Fish Tunes and Tales
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Music Division Archivist Anita M. Weber highlights the summer pastime of fishin' (and singin' about fishin').
Posted in: Composers, Musicians, Sheet Music
Category: Musicians
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger: Creating Music and Family
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Archivist Anita M. Weber talks about the latest addition to the Library's Seeger Family Collection.
Posted in: Composers, Musicians, Women in Music
“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
Bartlett, Robertson, and the Problem of Piano Duets
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Emily Baumgart explores the work of piano duo Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson found their recently processed papers.
Posted in: Composers, Musicians, Women in Music
Langston Hughes, Laura Karpman, and Jessye Norman Ask Your Mama!
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Archivist Dr. Stephanie Akau looks at the 2009 "Honor!" festival curated by Jessye Norman.
Posted in: African American History, Musicians, Women in Music
The Music Division and the Joint Army and Navy Committee
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Anita M. Weber provides a brief look at the individual materials and research possibilities discoverable in the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation, Sub-Committee on Music papers.
Posted in: Musicians, Special Collections
Alice Eversman, Elena de Sayn, and the Washington, D.C. music scene
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Emily Baumgart announces the forthcoming finding aid on the papers of Alice Eversman and Elena de Sayn, two Washington, D.C. area musicians connected to an international network of women musicians.
Posted in: Composers, Musicians, Women in Music
AHHA Internship Reflection: The Jessye Norman Papers
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Howard University intern Cienna Benn shares her experience work with the papers of distinguished African American opera and concert soprano Jessye Norman
Posted in: African American History, Guest bloggers, Musicians, Women in Music
Happy Pride Month from the Music Division!
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Emily Baumgart helps us celebrate Pride Month with a few LGBTQ+ highlights from our performing arts collections and the announcment of a forthcoming LGBTQ research guide from the Music Division.
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Guest bloggers, LGBTQ+, Musicians, Research Guides, Staff, Women in Music