View a demonstration to understand the physics behind the working of an electric guitar

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Correspondence from 1904 between Henry Clay Folger and actress Julia Marlowe regarding Shakespearean acting. At the time that they exchanged letters, Marlowe had just completed a run as Juliet in a New York production of Romeo and Juliet, and the Folger Shakespeare Library had not yet been established.

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Explore how superheroes evolved from comic-book characters into fixtures of popular culture.

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The Fleischer brothers' Out of the Inkwell series featured the comic character Ko-Ko the Clown.

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Frame drumming techniques, as demonstrated by musician Tom Teasley.

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The sarod, one of the principal melodic solo instruments of Hindustani music.

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Animation demonstrating a type of action in a grand piano.

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The manufacture of musical instruments in Markneukirchen, Saxony, Germany.