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|| About the Collection ||
Published sheet music and songbooks related to and written for the German armed forces, with the largest majority of this material having been published during the period of the Third Reich (1933-45).
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1880-late 1940s
- Bulk Dates
- late 1920s-late 1940s
- Major Language(s)
- German
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Number of Items
- 1,500
- Number of Containers
- 39
- Linear Feet
- 21
- Contents
- Published sheet music and songbooks, music manuscripts.
- Processing History
- Processed
- Provenance
- Assembled and collected by Library staff member Richard S. Hill of the Music Division during an official trip to Germany, sponsored by the Departments of War and State following World War II, to obtain publications which were unobtainable during the years of conflict.
Access/Copyright
- Access Permissions
- Permitted, subject to PARR policies and procedures
- Copyright Info
- http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
- Preferred Citation
- German National Music Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress
