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The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound is now the Music and Recorded Sound Division at @nypl_lpa. Follow @nyplmusic for updates!

[RHA @RHA_NYPL]

The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound is now the Music and Recorded Sound Division at @nypl_lpa.

Follow @nyplmusic for updates about the archives, exhibitions, and programs! https://t.co/N1Jqs8vuOc

[RHA @RHA_NYPL]

Check out the latest @NYPL_LPA researcher profile on our friend JiHoon Suk!

https://t.co/tPDseRR5Id

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

@NYPL_Music Angela Rapp has been working to identify and assess the test pressings in our collection. Test pressings are the initial step in the manufacturing process that helps test the quality of the stamper before commercial production.

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

It's #AskAnArchivist Day! Have a question for one of our dance, theatre or music & recorded archivists? Send us a question!

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

Here are a few photos with test pressing signatures of Louise Homer, one of the most gifted and popular opera singers of the early 20th century.

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

Jessica Gavilan, who works with manuscripts and rare books, highlights some surprising materials in our music archive, such as a music education book for children from the 1820s.

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

Danielle Cordovez has been getting back in touch with her childhood through her discovery of the cassette tapes in our archive, including demo tapes, mixtapes, and mass produced ones.

[NYPL_Music @nyplmusic]

The Music & Recorded Sound Division of the @nypl_lpa is thrilled to welcome our new curator, Kevin Parks. His diverse background as composer, performer, & professor is matched w/ great ideas to broaden our collections.

Read the official press release here https://t.co/lYdbK2oMyt

[Moog Synthesizers @moogmusicinc]

Back and better than ever 😎

The legendary Model 10 modular synthesizer has returned to production here at the Moog factory!

More info: https://t.co/Tk1FBJtpQG

[RHA @RHA_NYPL]

If you love music from soundtracks, you HAVE to come to our next Sound Bites listening session. On 9/23 at 3:30 pm, Sean Smalley will play soundtracks from the Music & Recorded Sound Division collection, including movies by directors like Federico Fellini and Brian de Palma.

[NYPL_Music @nyplmusic]

@nypl_lpa Communications Manager @alexteplitzky is spinning tunes from the @RHA_NYPL collection until 5:30 this afternoon. Any other @ucdavis Aggies in the area? Stop by! Looking at you @jonminnick

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

If you saw our Lou Reed exhibition, you probably noticed the stacks of flickering TVs. Those TVs, on stage during Reed's Rock and Roll Heart tour, tell a deeper story about Lou Reed than meets the eye. Seth Schonberg delves into the back story! https://t.co/Vni0O8UJO3

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

We mourn the passing of Jean-Luc Godard, legendary director and screenwriter who led the French Wave Cinema charge starting in the 60s. There are too many influential films to name: À bout de souffle, Week-end, and more recently, Goodbye to Language. What were your favorites?

[RHA @RHA_NYPL]

Jazz lovers – on Aug 26, Music & Recorded Sound librarian Dave McMullin will play a selection of 60s & 70s hard-bop, post-bop, spiritual, and soul jazz as part of our lunchtime listening series, #SoundBites, from 12 - 2 pm on the @nypl_lpa terrace. Join us!
#Jazz #Bebop #Vinyl

[RHA @RHA_NYPL]

#ArthurRussell fans! On Aug 12, Music & Recorded Sound librarian Danielle Cordovez will play hits from Arthur Russell's archive as part of our outdoor listening session series, Sound Bites, from 12 - 2 pm at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts terrace!
🎶

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

.@TimeOutNewYork recommends checking out @nypl's #DancePartyNYC this weekend at branches across all 5 boroughs! The event features live salsa bands, silent discos, family dance classes, and a playlist made by our very own Danielle Cordovez! https://t.co/lpJ0ocv03V

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

Arthur Russell fans! On Aug 12, Danielle Cordovez, librarian at @NYPL_Music, plays hits from the Arthur Russell archive as part of our outdoor listening session series, Sound Bites.

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

If you haven't been here lately, you should know that our neighbors, @LincolnCenter, have installed a giant disco ball, and we're not mad about it! @thedailybeast interviewed Shanta Thake, the chief artistic officer behind it. https://t.co/90spYtRx8F

[NYPL_Music @nyplmusic]

The covers of E.T. Paull sheet music are always beautiful. This may be among the most beautiful of all. Find more #FreeSheetMusic like it in @nypl_lpa Digital Collection of #AmericanPopularSongs https://t.co/o0gbHGwFIh

https://t.co/WKE9G6TWDw

[The Library for Performing Arts @nypl_lpa]

NYPL is celebrating a city-wide 5 borough dance party on Aug 6! @NYPL_Music's Danielle Cordovez even made a playlist to stream wherever you participate. https://t.co/0oxafLAzHB