composers

Composer Sousa riding with groom

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Women composers, 4/23/24 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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The second series of the composers' forum Laboratory begins Wed. eve.,...

Poster announcing series of music forums for composers open to the public at the Federal Music Project Headquarters, 110 W. 48th St., New York City, showing musical note. Work Projects Administration Poster Col... More

[Portrait of Lena Horne and Lennie Hayton, New York, N.Y., between 194...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

[Portrait of Benny Goodman, 400 Restaurant, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1...

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[Portrait of Billy Strayhorn, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947]

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: "Jonesy answers final call," Down Beat, v. 13, no. 18 (Aug. 26, 1946), ... More

[Portrait of Johnny Richards, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 274 (gottlieb assignment) 274 (assign... More

[Portrait of George Handy, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Jan. 1947]

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: "Posin'," Down Beat, v. 16, no. 2 (Jan. 15, 1947), p. 3. Forms part of:... More

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Bradbury album

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

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Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]

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[Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy H...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: "Thelonius Monk--genius of bop," Down Beat, v. 14, no. 20 (Sept. 24, 19... More

[Postcard, 1874 Feb. 23], Wien [to] H. Levi

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Composers in Russia (Four weeks in the Soviet Union)

Madrigali di Verdelot a sei insieme altri madrigali de diversi eccelle...

Title from canto part. The collation of canto, alto, tenore, basso, quinto and sesto is the same: T.p. 30 p. and 1 unumbered p. of index, which, however, has been omitted in the basso. The signatures run consec... More

Music of Francis Hopkinson - Public domain American sheet music

Title from slipcase spine. In ink, in the hand of Francis Hopkinson. Songs, vocal duets, harpsichord music, and one violin duet. Composed by Hopkinson and various other composers, chiefly James Bremner. The voc... More

Composer Willow Grove Park

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Composer Sousa in civilian band uniform

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V. Herbert - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows composer and cellist Victor August Herbert (1859-1924) with his cello. Herbert was one of the founders of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). (Source: Flickr Com... More

V. Herbert - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows composer and cellist Victor August Herbert (1859-1924) wearing uniform. Herbert was one of the founders of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). (Source: Flickr Co... More

[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Junior Raglin, Tricky Sam Nanton(?), Juan...

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 an...

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Cat Anderson, and Sidney De Paris(?), Aqu...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: The Record Changer, v. 5, no. 12 (Feb. 47, 1947), p. 7. Forms part of: ... More

[Portrait of Enric Madriguera, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. June 1947]

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[Portrait of Stan Kenton, Pete Rugolo, and Bob Graettinger, Richmond, ...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 166 (gottlieb assignment) 166 (assign... More

[Portrait of Johnny Richards, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 274 (gottlieb assignment) 274 (assign... More

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Papers, 1822-1998

Mosè in Egitto. Libretto. English & Italian

adapted to the music of "Mosi," composed by Rossini ; performed for the first time at the King's Theatre, Opera-House April, 1822 ; the translation by W.J. Walter. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libret... More

Motets of the 17th century in score

Ms., 18th cent., said to be in the hand-writing of Thomas Pinto (1714-1783), whose autograph appears on p. 3, and containing 56, 2 to 4 part motets, etc., with and without continuo, by 24 composers. Twenti-five... More

Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

Patience. Libretto. English Opera. Performance: London

libretto by W.S. Gilbert ; music by Arthur Sullivan ... (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Imprint from front cover; price on front cover: 15 cents; advertisements--front and back covers;... More

Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

[Portrait of Duke Ellington and Sonny Greer, Aquarium, New York, N.Y.,...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

[Portrait of Duke Ellington, William P. Gottlieb's home, Maryland, 194...

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[Letter, 1882 May] 21, Ischl [to] S. [Simrock]

J. Br. [Johannes Brahms]. (statement of responsibility) Holograph, signed. An autograph letter of Johannes Brahms, written to music publisher. Published in: Johannes Brahms Briefe an P.J. Simrock und Fritz Simr... More

[Postcard, 1882 April 23], Wien [to] Robert Keller

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Liber primvs Cantionvm sacrarvm, vvlgo moteta vocant, quinque [et sex]...

