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• Aaron Copland Collection
  Music manuscripts and papers of one of America's most famous composers.

• Alan M. and Sali Ann Kriegsman Collection
  The working papers of two writers on the performing arts in America.

• Alban Berg/Willi Reich Collection
  Correspondence between the composer and his biographer.

• André Kostelanetz Collection
  Scores for songs and popular classics conducted by Kostelanetz, mostly for radio performance.

• 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.

• Charles Hambitzer Collection
  Music manuscripts of Charles Hambitzer.

• Charles Martin Loeffler Collection
  A photographic record of early 20th-century musical life in Europe and America.

• Damrosch-Tee Van Collection
  Papers relating to the great American musical dynasty.

• David Diamond Archive
  Music and correspondence of this American composer active in the mid-to-late 20th century.

• Edward and Marian MacDowell Collection
  Music and papers of the esteemed composer, and his wife, who founded the MacDowell Colony.

• Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry
  The invention of the gramophone and sound recordings, featuring recordings of popular performers of the time.

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

• Ernst Bacon Collection
  Music and papers of the celebrated composer.

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• Eusebia Hunkins Collection
  Papers of the 20th-century American composer.

• Ferde Grofe Collection
  Music manuscripts of the American composer and arranger.

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

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

• George Hodges Collection
  A collection of manuscripts and printed music reflecting the performance tradition of Episcopal Church music during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

• Gerry Mulligan Collection
  Sketches, short and full scores and instrumental parts belonging to jazz musician Gerry Mulligan.

• Glenn Dillard Gunn Collection
  The writings and papers of a music critic from the mid-20th century.

• Harold Bauer Collection
  Music and papers of the English born American pianist.

• Harry Rosenthal Collection
  A significant collection of correspondence of composer and pianist Franz Liszt.

• Inter-American Music Festival Foundation
  Concert programs from the nearly twenty-five-year history of the Inter-American Music (IAM) Festival Foundation.

• Irving Fine Collection
  Music manuscripts and papers of the American composer.

• Irwin Bazelon Collection
  Music and papers of the composer.

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• Jacobo Ficher Collection
  Music and papers of the composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist.

• John Alden Carpenter Collection
  The papers of a significant American composer of the early 20th century.

• John Haussermann Collection
  Papers of a 20th-century American composer.

• John Herbert McDowell Collection
  Music and papers of a composer noted for contemporary dance scores.

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

• Lauro Ayestarán Collection
  Extensive collection of music of Uruguayan composers of all genres.

• Leonard Bernstein Collection
  Papers of the prominent composer, conductor, author, and teacher.

• Louis Kaufman Collection
  Papers of the violinist, noted for his work on film scores.

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

• Lukas Foss Collection
  Music manuscripts and correspondence of the important American composer, conductor and teacher.

• Mannes-Damrosch Collection
  Materials relating to two important American musical families.

• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Collection
  Manuscripts and papers of the internationally celebrated composer.

• 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.

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• Morton Gould Collection
  Scores of the noted American composer, arranger and conductor.

• National Music Council
  The records of an organization concerned with various aspects of music in the U.S.

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

• Nicolas Slonimsky Collection
  The papers of the most distinguished American music lexicographer of the 20th centery.

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

• Oliver Daniel Collection
  Correspondence, photographs, and papers with many composers, collected by the vice-president of Broadcast Music Inc.

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

• Richard Bales Deposit
  Orchestral and chamber music by the Washington, D.C. conductor/composer.

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

• Robert Hall Lewis Collection
  Manuscripts and the working music library of a late-20th-century American composer.

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

• Rudolph and Richard Reti
  Music and papers of the composer and musicologist.

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• Serge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection
  Materials relating to the Ballets Russes in the late 1920s.

• Serge Koussevitzky Archive
  Papers of the extraordinarily influential conductor.

• The American Composer's Forum Collection
  Papers from the initiative linking composers with communities to celebrate the millennium.

• The Spivacke Fund Collection
  Materials purchased through the fund endowed by the Library’s former Music Division chief.

• U.S. Work Projects Administration Federal Music Project
  Working papers of the WPA Federal Music Project.

• Vernon Duke Collection
  The papers of a highly eclectic Russian-born American composer.

• 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.

• Whittall Foundation Collection/Mendelssohn Collection
  Music manuscripts and papers relating to the great German composer.

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