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Creator
McGuinn, Richard
Call number
*L (Special) 90-13
Physical description
583 sound tape reels, analog; 583 sound tape reels, analog; 505; 78
Language
Materials in English
Preferred Citation

Richard McGuinn collection of music noncommercial recordings, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library

Repository
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Access to materials
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The collection consists of noncommercial recordings primarily of opera performances from 1936 to 1981 by major American and European houses, collected and in many cases recorded by Richard McGuinn. Opera houses represented include the Bayreuth Festival, Covent Garden, La Scala, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, San Francisco Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. The recordings were privately made in-house or from radio broadcasts.

Biographical/historical information

Richard McGuinn was a priest and music amateur.

Scope and arrangement

The collection consists of noncommercial recordings primarily of opera performances by major American and European houses from 1936 to 1981, collected and in many cases recorded by Richard McGuinnOpera houses represented in the collection include the Bayreuth Festival, Covent Garden, La Scala, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Metropolitan Opera, Salzburg Festival, San Francisco Opera, and the Vienna State Opera. The recordings were privately made in-house or from radio broadcasts.

Also included in the collection are radio broadcasts from the late 1960s to 1981 of concerts by major American orchestras, and performances by popular music artists.

Administrative information

Processing information

McGuinn, Richard.

Using the collection

Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor