“Ode to the Star-Spangled Banner” and #SSB200
“Defence of Ft. McHenry” by Francis Scott Key (Baltimore, 1814-first printing of poem), Music Division, Library of Congress Throughout 2014 the Library of Congress’ Music Division is celebrating the...
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James Wolf of the Library of Congress has created a fantastic video compilation of some of our audio and visual treasures related to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” View the video below and peruse more...
View Article2014-2015 Concert Season Announcement: “Beyond Labels”
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2014-2015 Concerts from the Library of Congress season announcement is now available! Music should bring us together and open our minds to discovery, innovation and...
View ArticleNew Historic Sheet Music Online: Honoring the First World War Centenary
John Clayton Calhoun. “The beast of Berlin we’re going to get him.” New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., 1918. When the Library of Congress was founded in 1800, the institution could not yet boast...
View Article2014-2015 Season Brochure & News Release
2014-2015 Concerts from the Library of Congress Season BROCHURE 2014-2015 Concerts from the Library of Congress Season NEWS RELEASE The 2014-2015 Concerts from the Library of Congress season brochure...
View ArticleRodgers & Hammerstein: “Some Enchanted Evening” [Video Podcast]
Michael Feinstein on Musicals & Songs at the Library of Congress Series 1 – Rodgers & Hammerstein Episode 5 – “Some Enchanted Evening” In the fifth episode of a series of videos that explore...
View ArticleRodgers & Hammerstein: Carousel [Video Podcast]
Michael Feinstein on Musicals & Songs at the Library of Congress Series 1 – Rodgers & Hammerstein Episode 6 – Carousel In the sixth episode of a series of videos that explore the Rodgers and...
View ArticlePrinting “The Star-Spangled Banner”
The following is a guest post from Senior Music Specialist Ray White. “The dawn’s early light” on September 14, 2014, marked the 200th anniversary of the day that Francis Scott Key saw that “the...
View ArticleNLS Presents Justin Kauflin
The following is a guest blog by Katie Rodda of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. On October 22, the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and...
View ArticleElizabeth Sprague Coolidge @ 150
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, Charcoal Portrait, John Singer Sargent, 1923 (Wikimedia Commons) The following is a guest blog by Anne McLean, Senior Producer for Concerts and Special Projects, Music...
View ArticleRediscovering “Do-Re-Mi” from “The Sound of Music”
Michael Feinstein on Musicals & Songs at the Library of Congress Series 1 – Rodgers & Hammerstein Episode 8 – “Do-Re-Mi” In the eighth episode of a series of videos that explore the Rodgers and...
View ArticleRodgers & Hammerstein Have a Clambake
Michael Feinstein on Musicals & Songs at the Library of Congress Series 1 – Rodgers & Hammerstein Episode 9 – “A Real Nice Clambake” In the ninth episode of a series of videos that explore the...
View ArticleMichael Feinstein on the Rodgers & Hart Hit “Manhattan”
Michael Feinstein on Musicals & Songs at the Library of Congress Series 1 – Rodgers & Hammerstein Episode 10 – “Manhattan” & Epilogue In the final episode of a series of ten videos that...
View ArticleIrving Fine Centennial Preview
Irving Fine and Aaron Copland teaching at Brandeis University, 1961 (Irving Fine Collection, Library of Congress) Library of Congress Commemorates Irving Fine World Premiere Performances, Lecture,...
View ArticleAn Act of Congress: 90th Anniversary Kick-Off
On this day in 1925 President Calvin Coolidge signed into law a Joint Resolution from the 68th Congress of the United States of America “To accept the gift of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge for the...
View ArticleDutch Reed Smorgasbord & Schubert’s “Winterreise”
This Week @ Concerts from the Library of Congress Wednesday, February 4, 2015 – 8:00pm (Coolidge Auditorium) CALEFAX REED QUINTET Photo by Rob Marinissen After more than 25 years of touring as an...
View ArticleThis Weekend @ Concerts from the Library of Congress
This Weekend @ Concerts from the Library of Congress Friday, February 20, 2015 – 8:00pm (Coolidge Auditorium) CLAREMONT TRIO & MISHA AMORY Courtesy of the Claremont Trio Winners of the...
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This Weekend @ Concerts from the Library of Congress Jennifer Higdon by J. Henry Fair Saturday, March 7, 2015 – 8:00pm (Coolidge Auditorium) CURTIS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Robert Spano, conductor Roberto...
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This Weekend @ Concerts from the Library of Congress Kim Kashkashian by Steve Riskind Friday, March 13, 2015 – 8:00pm (Coolidge Auditorium) KIM KASHKASHIAN (viola) & PÉTER NAGY (piano) An...
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This Weekend @ Concerts from the Library of Congress Courtesy of the Leipzig String Quartet Saturday, March 21, 2015 – 2:00pm (Coolidge Auditorium) LEIPZIG STRING QUARTET With recent performances in...
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