Ernesto Lecuona Coloring Page – Celebrate Hispanic Heritage through Music and Portraits

By , September 25, 2020 2:52 pm
Portrait photo of Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona used in a Recorded Sound Archives Hispanic Heritage Month post.

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Recorded Sound Archives is exploring music through portraits. Enjoy the first of four videos created in celebration of Hispanic/Latino artists. This week discover and learn more about Cuban composer and pianist – Ernesto Lecuona and Lecuona’s Cuban Boys in the video below.

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Music for the High Holy Days and Online Services This Year

By , September 18, 2020 2:05 pm
Banner showing text ‘High Holy Days 2020 / 5781’ with traditional Jewish symbols and design elements.

Looking for music to celebrate the High Holy Days this year? Look no further, the Recorded Sound Archives has a collection of over 40 recordings for you to choose from and share and enjoy with your family.

Here are a few favorite albums, which can be listened to in full on the Recorded Sound Archives website. Read More About This…

Join Ben Roth-Aroni as he shares some new and old tunes on his player piano

By , September 14, 2020 5:35 pm

Do you think player pianos are a thing of the past? Join Ben Roth-Aroni as he shares some new and old tunes on his player piano at home during National Piano month!

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RSA Staff’s Favorite Eddy Duchin Songs!

By , August 17, 2020 8:04 pm
Graphic with text promoting a Recorded Sound Archives feature on Eddy Duchin, showing his name and vintage piano imagery

Here at the Recorded Sound Archives, we listen to A LOT of music, while digitizing and scanning recordings for research.

With the library being closed, we’ve had to get a little creative in how our department works since we’re so dependent on the physical recordings. So we’ve been working hard behind the scenes doing quality control on recordings and meta data since we haven’t been recording as much these days. Read More About This…

It’s National Hot Dog Month – Enjoy Some Songs!

By , July 28, 2020 3:24 pm
Animated graphic reading ‘National Hot Dog Month’ with stylized hot dog illustrations.

Did you know it’s National Hot Dog month? We had almost forgotten until a co-worker brought it up in conversation last week.

Here at the Recorded Sound Archives we’ve got a few songs about Hot Dogs that you can listen to from home that we wanted to share! Read More About This…

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