Related Resources
Search Results
28 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Music--United States--History and criticism.
Edward Jablonski papers, 1942-2003
21,050 items. 77 containers. 36 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Edward Jablonski (1922-2004) was an author and biographer of American songwriters Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and Alan Jay Lerner. The collection includes drafts, project files, articles, liner notes, research materials, business papers and correspondence related to his literary projects.
Please note:
Some or all content stored offsite.
Oliver Daniel papers, 1759-1997
21,600 items. 80 containers. 52 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Oliver Daniel was an American arts administrator, musicologist, radio director and producer, and composer. The collection includes correspondence, manuscript and printed scores, photographs, programs, clippings, scrapbooks and periodicals.
Please note:
Some or all content stored offsite.
Christopher Dodrill collection on John Philip Sousa, 1876-1992
approximately 300 items. 11 containers. 1 mapcase folder. 5.4 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
John Philip Sousa was an American composer, bandmaster, and arranger, known for his military and patriotic marches. Christopher Dodrill is an educator and noted Sousa researcher and collector. The collection includes many first editions of Sousa’s marches and concert works in mint condition, as well as many rare European editions of his works. It also contains published sheet music, photographs, promotional posters, advertisements, and posthumously produced commemorative mementoes.
Please note:
Some or all content stored offsite.
Leonard B. Smith papers, 1859-2001
approximately 202,260 items. 739 containers. 9 mapcase folders. 301 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Leonard B. Smith (1915-2002) was an American cornetist, concert band conductor, and band music publisher. Smith is primarily known as the leader of the Detroit Concert Band (1946- circa 1990), and the approximately 3,200 titles in the concert band library comprise the largest portion of the collection. Also included is a portion of the Ford Sunday Evening Hour Orchestra music library, method books, chamber music, cornet and trumpet solos, clippings, correspondence, photographs, programs, and writings.
Seeger family collection, 1846-2023
approximately 43,000 items. 270 containers . 22 mapcase folders . 136.5 linear feet. 6 microfilm reels . -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Seeger Family Collection documents the lives and careers of pioneering musicologist Charles Louis Seeger; his second wife, modernist composer Ruth Crawford Seeger; their eldest daughter, folksinger and songwriter Peggy Seeger; and her husband, playwright, singer, and songwriter Ewan MacColl through their music manuscripts, personal and professional papers, and correspondence. The collection also includes papers relating to the Crawford family and materials associated with Pete Seeger, Mike Seeger, other Seeger family members, and Seeger/MacColl family members.
John Raitt papers, 1930-2009
approximately 10,000 items. 86 containers. 2 mapcase folders. 37 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
John Emmet Raitt (1917-2005) was a singer and actor, performing as a leading man during Broadway's Golden Age. Though he is best remembered for originating the role of Billy Bigelow in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (1945), he sustained a six-decade career in various stage roles along with a prolific concert calendar. The collection documents Raitt's theatrical and concert career and includes scripts, programs, photographs, correspondence, clippings, and scrapbooks. It also includes full scores and parts for the arrangements made for Raitt's album recordings and concert appearances.
Please note:
Some or all content stored offsite.
Jack Butterworth collection of silent film cues, 1917-1929
117 items. 2 containers. 1 linear foot. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Journalist, comic art enthusiast, and collector Jack Butterworth donated this collection of cue sheets for silent films produced between 1917 and 1929. Of special note are the cue sheets for the lost comedy Excess Baggage (1927) and the lost horror film London After Midnight (1927).
Please note:
Some or all content stored offsite.
Rose Marie Grentzer and Harold Spivacke Fund collection, 1615-1994
approximately 305 items. 9 containers. 4 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
The Rose Marie and Harold Spivacke Fund Collection consists of materials purchased through an endowment that Rose Marie Spivacke established in 1982 at the behest of her husband, Harold Spivacke, who was chief of the Music Division at the Library of Congress from 1937 to 1972. The collection includes music manuscripts, printed scores, correspondence, clippings, and iconography.
George H. Moss collection of sheet music, 1885-1935
approximately 1,400 items. 16 containers. 6 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
George H. Moss (1923-2009) was a local historian in Monmouth County, New Jersey, who also had an interest in early American theater. The collection consists of printed sheet music dating between 1885 and 1935, the majority of which is for American popular songs dating from 1900 to 1925. The composers and music publishers represented in the collection include Irving Berlin, Fred Fisher, George Gershwin, Charles K. Harris, Victor Herbert, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Sigmund Romberg, Arthur Sullivan, and many others.
Please note:
Some or all content stored offsite.
Helen Traubel papers, 1910-1972
approximately 3,500 items. 36 containers. 18.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Helen Traubel (1899-1972) was an American soprano and writer. Known for her Wagnerian opera roles, Traubel spent 16 years at the Metropolitan Opera before exploring work in television, musical theater, and nightclubs. This collection documents her career through correspondence, photographs, scripts, scrapbooks, and her annotated music scores and orchestra library.