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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound of The New York Public Library is one of the richest resources of recorded sound in the world. The Archives' extraordinary holdings cover virtually every aspect of recorded sound—from Mozart to Maria Callas to Motown, from symphonic works to presidential speeches, from radio dramas to television specials.
Items in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound See More
Me and Juliet
Music from Germany: Rosenmüller and Weckmann, [episode no.] 1917
Sound recordings: source material [for Variations V?]
Party music mixed tapes: for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at the Joyce Theater, 1988-03-27
Beachcombers: master set of cues
Improvisation IV: sets of cassette recordings used in the music for Fielding sixes
Improvisation III, and, IV: sets of cassette recordings used in the music for Duets, and, Fielding sixes
Merce Cunningham Symposium at the Southern Methodist University,1987-10-23/24
The march of time: radio broadcast, 1936-07-22
Septet music: audio take and performance, 1987
Second week of January: rehearsal of music for Signals
Merce Cunningham's eigensinnige Wege, Ein Tänzer prägt die Neue Musik: Musikfeature von Wiebke Hüster (Radio program), WDR 3, Cologne, 1999, March
Coefficient: frictional percussion and electronics, 1991-05-17: and, excerpt from German radio program
Workshop Einspielung Live, Die Audionauten : Music and Merce Cunningham,1988-06-14
MinEvents: three performances in unidentified locations
Interview with Merce Cunningham on the Sound of dance (Radio program), 1981-03-15: and, excerpt from an unidentified musical theater performance
Cunningham Dance Technique - Elementary level (Motion picture): Merce Cunningham narration audio takes, 1984
Event no. 511, excerpt: performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1992-10-24
Interview with Nina Fonaroff, 1980-07-30
Interview with Marianne Preger-Simon, 1983-03-27
Neural Network Plus: world premiere performance of Enter at the Opéra de Paris Garnier, 1992-11-17
Neural Network Plus: performance of Enter at the Opéra de Paris Garnier, 1992-11-19
Biped: performance at Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, 1999-11-16
Biped: rehearsal, and, performance at Zellerbach Hall, 1999-04-23
Biped: rehearsal, and, performance at Zellerbach Hall, 1999-04-24
Collections in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
General Audio Collection
1,169 items
Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation Collection. Audio materials
349 items
Margaret Carson audio-visual materials
161 items
Music from Germany (Radio program)
125 items
Leida Snow collection of audio interviews and reports on theater, culture and arts
125 items
Lewis Archibald collection of recorded interviews
91 items
Tom Scott audio collection
84 items
The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings
65 items
The March of Time collection: radio broadcasts, 1935-1943 (incomplete)
48 items
Arthur Bell Collection of Recorded Interviews, 1970-1980
40 items
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song"
39 items
Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark, 1961-1964
27 items
Edison album
25 items
New Music Quarterly recordings
23 items
First National Congress on Women in Music recordings
22 items
ASCAP sponsored radio interviews with musicians and composers collection
21 items
Ross Lee Finney collection : sound and video recordings,1938-1986
18 items
Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings
16 items
Eric Siday collection of sound recordings
16 items
Regina Resnik sound recordings materials
15 items
Germany Today (Radio program)
12 items
Katharine Hepburn audiovisual materials
12 items
National Orchestral Association collection of rehearsal and concert recordings, 1938-1968
10 items
Jan Peerce collection of sound recordings,1932-1983
9 items
Henry Cowell collection of noncommercial recordings
9 items
Collegiate Chorale collection of performance recordings,1944-1974
8 items
New Music for Young Ensembles recordings
8 items
George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian audio collection
7 items
The Voice of the Victor
6 items
Lawrence and Lee collection of broadcast recordings1942-1966
6 items
Martin Worman audiovisual collection
5 items
Little Orchestra Society concert recordings collection1947-1957
5 items
Carolyn Leigh papers and sound recordings,1944-1985
5 items
Hugo Weisgall collection of noncommercial recordings
5 items
New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection
5 items
Oratorio Society of New York
4 items
Jacob Druckman collection of noncommercial sound recordings
4 items
Edison white wax cylinders collection
3 items
The Toscanini Legacy collection of sound recordings
3 items
Behind the scenes in music (Radio program)
3 items
The Sonora bell
3 items
Anna Balos collection of non-commercial recordings
2 items
Teiji Itō collection of noncommercial recordings
2 items
A.F.R. Lawrence collection of historical spoken word
1 item
Alexander Scourby collection
1 item
Henry Sylvern collection of noncommercial recordings,1941-1958
1 item
Luther Sies collection
1 item
Yellow Springs Institute Audio/Visual Collection
1 item
American International Music Fund. Recording Guarantee Project
1 item
Equity Library Theatre collection of performance recordings,1968-1979
1 item
Benedict Stambler Memorial Archive of Jewish Music and Theatre
1 item
Jan Holcman collection
1 item
Seth Bingham collection of sound recordings
1 item
Sociedad Fonográfica Española Cylinder Recordings
1 item