Songs, Spanish -- New Mexico

Scope and Content This collection consists of 30 CDs each containing one hour of oral interviews and/or renditions by Edwin Berry (Baca), a pioneer resident of Tomé, New Mexico. These interviews were conducted by Dr. Rowena Rivera, a former professor of Spanish at the University of New Mexico. In 1979, Dr. Rivera interviewed Edwin Berry, who was at the time 66 years old. Mr. Berry gave an account of life in the Tomé area in the early part of the 20th century. In addition to the oral history, the recordings...

Abstract These recordings contain Hispanic folk music and songs of the Isleta and Laguna Pueblos.

Abstract The collection consists of recordings of songs performed by Frank McCulloch, Jr. or Frank and his musical groups between 2008 and 2019. Some are original works while others are renditions of well-known songs from New Mexico, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain, Ireland, Scotland, England, and the United States. In addition, the collection contains material about McCulloch’s landscape paintings, teaching career, family history and photographs.

Abstract The collection contains a Spanish mariachi song, “No Hay Cosa Como La Madre” composed by Frank and Bruna Mares for Frank’s mother.

Abstract This is a collection of songs composed by Juan Sebedeo Lucero, along with a few other traditional New Mexico songs, sung by Lucero and family members. Included are alabanzas or songs of praise, corridos, romances, rancheros and samples of a few other song types such as an indita, polka and a waltz.

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.

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.

Abstract The collection consists of 591 recordings of folk songs, folklore and local histories collected by Ruben Cobos from 1944-1974 in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Also included are 270 additional recordings of selected music - a few from New Mexico, many from Mexico and Latin America, and others from Spain, Europe and the U.S.