#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...
View ArticleHappy 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...
View ArticleIn 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...
View ArticleYear-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...
View ArticleAlvin 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...
View ArticleAugmented 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...
View ArticleCelebrating 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...
View ArticleBaseball’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 –...
View ArticleRosa 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....
View ArticleTime 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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