Richard McGuinn collection of music noncommercial recordings 1936-1981

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Richard McGuinn collection of music noncommercial recordings 1936-1981

http://archives.nypl.org/rha/20482

The collection consists of noncommercial recordings primarily of opera performances from 1936 to 1981 by major American and European houses, collected and in many cases recorded by Richard McGuinn. Opera houses represented include the Bayreuth Festival, Covent Garden, La Scala, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, San Francisco Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. The recordings were privately made in-house or from radio broadcasts.

583 sound tape reels, analog; 505, analog, 7 in.; 78

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 6316776

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