DOCUMENT RESUME ED 368 387 IR 054 963 TITLE Library of Congress Music, Theater, Dance: An Illustrated Guide. INSTITUTION Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. REPORT NO ISBN-0-8444-0801-8 PUB DATE 93 NOTE 83p.; For related documents,see IR 054 962-964. Publication made possible by support from the James Madison Council. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328. PUB TYPE Books (010) Guides General (050) Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Archives; Cultural Activities; *Dance; FolkCulture; Illustrations; *Library Collections; *Music; Musical Instruments; *National Libraries; *Theater Arts IDENTIFIERS *Library of Congress; Manuscript Collections; Manuscripts; Special Collections (Library) ABSTRACT The Music Division of the Library of Congress houses a collection that numbers close to eight million items includingthe classified music and book collections; musicand literary manuscripts; microforms; and copyright deposits. This guide showsthe highlights of the collection, as wellas its mission. The Library of Congress embraces the complete range of music from creatingnew works to having them performed and placing the original manuscripts in the collections in perpetuity for theuse of succeeding generations. Topics covered in this guide are: a description of the special collections in the Music Division; a background and description of the foundations that perpetuate the art and scholarship of music; descriptions of public events and publications of the Music Division; Music of Americans, the popular music collection; the theater collections; Invitation to the Dance, the dance collections; the collections of musical instruments; dle Music Division's services to the public ana collections; and a list of 100 selected special collections. Many illustrations showing items from the collections are included. (JLB) *********************************************************************00 Reproductions supplied by EDRSare the best that can be made , from the original document. **********************************************************************ft 46. Music,Theater,Dapce 7.,- air ,-,.&4:.=.-or 1....'. li .../.." ... 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COVER: "Venquerant plus dein Jove ne hien. by an anonymous composer. inthe Chansonmer de M. le Marquis de Labonk fol. This anthology of love songs was compiled in the late fifteenth century in France. probably in the Bourges-Orkans region. The fine miniatures and decoration arc exceptionally lavish. Music Division LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Library of Congress. Library of Congress music, theater, dance : an illustrated guide. p. cm. ISBN 0-8444-0801-8 Z66;37.1-51 [99; i. Library of ',.:ongress. Music Division. 2.Performing Arts Library Wash- ington. D.C.;. Music Wishington D.C. Library resources. 4. Perform- ing arts Washington D.C. Library resources.I. Title. Nit.110.1,:sm92. 199; 791'.0075; dc2o qi-27720 CIP MN For sale by the lf.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of' Documents Mail Stop: ssop. Washington. D.C. 20402-9;28 4 Contents IN TRODU( TION knies Pruett Chief Music Division SPECIAL COI.I.ECIIONS OF THE MUSIC DIVISION (.) FOUNDATIONSI OR MUSIC 2 0 PUBLICI- VI.N TS \ND PUBLIC \TIONS ;0 H UsIC I: \ I: RICANS :0 I H I I11 I \II.It INVII%110\ 10IHI DANCI !HT COLI.F.( TIONS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 0.+ SERvIC1. 101111. PUBLIC \ND 10 IHE C01.LI:C1 IoNs LIST01sEl 1( IlD sPFCI \ICOI I I C TIONs 5 ST CMNW 11 , , ;e. ^ ; "2 r .0.: -, , 4. 00F. 44. Introduction HE MC:SIC DIVISION formally created in 1896 and established in quarters within the Library's Jefferson Building upon its completion in 1897 traces the origin of its collections to the thirteen books on musicliterature and theory that were contained in Thomas Jefferson's library, purchased by the Con- gress in 181i. At that time, the cultivationand development of a music library were scarcely matters of great importance. By the closing yearsof the century, however, some 400,000 music items had been added to the Library's collections, largely effected through the deposits under the Copyright Act. Today, the Mu- sic Division's collections number close to eight million items, including the classified music and book collections, music and literary manuscripts, micro- forms, and copyright deposits. In his annual report for 1897, Librarian of Congress John Russell Young wrote that "This Tmusic: department is as yet an experiment, but there is reason to believe that with proper care ... it may become oneof the most important...." A year later, in his report for 1898. Mr. 'lining said that the new department of music's "... growth thus far has resulted in the foundation of what is destined to be one of the great musical libraries of the world .," and that "Music in its best sense is a science belonging to all ages. as well as all nationalities and con- ditions of men, and the Library of Congress should contain its earliest as well as its latest and most complete expression.- These prescient remarkshave been. and continue to be, fulfilled, and indeed have provided touchstones for the Li- brary's cultivation of the art and study of music in all its aspects. As the vision of Librarian John Russell Young was remarkable, so was that Geraldine Farrar. Portrait by Friedrich of Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, appointed chief of the now recognized Mu- August von Kaulbach. Oil on canvas. In sic Division in 19oa. ThrougF his extraordinary energy and wisdom, hecharted later life. Farrar wrote t.t this painting: a course for organizing the collections and for vigorous acquisitions programs "I hated to sit for my picture: even a that has been sustained for nine decades. quick photo was a chore. As I recall with Beyond showing the highlights of the collections of music that have been as- Kaulbach. we enlivened the sitting sembled over the years, this guide also reveals the single most important change hours with matters of the moment, mu- in the Music Division's mission that has evolved since the opening of the pre- sical and artistic.... These sittings lasted sent century: the addition of musical performance and the creation of new mu- from an hour to three or feur. according sic. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge and Gertrude Clarke Whittall. within the span to the light and discretion of the artist. I of a decade, 192i-195, established through their philanthropy to the American was then of such lively temperament that people unrivaled means for concerts and commissions that continue to flourish, an induced position after a time would and indeed have spawned similar foundations in the Library for the art of mu- get artificial to my mind. and I would sic. The Library of Congress is unique among national libraries in that it em- beg for a little diversion and walk about braces the complete range of musicfrom creating new works to having them the studio."Geraldrne Farrar &Heaton, Rt, çP. 1.4 *- performed and placing the original manuscripts in the collections in perpetuity, for the use of suc- ceeding generations. The circle is complete in many cases when the new work is chosen for recording, and thus for even wider dissemination to artists, scholars, and music lovers. Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs. Whitton, beyond their foundations created for musical performance. commissioning, and scholarship. gave magnificent collections of manuscripts that they had collected in the course of their devotion to music. With their gifts of musical materialsincluding Mrs. Whit- talcs Stradivari instrumentsthey instantly placed magnets in the collections that have drawn hun- dreds of other rich collections to the Music Divi- .* sion. additions that range from Aaron Copland's Rodeo to the Guarneri violin of Fritz Kreisler, from Leonard Bernstein's Hist Sae Story to George Gersh- win's An Arneru-an in Parts, from Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes to William Schuman's The Mighty Casey, and from Jerome Kern's Show Boat to Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! The generous spirits of Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs. Whitton continue to find ex Iression in succeeding generations of benefactors. Not only is music research and study carried 1.2.1V4 forward in the Music Division, but also research r "4\ in theater and dance.