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Image of actors onstage for Porgy and Bess.

Catfish Row Comes to New York: The Genesis of “Porgy and Bess”

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

View from the Coolidge Auditorium stage looking out at the seats with a Steinway 9-foot piano on stage.

Now Streaming: Leslie Odom Jr., Lectures, and Artist Conversations

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Two Women Composers, Two Commissions

Posted by: Claudia Morales

Photo of Scala in 1903 at his home. Seated outdoors.

A Note from President Lincoln

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Echoes of the Baroque: Exploring Henry Purcell’s Music at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Heather Darnell

Sheet music cover with an indigo background, featuring vaudeville dancer Gertrude Hoffmann standing in profile wearing a blue dirndl and additional feathers and headdress. A full moon shines in the background.

By the People: How (and Why) to Transcribe Sheet Music

Posted by: Cait Miller

Image of part of the score for "The Three Caballeros" with text and notated music.

“Good Neighbors”: An Example of Mariachi in American Popular Culture

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Contact sheet of multiple black and white images of Jonathan Larson in different seated poses.

“The Jonathan Larson Project” Sourced from Library of Congress Collection

Posted by: Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres

Explore the Legacy of Black Dance with a New Research Guide

Posted by: Heather Darnell