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Carl Engel and Acquiring the Gutenberg Bible

Full body color photograph portrait of Rudolph Barshai standing on steps in a concert hall, wearing a tuxedo and holding his conducting baton with both hands while gazing out to the right.

Rudolf Barshai Papers Acquired by the Music Division

Image of Leslie Odom Jr. posed in a dark turtleneck

This Week at Library: From Broadway to Leipzig

Military officers posed for unit photo in front of a building and American flag.

General Pershing’s Musicians: Will Vodery, the U.S. Army Bandmaster School, and the Conservatoire Américain de Fontainebleau

Marvin Hamlisch, in conductor's formal attire and holding his baton, circa 1979.

Nobody Does It Better than Marvin Hamlisch

Latin text in black and white and manuscript notated music.

Last Rites and Matins of the Dead

Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge standing with Erick Hawkins to her left and Martha Graham to her right. The dancers wear their costumes from "Appalachian Spring."

Happy 160th Birthday, Mrs. Coolidge!

“The Sun of Latin Music” – Eddie Palmieri at the Library of Congress

Photo of Quatuor Diotima

Ascending the Library’s Beautiful Mountains of String Quartets