Music Library presents exhibit on American composers

In honor of John Adams's residency as the inaugural winner of the School of Music's Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Musical Composition, the Music Library presents "American Ingenuity: Manuscripts from the Northwestern University Music Library's Special Collections."

These manuscripts exemplify the rich variety of musical styles, techniques, and aesthetics that shaped the development of music in the twentieth century and continue to resonate in the music of today's composers.

"American Ingenuity," located in the Music Library lobby on the second level of Deering Library, will be in place through May 2006.

Special thanks to Jeanette Casey and Ruth Young for their assistance in preparing this exhibit.

D.J. Hoek
Head, Northwestern University Music Library