Ralph Ellison photo portrait seated. The author Ralph Ellison is inextricably linked to his novel The Invisible Man, now considered a classic of American literature. While his other acti…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:24AMJulian Work's union stamp for 1948. We in The New York Public Library's Music & Recorded Sound Division are doing what we can to uncover and bring attention to composers from underre…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMWith the release of the latest film starring Meryl Streep, many people are discovering Florence Foster Jenkins. Long known to many of those involved with music, Jenkins is generally viewed a…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:40PMThe Music Division is celebrating the completion of its Clipping File inventory (done entirely by volunteers) with a blog series. Melissa is one of the volunteers who contributed so much to …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:37PMLast week I introduced Melissa, a volunteer with the Music Division, who began a series of three blog posts on the newly available inventory of the Music Division's Clipping file. Here is…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:57PMI'm happy to announce that the "Names" portion of the Music Division's Clipping File has been inventoried. This inventory contains over 46,000 names and is a list of folders in our Clipping …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:53PMIt can be a special experience when students make contact with primary resources. I have written previously about a class visit to examine documents from the life of Johann Sebastian Bach. A…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:39PMConsider this a late contribution to this year's Womens' History Month. When most people think of the involvement of women in music they probably think of performers or composers. To be sur…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:30PMMany of us were saddened to hear of the passing of Van Cliburn on Wednesday, February 27. A pianist who excelled in music of the romantic repertoire, Cliburn rocketed to fame when he won th…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:08AMIt is still possible to discover amazing things in the New York Public Library in 2013, its 108th year of existence. What's even more amazing about this story is that the discovered items ha…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:36AMOur markets, our democracy, our science, our traditions of free speech, and our art all depend more heavily on a Public Domain of freely available material than they do on the informational …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:19AMI'm happy to present a review of how the Music Division contributed to knowledge for 2011-2012. Although my information is based on the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, December seems like…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:51AMI am always excited when I get a chance to host a class in the Music Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. This year, my colleague and friend Fred Fehleisen …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:20AMThere will probably be more written about the RMS Titanic this month than in the past 100 years. This blog entry is my contribution to the literature of the steamship and its connectio…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 09:15AMBeginning March 21, the American Brahms Society, in conjunction with the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will be presenting Brahms in the New Century. This three-day con…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:13AMIt was with sad news that we heard of the passing of Walfredo Toscanni, who died on December 31, 2011. An architect who was based in New York City, he was the grandson of conductor Art…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 09:34AMHappy New Year! Just as a new chick emerges from its shell, so does the new year come upon us. This polka was composed by Francis H. Brown (1818-1891), one of numerous and forgotten 19th-ce…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:47PMOn October 22, “Wikipedia! The Musical!” was staged at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Despite its whimsical name, it was not really a musical but an editath…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 09:40AMAs we go over statistics from the previous fiscal year (ending on June 30), we note with pleasure and pride numerous works that have been created utilizing materials from the Music Division.…
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