Webinars offer remote researchers and performing arts enthusiasts the opportunity to attend presentations on Music Division collections, as well as connect with Music Division staff. Browse recordings of past webinars below.
Webinars
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Film, Video2024 National Book Festival: What Do Stevie Wonder and Arnold Schoenberg Have in Common? Celebrate the 100th birthday of the historic concert series at the Library of Congress by learning about the artists, composers, dancers and supporters who made the Coolidge Auditorium one of the most important concert halls in the world, all while enriching the Library's collections.- Contributor: Brown-Cáceres, Nicholas A.
- Date: 2024-08-24
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Film, VideoResearching Women and Gender at the Library: Discovering Dance Collections Drawing on the Library's special collections on celebrated American women choreographers, dance curator Libby Smigel discusses women, politics and anti-terpsichorean prejudice from the 1930s through the 1950s. Smigel juxtaposes evidence of these women's performance artistry with the fears found in their still-redacted Depression- and McCarthy-era FBI files.- Contributor: Smigel, Libby
- Date: 2024-03-20
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Film, VideoBrahms & Schubert: Taking the Lied at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to holograph music manuscripts. This year (2022) our celebration in honor of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge - founder of Concerts from the Library of Congress - featured a number of art songs composed by Schubert, Brahms and even Mrs. Coolidge herself, performed by Eric Owens and singers from the Curtis Opera Theatre. This…- Contributor: Plylar, David - McKinney, Janet
- Date: 2022-12-07
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Film, VideoWest Side Story: The Creation of a Classic The Library of Congress presents the creation of the 1957 musical West Side Story, drawing on materials from the Leonard Bernstein Collection, Arthur Laurents Papers, and Oliver Smith Papers to illustrate his talk. After his presentation, we will highlight digitized West Side Story materials in the Leonard Bernstein Digital Collection (https://www.loc.gov/collections/leonard-bernstein/) and connects attendees with the research guides Leonard Bernstein: A Guide to Resources…- Contributor: Miller, Caitlin - Horowitz, Mark Eden - McKinney, Janet
- Date: 2021-11-09
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Film, VideoUsing the Ragtime Collection & Other Digital Music Resources in Your Classroom (Online Office Hours) Join music reference specialist James Wintle for an overview of digital collections from the Music Division at the Library of Congress. The session includes a deeper dive into the "Ragtime" collection to explore ways in which primary source documents in music can enhance classroom teaching in a variety of subject areas. Spoiler alert: You can't read rhythms without math!- Contributor: Black, Kaleena - Wintle, James - Bell, Danna
- Date: 2020-07-21