I guess it's Library of Congress day here at Shades. The Library of Congress looms large in the work lives of librarians -- especially catalogers, who rely on LC for guidance in almost everything. So as a cataloger, musician, and former band geek, I think it's especially neat that Stephen Bulla has completed John Phillip Sousa's Library of Congress March, which was unfinished at the time of Sousa's death. What's even better: the score, performance parts, and a recording are freely available at the link above, as part of the treasure trove that is the I Hear America Singing collection.
Maybe I'm just getting an early start on celebrating National Library Week.
Posted by Stacie at April 6, 2005 03:35 PM | TrackBackWow, Sousa was really pushing the edges of experimentation with those radial late works! It sounds nothing like his earlier work at all!
Posted by: Christian Erickson at April 7, 2005 12:24 PMEr…radical, not radial. Well, I blew that snide comment.
Posted by: Christian Erickson at April 7, 2005 12:26 PMYeah, it's pretty much standard-issue Sousa. But at least it's named for a library...
Posted by: Stacie at April 7, 2005 10:42 PM