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Posted by: Cait Miller
Yesterday came the announcement we all look forward to in the Music Division: the naming of the next Gershwin Prize recipient! Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced singer-songwriter Carole King as the next recipient of the distinguished Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The Gershwin Prize “celebrates the work of an artist whose career reflects …
Posted in: Composers, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Music Cataloger Laura Yust. Scottish composer Thea Musgrave was born in Barnton, Midlothian, near Edinburgh, Scotland on 27 May 1928. Still a busy composer as she celebrates her 84th birthday, Musgrave has written operas, concertos, chamber music, solo vocal and choral music, solo instrumental music, and electro-acoustic music. …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Guest bloggers, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Senior Music Cataloger Sharon McKinley. As a cataloger, I don’t generally become intimate with the Library of Congress’s special collections, but sometimes magic happens. Several years ago, I encountered American soprano Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) quite by accident in the course of creating a bibliographic record for her collection. …
Posted in: Special Collections, Women in Music