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Film, Video Stevie Wonder Performs "Sketches of a Life"

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Title

  • Stevie Wonder Performs "Sketches of a Life"

Summary

  • 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)

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2009-02-23.

Headings

  • -  African American History
  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Literature
  • -  Performing Arts, Music

Notes

  • -  Classification: Fine Arts.
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Stevie Wonder.
  • -  Recorded on 2009-02-23.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688048

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Stevie Wonder Performs "Sketches of a Life". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-23, 2009. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688048/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (2009) Stevie Wonder Performs "Sketches of a Life". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-23. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688048/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Stevie Wonder Performs "Sketches of a Life". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -02-23, 2009. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688048/>.