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#BernsteinAt100 Upcoming Events at the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress continues to celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s Centennial with events this Friday and Saturday, all free and open to the public: FRIDAY, MAY 18 Bernstein Centennial Concert Coolidge...

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Happy National Love Your Red Hair Day!

Did you know that November 5th is National Love Your Red Hair Day? Not to be confused with the September Dutch festival that has taken place in Breda since 2005, November 5th is our country’s time to...

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In Search of Korngold

Erich Wolfgang Korngold, c. 1920. Erich Wolfgang Korngold Collection, Music Division. On this Saturday, February 23rd at 11am, yours truly, Paul Sommerfeld, will offer a #Declassified talk in the Mary...

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Year-Round African-American Music History at LOC

The Library of Congress is always eager to celebrate heritage months, and February is Black History Month! The Music Division has all the resources you need to explore and appreciate African-American...

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Alvin Ailey and the Black Experience

The following is a guest blog post from Dance Curator Libby Smigel and Howard University intern Jacquelyn Chin: Jacquelyn showcases early Ailey artifacts while dancers examine Katherine Dunham’s FBI...

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Augmented Realities: A Video Game Music Mini-Fest

The Music Division of the Library of Congress will be presenting a series of events exploring video game music, from retro bits to VR hits. We will be looking at the history of game music, and...

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Celebrating Walt Whitman’s 200th Birthday

George C. Cox, photographer. Walt Whitman, 1887. Since publishing Leaves of Grass in June 1855, Walt Whitman and his poetry have captured the American imagination. Not until the early twentieth...

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Baseball’s Greatest Hit: More than Peanuts and Cracker Jacks

The following is a guest post by Senior Music Specialist Susan Clermont. Lyricist Jack Norworth once claimed that he and composer/publisher Albert von Tilzer created the very first baseball song –...

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Rosa Parks: In Music

A reporter, Rosa Parks, Louise Tappes, and Mary Sims, ca. 1976. Photograph taken to commemorate the renaming of 12th street in Detroit, Michigan to “Rosa Parks Boulevard.” Jason Lovette, photographer....

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Time Flies

It seems like just yesterday that I applied for a part-time job at the Library in 1979 while still a student at the University of Maryland. I thought being a Deck Attendant in what was then called...

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