Performing Arts Encyclopedia
Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress
|| Events, Concerts & Webcasts ||
Dec. 5 at 8:00pm - CONCERT: Chamber Music of Charles Wuorinen
|| Featured Presentation ||
Musical Instruments at the Library of Congress includes recordings, articles, and photos of the Library's collection of string, wind and folk instruments.
|| Featured Exhibition ||
West Side Story: Birth of a Classic highlights music and memorabilia from the Library's Leonard Bernstein collection on the 50th anniversary of this extraordinary work.
|| Performing Arts Resource Guide ||
Search and browse descriptions of more than 235 music, theater and dance resources by subject, title, or name.
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|| Special Presentations ||
- African-American Band Music
- Amazing Grace
- American Choral Music
- Baseball Sheet Music
- Civil War Sheet Music
- Dolly Parton & Country Music
- Gerry Mulligan Collection
- Great Conversations in Music
- Guarneri "Twin" Violins
- Historic Sheet Music, 1800-1922
- Katherine Dunham Collection
- Library of Congress Publications
- Library of Congress Concerts
- Life in 19th-Century Ohio
- The March King: John Philip Sousa
- Musical Instruments at the Library
- Patriotic Melodies
- Ragtime
- Roger Reynolds Collection
- Song of America
- Transit of Venus March
|| Databases & Online Catalogs ||
- Chasanoff/Elozua
"Amazing Grace" Collection
search a database of recordings - Jazz
on the Screen
search a filmography created by David Meeker - Traditional
Music & Spoken Word
search catalog from the American Folklife Center
Last Updated: 11/24/2008