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Playing the Piano

A celebration of piano players, famous and not so famous, as they practice their artistry.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 14 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 2 Filter by term Exclude term
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Photographs 42 Filter by term Exclude term
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African Americans 38 Filter by term Exclude term
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 34 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 12 Filter by term Exclude term
The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center 3 Filter by term Exclude term
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Photography 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Instrumentalists (Musicians) 26 Filter by term Exclude term
Jazz (Music) 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 20 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianos 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Composers (Musicians) 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Singers (Musicians) 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Architecture 7 Filter by term Exclude term

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Ain't That a Shame

Nina Simone - Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass. - 1969

Aretha: Mysterious Lady of Sorrows

The Piano

Joyce Bryant

Duet #3

Jaki Byard, 1978

Film still of Una Mae Carlisle on the set of “I Like It ‘Cause I Love It”

John Coltrane

Autographed photograph of Eubie Blake playing the piano

Professor Longhair, 1973

Barry Harris, 1976

Jerry At The Piano

The Spinet

Quiet Hour

The Parmly Sisters

Day's End

Film still of a group of people gathered around a piano

Indoor Portrait of Two Women and a Boy Standing at the Piano

At the Piano

Renata Borgatti, Au Piano

Photograph of a piano player

Lavender Piano

Le Piano

Final Study for "Piano Keys"

Improvisation

Indoor Portrait of Two Children Sitting at a Piano

A Portrait

Mary Lou Williams, 1977

Photograph of Velma Middleton and an unidentified woman at a piano

Vladimir Horowitz at the piano

Indoor Photo of a Man and Woman Facing each other and both are Playing the Piano

Beverly Plays the Blues

Marian Anderson and Leonard Bernstein

Woman at the Piano

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