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Janus Quartet celebrates Public Domain Day — CANCELED

Janus Quartet - Devin Copfer, Nancy Nehring, Mark Rudoff, Kelsey Shaheen
September 22, 2023
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Thompson Library Reading Room, 11th floor

This event is canceled. We will update if rescheduling is possible.


Join us for a live performance of chamber music in celebration of Public Domain Day 2023, featuring musical works entering the public domain in the U.S. The event will include remarks on the music, recent copyright developments, and Ohio State resources and events that promote musical works from 1927 entering the public domain for the first time. This event is presented by The Ohio State University Libraries.

As part of the Public Domain Project, School of Music Professor Mark Rudoff’s Janus String Quartet will perform the newly public-domain Variations on "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (String Quartet No. 2) by African American composer Adolphus C. Hailstork, and the Third String Quartet by Hungarian American composer, pianist and conductor Ernst von Dohnányi. Questions about public domain, the composers and performers, and the music itself will be welcomed following the performance.

The Janus String Quartet takes its name and inspiration from Janus, the Roman god of time and transitions, presenting faces that look to the past and the future. Janus brings together rising stars Devin Copfer and Kelsey Shaheen with veterans Nancy Nehring and Mark Rudoff. They share the artistic mission of tugging on threads that connect old and new musics, and weaving those threads into the broad tapestry of the humanities. Program and bios

This event is free and open to the public; registration is not required.

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