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Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
The following is a guest blog by Andrew N. White III, a participant in the Library’s DC Jazz Project, a component of the 2016-2017 Library of Congress Jazz Scholars program. This program is made possible by the Reva and David Logan Foundation. White delivered a lecture-recital at the Library on November 3, 2016 (a video …
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Jazz, Musical Instruments, Musicians
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
The following is a guest post by Jennifer Martyn, a violinist and a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music. Her research focuses on the life and career of Amanda Maier. She is particularly interested in Maier’s career as a violinist and how her performances and repertoire can inform us about the …
Posted in: Composers, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Sheet Music, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following post is co-written with Musical Instruments Curator Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford. Early yesterday morning the world learned of the death of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, crowned in 1946 and known as the world’s longest-reigning monarch. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and educated in Switzerland and the United States, King Bhumibol was interested in musical performance …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Musical Instruments, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
The following blog is a guest post by Marcia McCants, a summer intern in the Music Division’s Concert Office. McCants is a rising senior at James Madison University where she is majoring in music. New musical styles and genres, as well as instrument timbres, emerged in the 1920s and 1930s. The xylophone gained prominence during …
Posted in: Copyright Deposits, Guest bloggers, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Sheet Music, Sound recordings, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived! We are pleased to announce the 2016-2017 season of Concerts from the Library of Congress, which builds on our continuing mission: to give the music on the shelves of the Library a living voice, and let the people hear it. You can read the season announcement press …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Dance, Film Music, Interviews, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Special Collections, Staff, Theater
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
We’ve released a wide variety of videos from recent concerts, lectures, and other events. Learn what’s newly available below. Sign-up for Library of Congress Video Alerts Enter your email address then direct to “Subscriber Preferences.” Select “New Webcasts” and hit submit to receive notifications of new releases via email. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Subscribe …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Dance, Digital Collections, Interviews, Musical Instruments, Musical Theater, Musicians, New Acquisitions, Sound recordings, Special Collections, Staff, Theater, Webcasts
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Tonight at 9:00pm (ET) you can catch the national PBS broadcast of Willie Nelson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize! Check your local listings for additional broadcast times. The show features performances by Nelson, as well as Edie Brickell, Leon Bridges, Rosanne Cash, Ana Gabriel, Jamey Johnson, Alison Krauss, Raul Malo of The Mavericks, Neil …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Sheet Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Ted Gordon, a PhD student in Music History and Theory at the University of Chicago. Last month Ted visited to study our Buchla System. It was the first time many of the staff had seen the Buchla brought out for a researcher, so we knew photographs and a …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Musical Instruments, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 – 8:00 pm (Coolidge Auditorium) ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER, mezzo soprano JONATHAN COHEN, keyboards THOMAS DUNFORD, lutes A gleaming, radiant voice, elegant musicianship and adventurous programs—Gustav Mahler and Peter Eötvös to Elvis Costello and Brad Mehldau—have won this regal Swedish mezzo a large and growing fan base in …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Sheet Music, Special Collections