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American Composers and Musicians from A to Z: M (Part 1—MacDowell, Edward)

Posted by: Katie Rodda

This guest post by music librarian Brian McCurdy continues our American Composers from A to Z series. This time we are looking at the life and work of composer Edward MacDowell.

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The Music and Sounds of the Vietnam Era

Posted by: Katie Rodda

Like many other Americans, I have been tuning in to the documentary The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick this past week. This 10-part series depicts the grim realities of the Vietnam War at home and abroad, and the soundtrack of the movie transports one back to the late 1960s quite perfectly. With …

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