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SUMMARY:Music America: Iconic Objects from America’s Music History at Grammy Museum Mississippi
DESCRIPTION:Following its February debut at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum in Austin\, Texas\, Music America: Iconic Objects From America’s Music History will open to the public at GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi on Friday\, Sept. 20. With close to 100 objects representing the best of American music\, the exhibit – curated by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music (BSACAM) at Monmouth University in West Long Branch\, NJ – tells the story of how music has informed\, interpreted\, and inspired our national identity since it was founded nearly two-and-a-half centuries ago. This exhibit is made possible by Visit Mississippi and Mississippi Humanities Council with additional support from Ergon\, Inc. and South Delta Planning and Development District. The education programs for this exhibit are made possible by the Maddox Foundation.\n“Music has been deeply engrained in the fabric of American history since the nation was founded almost 250 years ago\,” said Emily Havens\, Executive Director of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi.\n“The Music America exhibit helps tell the complex story of American music by featuring objects from artists of all genres\, including those who put music from the Delta on the map. Together\, these artists and the songs they’ve made describe our national soundtrack. From rock and roll and country\, to the blues\, jazz\, and other genres\, visitors will learn how music has shaped and interpreted our national identity.” \n“In curating this exhibit\, we didn’t just want to focus on the history of rock and roll in America\, or country\, or blues\, we wanted to tell the story of how all of these genres together have shaped our identity as a nation\,” said Robert Santelli\, BSACAM Executive Director. “With the Delta being at the heart of so much music history\, we are thrilled to be bringing the Music America exhibit to the GRAMMY Museum in Mississippi. There are so many stories to be told\, specifically from Delta musicians alone\, and we can’t wait to share those with visitors to Cleveland.”\nOn display through April 13\, 2025\, the exhibit will feature iconic objects from artists such as Lead Belly\, Sam Cooke\, Bob Dylan\, Ella Fitzgerald\, Jimi Hendrix\, Billie Holiday\, Buddy Holly\, Whitney Houston\, B.B. King\, Elvis Presley\, and Frank Sinatra. Specific artifacts on display will include: Late 18th century hymnalEdison Standard PhonographSpringsteen’s outfit from the cover of 1984 album Born in the U.S.A.John Coltrane’s saxophoneLeonard Bernstein’s outfit and batonOriginal handwritten lyrics to John Mellencamp’s “Pink Houses”Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Number One” guitarVisitors will also experience an interactive “Song Bar” that enables them to hear performances by some of the artists highlighted in the exhibit\, along with additional melodies that demonstrate the depth\, breadth\, and great productivity of American musicians. \nMusic America features artifacts from the permanent collection of the BSACAM alongside treasures from other institutions across the country such as the New Orleans Jazz Museum\, Hard Rock International\, and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame\, as well as dozens of prominent collectors of American music ephemera. \nThis exhibit is made possible by Visit Mississippi and Mississippi Humanities Council with additional support from Ergon\, Inc.\, South Delta Planning and Development District\, Maddox Foundation\, Southern Tire Mart\, Gipson Mechanical\, and Visit Cleveland.\nGRAMMY Museum Mississippi is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Museum is closed on Mondays. Tickets can be purchased in person at the box office\, or by visiting grammymuseumms.org.
URL:https://springsteencenter.org/event/music-america-iconic-objects-from-americas-music-history-at-grammy-museum-mississippi/
LOCATION:GRAMMY Museum Missippi\, 800 W Sunflower Rd\, Cleveland\, MS\, 38732\, United States
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SUMMARY:Second Annual President’s Lecture on Music History and Contemporary America
DESCRIPTION:WEST LONG BRANCH\, N.J. – The Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music (BSACAM) at Monmouth University is pleased to announce the second annual President’s Lecture on Music History and Contemporary America\, to be held on Thursday\, Jan. 30 at 3 p.m. in Pollak Theatre on the campus of Monmouth University\, 400 Cedar Ave.\, West Long Branch\, New Jersey. The event\, which is free and open to all\, will feature acclaimed historian Sean Wilentz. Wilentz\, George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University\, will present “‘I Don’t Write Protest Songs’: Bob Dylan\, 1963.” \n\n\n\nAs Wilentz notes\, “To this day\, Bob Dylan’s early work gets tagged as political or topical or protest music\, despite his own protests about it. He has always refused to be categorized as a protest singer or a political spokesman or anything else other than a songwriter and performer. ‘I don’t write protest songs\,’ he declared to the audience at a Monday night hootenanny at Gerde’s Folk City in 1962. Yet that renunciation served as Dylan’s introduction to his first-ever public performance of ‘Blowin’ in the Wind\,’ a song that within months would become an anthem of the burgeoning civil rights movement. Although he spoke only for himself\, the shifting politics of Dylan’s early output expressed a strong point of view that was essential to his emergence in Greenwich Village\, perhaps the most rapid leap into genius of any artist in modern times. That development accelerated early in 1963\, led to an extraordinary burst of creativity beginning in the middle of the year\, and culminated in a landmark concert at Carnegie Hall on Oct. 26\, the end of the beginning of Dylan’s long career.” \n\n\n\nWilentz’s lecture\, drawing on rare and in some cases uncirculated recordings from the time\, will assess the tension and energies behind this exceptional formative period in Dylan’s art. Copies of his book\, “Bob Dylan in America\,” will be available for purchase and signing after his talk. Hosted by Monmouth University President and BSACAM Board of Directors Chair Dr. Patrick F. Leahy\, this second installment in the annual lecture series comes on the heels of the release of the Dylan biopic\, “A Complete Unknown.” In Leahy’s words\, “I am so pleased to welcome Professor Wilentz as the featured speaker for our Second Annual Lecture on Music History and Contemporary America. As one of the leading voices in the study of U.S. political and social history\, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music\, Professor Wilentz’s insights will undoubtedly enrich our understanding of Dylan’s influence on the connections between music\, politics\, and the social forces that have shaped our nation’s history.” \n\n\n\nAnd as BSACAM Curator Melissa Ziobro notes\, “We at the BSACAM are thrilled we can continue to bring nationally recognized scholars to our campus for the benefit of our students and the entire community\, both on campus and beyond.” While the event is free and open to the public\, advance registration is required. For group reservations\, email Ziobro directly at mziobro@monmouth.edu.
URL:https://springsteencenter.org/event/bruce-springsteen-archives-center-for-american-music-announces-second-annual-presidents-lecture-on-music-history-and-contemporary-america/
LOCATION:Pollak Theatre\, 400 Cedar Avenue\, W. Long Branch\, NJ\, 07764\, United States
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