Juan B. Rael interviewing Manuela "Mela" MartÃnez, Taos, New Mexico, circa 1930. Courtesy of the Rael Family. About this image
|| About the Collection ||
This multiformat ethnographic field collection documents religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. In 1940, Juan Bautista Rael of Stanford University, a native of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico, used disc recording equipment supplied by the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center) to document alabados (hymns), folk drama, wedding songs, and dance tunes. In addition to these recordings, the collection includes manuscript materials and publications authored by Rael which provide insight into the rich musical heritage and cultural traditions of this region.
|| Teacher Resources ||
- Collection Connection
- Lesson Plan: Exploring Cultural Rituals
- Lesson Plan: Images of Our People: A Patchwork of Cultures
- Themed Resources: Music and Dance
|| Collection Details ||
General
- Span Dates
- 1940
- Bulk Dates
- 1940
- Major Language(s)
- English, Spanish
- Repository
- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Physical Collection
- Contents
- Sound recordings (146 titles), administrative correspondence, recording logs, song text transcriptions, and publications.
Access/Copyright
- Copyright Info
- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rghtml/rgres.html
- Preferred Citation
- American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