For superius, tenor, contratenor, bassus, and quinta et sexta pars. Title from svperivs part. Liber 1, 2nd ed. (1555); liber 2, 2nd ed. (1555) except contratenor and bassus parts, 1st ed. (1554); liber 3-6, 1st... More

" Ye small maid and ye great man"

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John Alden Carpenter Collection, 1891-1961

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, between 1938 and 1948]

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 461 (gottlieb assignment) 461 (assign... More

[Portrait of Duke Ellington and William P. Gottlieb, WINX, Washington,...

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[Portrait of Bob Graettinger, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]

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[Portrait of Jack Lesberg and Leonard Bernstein, New York, N.Y., ca. D...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: "Jazz bassman goes long-hair twice weekly," Down Beat, v. 15, no. 25 (D... More

[Portrait of Leonard Bernstein, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., between...

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[Portrait of Benny Goodman, 400 Restaurant, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1...

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[Portrait of Johnny Richards, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1947]

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[Portrait of Johnny Richards, Eddie Sauter, Ralph Burns, Neal Hefti, G...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 014 (gottlieb assignment) 014 (assign... More

[Portrait of Bernie Benjamin and George (George David) Weiss, New York...

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Bernstein departing for Israel to assume duties as musical director of...

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Giovanni Paisiello - Matrimonio inaspettato. Libretto. Italian

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts; "Argomento"--p. 3. Librettist unknown; work also known as "Il marchese Tulipano"--Opera composers and their works (Mellen opera reference index). "La musica è del Sig. D. G... More

Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Count Franz von Brunswick, 18...

In ink. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress. Anderson, E., Letters of Beethoven, 313. (citation/reference) Composer.

Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast: medley overture

Come out Dinah on the green--Three women to every man--A little boy in blue--Katy did--Tell me dusky maiden--My princess Zulu Lulu. (Content) Copyright MCMII, by Howley Haviland & Dresser, NY (Copyright) Songs ... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

[Postcard, 1873 Oct. 9], Lichtenthal [to] Hermann Levi

[unidentified correspondent]. (statement of responsibility) Possible post script by Brahms. The material described in this catalog record is located in the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection in the ... More

[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]

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Il trionfo di Dori, descritto da diversi, et posto in musica, à sei ...

Secular part songs, unaccompanied. Title from canto. Parts for canto, alto, tenore, quinto, sesto, and basso. Each part contains the dedication (verso of title page), signed by the publisher and inscribed to Le... More

Il trionfo di Dori, descritto da diversi, et posto in musica, à sei ...

Secular part songs, unaccompanied. Title from canto. Parts for canto, alto, tenore, quinto, sesto, and basso. Each part contains the dedication (verso of title page), signed by the publisher and inscribed to Le... More

[Postcard, 1875 April 26], Wien [to] Herman[n] Levi

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[Postcard, 1874 Feb. 20], Wien [to] Herman[n] Levi

J. Br. [Johannes Brahms]. (statement of responsibility) Holograph, signed. An autograph postcard of Johannes Brahms, written to Hermann Levi, conductor. Published in: Johannes Brahms in Briefwechsel mit Hermann... More

[Portrait of Billy Strayhorn, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]

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Liber primvs Cantionvm sacrarvm, vvlgo moteta vocant, quinque [et sex]...

For superius, tenor, contratenor, bassus, and quinta et sexta pars. Title from svperivs part. Liber 1, 2nd ed. (1555); liber 2, 2nd ed. (1555) except contratenor and bassus parts, 1st ed. (1554); liber 3-6, 1st... More

Liber primvs Cantionvm sacrarvm, vvlgo moteta vocant, quinque [et sex]...

For superius, tenor, contratenor, bassus, and quinta et sexta pars. Title from svperivs part. Liber 1, 2nd ed. (1555); liber 2, 2nd ed. (1555) except contratenor and bassus parts, 1st ed. (1554); liber 3-6, 1st... More

Liber primvs Cantionvm sacrarvm, vvlgo moteta vocant, quinque [et sex]...

