Stevie Wonder Performs "Sketches of a Life"
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Singer/songwriter Stevie Wonder, the awardee of the second Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, premieres "Sketches of a Life," a sprawling, hybrid pop-classical concerto, written between 1976 and 1994. The work was unveiled through a commission for the Library of Congress in the Coolidge Auditorium. 00:30 Introduction by James Billington, Librarian of Congress (0:30) 08:49 "Sketches of a Life" (8:49)
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