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1. Samuel Barber collection, 1852-2000

   approximately 600 items. 9 containers. 5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Samuel Barber remains one of America’s eminent composers, best known for the "Adagio" from his String Quartet, op. 11 in B minor. He composed large and small-scale works for piano, voice and piano, chorus, and orchestra, as well as three operas. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Barber's compositional style remained decidedly tonal. The collection is comprised of correspondence, music from Barber's personal library, printed music, writings, photographs, awards, programs, and items that belonged to Valentin Herranz, his companion from 1970 until Barber's death in 1981.

2. Alexander Zemlinsky music manuscripts and other papers, 1887-1939

   approximately 350 items. 28 containers. 8 linear feet. 13 microfilm reels. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Alexander Zemlinsky was an Austrian composer, conductor, pianist, and educator whose students included Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alma Mahler, and Anton Webern. The collection consists of holograph music manuscripts for nearly all of Zemlinsky’s repertoire, as well as some printed music. Other materials include manuscript and printed music by other composers, personal papers, correspondence, and writings by others.

3. Pearl Bailey papers, 1931, 1950-1992

   approximately 13,370 items. 158 containers. 3 mapcase folders. 71 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Pearl Bailey was an American singer and actress who established herself as a prominent nightclub entertainer on the East Coast during the mid-twentieth century. She also appeared in several Broadway productions, including House of Flowers and Hello, Dolly! Bailey also starred as Maria in the 1959 filmed production of Porgy and Bess. She later hosted her own televised variety series, the Pearl Bailey Show, in 1971. The collection documents her career through academic work, awards and honors, clippings, correspondence, music, photographs, scrapbooks, scripts, and writings.