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The now-famous Mapleson Cylinders had been recorded by Met Opera librarian Lionel Mapleson between 1900-1909, documenting Met rehearsals and performances, as well as informal moments with his children. In preparation for the release of the transfers on a boxed set of LPs, R \u0026amp; H curator David Hall contacted members of the Mapleson family, Alfred and Peter Mapleson, who held 16 cylinders, in addition to dozens of diaries kept by Lionel between 1882-1937. Hall negotiated the loan of the cylinders to NYPL for them to be transferred for the boxed set by audio engineer extraordinaire Tom Owen. He also spent a day with the diaries—which he scoured for clues to Mapleson’s recording practices. In November 2022, these diaries and 16 cylinders were donated to R \u0026amp; H (now part of the Music \u0026amp; Recorded Sound division), to join its existing collection of Mapleson cylinders. The presentation offers a glimpse into the physical condition of these 16 cylinders, comparing them with descriptions from a 1938 notebook kept by Ira Glackens and George Bishop. It also surveys the moments in the diaries relevant to Mapleson’s work in sound recording, along with general highlights from Mapleson’s everyday life.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eIn 1981, staff of the Rodgers \u0026amp; Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound was hard at work on a project to transfer its most important collection of wax cylinders to magnetic tape. The now-famous Mapleson Cylinders had been recorded by Met Opera librarian Lionel Mapleson between 1900-1909, documenting Met rehearsals and performances, as well as informal moments with his children. In preparation for the release of the transfers on a boxed set of LPs, R \u0026amp; H curator David Hall contacted members of the Mapleson family, Alfred and Peter Mapleson, who held 16 cylinders, in addition to dozens of diaries kept by Lionel between 1882-1937. Hall negotiated the loan of the cylinders to NYPL for them to be transferred for the boxed set by audio engineer extraordinaire Tom Owen. He also spent a day with the diaries\u0026mdash;which he scoured for clues to Mapleson\u0026rsquo;s recording practices. In November 2022, these diaries and 16 cylinders were donated to R \u0026amp; H (now part of the Music \u0026amp; Recorded Sound division), to join its existing collection of Mapleson cylinders. The presentation offers a glimpse into the physical condition of these 16 cylinders, comparing them with descriptions from a 1938 notebook kept by Ira Glackens and George Bishop. It also surveys the moments in the diaries relevant to Mapleson\u0026rsquo;s work in sound recording, along with general highlights from Mapleson\u0026rsquo;s everyday life.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/019/original/ARSC_Full_Logo_RGB_K.jpg?1605438091","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/public/images/audio-default.png","type":"Image","format":"image/png"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2399/collection_resources/107574/file/209974","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 1 - ARSC_conf_2023_Wood_audio.mp3"]},"duration":1905.6849,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/public/images/audio-default.png","type":"Image","format":"image/png"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2399/collection_resources/107574/file/209974/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2399/collection_resources/107574/file/209974/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/209/974/original/ARSC_conf_2023_Wood_audio.mp3?1697647400","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mpeg","duration":1905.6849,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2399/collection_resources/107574/file/209974","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}