Popular music--New Mexico
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
New Mexico Music Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 327
Scope and Content
This collection contains Spanish and English song books and manuscript sheet music related to the Southwest, Mexico, New Mexico, and Santa Fe. The music consists of folk songs, ballads, popular mariachi music, traditional fiesta music, cowboy songs, traditional Native American tribal music, and others. The collection includes general piano music once owned by Charlotte Ilfeld, Alice K. Plimpton, Mary R. Van Stone, Elizabeth Willis DeHuff, and Lucile and Loraine Ridout.
Dates:
1868-1993