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    The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America See and Hear American History Through Song "Know the songs of a country and you will know its history for the true feeling of a people speaks through what they sing."
    • Date: 1581

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    Amazing Grace This collection highlights the history of the hymn “Amazing Grace” from the earliest printing of the song to selected performances of it on published and field recordings. These items have been collected from several divisions in the Library of Congress, including the Music Division, the American Folklife Center, the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, and the Rare Books Division. Also available here…
    • Date: 1930

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    Music from the Bob Hope collection, 1932-1997 In a career that spanned nearly seventy years, American comedian and entertainer Bob Hope performed in theater, radio, film, television, and numerous public appearances, including his tours in support of the U.S. military. Music from the Bob Hope Collection contains manuscript scores, instrumental parts, and lyrics for nearly 500 works used in Hope's films, television programs, and personal appearances. These materials are part of…
    • Contributor: Wolpe, Dave - Alberti, Bob (Pianist) - Comstock, Frank - Perito, Nick - Harmon, Manny - Rogers, Shorty - Myers, Pete - Hill, J. (James L.) - Hope, Bob
    • Date: 1932
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    The Gerry Mulligan Collection [Portrait of Gerry Mulligan, ca. 1980s] by William P. Gottlieb. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. As a saxophonist, composer, arranger and band leader, Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996) is a jazz legend. The Library of Congress serves as the repository for the Gerry Mulligan Collection, which it obtained in the late 1990s. In this initial Web offering, the Library of Congress is making available…
    • Contributor: Mandel, Johnny - Handy, George - Dankworth, John - Grusin, Dave - Mulligan, Gerry - Cohn, AL - Forman, Mitchel - McFarland, Gary - Lee, Julian - Holman, Bill - Boras, Tom - Brookmeyer, Bob
    • Date: 1940

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    J. Fischer & Bro. music publishers collection, 1950-1970 The J. Fischer & Bro. Music Publishers Collection contains music manuscripts and published or photo-reproduced musical scores, in original or arranged versions. The majority of the collection are choral works, both sacred and secular, many with piano or organ accompaniment. In addition, there are original works for organ and piano, as well as piano and organ transcriptions. Most of these works were published by…
    • Contributor: J. Fischer & Bro
    • Date: 1950
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    Richard Rodgers collection, 1917-1980 The collection primarily consists of Rodgers' music holographs--sketches, vocal scores (many with lyric sheets) and short scores. In addition, the collection includes full scores for eight of the Rodgers and Hammerstein shows. The collection also includes a small number of programs, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and other items.
    • Contributor: Hart, Lorenz - Rodgers, Richard - Hammerstein, Oscar, II
    • Date: 1917
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    Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection presents traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-67, when Reed was over eighty years old, the tunes represent the music and evoke the history and spirit of Virginia's Appalachian frontier. Many of the tunes have passed back into circulation during the fiddling revival…
    • Contributor: Ricci, Glenn - Reed, Henry - Glenroy, William B. - Jabbour, Alan - Reed, Gene - Reed, Watha - American Folklife Center
    • Date: 2000

