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Posted by: Pat Padua
In the Muse is excited to announce our September film series, Directed by Ken Russell. The late director, who died in 2011, had a vividly colorful, operatic vision of cinema, and was attracted to music that was similarly bold and romantic. With co-sponsors DCist and Brightest Young Things, we present four evenings of Russell’s most …
Posted in: Film Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Senior Music Reference Specialist Robin Rausch. For five days in August in 1914, thousands of people descended on the tiny village of Peterborough, New Hampshire to attend the fifth summer festival of music and drama produced by the Edward MacDowell Memorial Association. Inaugurated in 1910, these annual festivals …
Posted in: Composers, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
For the 2014-2015 season of Concerts from the Library of Congress and the 150th birthday of our founding patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, the Music Division is pleased to introduce a revamped “Friends of Music” donor recognition program. The Library needs your support to help grow, advance and make universally accessible its unparalleled performing arts programs. …
Posted in: Birthdays, Concerts and Events, Musicians, New Acquisitions, Special Collections, Staff
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
Michael Feinstein on Musicals & Songs at the Library of Congress Series 1 – Rodgers & Hammerstein Episode 5 – “Some Enchanted Evening” In the fifth episode of a series of videos that explore the Rodgers and Hammerstein collections at the Library of Congress, Michael Feinstein discusses South Pacific, Mary Martin, and the beloved song …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Digital Collections, Exhibitions, Film Music, Musical Theater, Musicians, New Acquisitions, Sheet Music, Special Collections, Theater, Webcasts
Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres
2014-2015 Concerts from the Library of Congress Season BROCHURE 2014-2015 Concerts from the Library of Congress Season NEWS RELEASE The 2014-2015 Concerts from the Library of Congress season brochure is now available! Music should bring us together and open our minds to discovery, innovation and reflection—it resists categorization. We find the labels put on music …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Exhibitions, Film Music, Interviews, Musical Instruments, Musical Theater, Musicians, Sheet Music, Staff, Theater