- unitid
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{"value"=>"186653", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"JPC 23-03", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b23435609", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1856", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1856"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Diary of a New York City keyboardist"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 volume", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Music Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Diary of a New York City keyboardist is an 1856 diary kept by a church organist named Henry (last name unidentified) who gave piano lessons to young women. The diary contains Henry's accounts of his daily activities throughout the year, including lessons, organ practice, church meetings, and social visits. It provides insight into the vernacular music culture of the era, and New York City life more broadly."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Henry (diarist), active 1856", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The keeper of this diary, named Henry, was an organist at a church in New York City on 23rd Street during the mid-1800s (neither Henry's last name nor the name of the church are identified in the diary). He gave piano lessons to young women, and regularly attended his church for meetings and services. Henry received the diary as a New Year's gift from the stationery printing house, Francis & Loutrel, which was located at 77 Maiden Lane in Manhattan as of 1856.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The diary was kept by a New York City man named Henry, whose first name is identified on the front endpaper, during the year 1856. Henry's last name and address, and the name of his church, are not identified in the diary. Along with spaces for daily entries, the diary contains an almanac with time and interest tables for the year.</p> <p>Henry's diary features his daily entries, which consist of brief notes and sentences, never more than several lines (and sometimes only several words). Nearly every day from January to June has an entry. There are only three entries from July to December: July 20, October 10, and October 11.</p> <p>In the diary, Henry summarizes his day-to-day activities and often comments on the weather. Activities that Henry addresses include piano lessons, where he usually mentions his students by name; organ practices at his church; meetings with church choir members; prayer meetings; and social visits at his home or other locations. He also discusses scheduling lessons for new students, maintaining his organ, and the health of his mother.</p> <p>Henry names locations in New York City and elsewhere; during late May and June, he travels to Toronto and Montreal, Canada. He names other performers and friends with whom he visits, usually by either first or last name; full names are infrequently noted.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Roxanne Grant Lapidus in 2024.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Nathan Evans</span> in <span class=\"date\">2024</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1856
- keydate
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1856
- date_end
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1856
- date_inclusive_start
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1856
- date_inclusive_end
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1856
- extent_statement
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.1 linear feet (1 volume)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Diary of a New York City keyboardist, JPC 23-03. Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}