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{"value"=>"<p>The sound and video recordings strongly represent Friedman's work as a composer and lyricist. They contain works-in-progress, demos, and, in some cases, complete recordings of musicals, a few of which were never completed. The recordings are in are in six divisions, each arranged alphabetically: Projects, Work Recordings, Demos, School Performances, Other Recordings, and Mix Tapes and CDs. Some audio recordings can also be found in the Project Files in Series I.</p> <p>Projects document Friedman's work and works-in-progress. It is in the following divisions: Musicals, plays, films, television, songbook performances, and unidentified projects. The project recordings include song or instrumental demos; readings; rehearsals; performance audio and/or video; and cast recordings or recording sessions.</p> <p>Musicals documented here include <span class=\"title\">The Abominables</span> (one of Friedman's final completed works), <span class=\"title\">The Essential Alice In Wonderland</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Fortress of Solitude</span>, <span class=\"title\">God Hates the Irish: The Ballad of Armless Johnny</span>, <span class=\"title\">Gone Missing (A Show About Things Lost and Found)</span>, <span class=\"title\">In the Footprint: The Battle Over Atlantic Yards</span>, <span class=\"title\">In the Bubble</span>, <span class=\"title\">King of Kong</span>, <span class=\"title\">Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play</span>, <span class=\"title\">Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge</span>, <span class=\"title\">Paris Commune</span>, <span class=\"title\">Pretty Filthy</span>, <span class=\"title\">Sherlock Holmes and the Secret of Making Whoopie</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Stranger: A Musical</span>, <span class=\"title\">This Beautiful City</span>; and <span class=\"title\">Unknown Soldier</span>.</p> <p>More of Friedman's musical material can be heard in the recording of an American Songbook concert he performed at Lincoln Center in 2010. There are also informal recordings of material from his research project <span class=\"title\">American Pop: 1846-1923: A Songbook</span>.</p> <p>Recordings of incidental music for plays with Friedman as music director and/or composer include <span class=\"title\">Bloody Poetry</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Caucasian Chalk Circle</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fully Committed</span>, <span class=\"title\">Misery</span>, <span class=\"title\">Mother Courage and Her Children</span>, <span class=\"title\">Romeo and Juliet</span>, and <span class=\"title\">The Taming of the Shrew</span>, among others. Film and television productions with music by Friedman here include <span class=\"title\">Affair Game</span>, <span class=\"title\">Coach</span>, <span class=\"title\">Emile Norman: By His Own Design</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Floaters</span>.</p> <p>The Demos and Work Recordings contain instrumental ideas (performed on piano, or digital realizations from notation software); recordings of Friedman instrumental compositions; and songs-in-progress, sung by Friedman or unidentified others.</p> <p>The school performances date from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. The recordings at the Kinhaven School include early compositional work, and Friedman performing on cello with chamber groups and orchestras. The Germantown Friends recordings feature Friedman mainly as a vocalist, including his work with De Functorum, a boys' doo-wop style group, for which he may have arranged songs; and his appearance in the school's 1993 production of <span class=\"title\">Godspell</span>. The Harvard recordings include video of a performance of the Edward Albee play <span class=\"title\">The Zoo Story</span>, directed by Friedman, as well as a performance of the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum.</p> <p>Other recordings contain songs or instrumental music not linked to a particular project, or possibly by other composers. Also present is the work of Betty Comden and Adolph Green (an audio recording of a performance); Meredith Monk (a video of her opera <span class=\"title\">Specimen Days</span>); and Elizabeth Swados (a Christmas holiday album).</p> <p>Friedman compiled several mix tapes or CDs of released material by rock bands, dance songs, French songs, and other material. Recordings for which all or most of the material is identified are not available for listening, but their content is in the container list below for reference purposes.</p>"}