The Women of Warner/Chappell
Take a look at the lives and works of some of the women composers from the Warner/Chappell Collection with Archives Processing Technician Melissa Capozio Jones.
Concerts from the Library of Congress Announces Fall Concerts
The following is a guest post from Senior Concert Producer, Anne McLean. A packed and exciting fall lineup kicks off the 2021–22 Concerts from the Library of Congress season, presenting master musicians and a wide-ranging, diverse roster of virtual events in classical music, jazz and dance. On offer are concerts, lectures, conversations with artists and […]
All the World’s a…Show
Archivist Jane Cross provides a peek at the show music found in the newly described Warner/Chappell Collection.
Two New Research Guides about Latin American Composers
I am thrilled to announce the online publication of two new Music Division research guides: Latin American Composers in Music Division Collections and Primary Sources for Latin American Composers at the Library of Congress. These guides complement each other, and you can also use one or the other depending on your own research needs and interests.
It’s August! Let’s Water Ski!
Archivist Anita M. Weber explores the summer pastime of water skiing with a pair of songs by William P. Barlow.
More Than Words: A Virtual Tour of Designs, Dance, and Graphic Notation in the Music Division
Music Division staff lead a virtual tour through selections of colorful graphic aspects of performing arts documentation.
AHHA Internship Reflection: The Jessye Norman Papers
Howard University intern Cienna Benn shares her experience work with the papers of distinguished African American opera and concert soprano Jessye Norman
Out of Tune? Need a Hand with Your Singing? Ask a Medieval Theorist for Help!
Rachel McNellis looks at music theory in the Middle Ages and the development of the solfege system.
Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern – Oh My!
This post shares news of and links to the Music Division’s recent publications of a finding aid and research guides relevant to the composer Arnold Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School.
In Memoriam Louis Andriessen
Dutch composer, pianist, and teacher Louis Andriessen (1939-2021) passed away on July 1, 2021. He is connected to the Music Division through his 1993 Koussevitzky Music Foundation commission.