Fish Tunes and Tales
Posted by: Morgen Stevens-Garmon
Music Division Archivist Anita M. Weber highlights the summer pastime of fishin' (and singin' about fishin').
Posted in: Composers, Musicians, Sheet Music
Archive: August 2023 (4 Posts)
Early Hip-Hop at the Library of Congress
Posted by: Heather Darnell
August 2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Hip-Hop, said to have begun in 1973 at a little South-Bronx party hosted by DJ Kool Herc. But years before Herc introduced New York to the breakbeat, African-American music and spoken-word traditions had been brewing in the great social unrest of the 60s and 70s to create a …
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Copyright Deposits, Musicians, Sheet Music
Concerts from the Library of Congress: Announcing the Fall 2023 Season
Posted by: David Plylar
We are very excited to announce the fall 2023 Concerts from the Library of Congress events. We are grateful to all of the people who worked to get the Coolidge Auditorium ready for action again in time for our fall concerts, and we are crossing our fingers that these unexpected challenges are all behind us! …
Posted in: Composers, Concerts and Events, Instrumentalists, Jazz, Musicians, New Music
Red, White & Royal Love Song
Posted by: Heather Darnell
The following is a guest post by Music Division Assistant Chief, Nicholas Brown. In honor of this Saturday’s National Book Festival, the Music Division is pleased to share a page-to-screen tidbit relating to the new romantic comedy film “Red, White & Royal Blue” (Prime, 2023) that is being released on August 11, 2023. Based on …
Posted in: Composers, Film Music, Musical Theater, Theater, Vocalists