Armed Forces Radio Service collection of broadcast recordings 1942-1949

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Armed Forces Radio Service collection of broadcast recordings 1942-1949

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The Armed Forces Radio Service collection of broadcast recordings consists of electrical transcription discs that the AFRS distributed for broadcast. The substantial portion of the collection consists of concert recordings of the Boston Symphony, NBC Symphony, New York Philharmonic, and other groups, from 1943 through 1945. Also included are selected episodes of a wide variety of other AFRS offerings, such as Globe theater, Mail call, Command performance, Yarns for Yanks, Words with music, and Music from America.

ca; 750 sound discs

The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

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