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1. William A. Newland and Charles Zeuner collection of music, circa 1735-circa 1900

   around 2,000 items. 58 boxes. 20 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Primarily music (printed and manuscript) for piano, 2 or 4 hands, and songs, with a concentration in sacred vocal works in Latin and English. (The music in Latin may represent the only known source of pre-Cäcilienverein 19th-century American Catholic Church music.) Composers range from Mozart and Rossini to George F. Root and Oliver Shaw. The collection contains the largest extant source of music by Charles Zeuner which was purchased by Newland after Zeuner's death.

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2. Samuel P. Warren collection, 1849-1915

   approximately 14,000 items. 57 containers . 23.25 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Samuel P. Warren (1841-1915) was an American organist, choral director, music editor, teacher, and composer. The collection consists of correspondence; concert, recital, and church service programs; and related materials documenting his performance career and, to a lesser extent, that of others.

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3. Roman Totenberg papers, 1846-2011

   9,350 items . 100 containers. 45.5 linear feet. 288 digital files (1.2 GB). -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Roman Totenberg was a Polish-American violinist and teacher. The collection contains annotated music scores, correspondence, business files, biographical materials, photographs, programs, clippings and other materials that document his life and career as a twentieth-century master of the violin.

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4. José María Castro papers, 1907-2001

   approximately 3,500 items. 46 containers. 18.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   José María Castro was an Argentine composer, conductor, and cellist. He was a member of the Sociedad del Cuarteto and a co-founder of Grupo Renovación, an avant-garde musical youth movement in Argentina that became the International Society for Contemporary Music’s Argentine Section in 1932. The collection includes musical compositions, arrangements, and transcriptions by Castro; music by others; correspondence; writings; programs; clippings; scrapbooks; personal papers; photographs; and business papers pertaining to Castro’s career, Grupo Renovación, and the Asociación del Profesorado Orquestal.

5. Robert Saladini collection of choral music, 1860-1999

   approximately 7,560 items. 35 containers. 17.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Robert Saladini Collection of Choral Music consists largely of printed choral works in octavo format collected by Saladini, a former staff member of the Library of Congress Music Division. These materials were compiled in the course of his work as an organist and choirmaster at churches in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., areas from the early 1970s until 2000.

6. Moldenhauer archives at the Library of Congress, circa 1000-circa 1990

   approximately 3,850 items. 139 boxes. 1 mapcase folder. 207 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Moldenhauer Archives consist of manuscript and printed music, correspondence, photographs, books, clippings, programs, and artwork dating from the twelfth to the twentieth century. The music includes holograph scores and sketches, as well as a number of copyist and printed scores, transcriptions, and arrangements. Represented musical and literary figures include, among many others, George Auric, Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Ernst Bloch, Pierre Boulez, Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Feruccio Busoni, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, George Frideric Handel, Hermann Hesse, György Ligeti, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Maurice Ravel, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Kurt Weill, and Gioseffo Zarlino.

7. David Lewin papers, 1945-2011

   7,011 items. 67 containers. 29.4 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   David Lewin was an American music theorist, teacher, composer, and musician. The papers primarily relate to his career as a teacher and theorist, and to his work as a composer. They include writings, academic and course materials, printed and manuscript scores, correspondence, computer music materials, programs, clippings, and conference materials.

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