Search Films, Videos
-
Film, VideoLaurence Moftah interviews Margit Toth and Martha Roy, March 13, 2002 videorecording | 1 video disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | Duratation - 1:31:23 (General). Courtesy of Laurence Moftah and Philip Croom, Associate Dean of the Rare Books and Special Collections Library, American University in Cairo. (Copyright Notice). Videorecording (Form).
- Contributor: Roy, Martha - Toth, Margit - Moftah, Laurence - American University in Cairo
- Date: 2002
-
Film, VideoArtists' Rights & the Digital Marketplace Jazz composer and bandleader Maria Schneider is be joined by singer-songwriter Spree Wilson and music industry veteran John L. Simson for a panel discussion on the linkage between artists' rights and the digital-music marketplace.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2016
-
Film, VideoHomo-Musicus: How Music Began Ellen Dissayanake discusses "Homo Musicus: How Music Began." The universally observed interaction between mothers and infants, commonly and even dismissively called "baby talk," is composed of proto-aesthetic, temporally-organized elements that Dissayanake suggests are the origin of human music. Because infants are born ready to engage in these encounters and to prefer their visual, vocal and gestural components to any other sight or sound, one...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
- Date: 2008
-
Film, VideoRebel Music: Race, Empire & the New Muslim Youth Culture Hisham D. Aidi discusses his widely acclaimed new book that examines how hip-hop, jazz and reggae play crucial roles in the global Muslim youth culture.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2014
-
Film, VideoHair Gel & Groupies: Boy Bands in the Library of Congress Ever wonder how the Library of Congress captures popular culture? One way is through archiving boy band memorabilia. The Library's collections are a hidden trove of books and music related to popular male groups, from the throwback version of barbershop quartets, to recent phenomena like One Direction and the Backstreet Boys.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2016
-
Film, VideoA Fiddler's Tale Pianist and art collector Annette Kaufman (1914-2016) discusses her husband Louis Kaufman (1905-1994) in advance of their book, "A Fiddler's Tale: How Hollywood and Film Music Discovered Me." Topics include Louis Kaufman's childhood, how he got his start in film music, and professional relationships he had with composers and other artists.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2003
-
Film, VideoChakavak Ensemble Performs Persian Classical Music The Chakavak Ensemble showcased examples of Persian classical music at the Library of Congress's Coolidge Auditorium. Under the direction of Dr. Nader Majd, the eight member ensemble performed on traditional Iranian instruments such as the tar, kamancheh, santur, zarb,setar, as well as the violin and cello. The concert was in celebration of Nowruz (New Day) the first day of the Iranian solar year (March...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2005
-
Film, VideoBeethoven: The Universal Composer Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris discussed his new book, "Beethoven: The Universal Composer." The Library's Music Division cosponsored the event with the Center for the Book. Morris, a classically trained pianist, has studied Beethoven and his music for 40 years. "Of all the great composers, Beethoven is the most enduring in his appeal to dilettantes and intellectuals alike," Morris writes. "What draws them is...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2005
-
Film, VideoCapturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music Mark Katz, a professor at the Peabody Conservatory of Music at The Johns Hopkins University, discusses his book, "Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music." Katz provides examples of how the very act of sound recording has changed music over the decades, and demonstrates how the internet has forever changed the way we discover and consume music. Timings: 00:00 Robert Saladini introduction 3:21 Mark...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
- Date: 2005
-
Film, VideoWriting About Music in a Time of Change Tim Page, Pulitzer Prize winner and chief classical music critic for The Washington Post, delivered the 2006 Louis C. Elson Memorial Lecture on "Writing About Music in a Time of Change" in a program sponsored by the Library's Music Division and John W. Kluge Center. The Louis C. Elson Memorial Fund was established at the Library of Congress by Elson's widow, Bertha, to provide...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2006
-
Film, VideoThe Cellos of Stradivari Cellists Richard Belcher of the Enso String Quartet and Steven Honigberg of the National Symphony Orchestra, along with sculptor/instrument collector Alfredo Halegua, luthier John Montgomery, and Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford of the Library's Music Division, present a lecture on Stradivari's cellos preceding the Enso String Quartet Concert.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2006
-
Film, VideoCelebrating Rumi: An Evening of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi's Poetry and Sufi Music with Whirling Dervishes The Library's African and Middle Eastern Division and the Music Division co-sponsored a poetry and music program with the Turkish Embassy titled "Celebrating Rumi: An Evening of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi's Poetry and Sufi Music with Whirling Dervishes." This was the first of several programs which launched the UNESCO's International Year of Rumi in the United States. Rumi who lived in the 13th century wrote...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2007
-