For superius, tenor, contratenor, bassus, and quinta et sexta pars. Title from svperivs part. Liber 1, 2nd ed. (1555); liber 2, 2nd ed. (1555) except contratenor and bassus parts, 1st ed. (1554); liber 3-6, 1st... More

Music of Francis Hopkinson - Public domain American sheet music

Title from slipcase spine. In ink, in the hand of Francis Hopkinson. Songs, vocal duets, harpsichord music, and one violin duet. Composed by Hopkinson and various other composers, chiefly James Bremner. The voc... More

Music of Francis Hopkinson - Public domain American sheet music

Title from slipcase spine. In ink, in the hand of Francis Hopkinson. Songs, vocal duets, harpsichord music, and one violin duet. Composed by Hopkinson and various other composers, chiefly James Bremner. The voc... More

[Telegram, 1871 April] 7, Bremen [to] Levi

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V. Herbert - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows composer and cellist Victor August Herbert (1859-1924) who was one of the founders of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Priscilla and Mrs. Sousa with a young cadet

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Composer Elizabeth Sousa, (mother)

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V. Herbert - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows composer and cellist Victor August Herbert (1859-1924) standing outside in front of crowd. Herbert was one of the founders of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).... More

Mrs. Sousa - Public domain portrait photograph

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V. Herbert - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows composer and cellist Victor August Herbert (1859-1924) standing outside in front of column. Herbert was one of the founders of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)... More

Photograph of Aurora's Wedding, n.d. (later Ballet Russe Company); Rao...

music by Tchaikovsky, partly re-orchestrated by Stravinsky; choreography by Marius Petipa, arranged and with additional dances by Nijinska (General)

Friedrich Kuhlau, 1786-1832 - Public domain scenic engraving

Signed: Recto: l. r.: (in lithograph, signature of lithographer) Em Barentzen ft [fecit] / 1838; bottom edge: (in lithograph, signature of Kuhlau) Fr. Kuhlau Inscription: Recto: l. l.: (in lithograph) Em. Baren... More

[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948]

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Howard Theater(?), Washington, D.C., ca. ...

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[Portrait of Pete Rugolo, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 277 (gottlieb assignment) 277 (assign... More

Aaron Copland with Carlos Chávez, Artur Rubinstein, Igor Stravinsky an...

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Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

[Portrait of Doris Day and Les Brown, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Ju...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: "What's keeping Les out of the top brackets?" Down Beat, v. 13, no. 15 ... More

[Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. ...

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Frédéric Chopin autograph letter to Julian Fontana, 1839 Oct. 4

The material described in this catalog record is located in the collections of the Music Division, Library of Congress. In ink, signed "Twój fr." On writing paper monogrammed G.S. (George Sand). Written from N... More

[Portrait of Neal Hefti, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Dec. 1946]

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: "Posin'," Down Beat, v. 15, no. 26 (Dec. 16, 1946), p. 5. Forms part of... More

Liber primvs Cantionvm sacrarvm, vvlgo moteta vocant, quinque [et sex]...

For superius, tenor, contratenor, bassus, and quinta et sexta pars. Title from svperivs part. Liber 1, 2nd ed. (1555); liber 2, 2nd ed. (1555) except contratenor and bassus parts, 1st ed. (1554); liber 3-6, 1st... More

Liber primvs Cantionvm sacrarvm, vvlgo moteta vocant, quinque [et sex]...

For superius, tenor, contratenor, bassus, and quinta et sexta pars. Title from svperivs part. Liber 1, 2nd ed. (1555); liber 2, 2nd ed. (1555) except contratenor and bassus parts, 1st ed. (1554); liber 3-6, 1st... More

Sousa at Willow Grove Park on horse

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Great musicians - Print, Library of Congress collection

F9357 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Haskell, W. L.,, copy... More

[R. Nathaniel Dett, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

Includes caption card with text: Noted composer, choral director, and arranger of Black spirituals. Dett was one of the "fathers" of Black music. His arrangements of spirituals are still being sung today. Acce... More

Victor Herbert - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows composer Victor August Herbert (1859-1924) who wrote many Broadway operettas and was one of the founders of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). (Source: Flickr C... More

Portrait of Pete Rugolo, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Dec. 1946

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb In: "Posin'," Down Beat, v. 15, no. 26 (Dec. 16, 1946), p. 5. Forms part of... More