Manhattan · Cultural site
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza · Manhattan, New York City
Recordings, scripts and research collections preserve the history of music, dance and theater.
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NYFE Summary
The recorded-sound archive began in 1965. Its recordings and related objects document how people recorded and played sound from the late 1800s onward. The collections include early Metropolitan Opera performances.
Visitors can browse books, scores, CDs and DVDs in the circulating collection. Research holdings include dance historian Selma Jeanne Cohen’s teaching and criticism papers. A play-reading group also brings readers together to discuss scripts from the collection.
NYFE summary from the official history and visitor sources linked below.
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