Aaron Copland's birthday
Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn on November 14th, 1900. Celebrate his birthday with "Fanfare for the common man," part of the special presentation "Patriotic Melodies" on the Performing Arts...
View ArticleMusic Treasures Consortium Web Site is Launched on the Performing Arts...
The Music Treasures Consortium proudly announces a new Web site giving access to some of the world’s most valued music manuscript and print materials, available at...
View ArticleBallets Russes: an Exhibition in the Performing Arts Reading Room
The Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev was one of the most influential dance companies of the twentieth century. The Library of Congress comemmorates the 100th anniversary of the Ballets Russes with an...
View ArticleNew Webcast: Russian-American Jazz Summit
Conversations on the American influence in Russian Jazz, led by two world-renowned jazz experts, Russian Cyril Moshkow and American Larry Appelbaum, Senior Music Reference Specialist.
View ArticleIn the Muse: The Parker Quartet, Songs for the Solstice, and more
Last week on In the Muse, the Music Divison's blog, we remembered the death of Antonio Stradivarius with a concert by the Parker Quartet; introduced you to jazz and other collections in the division;...
View ArticleDizzy Gillespie's Birthday
October 21st is the birthday of jazz trumpet great John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Help celebrate with this portrait from the online collection "William P. Gottlieb: Photographs from the Golden Age of...
View ArticleA conversation with jazz guitarist Jim Hall
"What does my music mean to me? It is me, actually, which is good for me to remember. It means a way of communicating and I hope bringing something decent to the world, making things better, one note...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Johann Sebastian Bach!
September 5th marks the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), whose manuscript score for Cantata BWV no 9 can be viewed on the Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
View ArticleVerdi's Birthday
October 9th is the birthday of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Celebrate with this 1902 arrangement of Verdi's "Anvil Chorus," part of the Historic Sheet Music Collection on the Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
View ArticleFelix Mendelssohn at the Library of Congress
February 3, 2009 marked marked the bicentennial of the birth of composer Felix Mendelssohn. Selected resoruces from Mendelssohn holdings at the Library of Congress are available on the Performing Arts...
View ArticleSchoenberg lecture TOMORROW October 28 in the Coolidge Auditorium @12:00 noon
Free and open to the public: Walter Frisch on "Arnold Schoenberg's Creative Journey, 1897-1912." In the Coolidge Auditorium on Wednesday, October 28 from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm. Prof. Frisch's talk will...
View ArticleHappy Birthday John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854. Celebrate with the online presentation "The March King: John Philip Sousa" on the Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
View ArticleThis week on In The Muse: Chopin's Birthday, the National Anthem and more!
This week on In The Muse, the Performing Arts Blog, we celebrate Chopin's Birthday, get ready for a presentation by composer Roger Reynolds, and remember the Act of Congress that made "The Star...
View ArticleNational Thanksgiving Hymn
Give thanks with George W. Morgan's "National Thanksgiving Hymn," from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
View ArticleNew Finding Aid: Anita O'Day papers, 1937-2004
Anita O'Day was an American jazz vocalist. The collection primarily consists of manuscript scores, lead sheets, parts, and annotated sheet music for arrangements of popular songs and jazz standards...
View ArticleA signal from Mars: otherworldly sheet music from the Performing Arts...
An example of the remarkable sheet music cover art to be found in the Historic Sheet Music Collection, 1800-1922: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/volcano/volcano-home.html
View ArticleMolto Animato! Music and Animation opens November 12 in the Performing Arts...
Animated films or cartoons opened opportunities for composers wanting to enhance the visual images of the animators with music, sound effects and songs. A new Library exhibition, "Molto Animato! Music...
View ArticleNew on the Performing Arts Encyclopedia: Coptic Chant
A new Web site is now available on the Performing Arts Encyclopedia: Coptic Orthodox Liturgical Chant & Hymnody, The Ragheb Moftah Collection at the Library of Congress. With its roots in Ancient...
View ArticleThis week on In the Muse: African-American History Month
Celebrate African-American History Month with the African-American Band Stocks collection on the Performing Arts Encyclopedia.
View ArticleNina Simone Biography Subject of Book Talk, Monday, July 12, 2010 @noon
"Princess Noire" Is Portrait of Brilliant Singer The triumphs and difficulties of the brilliant and high-tempered Nina Simone are documented in a new biography called "Princess Noire: The Tumultuous...
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