- unitid
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{"value"=>"20481", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*L (Special) 90-19", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1959-1966", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1959/1966"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Society for Asian Music collection of noncommercial recordings"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"108 reels", "unit"=>"reels"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"5\", 7\", and 10\" audio tape reels"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"These music and spoken word recordings were collected under the auspices of the Society for Asian Music, and the contents of the recordings primarily concern Asian music, in both specific and general contexts. The Society was also the sponsor of many of the music recitals and lectures within the collection."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Society for Asian Music", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Society for Asian Music began in 1959 as an informal offshoot of the New York City-based Asia Society. It was officially incorporated on March 7, 1960 and held its first general meeting on March 27 of that year at the Asia House. While the early years of the society focused on musical recitals by known performers (such as Ravi Shankar), eventually it came to combine performances with lectures, and to feature musicians less familiar to United States audiences. In 1962, the society began arranging visits through the U.S. State Department of Asian Artists. The society is still in existence today and produces two issues a year of the academic journal Asian Music.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>These music and spoken word recordings were collected under the auspices of the Society for Asian Music, and the contents of the recordings primarily concern Asian music, in both specific and general contexts. The Society was also the sponsor of many of the music recitals and lectures within the collection. Although the collection contains a diverse sampling of the music of many Asian countries, the music of India is given a more substantial treatment. Both Hindustani and Karnatic music are represented by performances as well as lectures. Noteworthy performers include Shirish Gor, Ravi Shankar, and M. L. Vasanthakumari. The songs and poetry of Rabindranath Tagore are the topic of several recordings. Programs broadcast by All India Radio include performances and discussion of the songs of Tagore, and poetry readings by Tagore himself. In addition, the collection contains a symposium on the poetry of Tagore, held in New York in 1961, that features tributes given by Amiya Chandra Chakravarty and Robert Frost. Music from other countries includes folk music from China, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, and dance music from the Philippines. The collection also includes examples of the classical music of China, Japan, Korea, Laos, and Pakistan. Additional spoken word recordings include a series of introductory lectures on Asian music by Henry Cowell, and a lecture by Alan Hovhaness on Gagaku.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Society for Asian Music collection of noncommercial recordings are arranged in eleven series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1573918'>Bali</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1573923'>China</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1573965'>Indonesia</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1960-1961</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>6 reels</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1573974'>Japan</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1959-1961, undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>9 reels</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1573982'>Korea</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>March 1961</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>4 reels</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1573987'>Laos</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1959, 1963</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 reels</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1573993'>Pakistan</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1959, undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 reels</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1573997'>Philippines</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1960, 1962</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>5 reels</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1574002'>Thailand</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1965, undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>4 reels</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1574008'>UNESCO</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1959, undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 reels</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/rha/20481#c1574012'>Vietnam</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1959, undated</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>2 reels</div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Willard Rhodes, 1969.</p>"}
- date_start
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1959
- keydate
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1959
- date_end
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1966
- date_inclusive_start
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1959
- date_inclusive_end
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1966
- extent_statement
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108 reels : 5", 7", and 10" audio tape reels
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Society for Asian Music collection of noncommercial recordings, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library"}