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Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
The following is a guest post from Music Division Archivist Janet McKinney. Explore the life and work of accomplished composer Dana Suesse (1909-1987) through a collection of her papers, newly available in the Music Division! Dana Suesse (born Nadine Dana Suesse, 1909-1987) was a child piano prodigy who began performing in vaudeville shows at the …
Posted in: Women in Music
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
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
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
The following is a guest post from Music Division Archivist Janet McKinney. By their very nature, the performing arts depend on the key element of live interaction. But what happens to this art when that component is taken away? In March 2020, concert halls, theaters, and other live performance venues were forced to close their …
Posted in: New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Theater, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
As we recognize the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial, the Music Division highlights Marian Anderson's iconic 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial by sharing a program and related telegram from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation Collection.
Posted in: African American History, Women in Music
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
Posted by: Cait Miller
British composer Ethel Smyth's 1911 song "The March of the Women," dedicated to Emmeline Pankhurst and the Women's Social and Political Union, became a suffrage anthem in the United Kingdom and abroad. Learn more about Smyth's involvement with the WSPU and access sheet music from the Library of Congress digital collection "Women's Suffrage in Sheet Music."
Posted in: Sheet Music, Women in Music
Posted by: Library of Congress
On March 1, 2022, In the Muse published a blog post announcing a finding aid to the Music Division’s Florence B. Price Music Manuscripts. Although we are proud to enhance discoverability of the Library’s Florence Price manuscripts with the finding aid, the blog post contained some inaccurate information and lacked appropriate citations. After considering the concerns raised with the post, the …
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Women in Dance, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The Library of Congress By the People project launched its first campaign to feature sheet music in February 2022. "Women's Suffrage in Sheet Music" features approximately 200 titles created before 1923 either for, about, or against the suffrage movement. Once the campaign is transcribed and approved, researchers will be able to keyword search across all text included in the sheet music, including lyrics.
Posted in: Sheet Music, Women in Music