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Sheet Music Spotlight: Red Cross Women in World War I

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post from retired cataloger Sharon McKinley.  May 8 is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. Founded in 1881, the American Red Cross organization was still rather small when the United States entered World War I. But services multiplied, millions helped collect supplies and money, and many served overseas, particularly …

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Sheet Music of the Week: Winter Polka Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post from retired cataloger Sharon McKinley. I am such a sucker for a beautiful sheet music cover. I’ve been attracted by pretty women, handsome men, cute kittens, and gorgeous landscapes. So this decorative cover certainly caught my eye while I was perusing some winter tunes. “Winter Polka, or, Recollections of …

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Sheet Music of the Week: Summer Picnic Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post from retired cataloger Sharon McKinley. With summer and  picnic season in full swing,  The Library of Congress celebrates this treasured national institution in song, photos, and motion pictures. There are entire books, plays and poems centered around picnics, and the Music Division offers a wealth of musical delights. A …

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Sheet Music of the Week: World Mosquito Day Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following is a guest post by Stephanie A. Hall, American Folklife Center. World Mosquito Day, August 20th,  commemorates the day in 1897  when Dr. Ronald Ross of Great Britain discovered that female mosquitoes transmit malaria. Many items in the Music Division of the Library of Congress and other performing arts materials throughout the Library …

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Sheet Music of the Week: Did Someone Call me Schnorrer Edition

Posted by: Pat Padua

The following blog post was adapted from an essay by Senior Music Specialist Ray White and Digital Conversion Specialist James Wolf. This week the Music Division launches a new online collection of Yiddish American Sheet Music. The Library’s holdings of Yiddish American popular songs include the Irene Heskes Collection of Yiddish American sheet music as well …