Posts by Rebecca Littman

Between Me, Literature, and Jazz

by Rebecca Littman, Managing Librarian, Music & Recorded Sound, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
December 15, 2020

For every writer, there is a distinctive moment in which the crossroads of music and the written arts surfaces into a singular and synonymous condition.

While We Were Out: New Acquisitions at the Library for the Performing Arts

by Rebecca Littman, Managing Librarian, Music & Recorded Sound, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
November 19, 2020

Over the course of the months that we were physically out of the building,materials continued to be ordered and processed. Here is a small selection ready to be shelved.

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Hawaiian Steel Guitar as Resistance Music: Tracing a Hidden History

by Rebecca Littman, Managing Librarian, Music & Recorded Sound, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
August 12, 2020

If music is galvanizing, it is also portable and shape-shifting. It can be stored away in memory and carried into new contexts, developing in new directions and picking up new associations.

Listen Like Lou: Selection of LPs from Lou Reed’s Personal Collection

by Rebecca Littman, Managing Librarian, Music & Recorded Sound, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
September 24, 2019

Lou Reed's personal record collection reflects the diversity of his interests, from Elvis Costello and Iggy Pop, to opera, rap, and hip hop. As part of the current Lou Reed exhibit, here are four standout selections from his collections - and check out our ever-expanding accompanying Spotify playlist.

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