Film, VideoCamerata Ireland: Pre-Concert Discussion Barry Douglas, pianists and founder of Camerata Ireland, engages in a pre-concert discussion with Phillip Hammond, Creative Director of Rediscover Northern Ireland.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2007
-
Film, VideoMen, Let's Sing: Choral Music For Men's Voices Preceding the Cantus concert was a panel discussion titled "Men, Let's Sing: Choral Music for Men's Voices" in a program sponsored by the Music Division. Panelists for the preconcert presentation were Frank Albinder, director of the Washington Men's Camerata; Ann Meier Baker, president of Chorus America; and Gunilla Marcus-Luboff and the Library's Robert Saladini, co-developers of the Library of Congress Series of Choral Music,...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2007
-
Film, VideoGershwin Prize Gala Dinner Paul Simon receives the first annual Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a gala dinner sponsored by the Library's Music Division.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2007
-
Film, VideoAn Introduction to the Collections of the Music Division As part of the Library's docent training, the chief and members of the Music Division Staff give a presentation on the Music Division's collections. Speakers: Sue Vita - Introduction to the Music Division's treasures(0:30) Susan Clermont - Pre-1800 general collections (29:15) Kevin Levine - Music after 1800, general collections (1:00:25) Elizabeth Aldridge - Dance collections (1:23:30) Walter Zvonchenko - Theatre music collections (1:37:25)
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Visitor Engagement Office - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2006
-
Film, VideoInterview with Composer and Pianist Fred Hersch Part of the series "American Creativity: The Composer-Performer," this interview with the composer and pianist Fred Hersch, one of a series of portraits of major jazz figures appearing at the Library of Congress, was presented by the Library's Music Division as a pre-concert presentation. The interviewer is Ben Roe.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2007
-
Film, VideoAfter Pearl Harbor: Music, War and the Library of Congress The Music Division of the Library of Congress and the American Musicological Society, in joint partnership, presented the second in a series of lectures highlighting musicological research conducted in the division's collections. Annegret Fauser discussed "After Pearl Harbor: Music, War and the Library of Congress," focusing on former Music Division Chief Harold Spivacke???s wartime efforts with the Joint Army and Navy Committee during World...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2008
-
Film, VideoThe World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature Daniel Levitin gives a talk titled "The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature." Director of McGill University's Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition and Expertise and best-selling author of "This is Your Brain on Music," Levitin blends cutting-edge scientific findings with his own experiences as a former record producer and still-active musician. The Music and the Brain Lecture Series is...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
- Date: 2008
-
Film, VideoThe Music of Language and the Language of Music In our everyday lives, language and instrumental music are obviously different things. Neuroscientist and musician Ani Patel is the author of a recent, elegantly argued offering from Oxford University Press, "Music, Language and the Brain." Oliver Sacks calls Patel a "pioneer in the use of new concepts and technology to investigate the neural correlates of music." In Patel's presentation, he discusses some of the...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division - Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
- Date: 2008
-
Film, VideoStevie Wonder Performs "Sketches of a Life" Singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder, the awardee of the second Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, premieres "Sketches of a Life," a sprawling, hybrid pop-classical concerto, written between 1976 and 1994. The work was unveiled through a commission for the Library of Congress in the Coolidge Auditorium. 00:30 Introduction by James Billington, Librarian of Congress (0:30) 08:49 "Sketches of a Life" (8:49)
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2009
-
Film, VideoViolin Master Class with Christian Tetzlaff Virtuoso violinist Christian Tetzlaff conducted a violin master class at the Library for area students and teachers.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2008
-
Film, VideoDepression and Creativity Symposium Kay Redfield Jamison, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, convened a discussion of the effects of depression on creativity. Joining Jamison were two distinguished colleagues from the fields of neurology and neuropsychiatry, Dr. Terence Ketter and Dr. Peter Whybrow. The Music and the Brain series is co-sponsored...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2009
-
Film, VideoJustice" by Roger Reynolds Composer Roger Reynolds' operatic work "Justice," commissioned for the celebration of the Library's Bicentennial in 2000, was performed in the Great Hall of the Library's Jefferson Building. Written for actress, soprano, percussionist, multichannel computer sound and real-time surround sound, "Justice" is based on the Greek tragedy of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon. The text was adapted from "Aeschylus and Euripides." All three performers-actress, soprano and percussionist...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2001
-
Film, VideoStevie Wonder Discusses Library Commission "Sketches of a Life" Stevie Wonder talks to Norman Middleton of the Library's Music Division about his new Library of Congress commission, "Sketches of a Life," and his thoughts about composition and music.
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2009