The Tablet

Queens Parochial Vicar Turns Older Melodies Into Modern Inspiration

Father Joseph Palackal, parochial vicar for St. Margaret Church since 2019, is a world-renowned musicologist and a foremost ...
Variety

Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd,’ ‘Into the Woods’ and Other Works Acquired by Library of Congress

Stephen Sondheim‘s vast catalogue of work has been acquired for preservation by the Library of Congress. The collection has approximately 5,000 items such as manuscripts, notebooks, musics and lyric ...
Los Angeles Times

Chicano Movement collection of Raul Ruiz acquired by the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress has acquired a gold mine of resources that document the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles. The cultural institution in Washington, D.C., now has a collection from activist and ...
NPR

Library of Congress acquires only known lyrics sketch of 'Over the Rainbow'

The Library of Congress has acquired rare artifacts related to the beloved 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. The treasures include 35 musical manuscripts from composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E. Y. "Yip" ...
NPR

One of music's best kept secrets celebrates 100 years, quietly

The year is 1925. The Great Gatsby is published, the jazz age is swinging, and on October 28th, a new concert hall opens at an unlikely spot — the Library of Congress, in Washington D.C. If only its ...