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Posted by: Pat Padua
The following is a guest post by retired cataloger Sharon McKinley Looking for an appropriate New Year’s greeting, I found this song featuring a distinguished-looking gentleman with great facial hair on the cover. The title seems pretty tame, but the subtitle, Dedicated to my customers… is pure click-bait- -19th century style. Pleasant and easy to sing, it’s …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, Holidays, Sheet Music
Posted by: David Plylar
Free Download: Sheet music of Debussy’s Les parfums de la nuit as transcribed for the piano by Charles Griffes On Saturday, November 4, 2017, Solungga Liu performed a recital in the Coolidge Auditorium that featured the music of Charles Griffes, Amy Beach and César Franck. Included on the program was a transcription by Griffes of …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Curators, Newly Cataloged
Posted by: David Plylar
The following is a guest post from Lara Szypszak of the Music Division. It’s that time of year again–time to reserve your tickets for all upcoming Concerts from the Library of Congress events from January through June 2018! This is a chance to attend an outstanding range of free events, and an opportunity to experience …
Posted in: Concerts and Events, Jazz, Musicians
Posted by: Cait Miller
Nearly one year ago, the Music Division happily welcomed Tony Award-winning composer and orchestrator Jason Robert Brown to the Library of Congress. He came to perform and talk about his own music with special guest Shoshana Bean on December 9, 2016 as a part of the Library’s concert series, but we were also fortunate to …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Interviews, Musical Theater, Musicians, Webcasts
Posted by: Cait Miller
The 2018 Grammy nominations were announced this morning, and among the lineup you can find a work co-commissioned by the Library of Congress! Pulitzer Prize winner and American composer Jennifer Higdon’s Viola Concerto was co-commissioned by the Library of Congress (with support from the family of Cameron and Jane Baird, and John J. Medveckis), the …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Musical Instruments, Women in Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
Thanksgiving is upon us, and across the country our readers are making plans and preparations for Turkey Day. What kind of Thanksgiving-related music can we find in the Music Division’s stacks? Out of curiosity, I visited our “subject files” in the office to see what sort of information our reference librarians collected back before the …
Posted in: Holidays, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Sophie Benn, one of the Music Division’s Fellows from Case Western Reserve University this past summer. Dance Archivist Libby Smigel introduces her. I’m beginning to believe that every dance historian could benefit from working alongside a dance-loving musicologist. This past summer graduate student Sophie Benn fit that role …
Posted in: Dance, Guest bloggers, Special Collections
Posted by: Cait Miller
The following is a guest post from Anne McLean, Senior Producer for Concerts and Special Events. The Music Division launches a terrific 2017-2018 Concerts from the Library of Congress season with a great pair of exciting events. We have two back-to-back season openers: Ensemble Signal, presenting music of Steve Reich, on Wednesday, October 18; and …
Posted in: Concerts and Events
Posted by: Cait Miller
On Tuesday, October 24, the Library of Congress will welcome Dr. Randall E. Goldberg, Director and Associate Professor of Musicology at the Dana School of Music of Youngstown State University, to present on “The Kishineff Massacre and Domestic Musical Practice in America.” As part of the American Musicological Society/Library of Congress Lecture Series, Dr. Goldberg’s …
Posted in: Jewish American History, Sheet Music, Special Collections