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Classic Jazz Album of the Week: John Coltrane's Giant Steps

April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and this year marks the 60th anniversary of the most influential year in jazz, 1959. Each week we've highlighted…

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Classic Jazz Album of the Week: Dave Brubeck Quartet's Time Out

April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and this year marks the 60th anniversary of the most influential year in jazz, 1959. Each week we are highlighting…

Austrian classical pianist Artur Schnabel, circa 1940.

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The Pianist Who First Climbed Beethoven's Mount Everest

Tom Huizenga

Artur Schnabel was the first pianist to record all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. The cycle, made in the 1930s, has just been entered into the Library of Congress.

Run-D.M.C. backstage at the Grammy Awards in March 1987. The hip-hop group's 1986 album <em>Raising Hell</em> is one of 25 new inductees to the Library of Congress Recording Registry.

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Run-DMC, Pauline Oliveros, 'Rumours,' Chic And Beethoven Added To Library Of Congress

Sidney Madden

This year's batch of inductees bring the Recording Registry up to 500 entries.

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The Musical Treasure Trove At The Library Of Congress

A manuscript of a J.S. Bach cantata casts a new light on how Bach intended the piece to be played. A singer gains insight from a line in a Porgy and Bess…

Just part of David Bromberg's collection of more than 250 American violins, crafted by nearly as many makers.

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These 250-Plus Violins Are About To Be Owned By The U.S. Government

Jon Kalish

American-made violins are often regarded as inferior to European ones, but guitarist David Bromberg knows their value. So does the Library of Congress, which is acquiring his impressive collection.