Consists of analog and digital sound recordings of oral history interviews ... of photocopied sheet music collected by Dr. Gillespie and his wife Anna Gillespie, used for researching their ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

See full article by Steven Lewis on how African American music is a vital part of America's musical heritage. Explore a selection of the Smithsonian's wide range of collections preserving the material ...

One such loss is a collection of music written by 20th-century Austrian-American composer Arnold Schoenberg, who developed the 12-tone technique, an innovative style of musical composition.

See full article by Steven Lewis on how African American music is a vital part of America's musical heritage. Explore a selection of the Smithsonian's wide range of collections preserving the material ...