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Press Scrapbooks

Explore the New York Philharmonic's history through decades of press clippings now available online. Includes dozens of New York papers, as well as press from around the U.S. and the world.
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New Archives Podcast

Listen as current and former New York Philharmonic musicians explore the history of the Orchestra through its recordings, in conversation with Archivist and Historian Barbara Haws.
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The Toscanini Era

In celebration of Maestro Arturo Toscanini’s 150th birthday, all the archival documents from 1925 to 1945 are now available — everything from season plans to his tax returns to home movies from the 1930 tour.
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Vienna and New York: 175 Years of Two Philharmonics

Take a virtual tour of an unprecedented exhibition of archival material from two of the world’s oldest Orchestras, both of which played their inaugural concerts in 1842.
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175th Anniversary Edition

Celebrate the New York Philharmonic’s 175th anniversary season by immersing yourself in SONY’s 65-CD box set of the Orchestra’s recordings from 1917 to 1995, to be released on April 7, 2017.
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Dvořák and the New World

The New World Symphony, composed by Dvořák while living in New York, was premiered by the Philharmonic. Explore the original program, minutes, press clippings, and manuscript parts online, and learn more about The New World Initiative, the Philharmonic’s 175th anniversary celebration, at nyphil.org/nwi
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A Lincoln Portrait

Copland’s A Lincoln Portrait is a dramatic work for orchestra and narrator that uses Lincoln’s own words as the text. This online exhibit highlights the tradition of having narrators sign the score, and also features audio clips by luminaries ranging from Carl Sandburg and Henry Fonda to Marian Anderson and Joe Torre.
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Mahler and Toscanini’s Beethoven

A dialogue between musical titans, over time on a single page.
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Home Movies from Toscanini's 1930 European Tour

Follow Philharmonic musicians on their site-seeing adventures that include the Toscanini family while on their ground-breaking European tour.
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Explore the Performance History

Search every concert since December 7, 1842 — almost 20,000 performances — including those by the New York Symphony and on the summer Lewisohn Stadium series.
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