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1. Park Avenue Synagogue commissioning project correspondence, 1943-1976

   approximately 200 items. 1 container. .5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Park Avenue Synagogue Commissioning Project Correspondence consists of approximately 200 letters, telegrams, contracts, and other documents relating to a commissioning program for Jewish liturgical music.

2. George and Böske Antheil papers, circa 1875-1984

   approximately 6,500 items. 43 containers. 17.5 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   George Antheil was a composer, pianist, author and inventor. The collection consists of materials related to the professional and personal activities of George Antheil and his wife, Elizabeth (Böske) Antheil. It contains holograph music manuscripts, printed scores, published and unpublished writings, business and personal correspondence, subject files, photographs, programs and promotional materials, scrapbooks, artwork, biographical materials, and memorabilia which document the life of this influential composer and his family.

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3. 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.

4. Alan Jay Lerner papers, 1880-1997

   2,500 items. 38 containers. 19 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist, librettist, playwright and screenwriter. The papers include stage scripts and screenplays in multiple drafts, music, correspondence, photographs, writings, programs, biographical materials, clippings and collected lyrics.

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5. John McGlinn collection, 1890s-2010

   approximately 27,450 items. 376 containers. 145 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   John McGlinn (1953-2009) was an American conductor and musical historian best known for his reconstructions, performances, and recordings of original Broadway orchestrations, including Show Boat and Anything Goes. The collection largely consists of scores and parts for music by Victor Herbert, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Arthur Schwartz, Harry Warren, and other notable Broadway composers. It also contains librettos, programs, writings, and other materials related to McGlinn's life and career.

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6. Lyons family papers, 1924-1983

   42 items. 2 containers. 1.25 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Leonard Lyons was an American newspaper columnist who wrote for the New York Post about Broadway in his column "The Lyons Den." His son, Warren Lyons, was a theater producer and director. The collection includes correspondence to Leonard and Warren from notable figures, as well as printed music inscribed to them.