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OPERA
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André Previn Collection
The working music library of the internationally renowned composer, conductor and pianist. -
Artur Rodzinski Collection
Orchestral scores and related materials of a significant 20th-century conductor. -

Dallapiccola/Dwight Collection
Extensive correspondence of composer Dallapiccola and his artist-friend, Dwight. -

Dorothea Dix Lawrence Collection
Correspondence and other material related to the American opera singer and recitalist. -
Elizabeth Hunter Morrill Collection
Piano-vocal reductions of operas and selected arias. -
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Collection
The papers and manuscripts of the renowned composer of symphony and film music. -
Erno Balogh Collection
Papers and music of the pianist/accompanist. -

Ernst Bacon Collection
Music and papers of the celebrated composer. -
Eugene C. Krylow Collection
Works by the Russian immigrant as well as arrangements of other composers’ music. -
Eusebia Hunkins Collection
Papers of the 20th-century American composer. -
Frederick Converse Collection
Papers and music of the early 20th-century American composer and teacher.
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George Antheil Collection
Music manuscripts of the avant-garde composer. -

Geraldine Farrar Collection
Papers and music of one of America's most celebrated sopranos. -

Jacobo Ficher Collection
Music and papers of the composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist. -
John Philip Sousa Collection
A comprehensive archive of materials related to the "March-King" John Philip Sousa. -


Leonard Bernstein Collection
Papers of the prominent composer, conductor, author, and teacher. -
Louise Talma Collection
Papers and music of the composer and teacher, Louise Talma. -


Moldenhauer 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. -
Ned Rorem Collection
An important archive by the leading American composer of art songs. -

Nikolai Lopatnikoff Collection
Manuscripts and printed music of the Russian-born composer. -

Otto Klemperer Archive
Music and papers of the legendary conductor. -

Robert Di Domenica Collection
Papers of the flutist, composer, and teacher. -

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

U.S. Work Projects Administration Federal Music Project
Working papers of the WPA Federal Music Project. -
Victor Herbert Collection
Music of the celebrated composer of light operas. -
Vivian Fine Collection
Chamber music, operas, and other works by the former piano prodigy.
