Library of Congress: talks and concerts

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Library of Congress 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Awards 2024 · Talk · 1 h 46 min The National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships are the nation’s highest honor in folk and traditional arts. This year — and every year… Library of Congress Copyright Public Modernization Committee Meetings 2024 · Talk · 1 h 36 min The first meeting of the re-established Copyright Public Modernization Committee. The Library convenes this public meeting of the Copyright Public… Library of Congress Quatuor Diotima: Schoenberg at 150 Program I 2024 · Talk · 1 h 36 min In honor of the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s birth, we surveyed many of his works for string quartet held in manuscript at the Library of… Library of Congress 2024 Literacy Awards Successful Practices Event 2024 · Talk · 2 h 25 min The Library of Congress Literacy Awards 2024 Successful Practices Conference honors the four 2024 winners of the Library’s Literacy Award Program, the 2024… Library of Congress Fall 2024 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Project Celebration 2024 · Talk · 1 h 48 min The Fall 2024 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Awardee Project Celebration highlighted the work of CCDI’s current higher education and… Library of Congress Apply for the 2025 Literacy Awards 2025 · Talk · 1 min Apply for the 2025 Literacy Awards today for a chance to receive up to $150,000. As many as 24 organizations will be selected and invited to join a network of… Library of Congress 2025 Literacy Awards Applicant Information Session 2025 · Talk · 58 min During this session, Literacy Awards staff will review application requirements and respond to questions about the 2025 Literacy Awards application. Library of Congress Copyright Public Modernization Committee: April 3, 2025 2025 · Talk · 20 min The Library of Congress convenes the Copyright Public Modernization Committee (CPMC) to enhance communication and provide a forum for the technology-related… Library of Congress Horszowski Trio Concert 2025 · Talk · 27 min Once called “–arguably the most compelling American group to come on the scene” by The New Yorker, the Horszowski Trio is equally at home with classic… Library of Congress 2025 Literacy Awards Recipients 2025 · Talk · 6 min The Library of Congress Literacy Awards honor nonprofit organizations that have made outstanding contributions to increasing literacy in the United States or… Library of Congress Chronicling America: Full Tutorial All Chapters 2026 · Talk · 16 min The Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers collection provides access to select digitized newspaper pages produced by the National Digital Newspaper… Library of Congress AI4LAM Fantastic Futures 2026: REFLECTION AND RESPONSIBILITY Talk · 54 min Fantastic Futures is an international conference series organized by AI4LAM as one of the most important global events at the intersection of AI and cultural… Library of Congress Lucille Clifton Reads Her Poetry 1988 · Talk Lucille Clifton won the 2000 National Book Award for Poetry for her book Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems (BOA Editions, 2000). She has written 10… Library of Congress Allen Ginsberg Reads His Poetry 1988 · Talk Allen Ginsberg discusses his work and the poets who influenced him, including Walt Whitman and William Carlos Williams. Born in Newark, NJ in 1926, Ginsberg… Library of Congress Louise Glück Reads Her Poetry 1988 · Talk Louise Glück explains that she is a lyric poet who loves editing. After discussing writer's block and her early work, she reads in Part I from First Born… Library of Congress Denise Levertov Reads Her Poetry 1988 · Talk Denise Levertov (1923-1997) was born in Ilford, Essex, England. Educated entirely at home, she became a civilian nurse in World War II, serving in London… Library of Congress Rita Dove Reads Her Poetry 1989 · Talk Rita Dove reads her poems and discusses their sources with a small group of students. The poems are selected from Thomas and Beulah (Carnegie-Mellon… Library of Congress Sam Hamill Reads His Poetry 1989 · Talk Sam Hamill looks beyond the surface meaning of the words in this program. "What propels us through the poem is the emotion which gets expressed as rhythm," he… Library of Congress Michael Harper Reads His Poetry 1989 · Talk Michael S. Harper, Professor of English at Brown University, is the author of seven collections of poetry, including Dear John, Dear Coltrane and Healing Song… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 10 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 13 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 12 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 11 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 3. 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 4. 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 2. 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 7. 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 8. 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 9. 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 5. 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 6. 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 1. 1997 · Talk These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at… Library of Congress Visitor Orientation Film 1997 · Talk The Visitor Orientation film presents an introduction and basic overview to the Library of Congress. Highlighted are the Library's beginnings with Thomas… Library of Congress Sagas and Daily Life in the Icelandic Commonwealth, Part III 2000 · Talk The Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library sponsored a scholarly symposium on Old Norse sagas. The symposium, "Saga Literature and the Shaping… Library of Congress Sagas and the Icelandic Manuscript Tradition 2000 · Talk The Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library sponsored a scholarly symposium on Old Norse sagas. The symposium, "Saga Literature and the Shaping… Library of Congress Sagas and Daily Life in the Icelandic Commonwealth, Part I. 2000 · Talk The Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library sponsored a scholarly symposium on Old Norse sagas. The symposium, "Saga Literature and the Shaping… Library of Congress Sagas and Daily Life in the Icelandic Commonwealth, Part II 2000 · Talk The Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library sponsored a scholarly symposium on Old Norse sagas. The symposium, "Saga Literature and the Shaping… Library of Congress Voyages and Travel in Medieval Europe as Depicted in Saga Literature 2000 · Talk The Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library sponsored a scholarly symposium on Old Norse sagas. The symposium, "Saga Literature and the Shaping… Library of Congress Influence of the Sagas on Modern Nordic Literature 2000 · Talk The Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library sponsored a scholarly symposium on Old Norse sagas. The symposium, "Saga Literature and the Shaping… Library of Congress Saga Literature and Its Relation to Modern Visual Arts and Music 2000 · Talk The Library of Congress and the Cornell University Library sponsored a scholarly symposium on Old Norse sagas. The symposium, "Saga Literature and the Shaping… Library of Congress Bicentennial Symposium: Poetry & the American People 2000 · Talk As part of the celebration of its bicentennial celebration, the Library sponsored a symposium, "Poetry and the American People: Reading, Voice and Publication… Library of Congress Jefferson and His Legacy 2000 · Talk Historians Joseph Ellis and Annette Gordon-Reed discuss Jefferson and his legacy. Library of Congress Stanley Kunitz Reads His Poetry 2000 · Talk Stanley Kunitz, who occupied the Chair of Poetry at the Library from 1974 through 1976 as Consultant in Poetry (before the title was changed to ?Poet Laureate… Library of Congress Justice" by Roger Reynolds 2001 · Talk Composer Roger Reynolds' operatic work "Justice," commissioned for the celebration of the Library's Bicentennial in 2000, was performed in the Great Hall of… Library of Congress Introductory Remarks - James Madison: Philosopher & Practitioner of Liberal Democracy 2001 · Talk Charles Kesler presents opening remarks of a symposium sponsored by the Library of Congress in cooperation with the James Madison Commemoration Commission to… Library of Congress James Madison, Federalist 2001 · Talk Lance Banning discusses the role of James Madison in the writing of "The Federalist Papers" at this symposium celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth… Library of Congress James Madison's Sagacious, Powerful & Combining Mind 2001 · Talk Robert Goldwin discusses the extraordinary intellect of James Madison at this symposium celebrating the 250th anniversary of Madison's birth. The story of… Library of Congress James Madison & the Social Utility of Religion: Risks vs. Rewards 2001 · Talk James Hudson discussed the role of religion in the life of James Madison at this a symposium celebrating the 250th anniversary of Madison's birth. Thomas…