A promotional poster for the "Outdoor Record Concerts." Bryant Park Concerts of Recorded Music, * L (Special) 20-1, Box 3, Folder 6, Notices, [n.d.]. In 1937, Columbia Records donated 5…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:18PMOn March 21, 2016, the Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) debuted Archives of Sound, an interactive audio installation inspired by collections in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of R…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:34AMOn March 21, 2016, the Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) debuted Archives of Sound, an interactive audio installation inspired by collections in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of R…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:08PMIn 1985, a group of musicians fed up with industry-imposed limitations that pigeonholed Black artists into either R&B singers or rappers, formed the Black Rock Coalition (BRC). Founders …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:45PMIt's late October and the Halloween season that seemingly began when one could still walk around in shorts, is in full force. Ghosts, skeletons, carved pumpkins, spiders, and cob webs ar…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:48PMGuest post by Elin Øyen Vister Kinokophonography brings together soundscapes from an international group of field recordists who share their recordings with each other and you—the p…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:13AMIn honor of President Obama's upcoming inauguration, the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound would like to present a compilation of historic presidential speeches selected fro…
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