The Mapleson Cylinders with Bob Kosovsky

Listen to expert Library staff discuss some of the extraordinary items in the Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures.
Bob Kosovsky, Librarian in the Music and Recorded Sound Division at the Library for the Performing Arts, shares the history behind Lionel Mapleson‘s early opera recordings on wax cylinders and more of the performance-related items in the Polonsky Exhibition.
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This video was made with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies.