- unitid
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{"value"=>"*L (Special) 88-32", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"20519", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1935/1960", "value"=>"1935-1960"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1935
- date_inclusive_end
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1960
- keydate
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1935
- date_start
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1935
- date_end
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1960
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Kirsten Flagstad collection of noncommercial recordings [sound recording]"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"75 sound tape reels"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"analog"}], "supress_display"=>true}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"73"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"7 in."}], "supress_display"=>true}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"5 in."}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center</span> <span class=\"addressline\">40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"These tapes constitute a large portion of the noncommercial recordings collected by Flagstad of her own performances and interviews. Recordings originating from Norway include Flagstad's farewell concert of December 12, 1953, and fourteen tapes recorded privately at the Norwegian Broadcast Service in 1954 and 1958 featuring songs by Norwegian composers."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Kirsten Flagstad collection of noncommercial recordings [sound recording], Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Flagstad, Kirsten, 1895-1962", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Kirsten Flagstad is regarded as the leading Wagnerian soprano of her generation. Born in Norway in 1895, she achieved international recognition with her Metropolitan Opera debut in Die Walküre on February 2, 1935. In addition to Wagner, Flagstad's recordings include works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Delius, Elgar, Gluck, Grieg, Handel, Lie, Lindeman, Purcell, Rossini, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Sindling, Strauss, and Wolf.</p> <p>Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur V. Dusenberry; 1969.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>These tapes are a large portion of the noncommercial recordings collected by Flagstad of her own performances and interviews. Among the opera recordings in the collection are excerpts from Metropolitan Opera and Covent Garden Opera broadcast performances.</p> <p>Recordings originating from Norway include Flagstad's farewell concert of December 12, 1953, and fourteen tapes recorded privately at the Norwegian Broadcast Service in 1954 and 1958 featuring songs of Norwegian composers.</p> <p>Interviews with Flagstad are as follows: On singing Wagner (BBC, June 28, 1950); Farewell interview (Danish State Radio, December 26, 1953); Recollections of Metropolitan Opera debut (Danish State Radio, February 2, 1960); Opening of the Norwegian National Opera (Norwegian Broadcasting Service, February 16, 1959).</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Dusenberry bequest.</p>"}
- altformavail
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{"value"=>"<p>Preservation cassette copies of collection available in repository. For holdings information, consult local finding aids</p>"}
- bibliography
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{"value"=>"<p>Kirsten Flagstad Discography by Howard C. Sanner, available in *L 05-6979</p>"}
- note
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{"value"=>"Recording of a program outlining the history and some contents of the collection, titled \"Highlights from the Kirsten Flagstad collection\" is available in *LT-10 3859"}
- extent_statement
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75 sound tape reels : analog. 73 : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 7 in.. 2 : analog, 7 1/2 ips, mono ; 5 in.