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The Gershwin Gallery presents As the Old Sing, So the Young Twitter.
Inspired by the musical and verbal relationship between birds and flutes, this exhibition uses the archaic definitions of four words to explore the connections between birdsong and human music making. With "Twitter," "Chatter," "Record" and "Warble," different realms of flute-playing are featured, and visitors are taken on an etymological and iconographic journey through the depth and breadth of the Library of Congress collections relating to the flute.
The Gallery, designed by Hodgetts and Fung Design Associates, was made possible by a generous gift from the Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trust for the Benefit of the Library of Congress. The exhibit may be seen while taking a tour or when attending a performance of the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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