Digital Collections
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CollectionAndre Kostelanetz Collection Andre Kostelanetz (1901-1980) was a Russian-born conductor, arranger, and pianist known for juxtaposing popular and classical repertoire in radio broadcasts during the 1930s and 1940s. He had a highly successful concert career...
- Contributor: Kostelanetz, Andre
- Date: 1922
Collection Items: View 185 Items
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CollectionBallets Russes de Serge Diaghilev The world of ballet changed dramatically when the Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev took Paris by storm at the Théâtre du Châtelet in May of 1909. Armed with ground-breaking choreographic originality and...
- Date: 1909
Collection Items: View 258 Items
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CollectionBronislava Nijinska Collection The collection of notable dancer, choreographer and teacher Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) contains a diverse variety of materials documenting dance and the arts in the twentieth century. Available here are over 200 collection...
- Contributor: Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Ashton, Frederick - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Petipa, Marius - Dolin, Anton - Exter, Alexandra - Chagall, Marc - Stravinsky, Igor - Reinhardt, Max - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky ... Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich - Ashton, Frederick - Royal Opera House (London, England) - Petipa, Marius - Dolin, Anton - Exter, Alexandra - Chagall, Marc - Stravinsky, Igor - Reinhardt, Max - Nijinsky, Romola De Pulszky - Pavlova, Anna - Nijinska, Bronislava - Annenkov, I︠u︡ri - Larionov, Mikhail Fedorovich - Goncharova, Natalii︠a︡ Sergeevna - Vertès, Marcel - Kirsta, Georg - Cuevas, George De - Jacob's Pillow - Raetz, Gibbs S. - Nijinska, Irina - Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Singaevsky, Nicholas - Poulenc, Francis - Diaghilev, Serge - Rubinstein, Ida
- Date: 1740
Collection Items: View 230 Items
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CollectionCoptic Orthodox Liturgical Chant and Hymnody With its roots in Ancient Egyptian music, Coptic Christian chant is one of the oldest liturgical genres still performed today. Drawing on the Ragheb Moftah Collection, this presentation explores some of the...
- Contributor: Wilson, Marian Robertson - Newlandsmith, Ernest - Moftah, Ragheb - Tóth, Margit
- Date: 1926
Collection Items: View 368 Items
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CollectionDayton C. Miller Collection The collection contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and nonwestern...
- Contributor: Miller, Dayton Clarence
- Date: 1880
Collection Items: View 2,635 Items
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CollectionGaetano Brunetti Manuscript Scores For much of the 20th century, music's classical period was generally characterized as a Central-European phenomenon, a premise that marginalized contributions from other regions, including Spain. Thankfully, this narrow perspective has been...
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CollectionGenthe Collection Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) was an internationally recognized photographer working in the soft-focus pictorialist style. The Library of Congress acquired approximately 20,000 items from his unclaimed studio after his death.
- Contributor: Genthe, Arnold
- Date: 1896
Collection Items: View 16,862 Items
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CollectionGeospatial Applications Story Maps and web maps produced at the Library of Congress utilize geospatial technology to create curated entry points into our digital collections. We invite you to explore the incredible stories of...
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CollectionHidden Treasures at the Library of Congress This Week's Hidden Treasure in Partnership with HISTORY This Week's Hidden Treasure is an exciting opportunity to examine historically meaningful and culturally relevant artifacts from the treasured collections of the Library of...
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CollectionMartorell Collection In 1910, the Music Division purchased an extensive collection of copyist music manuscripts that we believe were once owned by the family of Alonso Tomás Álvarez de Toledo y Silva (1835-1895), X...
Collection Items: View 1,400 Items
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CollectionThe Moldenhauer Archives - The Rosaleen Moldenhauer Memorial The Moldenhauer Archives at the Library of Congress contain approximately 3,500 items documenting the history of Western music from the medieval period through the modern era and is the richest composite gift...
- Contributor: Moldenhauer, Hans
- Date: 1000
Collection Items: View 212 Items
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CollectionMusic Treasures Consortium "Um mitternacht" by Franz Schubert. [manuscript score]. Music Division, Library of Congress. About the Music Treasures Consortium The Music Treasures Consortium provides online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and...
Collection Items: View 3,373 Items