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Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess on His Letter to Bernstein
The following is a guest post from Music Reference Specialist Heather Darnell. Jordan Rudess. Letter to Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein Collection, Library of Congress Music Division. A few weeks ago, I...
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“I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
Walter Kent, composer. Kim Gannon, lyricist. I’ll be home for Christmas. Published copyright deposit, September 28, 1943. Music Division Library of Congress. Last month, reports surfaced that a...
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Mary Cardwell Dawson: Upcoming Lecture at the Library of Congress
Portrait of Mary Cardwell Dawson. National Negro Opera Company Collection, Box 13, Folder 32. Library of Congress Music Division. On Thursday, January 19th, 2023 at 7pm in the James Madison Building’s...
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By the People: Transcribing Sheet Music of the Musical Theater
The Library of Congress launches its newest “By the People” crowdsourced transcription campaign today with its largest one to date: 16,000 pieces of Sheet Music of the Musical Theater! The campaign...
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Fakes and Fibs in the Music Division
The following is a guest post written by Archives Processing Technician Emily Baumgart. While processing the papers of contemporary American composer Charles Wuorinen (1938-2020), I made a strange...
View ArticleTranscribing Maestro: By the People Highlights the Leonard Bernstein Collection
If you’ve seen Bradley Cooper’s new Leonard Bernstein biopic, “Maestro,” and you find yourself desperately curious to learn more about Bernstein and his world, then have we got a project for you! The...
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Acquisition Highlights for the Past Year – a Top Five List!
This is a guest post from Head of Acquisitions & Processing Vin Novara, with Senior Music Specialists Mark Eden Horowitz, Kate Rivers, and Ray White. Nick Hornby’s book “High Fidelity” (1995)...
View ArticleAnnegret Fauser and Tim Carter Fellowship at the Library of Congress Music...
The Library of Congress Music Division often hosts fellows and internships through a variety of programs, such as the Library’s Junior Fellows program. These opportunities for students and emerging...
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“Rhapsody in Blue” at 100
The following is a guest post by Senior Music Specialist Raymond A. White. February 12, 1924, is a landmark day in the annals of American music. The story of that snowy afternoon in New York and its...
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Rossini’s Septet: A Leap Day Birthday Gift
Happy Leap Day! February 29th holds special meaning to me, as my husband is one of the approximately five million people in the world who celebrates his actual birthday every four years on this day....
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