The Library of Congress houses many musical instruments, sheet music, music recordings, and more related to music - and a lot of it can be viewed or listened to online! This is a great way to find primary sources, or originals, for music research. Check out all their collections here, particularly some of these highlights:
- National Jukebox (historical sound recordings, music performances and talks of numerous genres)
- Musical Instruments at the Library of Congress (information and images of the musical instruments collected by the Library of Congress)
- Omaha Indians Music (selections from the American Folklife Center's materials on Omaha music traditions)
- Leonard Bernstein (personal papers, musical sketches from the famous composer's life)
- Amazing Grace (an audio history of the hymn)
- Dayton C. Miller Collection (historical and global collection of flutes and music, books, images of flutes)
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