External Site: Performing Arts Encyclopedia [info]
Once known as I Hear America Singing, the PAE is an
onnline presentation of some of the music, theatre and dance collections of the Library of Congress. The site invites visitors to experience the diversity of American performing arts through the Library of Congress’s collections of scores, sheet music, audio recordings, films, photographs, maps, and other materials. There are special presentations on Patriotic Melodies, the Gerry Mulligan Collection, Dolly Parton and the Roots of Country Music, the Katherine Dunham Collection, and David Meeker’s Jazz on Screen filmography. In total there are over 235 resources available here. There is a rich variety of downloadable audio and video content, in MP3 and Real Media formats.