Fine and Rare III: Musical Marvels of Special Collections Unveiled
Channel: Carnegie Mellon University Libraries
Date: 2023-12-08

In this themed installment of Fine & Rare, Curator of Special Collections Dr. Sam Lemley shares a number of rare and early printed editions of works by well known composers, including Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms. Music played a surprisingly important role in the early history of the Libraries' Special Collections — the University's repository for rare books, manuscripts, and early calculating devices and cryptographic machines. (December 7, 2023)