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    Artists' 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
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    Rebel 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
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    Hair 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
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    Writing 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
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    The 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
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    Men, 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
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    An 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
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    Interview 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
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    After 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
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    The 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
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    The 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
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    Stevie 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
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    Violin 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
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    Depression 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
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    Stevie 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
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    Allen Toussaint & Larry Appelbaum Prior to a concert by Allen Toussaint and Henry Butler at the Library of Congress, Toussaint sat for an interview with Larry Appelbaum about his hit records, life in the recording studios, the New Orleans piano tradition, Professor Longhair, the challenges of songwriting and producing and the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2007
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    Jazz Conversation: Argentine Pianist & Composer Guillermo Klein Argentine pianist and composer Guillermo Klein talks with Library of Congress music specialist Larry Appelbaum.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2008
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    Now It Can Be Told: The Unknown Irving Berlin The Music Division of the Library of Congress and the American Musicological Society, in joint partnership, presented the third in a series of lectures highlighting musicological research conducted in the division's collections. Jeffrey Magee presented "Now It Can Be Told: The Unknown Irving Berlin." After Jerome Kern famously pronounced that "Irving Berlin is American music" in 1925, Berlin continued for several decades more to...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2009
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    Curtis Contemporary Music Ensemble Young artists from one of the nation's top conservatories celebrate the centennial of Samuel Barber. The program includes the Violin Sonata; "Dover Beach" for string quartet and baritone; "Hermit Songs" (Library of Congress commission); "Summer Music" for woodwind quintet; and, the Sonata in E-flat minor, Op. 26, for piano.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2010
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    ASCAP Collection Concert The stories of, and back stories behind, several beloved songs were laid out for a most entertained audience May 11 as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Foundation brought forward an evening of songs sung by ASCAP's member songwriters at the Library of Congress Coolidge Auditorium. The offering the second annual "We Write the Songs" event held at the Library in...
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2010
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    Wellness and Growth: Acoustic Medicine and Music Therapy A discussion presented in cooperation with the American Music Therapy Association.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2010
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    Managing Stress and Enhancing Wellness with Music Therapy A discussion in association with the American Music Therapy Association.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2010
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    Uri Caine & Larry Appelbaum Larry Appelbaum interviewed pianist-composer Uri Caine at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, Lang Theatre in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2010
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    Uri Caine Trio The Uri Caine Trio perform at the Atlas Performing Center in Washington, D.C.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2010
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    Mahan Esfahani: Harpsichord Concert Mahan Esfahani plays Wanda Landowska's Pleyel harpsichord, featuring pieces from her 1927 concert at the Library of Congress.
    • Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
    • Date: 2010

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