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opera singer in full costume

[Leontyne Price, full-length portrait, dressed in costume for "Anthony and Cleopatra"] / Louis Mélançon, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City.  About this image

OPERA

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  • Andre PrevinAndré Previn Collection
    The working music library of the internationally renowned composer, conductor and pianist.

  • image available soonArtur Rodzinski Collection
    Orchestral scores and related materials of a significant 20th-century conductor.

  • image available soonfinding aidDallapiccola/Dwight Collection
    Extensive correspondence of composer Dallapiccola and his artist-friend, Dwight.

  • image available soonfinding aidDorothea Dix Lawrence Collection
    Correspondence and other material related to the American opera singer and recitalist.

  • image available soonElizabeth Hunter Morrill Collection
    Piano-vocal reductions of operas and selected arias.

  • Erich Wolfgang KorngoldErich Wolfgang Korngold Collection
    The papers and manuscripts of the renowned composer of symphony and film music.

  • image available soonErno Balogh Collection
    Papers and music of the pianist/accompanist.

  • image available soonfinding aidErnst Bacon Collection
    Music and papers of the celebrated composer.

  • image available soonEugene C. Krylow Collection
    Works by the Russian immigrant as well as arrangements of other composers’ music.

  • image available soonEusebia Hunkins Collection
    Papers of the 20th-century American composer.

  • image available soonFrederick Converse Collection
    Papers and music of the early 20th-century American composer and teacher.

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  • George Antheilfinding aidGeorge Antheil Collection
    Music manuscripts of the avant-garde composer.

  • Geraldine Farrarfinding aidGeraldine Farrar Collection
    Papers and music of one of America's most celebrated sopranos.

  • image available soonfinding aidJacobo Ficher Collection
    Music and papers of the composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist.

  • John Philip SousaJohn Philip Sousa Collection
    A comprehensive archive of materials related to the "March-King" John Philip Sousa.

  • Leonard Bernsteinonline collection iconfinding aid iconLeonard Bernstein Collection
    Papers of the prominent composer, conductor, author, and teacher.

  • Louise TalmaLouise Talma Collection
    Papers and music of the composer and teacher, Louise Talma.

  • Hans Moldenhaueronline collection iconfinding aid iconMoldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress
    A collection of manuscript and printed scores, correspondence and other documents spanning the history of Western music from the Middle Ages to the present.

  • image available soonNed Rorem Collection
    An important archive by the leading American composer of art songs.

  • image available soonfinding aidNikolai Lopatnikoff Collection
    Manuscripts and printed music of the Russian-born composer.

  • image available soonfinding aidOtto Klemperer Archive
    Music and papers of the legendary conductor.

  • image available soonfinding aidRobert Di Domenica Collection
    Papers of the flutist, composer, and teacher.

  • Roger Reynoldsfinding aidRoger Reynolds Collection
    A large collection of music manuscripts and related material documenting the work of American composer Roger Reynolds.

  • image available soonfinding aidU.S. Work Projects Administration Federal Music Project
    Working papers of the WPA Federal Music Project.

  • image available soonVictor Herbert Collection
    Music of the celebrated composer of light operas.

  • image available soonVivian Fine Collection
    Chamber music, operas, and other works by the former piano prodigy.

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