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Posted by: Cait Miller
While perusing The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, Musical Instrument Curator Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford happened upon a review of Canadian photographer Todd McLellan’s new book Things Come Apart and she stopped in her tracks. There she saw a photograph of a bicycle’s parts laid out neatly, grouped with like pieces (an example from his …
Posted in: Musical Instruments, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post by Senior Music Specialist Susan Clermont. Anniversaries commemorating the significant birthdays or deaths of famous composers often provide the curatorial staff here at the Library of Congress with great opportunities to take stock, so to speak, of what riches related to a certain figure might be found among our …
Posted in: Birthdays, Composers, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Pat Padua
The following is the fifth in a series of guest posts by retired Senior Music Cataloger Sharon McKinley. Rachel Weiss worked as a volunteer intern during the summer of 2011 cataloging the last thousand or so librettos in the Albert Schatz collection. Following her internship, Rachel pursued her MLIS at the University of Pittsburgh, graduating …
Posted in: Newly Cataloged, Staff
Posted by: Cait Miller
On Tuesday night the Library of Congress hosted the annual ASCAP “We Write the Songs” concert that celebrates the Library’s partnership with The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, a non-profit organization that handles licensing and royalties for songwriters. In 2010 the first “We Write the Songs” concert was produced as a celebration …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Distinguished American composer and conductor John Adams (b. 1947) will be in residence at the Library of Congress from May 22-25, 2013. Made possible by the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music, Adams has worked with Concerts from the Library of Congress to develop a unique series of programs that both honor …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Digital Collections, Interviews, Musicians, Special Collections, Staff, Webcasts
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
As part of our global mission, Concerts from the Library of Congress preserves all public programs for the national digital collections through film and audio recordings. Several webcasts of concerts, lectures and panels from the 2012-2013 season have recently been made available. Stay tuned to In the Muse for the release of even more webcasts …
Posted in: Composers, Conservation, Curators, Digital Collections, Exhibitions, Interviews, Musical Instruments, Musicians, Special Collections, Staff, Webcasts