Library Of Congress Music Division Announces Two Elson Memorial Lectures On Classical Music In Time Of 'Crisis' And Change
Thursday, November 30 at 7:00 PM -- Louis C. Elson Memorial Lecture
WRITING ABOUT MUSIC IN A TIME OF CHANGE
by Tim Page (no tickets required)
Mr Page is a Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic and writer on music.
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Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 PM -- Louis C. Elson Memorial Lecture
THE CLASSICAL MUSIC 'CRISIS' AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
by Joseph Horowitz (no tickets required)
Mr Horowitz is a writer, teacher, and artistic advisor; and is the author of the recent book "Classical Music In America: A History of Its Rise and Fall".
For more details, see Library of Congress Music Division 2006-07 Season
The Cremonese Collection
Instrument collecting in the Music Division began with the generosity of Mrs. Gertrude Clarke Whittall. Well known in Washington for the soirées musicales which occurred frequently in her home, and wishing to have her own quartet of well-matched stringed instruments, she enlisted the aid of famed violinist Louis Krasner, who was able to locate no fewer than five excellent instruments by Antonio Stradivari which she purchased in 1934 and 1935: the "Castelbarco" cello (1697); the "Cassavetti" viola (1727); and three violins, the "Ward" (1700), the "Castelbarco" (1699), and the "Betts" (1704). Five Tourte bows accompanied the instruments. Mrs. Whittall also provided an endowment to ensure professional in-house use of her instruments as well as other music making within the scope and traditions of the Music Division. In addition, her gift included funding for the construction of a pavilion to house and display her instruments: the Whittall Pavilion, which adjoins the Coolidge Auditorium, was completed in 1939.
Text and photo credit: (c) Library of Congress. With thanks.
WRITING ABOUT MUSIC IN A TIME OF CHANGE
by Tim Page (no tickets required)
Mr Page is a Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic and writer on music.
*
Wednesday, March 7 at 7:00 PM -- Louis C. Elson Memorial Lecture
THE CLASSICAL MUSIC 'CRISIS' AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
by Joseph Horowitz (no tickets required)
Mr Horowitz is a writer, teacher, and artistic advisor; and is the author of the recent book "Classical Music In America: A History of Its Rise and Fall".
For more details, see Library of Congress Music Division 2006-07 Season
The Cremonese Collection
Instrument collecting in the Music Division began with the generosity of Mrs. Gertrude Clarke Whittall. Well known in Washington for the soirées musicales which occurred frequently in her home, and wishing to have her own quartet of well-matched stringed instruments, she enlisted the aid of famed violinist Louis Krasner, who was able to locate no fewer than five excellent instruments by Antonio Stradivari which she purchased in 1934 and 1935: the "Castelbarco" cello (1697); the "Cassavetti" viola (1727); and three violins, the "Ward" (1700), the "Castelbarco" (1699), and the "Betts" (1704). Five Tourte bows accompanied the instruments. Mrs. Whittall also provided an endowment to ensure professional in-house use of her instruments as well as other music making within the scope and traditions of the Music Division. In addition, her gift included funding for the construction of a pavilion to house and display her instruments: the Whittall Pavilion, which adjoins the Coolidge Auditorium, was completed in 1939.
Text and photo credit: (c) Library of Congress. With thanks.
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