Pittsburgh Music

Signatures of musicians from Vladimir and Julia Bakaleinikoff.

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Music Department holds a large collection of uncataloged printed music programs from the city dating back to the early 19th century.

Pittsburgh's Mary Lou Williams was a scholar of the history of jazz and an important participant.

Musical Life in Pittsburgh as reflected in The Musical Forecast 1921-1948

An index to music-related entries in Sesqui-Centennial and Historical Souvenir of the Greater Pittsburgh

This collection consists of over 300 interviews with a wide variety of people in Pittsburgh who have been heavily involved with professional and amateur music.

This group of finding lists provides access to uncataloged archival materials that help to illuminate the musical life of Pittsburgh in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Held November 24-30, 1952, this festival garnered the city's musical community in performances of newly-composed works with a virtual "who's-who" of living composers in the western musical world.

Check out this list of local jazz artists.

Classic long-playing records by Pittsburgh musicians.

A list of music organizations that perform in the Pittsburgh area.

The Pittsburgh Music Information File contains a large collection of newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and other ephemera.

Recommended Listening and Reading List for this year's Pittsburgh Opera season

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh holds a unique collection of over 1000 titles of sheet music published in Pittsburgh or nearby since the early 19th century.

Ralph Lewando, music critic for the Pittsburgh Press (1930-1957), wrote a column called "Who's Who in Pittsburgh Music Circles".