Daily News | Lizzo plays 209-year-old presidential flute from Library of Congress: ‘Nobody has ever heard this crystal flute before’
Hayden didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.On social media, performance viewers — both in the crowd and via circulating videos — noted the historic importance and symbolism the loan represented. Hayden is the first woman and first African American to lead the national library.
“I just twerked and played James Madison’s crystal flute from the 1800s. We just made history tonight,” sheHours later, the library tweeted that the flute had made it back safely.
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