Pittsburgh Music

Signatures of musicians from Vladimir and Julia Bakaleinikoff.

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

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.

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

Recommended Listening and Reading List

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.

Check out this list of local jazz artists.

Classic long-playing records by Pittsburgh musicians.

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.