In Memoriam: Tony Bennett
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
Senior Music Specialist Ray White remembers American jazz and pop singer Tony Bennett's visit to the Library of Congress Gershwin Gallery.
Posted in: In Memoriam, Jazz, Musicians
Category: In Memoriam
“Magic Moments” with Burt Bacharach
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Senior Music Division Specialist Mark Eden Horowitz remembers two days spent with Burt Bacharach at the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Composers, In Memoriam, Musicians
Ned Rorem and the Library of Congress: An Appreciation
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
The following is a guest post by Music Division Specialist Loras John Schissel who has compiled letters and diary entries from Ned Rorem illuminating the composer’s relationship with the Music Division at the Library of Congress. Look not to things that are seen, but to that which is unseen; for things that are seen pass …
Posted in: Composers, In Memoriam
Remembering Angela Lansbury
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
The following is a guest post from Senior Music Specialist Mark Eden Horowitz. “Angie says she’d be delighted to hear from you.” That was the reply I got from Stephen Sondheim when I emailed him: “Angela Lansbury is currently in DC with the tour of Blithe Spirit. I’d like to invite her to the Library for …
Posted in: In Memoriam, Musical Theater, Theater, Women in Theater
Remembering Tony Walton
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Mark Eden Horowitz remembers designer Tony Walton.
Posted in: In Memoriam, Musical Theater, Theater
Sondheim at the Library: A Friendship with “Steve”
Posted by: Cait Miller
Senior Music Specialist Mark Eden Horowitz reflects on his friendship with Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) and Sondheim's connection to the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, In Memoriam, Musical Theater
In Memoriam Louis Andriessen
Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
Dutch composer, pianist, and teacher Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) passed away on July 1, 2021. He is connected to the Music Division through his 1993 Koussevitzky Music Foundation commission.
Posted in: Commissions, Composers, In Memoriam
Frederic Rzewski: “Life is a Riddle”
Posted by: David Plylar
We were saddened to learn of the passing of composer and pianist Frederic Rzewski on June 26, 2021. He was an extraordinary figure in the musical world, perhaps best known for his piano music—his monumental composition The People United Will Never Be Defeated is surely one of the most significant variation sets of the last …
Posted in: Commissions, Composers, Concerts and Events, In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Dr. Cyrilla Barr
Posted by: Cait Miller
This In Memoriam blog post remembers Dr. Cyrilla Barr (1929-2021), musicologist and Professor Emerita at The Catholic University of America, who researched music patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge in the Music Division's collections and published Coolidge's biography.
Posted in: Guest bloggers, In Memoriam