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    Tommy Newsom arrangements, 1947-1999 Tommy Newsom (1929-2007) was a saxophonist, arranger, bandleader, and composer. The collection contains musical arrangements that he wrote for dance band, symphonic orchestra, and small ensemble. The arrangements include manuscripts, printed copies, and photocopies for both full scores and orchestral parts. Most of the music dates from his thirty-year stint with the Tonight Show band. A few of the arrangements are by other arrangers…
    • Contributor: Newsom, Tommy
    • Date: 1947
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    Songs of Edward Lipton, 1967-1984 Edward Lipton (1934-2011) was a songwriter and performer primarily known for writing children's songs. The collection contains manuscript scores for songs he wrote for both children and adults. Many are accompanied by lyric sheets.
    • Contributor: Lipton, Ed
    • Date: 1967
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    Med Flory arrangements for Supersax, 1970s-1980s Med Flory was an American saxophonist, bandleader, actor, and screenwriter. He began working on arrangements of Charlie Parker choruses in 1956 and eventually founded Supersax in 1972, an ensemble dedicated to the performance of Parker's repertoire. The collection contains manuscript scores and several parts for Flory's arrangements for Supersax.
    • Contributor: Flory, Med
    • Date: 1970
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    Ella Fitzgerald collection, 1956-1992 Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) was a popular and highly-respected American jazz and pop vocalist and recording artist. The Ella Fitzgerald Collection chiefly consists of musical arrangements made for her by more than fifty arrangers and orchestrators. Arrangers whose works are found in this collection include Buddy Bregman, Benny Carter, Frank DeVol, Russ Garcia, Billy May, Marty Paich, Nelson Riddle, and Gerald Wilson. The arrangements consist…
    • Contributor: Bregman, Buddy - Ellington, Duke - Hughart, Jim - Feller, Sid - May, Billy - Devol, Frank - Bulling, Erich - Carson, Tee - Holman, Bill - Fitzgerald, Ella ... Bregman, Buddy - Ellington, Duke - Hughart, Jim - Feller, Sid - May, Billy - Devol, Frank - Bulling, Erich - Carson, Tee - Holman, Bill - Fitzgerald, Ella - Paich, Marty - Doggett, Bill - Weston, Paul - Wilson, Gerald - Carter, Benny - Garcia, Russell - Riddle, Nelson
    • Date: 1956
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    Bronislava Nijinska Collection The collection of notable dancer, choreographer and teacher Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) contains a diverse variety of materials documenting dance and the arts in the twentieth century. Available here are over 200 collection items, including manuscripts, books, diaries, choreographic notebooks, correspondence, moving image materials, music scores, photographs, posters, programs, set and costume designs, and scrapbooks.
    • Contributor: Cuevas, George De - Goncharova, Natalii︠a︡ Sergeevna - Raetz, Gibbs S. - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Dolin, Anton - Ashton, Frederick - Chagall, Marc - Annenkov, I︠u︡ri - Nijinska, Irina - Diaghilev, Serge ... Cuevas, George De - Goncharova, Natalii︠a︡ Sergeevna - Raetz, Gibbs S. - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Dolin, Anton - Ashton, Frederick - Chagall, Marc - Annenkov, I︠u︡ri - Nijinska, Irina - Diaghilev, Serge - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Vertès, Marcel - Larionov, Mikhail Fedorovich - Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Jacob's Pillow - Reinhardt, Max - Singaevsky, Nicholas - Nijinska, Bronislava - Poulenc, Francis - Exter, Alexandra - Kirsta, Georg - Stravinsky, Igor - Rubinstein, Ida - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky - Pavlova, Anna - Petipa, Marius
    • Date: 1740

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    Ragtime Ragtime, a uniquely American, syncopated musical phenomenon, has been a strong presence in musical composition, entertainment, and scholarship for over a century. See, hear, explore and learn!
    • Date: 1890

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    The Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine in London American actor, singer and comedian Danny Kaye arrives with his wife, Sylvia Fine, for an appearance in London. November 1948. Following the professional lives of the husband-wife artistic duo, this presentation features a wide variety of materials, including manuscripts, scores, scripts, photographs, sound recordings and video clips from the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection. Kaye, a…
    • Contributor: McDowall, Roddy - Dena Pictures, Inc - Kaye, Danny - Fine, Sylvia - Kaye (Danny)/FINE (Sylvia) Collection (Library of Congress) - Halsman, Philippe
    • Date: 1913

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    Robert Saladini collection of choral music, 1860-1999 The Robert Saladini Collection of Choral Music consists largely of printed choral works in octavo format collected by Saladini, a former staff member of the Library of Congress Music Division. These materials were compiled in the course of his work as an organist and choirmaster at churches in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., areas from the early 1970s until 2000.
    • Contributor: Praetorius, Michael - Vaughan Williams, Ralph - Saladini, Robert - Brahms, Johannes - Handel, George Frideric - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Schütz, Heinrich - Buxtehude, Dietrich - Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix - Dougall, Richardson - Byrd, William - Holst, Gustav - Bach, Johann Sebastian - Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi Da
    • Date: 1860
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    Ragheb Moftah collection of Coptic Orthodox liturgical chants and hymns, 1926-2018 The collection consists of transcriptions of Coptic chant music by Ernest Newlandsmith and Margit Toth. Both contain transcriptions of the Liturgy of St. Basil. Basil. Marian Robertson Wilson created a guide to Moftah's audio tapes in 1996, which consists of transcriptions, transliterations and translations into English of the texts sung on the tapes. Wilson also devised a new order for the pieces on the…
    • Contributor: Moftah, Ragheb - Newlandsmith, Ernest - Tóth, Margit - Wilson, Marian Robertson
    • Date: 1926