Collections with Notated Music
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CollectionSamuel Barber at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress is the preeminent repository for manuscripts by American composer Samuel Barber (1910-1981), one of the most frequently performed and recorded American composers of the twentieth century. Numerous music…Collection Items: View 38 Items
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CollectionSilent Film Scores and Arrangements Music and sound have always served an integral role in film, and the Silent Film Scores and Arrangements digital collection offers unique insight into that development. The collection includes over 3,000 items…Collection Items: View 4,642 Items
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CollectionThe 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
Collection Items: View 51,735 Items
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CollectionTransit of Venus March Transit of Venus The Library of Congress joins with NASA in celebrating the second "transit of Venus" since December 6, 1882, by providing access to the score and band parts of John…- Contributor: Sousa, John Philip
- Date: 1769
Collection Items: View 6 Items
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CollectionWomen's Suffrage in Sheet Music For as long as socially and politically aware citizens have gathered to voice dissent, music has served a paramount role; the women's suffrage movement proves no exception. From local community suffrage meetings,…Collection Items: View 281 Items
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CollectionWorld War I Sheet Music From 1914 through 1920 the Library of Congress acquired over 14,000 pieces of sheet music relating to what ultimately became known as the First World War, with the greatest number coming from…- Date: 1914
Collection Items: View 13,970 Items
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CollectionYiddish American Popular Sheet Music The Library's collection of Yiddish American sheet music is an unusual one for the Library of Congress. It began, not with a donation or purchase of materials which were then cataloged, but…Collection Items: View 1,348 Items