Library of Congress Concerts
Captions for the images: (left) The Coolidge Auditorium; (right, top to bottom) Elizabeth Coolidge with Martha Graham, Performers on the Coolidge stage; Janos Starker, cellist, rehearsing on the Coolidge stage.
Since the inaugural concerts in 1925, the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress has been the venue for countless world-class performers, performances and premieres of new commissions. (view the current concert series schedule) This Web site will present video and recordings from many historic concerts as well as background on the series and its benefactors Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge and Gertrude Clarke Whittall.
Browse Concerts:
- Audio & Video Recordings
- The Coolidge Legacy, by Cyrilla Barr
Essays:
- A Brief History of the Music Division
- Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge: Patroness of New Music
- Gertrude Clarke Whittall: Preserving the Classic Tradition
- Beyond the Auditorium: Broadcasts and Recordings
- Entering the Twenty-First Century
- Folklife Concerts at the Library of Congress
- Concert Night at the Library, by Helen Dalrymple (published in the Library of Congress Information Bulletin, December 1998)