Friday, February 4, 2011

NY Phil archives online


The New York Philharmonic has begun to post its voluminous archives on its website. Initial entries include Leonard Bernstein's markings of the scores of Gustav Mahler, his plans for his first season (1958-59) as the orchestra's music director, and the images used for early Young People's Concerts:

http://archives.nyphil.org/


Much more to come: The philharmonic, founded in 1842, is the oldest symphony orchestra in the U.S.; its musicians and early leaders had a "pack-rat mentality . . . and kept meticulous records," Daniel J. Wakin reports in The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/arts/music/04archive.html?_r=1&hpw