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CHAMBER MUSIC

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  • Aaron Copland leading a band (not pictured)online collection iconfinding aid iconAaron Copland Collection
    Music manuscripts and papers of one of America's most famous composers.

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

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

  • Aaron Copeland playing, a man standing next to him singingAndré Previn Collection
    The working music library of the internationally renowned composer, conductor and pianist.

  • image available soonBach Aria Group Collection
    Performance library and organizational papers of a noted performing arts organization.

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

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

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

  • image available soonfinding aidErnst Bacon Collection
    Music and papers of the celebrated composer..

  • image available soonFrank Roberts Cole Collection
    Photo reproductions of bassoon music copied from European libraries.

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

  • image available soonFriends of Music Collection
    Programs and papers of an early 20th-century performing arts organization.

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

  • no image avaiablefinding aidGertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection/Mendelssohn Collection
    Music manuscripts and papers relating to the great German composer.

  • image available soonfinding aidHarold Spivacke Collection
    The papers of one of the most distinguished musicologist-librarians of the 20th century.

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

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

  • image available soonIrwin Bazelon Collection
    Music and papers of the composer.

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  • Adolph Bolm as a young man, middle-aged man, and with son in front of a displayfinding aidJohn Alden Carpenter Collection
    The papers of a significant American composer of the early 20th century.

  • image available soonJohn Haussermann Collection
    Papers of a 20th-century American composer.

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

  • Leonard Bernsteinonline collection iconfinding aidLeonard Bernstein Collection
    Papers of the prominent composer, conductor, author, and teacher.

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

  • 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.

  • image available soonfinding aidMcKim (Leonora Jackson and William Duncan McKim) Collection
    Papers of one of the first women to have a professional career as a violinist, and scores for works for violin and keyboard.

  • 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 aid iconNicolas Slonimsky Collection
    The papers of the most distinguished American music lexicographer of the 20th century.

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

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

  • image available soonfinding aid iconRobert Hall Lewis Collection
    Manuscripts and the working music library of a late-20th-century American composer.

  • 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 soonSamuel Baron Collection
    Working music library of a founding member of the New York Woodwing Quartet.

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

  • image available soonThe American Composer’s Forum Collection
    Papers from the intiative linking composers with communities to celebrate the millennium.

  • image available soonfinding aid iconThe U.S. Work Projects Administration Federal Music Project
    Working papers of the WPA Federal Music Project.

  • image available soonVivian Fine Collection
    Chamber music, operas, and other works by the former piano prodigy.

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