudio Spies, a beloved music scholar, conductor, composer and author whose pedagogical wisdom will continue to inspire students for generations to come. The Library of Congress is home to the Claudio Spies Papers.
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The Music Division of the Library of Congress has compiled a guide for K-12 music educators that highlights online resources available from the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The Library of Congress is home to the Charles Mingus Collection, the institution's first acquisition of a jazz composer's personal papers and the first multi-format jazz collection process by the Music Division of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Conservation, Guest bloggers, Jazz, Musicians, Special Collections