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Image of actors onstage for Porgy and Bess.

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

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

Two Women Composers, Two Commissions

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

A Note from President Lincoln

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

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

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

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

Explore the Legacy of Black Dance with a New Research Guide