Folk dance music -- New Mexico
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Enrique Lamadrid Collection of Folk Songs, Oral Histories and Photographic Projects
Collection
Identifier: MSS-840-BC
Abstract
The collection features sound recordings and background information on Juan B. Rael, interviews and photos from the 1995 Farmers’ Markets Project in Colorado Springs, and folk music recordings (corridos, inditas, alabados and other traditional songs) and photographs with Native Americans and Hispanics of New Mexico, Cajuns in Texas, and Mexicans on the U.S. Mexican border. Topics covered range from life along the Rio Grande, the Penitentes, Matachines, the blessing of the acequias, tributes to...
Dates:
1930-2011
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
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
Ned Sublette Collection of New Mexico Country Western and Hispanic Folk Music
Collection
Identifier: MSS-831-BC
Abstract
The collection contains country western songs from Portales and music from a Spanish Catholic mass and fiesta in Santa Rosa, New Mexico.
Dates:
1977
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