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{"value"=>"3571870", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1980-2006", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1980/2006"}
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{"value"=>"Series II: Concerts and Performances"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"6 boxes, 1 tube", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.33 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"70 audio recordings", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"13 video recordings", "unit"=>"video_recordings"}]}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Concerts and Performances series spans 1980 to 2006 and includes concert photographs; posters; programs; and recordings of live performances, rehearsals, and studio recordings.</p> <p>Playbills make up the bulk of this series. Miller collected the official programs for every concert the Chorus performed at Carnegie Hall or the Lincoln Center, beginning with the debut performance in December 1980. Additional posters, playbills, and programs for tours, performances during Pride month, and collaborative concerts with other LGBT+ choruses are also present. Files are arranged chronologically by season, which starts at the annual Christmas concert and runs through autumn of the following year.</p> <p>Concert posters include a 1982 Valentine's Day concert poster with the Windy City Gay Chorus at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall; a poster for the German leg of the 1991 European tour; and a 1998 poster for a performance with the Seattle Men's Chorus at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Spain. Of particular note is a framed concert poster of the Chorus' debut performance at Carnegie Hall. The cover of the Carnegie program is pasted onto the frame's backing paper. Members of the Chorus who sang at this concert filled the backing paper with signatures, congratulatory messages, well wishes, and doodles.</p> <p>Also held here are audio and video recordings of the Chorus' Christmas concerts, performances during the 1988 and 1991 European tours, studio recordings of <span class=\"title\">Look to the Rainbow</span> (1998), and performances on media outlets including NPR, WQXR-FM, <span class=\"title\">Sunday Today</span>, and CBS News <span class=\"title\">Nightwatch</span>. <span class=\"title\">Hidden Legacies</span> (1993), <span class=\"title\">Celebrating Stonewall</span> (1994), and <span class=\"title\">Side by Side by Side</span> (1997) feature joint performances with the Los Angeles Gay Men's Chorus, the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, Seattle Men's Chorus, and the Windy City Gay Chorus. A 1986 NYCGMC performance with the Twin Cities Men's Chorus at that year's GALA Festival and a joint 1996 performance with the Anna Crusis Women's Choir at Alice Tully Hall are also present.</p> <p>Of particular note is the live concert recording of <span class=\"title\">Friends for Life</span> (1991) at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam. Soprano Roberta Alexander, pianist Dean X. Johnson, the Rijkspolitiekapel (Dutch National Police Band) conducted by Nico Boom, and tenor Bruce Sellers performed with the NYCGMC. Recordings are arranged chronologically with undated recordings filed at the end.</p> <p>There is also a small amount of photographs and recordings of unidentified concerts and performances.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Arranged chronologically.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Inquiries regarding audio and video materials in the collection may be directed to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound (recordedsound@nypl.org). Audio and video materials will be subject to preservation evaluation and migration prior to access.</p>"}
- date_start
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1980
- keydate
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1980
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2006
- date_inclusive_start
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1980
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2006