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- Creator
- Harper, Ken, d. 1988
- Call number
- *L (Special) 92-40
- Physical description
- 8 sound recordings; 5, analog 1 7/8 ips stereo; 5, analog 1 7/8 ips stereo; 1, analog 7 1/2 ips stereo, 5 in.; 1, analog 7 1/2 ips stereo, 5 in.; 2, analog 7 1/2 ips. stereo, 7 in.; 2, analog 7 1/2 ips. stereo, 7 in.
- Preferred Citation
- Ken Harper sound recordings for Bamboo [sound recording], Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
Ken Harper was the producer of the popular Broadway musical The Wiz. Born in New York, Harper became a radio disc jockey in the army. In the late 1960's and early 1970's he worked for radio station WPIX (New York), and later left his job to begin a full time fund raising effort for his musicals. Harper died in 1988 without finding financial support for his second musical production entitled BAMBOO. The collection consists almost exclusively of recordings of the unproduced musical Bamboo. There is a complete recording of the music from the show as well as a demo recording and several recordings of single songs.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Transfer, Billy Rose Theater Collection, 19920429Related Material
Ken Harper papers and sound recordings
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Location
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded SoundNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Access restrictions
Access to some original items restricted.