Baltimore’s “Cathedral of Books” just opened an exhibit that explores the evolution of American pop culture as traced through its music.
The George Peabody Library in Mount Vernon is the setting for “Grace Notes in American History,” a display that features more than 100 popular songs and instrumental compositions drawn from the Johns Hopkins University’s collection of 19th century and early 20th century sheet music.
The compositions on view include works from The Great American Song Book and the Harlem Renaissance to Baltimore-based music publishers and national movements for suffrage, emancipation and labor.
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