40 Years of Beautiful Music Library Marks 40th Anniversary of Juilliard Residency

摘要

A special celebration of the Juilliard String Quartet's 40th anniversary as quartet-in-residence at the Library is a major focus of programming in 2003 by Concerts from the Library of Congress. "For many years Library concerts have been identified mainly with string quartet performances by our resident quartet," said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. "And for the past 40 years, that quartet has been the Juilliard. Its principal role has been to give free public concerts on the magnificent Stradivari instruments donated to the Library by Gertrude Clarke Whittall. In addition to their stellar role as first-class artists who never fail to breathe new life into the classical repertoire, the members of the Juilliard have succeeded in creat- ing for themselves and the Library a reputation for fostering new music, some of which has already entered the realm of 'contemporary classic.