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1. Richard Rodgers collection, 1917-1980

   around 2,700 items. 45 boxes. 20 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection primarily consists of Rodgers' music holographs--sketches, vocal scores (many with lyric sheets) and short scores. In addition, the collection includes full scores for eight of the Rodgers and Hammerstein shows. The collection also includes a small number of programs, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and other items.

2. Jerome Kern collection, 1905-1951

   approximately 7,470 items. 102 boxes. 45 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection consists primarily of Kern's show music and holograph sketches, most of which are manuscript full and vocal scores of Kern's orchestrators and arrangers, especially Frank Saddler and Robert Russell Bennett. Film and other music is also represented, as well as a small amount of correspondence.

3. Cole Porter collection, 1912-1957

   2,700 items. 28 containers. 12 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Cole Porter was an American composer and songwriter for the musical theater. The collection primarily consists of music manuscripts, including holograph sketches and printed and manuscript piano-vocal scores, of Porter's music, mostly from his later works. Eighteen shows are represented, including film versions of stage works. Lyric sheets, correspondence, clippings, research, scripts, playbills and other miscellaneous items are also included.

4. George and Ira Gershwin collection, 1895-2008

   60,705 items. 8 mapcase folders. 145 containers. 71 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) and his lyricist brother Ira (1896-1983) wrote some of the most significant American popular songs of the first half of the twentieth century. Working with novelist and poet DuBose Heyward, they created the great American opera Porgy and Bess. Additionally, George Gershwin composed several singularly American concert works, including An American in Paris and Rhapsody In Blue, and both brothers produced many distinguished songs working with other collaborators. The George and Ira Gershwin Collection contains music manuscripts, handwritten and typewritten lyric sheets, printed music, correspondence, photographs, programs and publicity materials, legal and financial documents, and thirty-one scrapbooks, which present nearly a complete record of the Gershwins' lives and work as they were chronicled in the contemporary press.

5. Harold Rome papers, 1936-1967

   approximately 850 items. 16 containers. 7.25 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Harold Rome (1908-1993) was an American composer and lyricist best known for his work in musical theater. Rome first made his mark by writing and composing musical revues, most notably his 1937 hit debut Pins and Needles. He later established himself as a writer of shows that were considered to be socially conscious for the time, including I Can Get It For You Wholesale (1962) and The Zulu and the Zayda (1965). The collection contains piano-vocal scores, music and lyric sketches, scripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous items related to his most well-known shows and projects, especially Fanny, Pins and Needles, I Can Get It For You Wholesale, and Sing Out the News.

6. Harry Tierney music manuscripts, 1929-1964

   113 items. 3 containers. 1 linear foot. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Harry Tierney (1890-1965) was an American musical theater composer and songwriter best known for the musical Irene, as well as many popular songs. He wrote and worked for multiple publishing companies before moving to musical theater and film scores in a career that spanned four decades. This collection primarily contains lead sheets, vocal parts, and lyric sheets for published and unpublished popular songs, as well as piano-vocal scores for the operetta Catherine of Russia, later titled Confine Yourself Catherine.