[Fmpro] LOC Performing Arts Encyclopedia

[Christopher Alpiar]

wow library of congress has some cool stuff :)

original manuscript of the score for stars and stripes forever:
http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.sousa.200031561/enlarge.html?page=2&section=&size=1024&from=pageturner

printed score to the star spangled banner:
http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100000017/enlarge.html?page=1&section=&size=1024&from=pageturner

I never realized how much cool stuff you can find

heres a photo of the 1946 Duke trumpet section (cat anderson, ray  
nance et al)
http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.gottlieb.02421/enlarge.html?page=1&size=1024&from=default&section=ver01

Here is a lecture from 1972 on Mozart in the History of Opera
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200033345/contactsheet.html

Here is an 1896 recording of George Gaskin the "Silver Voiced Irish  
Tenor" singing "All coons look alike to me" written by Ernest Hogan,  
whom we should all know as one of the inventors of 'ragtime' and the  
first african american to star in and produce a show on broadway
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010769/default.html

And a LOC publication that is a guide to music in silent films
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200033436/contactsheet.html

so much stuff, so cool!

Christopher Kennedy Alpiar
Cinematic Composer
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On Jun 6, 2008, at 9:11 PM, Pete wrote:

> Some interesting stuff here...
>
> http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/search?query=%2Bformat:parts%20%2BmemberOf:sousa&start=0&view=thumbnail&sort=titlesort
>
> Pete
>