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Helen Chandler Ryan New Mexico Federal Music Project Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS-721-BC
Abstract
The Federal Music Project was an agency of the Works Progress Administration that sought to provide work relief for unemployed musicians. This collection documents the activities of the Federal Music Project in New Mexico. Music education and preservation of Spanish-American folk music were two primary goals of the project, which was directed by Helen Chandler Ryan.
Dates:
1936-1943
James S. Griffith New Mexican Popular Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: MU-19
Scope and Content
This is mainly a collection of New Mexican music recorded in early 1970's on 45 rpm discs, that gave been reformatted to cassettes. Griffith's original part is a unique representation of popular music at that time. A few later items have been added. The lyrics of "Honky Tonk Angels" and "You 'n' Me" are in Spanish and English while "Dejame Ir" is a Spanish translation of "Please Release and Let Me Go," a popular Country and Western song. Also included are "Farmington" and "Navajo Nation '73,"...
Dates:
1963-2007; 1952-2007
Ken Keppeler and Jeanie McLerie collection of Northern New Mexico Hispanic music
Collection
Identifier: MSS-838-BC
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of recordings of traditional Hispanic folk music performed by musicians in Santa Fe, Chama, Tierra Amarilla, and Bernal, New Mexico. Included are a few ragtime, country, Mexican tunes, and other favorites.
Dates:
1980-1985
Roberto Martinez Collection of New Mexican and Mexican Music (See notes for more song title information)
Collection
Identifier: MU-3
Abstract
Collection contains commercial recordings, dating 1979 to 1994, of popular New Mexican and Mexican music performed by Roberto Martinez, his son, Lorenzo, daughter, Debbie, the music group, Los Reyes de Albuquerque, and other Martinez family members.
Dates:
1979-1994
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- John Donald Robb Archive of Southwestern Music 1
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- Music--Instruction and study--New Mexico 1
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