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What is the West African History of the Banjo?
What Can You Tell Us About the Early History of the Piano?
How has the Banjo Changed Over Time?
What Was This Hunting Horn Made For?
Can You Show Us Some of the Pop Culture Collection?
How did Greg Adams Learn to play the Banjo?
Can You Tell Us About the Dress From the Musical "Hello, Dolly"?
Tell us about the Cab Calloway Collection
What is the Chamber Music Society?
Can You Tell Us About the Harpsichord?
What are the origins of stringed instruments?
What does music mean to you?
Do You Have Anything From the Broadway Musical "Cats"?
Do You Have Anything in the Collections From Selena?
What is a Baryton and Who is Joseph Haydn?
Tell us about J Dilla's Instruments
Who Was Celia Cruz?
Tell Us About the George Clinton's Mothership
Tell Us About Chuck Berry's Cadillac
Greg Adams on where the Banjo came from
Do You Have Anything From the Scarecrow in the "Wizard of Oz"?
Tell Us About the Track Sheet From the Hit Record "Ladies First"
If You Could Collect Anything for the Smithsonian, What Would You Choose?
What Are Some More Memorable Music Events You Have Been Involved In?
How is Music a part of the Smithsonian?
How Did the Smithsonian Folklife Festival Begin?
How and When Did You First Engage With Music at the Smithsonian?
Tell Us About Hommage Á Bessie Smith
How did Ella Fitzgerald's belongings make it to the Smithsonian?
Don Loper's Dress for Ella Fitzgerald
Tell Us About the Kongo Bell
How Have You Worked With Music At The Smithsonian?
What Is Your Favorite Kind of Music?
John Hasse on Ella Fitzgerald's beginnings
Ella Fitzgerald's one of a kind Champagne Goblet
Who Was Irving Berlin?
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