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The theme of this march and two-step celebration of speed and transportation on the ground, water, and air.  Dating from 1910, Motor King is part of the Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music, held in the National Air and Space Museum Library. 

This 1898 waltz sheet music was published in the United Kingdom and features a woman in flight, riding a stork.  This is one of the many "aeronautical" themed pieces of sheet music the are part of the Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music, which is held in the National Air and Space Museum Library. 

A popular song from 1919 that was representative of women's interest in aviation and flying. Since Katy the Waitress became an Aviatress is an example of popular songwriting's ability to capture contemporary trends and turn them into songs they hoped the public would adopt.  This sheet music is part of the Bella C. Landauer Collection of Aeronautical Sheet Music held in the National Air and Space Museum Library.

"Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one." Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington is an American jazz legend – a talented pianist, a composer of over 1,000 songs, and a bandleader who gained national attention through his orchestra’s appearances at the famed Cotton Club in Harlem. In this book, Ellington tells the stories of his life and career. He describes growing up in Washington, D.C. in the early 1900s, when he dreamed of playing baseball, not the piano. He shares photographs of his beloved parents and other family members and friends who influenced him.