By Sandy Cohen / Associated Press Washington Post Thursday, December 17, 2009; B05
Since the infancy of the motion-picture art form, moving images have always appeared more fluid and expressive when accompanied by music. Whether accompanied by a lone piano player, a symphony orchestra or a record synced to the images on screen, music helps create pacing, carries emotion and makes the storyline soar.
In particular, animated films or cartoons opened opportunities for composers wanting to enhance the visual images of the animators with music, sound effects and songs.
A new Library exhibition, "Molto Animato! Music and Animation," opens on Thursday, Nov. 12, and will be on view through March 28, 2010.
Free and open to the public, the exhibition is open from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday and is located in the foyer outside the Performing Arts Reading Room on the first floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.
"Molto Animato!" explores the unparalleled collections in the Library's Music, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound, and Prints and Photographs divisions. Juxtaposing music scores, lyrics and drawings with film clips and sound recordings, the exhibition provides a glimpse into the intricate merging of art forms that brings drawings to life.
Featured items include a pen-and-ink brush drawing of conductor Leopold Stokowski by caricaturist Miguel Covarrubias; the score from "Bambi," with music by Frank Churchill and Edward Plumb and lyrics by Larry Morey; John Alden Carpenter's manuscript piano score for "Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime"; and the movie poster for "Walt Disney Pictures Presents Aladdin."
Also on view will be items from the Library's Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, the David Raksin Collection of film scores and the Howard Ashman Collection, including the draft script of Disney's animated film "The Little Mermaid."
The Library of Congress, the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, is the world's preeminent reservoir of knowledge, providing unparalleled collections and integrated resources to Congress and the American people. Many of the Library's rich resources and treasures may also be accessed through the Library's website www.loc.gov and via interactive exhibitions on a personalized website at myLOC.gov.
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RING IN THE NEW YEAR EARLY WITH MARVEL COMICS & THIRD EYE COMICS
Marvel's New Year's Eve Eve Party to Take Place at THIRD EYE COMICS on December 30th, 2009
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – THIRD EYE COMICS in association with Marvel Comics is pleased to announce the official Marvel's New Year's Eve EVE Party all day Wednesday, December 30th. Fans of Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, and all things Marvel are invited to come in and celebrate the new year during this all-day event. Among the giveaway items will be a free 2010 Marvel Super Hero calendar, Exclusive Avengers ID Cards to collect & trade, a free comic book - Origins of Siege – which features an all-new prologue to the 2010's HOTTEST event by Brian Michael Bendis, and more!
"Marvel would like to thank everyone for making 2009 such a milestone year," says Marvel Senior Vice President of Sales and Circulation Publishing David Gabriel. "As we wrap up our 70th Anniversary, we wanted to partner with local comic book shops to show our gratitude and also wish everyone a safe, happy, and marvelous 2010!"
Swing by THIRD EYE COMICS on December 30th for your free giveaways at the Marvel New Year's Eve EVE party and make yours Marvel in 2010!
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