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Artur Rubinstein, 1886-. About this image

SOLO INSTRUMENT: PIANO

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

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

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

  • image available soonBartók-Freund Collection
    Source materials relating to early works of Bartók.

  • Civil War bandonline collection iconCivil War Sheet Music
    Music reflecting America during the Civil War.

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

  • image available soonfinding aidEdward and Marian MacDowell Collection
    Music and papers of the esteemed composer, and his wife, who founded the MacDowell Colony.

  • image available soonEdward Claypoole Collection
    Popular piano works of the early 20th-century composer.

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

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

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

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

  • image available soonfinding aidHarry and Sara Lepman Collection
    Patriotic American songs collected by an amateur music enthusiast.

  • image available soonHarry Rosenthal Collection
    A significant collection of correspondence of composer and pianist Franz Liszt.

  • Helen HopekirkHelen Hopekirk Collection
    Papers and music manuscripts of one of the important concert pianists of the early-to-mid 20th century.

  • Whoaonline collection iconHistoric American Sheet Music, 1850-1920
    American culture as reflected in popular music of the times.

  • a family sitting togetheronline collection iconHome Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-century Ohio
    Music reflecting 19th-century middle-American culture.

  • Irving Fineonline collection iconfinding aidIrving Fine Collection
    Music manuscripts and papers of the American composer.

  • image available soonfinding aidJ. Fischer & Bro. Music Publishers Collection
    Music published by J. Fischer & Bro.

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

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  • image available soonfinding aidJulius Gold Collection
    Papers of the American teacher and music theorist.

  • image available soonfinding aidLauro Ayestarán Collection
    Extensive collection of music of Uruguayan composers of all genres.

  • image available soonLeopold Godowsky Collection
    Manuscripts of works by the renowned piano virtuoso.

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

  • image available soonMario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Collection
    Manuscripts and papers of the internationally celebrated composer.

  • Hans Moldenhaueronline collection iconfinding aidMoldenhauer 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 soonNational Music Council
    The records of an organization concerned with various aspects of music in the U.S.

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

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

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

  • image available soonRoss Lee Finney Collection
    Holograph scores of the American composer Ross Lee Finney.

  • image available soonRudolph and Richard Reti
    Music and papers of the composer and musicologist.

  • image available soonfinding aidSusannah Armstrong Coleman Collection
    Musical scores from the noted pianist and composer.

  • sheet musiconline collection iconVolcano of Delight: Historic Sheet Music, 1800-1922
    A collection of almost 9,000 items published from 1800 to 1922.

  • image available soononline collection iconWhittall Foundation/Mendelssohn Collection
    Music manuscripts and papers relating to the great