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1. Seeger family collection, 1846-2023

   approximately 43,000 items. 270 containers . 22 mapcase folders . 136.5 linear feet. 6 microfilm reels . 5,882 digital files (213 GB). -- 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.

2. Charles Wuorinen papers, 1922-2022

   approximately 35,000 items. 315 containers. 4 mapcase folders. 147 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Charles Wuorinen (1938-2020) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, and arts administrator. The collection includes scores by Wuorinen and others, correspondence, writings, photographs, personal papers, and business papers pertaining to his music career as well as many of the organizations of which he was a member.

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3. American Ballet Caravan music scores, 1935-1947

   180 items . 8 containers. 3.75 linear feet. -- Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The collection of American Ballet Caravan Music Scores consists of full scores, parts, piano rehearsal and vocal scores for six ballets, at least two of them unrealized, for Lincoln Kirstein's dance company, which he founded in 1936. Three of the six ballets were commissioned by Kirstein during the Caravan's tour to Latin America in 1941. The works are Pastorela (Paul Bowles); Soirées musicale (Benjamin Britten, arranged for two pianos by Brian Easdale); Estancia (Alberto E. Ginastera); Fantasias Brasileiras: no. 4, for piano and orchestra (Francisco Paulo Mignone); Cinco Piezas Brevas for string orchestra, op. 14 (Domingo Santa Cruz); Juke Box (Alec Wilder); and Concerto for two violins and orchestra (J. S. Bach, arranged for two pianos by Stefan Wolpe).