Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Each collection item was donated by its creating individual or organization. The first collection materials arrived in March 2021.
Accruals
Accruals are expected.
Processing History
Music Division staff process materials in the Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection as they arrive. This finding aid will be updated as new works are acquired and incorporated into the collection. Melissa Wertheimer composed the Related Material section. Janet McKinney coded the finding aid in 2021.
Related Material
Through the Dina Koston and Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music, the Library of Congress Concert Office established The Boccaccio Project to commission ten pairs of composers and performers to write and perform brief solo works to be premiered online over the course of ten weekdays in June 2020. Scores for the ten commissions are individually cataloged in ML30.29a Case and videos of the virtual world premieres are in the Library's digital collections .
The Library of Congress Coronavirus Web Archive is an inter-disciplinary digital collection of archived web-based content related to the pandemic curated by a team of subject specialists across the Library. The Coronavirus Web Archive contains the following projects represented in the Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection: the ARCO Collaborative Alone Together Project, Broadcast from Home by Lisa Bielawa, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Fanfare Project, Gratias Tibi by José Luis Domínguez, "Life in Quarantine" by Ben Gibbard, the Creative Repertoire Initiative, Full Pink Moon: Opera Povera in Quarantine , and Play at Home.
The Silkroad Artist Response Project is part of the Performing Arts Web Archive . The LC Commissioned Composers Web Archive and American Music Creators Web Archive include archived websites of several composers represented in the Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection.
Digital Files
Digital files were received as part of the Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection and have been assigned digital ID numbers formulated as PACR_MUS_YYYY_###. The first of these is PACR_MUS_2021_044 and the last is PACR_MUS_2024_002. Use the digital ID numbers to request access copies of the files. Access to this digital content may be available onsite only in the Performing Arts Reading Room and requires advance request. Consult reference staff in the Performing Arts Reading Room for more information.
Technical Requirements
The digital files in this collection represent a wide array of formats, including .doc, .heic, .indd, .idlml, .jpg, .mov, .mp3, .mp4, .pdf, .png, .tiff, .wav, .xlsx as well as .pages files created with Apple software. The .pages files may not be accessible on computers with Windows operating systems.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container or digital ID number], Performing Arts COVID-19 Response Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.