Just Because (musical)
''Just Because'' was a 1922 musical. According to Cait Miller at the Library of Congress, the play "may well have been the first full-length Broadway musical authored entirely by women". The musical is set in the suburbs of New York City. Background The original version of the musical was copyrighted in 1919, with the book written by Anna Wynne O'Ryan, the lyrics written by Annelu Burns and the musical score composed by Madelyn Sheppard. The title of the play was named by Burns. While the play was being prepared for production in New York, O'Ryan rewrote parts of the book and rewrote the comedy lyrics on behalf of Burns, who was staying in the Southern United States and was unable to return to New York City. During production preparation, Helen Smith Woodruff helped to organize funding for the show. Still unable to return before the New York production, Burns sold her rights of the musical to Woodruff. Songs sold to Woodruff that were written by Burns included "Love-Just Si ...
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Library Of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains a conservation center in Culpeper, Virginia. The library's functions are overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its "collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than 470 languages." Congress moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800 after holding sessions for eleven years in the temporary national capitals in New York City and Philadelphia. In both cities, members of the U.S. Congress had access to the sizable collection ...
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