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Posted by: Melissa Wertheimer
The following is a guest post by 2024 Junior Fellow Jacob LaBarge. I am Jacob’s project mentor for the project Mind the Gap: Taking Stock of Contemporary Composer Voices with the assistance of Music Specialist David Plylar. Jacob’s objective this summer is to inventory the Music Division’s holdings of select published contemporary music scores through …
Posted in: Guest bloggers, New Music
Posted by: Cait Miller
The Library of Congress opened a new Treasures Gallery on June 13, 2024, featuring collection items from across the Library centered on "remembrance." The Gallery includes several items from the Music Division's collections, described in this blog post.
Posted in: Exhibitions
Posted by: Cait Miller
This blog post highlights the work of American composer Ulysses Kay (1917-1995), particularly his “Forever Free: A Lincoln Chronicle” for wind band, commissioned by Broadcast Music Inc. for the Civil War Centennial Commission in 1962.
Posted in: African American History, Composers, Holidays
Posted by: David Plylar
The Zéphyros Winds will be joined by Audrey Andrist tomorrow (June 15, 2024) in a concert of mid-century works featuring the music of Irving Fine, whose collection resides at the Library of Congress. As an advocate of the wind quintet medium, I am particularly excited that this program will include the premiere of a new …
Posted in: Concerts and Events, Interviews, Uncategorized