Lunch with the Libraries & Museums: Musical Treasures and Thieves
Most Recent
•
35m
Presented by Hopkins at Home, Sheridan Libraries and Friends of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries
Join curator Sam Bessen for an exploration of music, literature, and thievery through the lens of historic bound volumes of sheet music. These 18th and 19th-century compilations, artfully leather-bound with colorful and custom designs, preserved the favorite songs of amateur musicians. While many such volumes were later dismantled so individual songs could be sold, the surviving books offer remarkable insight into the lives and tastes of their original owners.
Bessen showcases several rare examples from the collection, including an early publication by Baltimore’s own Benjamin Carr; a volume once owned by H.L. Mencken; and an exceptional first edition of The Star-Spangled Banner—stolen from one of these volumes and miraculously recovered.
Up Next in Most Recent
-
Exploration Takes Flight on Titan
• Presented by Hopkins at Home •
• Featuring Dr. Sarah M. Hörst, Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Adjunct Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute •Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is unique in our solar system. Below Titan's thick organic haze layer, rivers of methan...
-
Trauma, Truth, and Triumph: Charlesto...
• Presented by Hopkins at Home •
• Featuring Dr. Tonya M. Matthews, SOM '06 (PhD), President and CEO of the International African American Museum (IAAM) •Join us for "Trauma, Truth, and Triumph: The Story of Charleston's International African American Museum", featuring Dr. Tonya M. Matthews, S...
-
Planetary Health: The Future of Healt...
• Presented by the Institute for Planetary Health and Hopkins at Home •
Join Dr. Chris Lemon, Associate Director and Faculty Co-Director of Clinical Programs at Johns Hopkins’s Institute for Planetary Health, for an inspiring exploration of the ways Earth’s unraveling ecosystems are shaping the ...
