Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 10
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
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Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 13
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 12
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 11
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 3.
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 4.
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 2.
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 7.
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 8.
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 9.
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 5.
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 6.
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 1.
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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Contributor:
Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Music Division
Date:1997
Film, Video
Visitor Orientation Film
The Visitor Orientation film presents an introduction and basic overview to the Library of Congress. Highlighted are the Library's beginnings with Thomas Jefferson's book donation; CRS; interlibrary loaning with cataloging records database; Copyright Office; preservation initiative; and NDL.
Contributor:
Library of Congress
Date:1997
Film, Video
Rita Dove Reads Her Poetry
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 University Press, 1986) which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and from her earlier books: The Yellow House on the Corner (1980), Museum (Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1983), and a book of short stories: Fifth Sunday (University Press of Virginia, 1985).
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office - Library of Congress
Date:1989
Film, Video
Sam Hamill Reads His Poetry
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 tells a small group of students. "Precise emotion and precise words are needed in poetry." Hamill reads and discusses translations of ancient classical Asian poets.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office - Library of Congress
Date:1989
Film, Video
Michael Harper Reads His Poetry
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 for the Inner Ear. He has been the recipient of the Governor's Poetry Award and a Doctorate of Letters from Notre Dame College in Manchester, New Hampshire; he was named a Literary Lion by the New York Public Library;…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office - Library of Congress
Date:1989
Film, Video
Lucille Clifton Reads Her Poetry
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 collections of poetry and 19 children's books.
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office - Library of Congress
Date:1988
Film, Video
Allen Ginsberg Reads His Poetry
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 became a major figure in American poetry in the late 1950s after his book, Howl and Other Poems, was published. Along with his friends William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, and Jack Kerouac, Ginsberg was part the Beat Movement. In…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office - Library of Congress
Date:1988
Film, Video
Louise Glück Reads Her Poetry
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 (1983), The House on Marshland (1975), and Descending Figure (1980). In Part II, she continues with poems from Descending Figure and The Triumph of Achilles (1987). In Part III, Glück discusses poems by others that she…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office - Library of Congress
Date:1988
Film, Video
Denise Levertov Reads Her Poetry
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 throughout the bombings. Levertov emigrated to the United States in 1941. She received early encouragement and guidance from T.S. Eliot, Robert Creeley, William Carlos Williams and Kenneth Rexroth. In 1956, she became a U. S. citizen. During the 1960s…
Contributor:
Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office - Library of Congress
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 10 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 13 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 12 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 11 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 3. 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 4. 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 2. 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 7. 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 8. 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 9. 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 5. 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 6. 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoConversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 1. 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 hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods",…
Film, VideoVisitor Orientation Film The Visitor Orientation film presents an introduction and basic overview to the Library of Congress. Highlighted are the Library's beginnings with Thomas Jefferson's book donation; CRS; interlibrary loaning with cataloging records database; Copyright Office; preservation initiative; and NDL.
Film, VideoRita Dove Reads Her Poetry 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 University Press, 1986) which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and from her earlier books: The Yellow House on the Corner (1980), Museum (Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1983), and a book of short stories: Fifth Sunday (University Press of Virginia, 1985).
Film, VideoSam Hamill Reads His Poetry 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 tells a small group of students. "Precise emotion and precise words are needed in poetry." Hamill reads and discusses translations of ancient classical Asian poets.
Film, VideoMichael Harper Reads His Poetry 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 for the Inner Ear. He has been the recipient of the Governor's Poetry Award and a Doctorate of Letters from Notre Dame College in Manchester, New Hampshire; he was named a Literary Lion by the New York Public Library;…
Film, VideoLucille Clifton Reads Her Poetry 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 collections of poetry and 19 children's books.
Film, VideoAllen Ginsberg Reads His Poetry 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 became a major figure in American poetry in the late 1950s after his book, Howl and Other Poems, was published. Along with his friends William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, and Jack Kerouac, Ginsberg was part the Beat Movement. In…
Film, VideoLouise Glück Reads Her Poetry 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 (1983), The House on Marshland (1975), and Descending Figure (1980). In Part II, she continues with poems from Descending Figure and The Triumph of Achilles (1987). In Part III, Glück discusses poems by others that she…
Film, VideoDenise Levertov Reads Her Poetry 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 throughout the bombings. Levertov emigrated to the United States in 1941. She received early encouragement and guidance from T.S. Eliot, Robert Creeley, William Carlos Williams and Kenneth Rexroth. In 1956, she became a U. S. citizen. During the 1960s…