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Playing the Piano

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

Museum / Unit

National Portrait Gallery 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 12 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 5 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of Asian Art 1 Filter by term Exclude term

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Photographs 29 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Sheet music 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 2 Filter by term Exclude term
45 rpm records 1 Filter by term Exclude term
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Culture

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Date

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1940s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
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United States 19 Filter by term Exclude term
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National Portrait Gallery Collection 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 34 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Painting and Sculpture 9 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 3 Filter by term Exclude term
American Winners: Athletes and Entertainers Who Shaped the Nation 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 2 Filter by term Exclude term
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Topic

Entertainers 47 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianos 43 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 40 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 38 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Men 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 35 Filter by term Exclude term
Pianist 29 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 23 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

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

Vladimir Horowitz

Aretha: Mysterious Lady of Sorrows

Professor Longhair, 1973

Elton John

The Spinet

Aaron Copland

Quiet Hour

Day's End

At the Piano

Renata Borgatti, Au Piano

Duke Ellington

Le Piano

Improvisation

Van Cliburn

Day Dreams

George Gershwin Self-Portrait

Leon Fleisher in performance with the Syracuse Symphony

Ray Charles

A Portrait

Thelonious Monk

Vladimir Horowitz at the piano

Beverly Plays the Blues

Marian Anderson and Leonard Bernstein

Fatha Hines

Keith Jarrett

Lux Lewis

Marc Blitzstein

Duke Ellington

Igor Stravinsky

Elliott Carter

James Merrill

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Nat "King" Cole

Thelonious Monk

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