BGuthrie Photos: Library of Congress -- Event: Lionel Richie (w/Carla Hayden)

Library of Congress -- Event: Lionel Richie (w/Carla Hayden):

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Description of Pictures: Lionel Richie in Conversation with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
In honor of the 2022 Gershwin Prize, join us for a live conversation with Lionel Richie and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. RICHIE_220307_0056.JPG: Shari Werb Director, Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement, Library of Congress
2. RICHIE_220307_0112.JPG: Susan Vita, Chief, Music Division, Library of Congress
3. RICHIE_220307_0448.JPG: Carla Hayden, Lionel Richie
4. RICHIE_220307_0453.JPG: Apparently Lionel's personal photographer who ignored the mask rules
5. RICHIE_220307_0470.JPG: Shawn Miller (LOC photographer)
6. RICHIE_220307_0516.JPG: Doing a fist-bump with Carla Hayden
7. RICHIE_220307_0608.JPG: In town to accept the 2022 Gershwin Prize, legendary songwriter and performer Lionel Richie spoke at the Library of Congress on March 7, 2022.
8. RICHIE_220307_0742.JPG: Susan Vita presents Lionel Richie with a copy of ones of the Library of Congress's musical manuscript collection.
9. RICHIE_220307_0792.JPG: Francis Johnson (composer) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Francis "Frank" Johnson (June 16, 1792 – April 6, 1844) was an American musician and prolific composer during the Antebellum period. African American composers were rare in the U.S. during this period, but Johnson was among the few who were successful. Performing as a virtuoso of the (now rare) keyed Kent bugle and the violin, he wrote more than two hundred compositions of various styles—operatic airs, Ethiopian minstrel songs, patriotic marches, ballads, cotillions, quadrilles, quicksteps and other dances. Only manuscripts and piano transcriptions survive today. Johnson was the first African American composer to have his works published as sheet music. He also was the first African American to give public concerts and the first to participate in racially integrated concerts in the United States. He led the first American musical ensemble to present concerts abroad, and he introduced the promenade concert style to America. Biography Francis "Frank" Johnson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 16, 1792, and baptized three months later at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on September 23. He directed military bands and society dance orchestras, taught music, and performed on the violin and keyed bugle. His early career consisted of performing for balls, parades, and dancing schools. He first became widely known in 1818 when George Willig published Johnson's Collection of New Cotillions. His career flourished in the 1820s, as he performed arrangements of "fashionable" music for most of the major dance functions in Philadelphia. In 1837 Johnson and a small ensemble of African American musicians sailed to England to take part in the celebrations surrounding the ascent of Queen Victoria to the British throne. While there, he was exposed to the promenade concert style. When Johnson returned from England in 1838 he introduced this new style of concert in Philadelphia during the Christmas season. Johnson's Voice Quadrilles, a musical work performed in London and in major U.S. cities, was well received and successful. His work New Cotillions and March was performed for General LaFayette, as America celebrated LaFayette's visit in 1824. A townsman in Philadelphia noted that nothing would be more natural than for a master such as Johnson to perform at the grand LaFayette Ball. This notoriety is a hint as to why Johnson's music was included in compilations alongside Beethoven, Bellini, Brahms, Burgm�ller, Czerny, Donizetti and Weber. When his Philadelphia brass band toured England in 1838, Johnson was able to play for Queen Victoria. After playing for Queen Victoria, she presented him with a silver bugle. Johnson successfully rivaled white musical organizations, receiving patronage from the public in spite of the considerable racial discrimination of the time. Available accounts show that his composition and playing must have had qualities which cannot be reconstructed from the surviving manuscripts. Historical accounts suggest that his performances infused stylistic rhythmic changes, differing from the written versions, which were either inferred by performers or instructed verbally. This is presumed to be similar to the improvisations made by jazz musicians today, although the current practices and idioms are probably vastly different from the ones used by Johnson. He was able to create interesting music, harmonies, and effects that differed from the diatonic harmonies and triadic melodies that were popular at that time. Johnson also performed sacred music at black churches in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. He staged a performance of Creation in March 1841 at the First African Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, and later repeated the performance at a European-American church. Johnson served as a teacher to wealthy European-American students, one of whom wrote that the teacher's studio walls were covered with images of instruments, various instruments could be found around the room, and shelves were laden with thousands of musical collections. The student noted that Johnson's spot for composing contained unfinished manuscripts, with pen and ink ready for use. After Johnson's death, the Frank Johnson Orchestra continued to play under that name led by Joseph Anderson Sr. with music arrangements by Henry F. Williams.
10. RICHIE_220307_0998.JPG: Maureen Cohen Harrington, Jonathan Rosenberry, ???
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Featured Folk: Some of the people here can also be seen on other pages on this site.
- Hayden, Carla appears on:
  - 2024_03_21D2_Taupin Library of Congress -- Event: A Conversation with 2024 Gershwin Honoree Bernie Taupin
  - 2023_DC_LOC_Holiday_231214 Library of Congress -- Event: Holiday Celebration
  - 2023_DC_Shogan_230911 Natl Archives -- Swearing-in Ceremony of Archivist Colleen Shogan
  - 2023_DC_NBF_Ward_230812 Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Why Fiction Matters with Jesmyn Ward, 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner
  - 2023_DC_NBF_White_Bird_230812 Natl Book Festival 2023 -- "White Bird": Deep in the Wonder Universe with R.J. Palacio and Erica S. Perl
  - 2023_DC_NBF_Misc_230812 Natl Book Festival 2023 -- Miscelleanous
  - 2023_DC_Iconic_America_230425 PBS @ GWU Lisner -- Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories (w/David Rubenstein w/Lonnie Bunch, Carla Hayden, and David Brooks)
  - 2023_DC_Gershwin_230301 Library of Congress -- Event: Gershwin Prize
  - 2022_DC_NBF_CSpan_220903 Natl Book Festival 2022 -- Book TV on C-Span2
  - 2019_DC_ALA_Authors American Library Association 2019 conference (Washington, DC) -- Exhibit Hall: Authors
  - ...More (List all 30 pages with this person)...
- Richie, Lionel appears on:
  - 2017_DC_Honors_171203 DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2017)
  - 2011_DC_Honors_111204 DC -- Kennedy Center -- Kennedy Center Honors (2011)
  - 2001_DC_Lionel_010628 Ronald Reagan Bldg -- Performance: Lionel Richie
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