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CollectionAfrican-American Band Music & Recordings, 1883-1923 The core of this presentation consists of "stock" arrangements for bands or small orchestras of popular songs written by African Americans. In addition, we offer a smaller selection of historic sound recordings…- Date: 1883
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CollectionAlan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings In 1938 the Library of Congress dispatched the pioneering folklorist and song collector Alan Lomax—already a seasoned field worker at age 23—to conduct a folk song survey of the Great Lakes region.…- Contributor: Nemeth, Kalman - Lewandowski, Ted - Aho, Pekka - Floriani, Veko - Kubesh, John G. - Wells, Lester - Archive of American Folk Song - Lewandowski, Stephan - Cadeau, Mathilda - Dobričan, Lazar ... Nemeth, Kalman - Lewandowski, Ted - Aho, Pekka - Floriani, Veko - Kubesh, John G. - Wells, Lester - Archive of American Folk Song - Lewandowski, Stephan - Cadeau, Mathilda - Dobričan, Lazar - Vasvary, Steve - Maki, Emil - Rajčević, Stepan - Sielvankiewiez - Strzelecki, Tony - Norman, John - Lathrop, Carl - McCauley, Edward - Hyvönen, John - Delmas, Adolphus - Lewandowski, Edwina - Pol, Thomas - Korvenpaa, Charles - Mahoski, Henry - Forster, Yalmer Eino - Bellaire, Exilia - Vujanović, Stjepan - Krawezak, B. - Frazier, Belle - Juhani, Aapo - Pope, Allan C. - Tomić, Pajo - Frazier, Calvin - Lewandowski, Stephanie - Trueblood, Asel - Niewiadomska, Frances - Cloud, Joe - Green, John W. - Hirvelä, Wäin - Olah, Julius - Hulan - Szabo, Andy - Romel, Sylvester - Thrasher, Ed - Viita, Frank - O'Donnell, Mike J. - Bonner, Patrick - Marinetti, Victor - Maté - Cloud, Clarence - Gallagher, Emerald - Trivanović, Stefan - Kallio, Kalle - Ricksgers, Joseph - Szilagyi, Dizso - Romel, Leo - Fredrickson, John - Grbić, Ludevit - Sainović, Ilija - Baratono, Art - Palmer, Mason - Gallagher, Andrew E. - Romel, Adolph - Pohjala, Aina - McBride, Bill - Rautanen, Vernon - Lomax, Alan - Bonner, Daniel - Berky, Nandor - McDonough, Patrick - Pischner, Helen - Miron, Joe - Pittman, Sampson - Larson, Nils - Frazier, Lonnie - Maki, Frank - McCarthy, Barney - Cadeau, John - Rudzinski, Alex - Meyers, Herman - Cadeau, Ed - Floriani, Margaret - Warslzyk, Tony - Carrière, Dolphis - Basrak, Stjepan - McCormick, Ed - Romel, Ted - Happy Jack Woodward - Brideup, Louis - Erickson, Max - Marczis, Joseph - Kruczynski, Clara - Kubien, Rose - Aho, Lillian - Marttila - Guzal, Frank - Leclaire, Leilia - Marinetti, John - Larson, Steen - Carrière, Fred - Kania, Felix - Ketvirtis, Charles - Bellaire, Mose - Fredrickson, Kaisa - Vizina, Adelore - Romel - Preda, Emil Milan - King, Edward - Jackson, Andrew - Allen, Perry - Gaza, V. Sipoo - Halinen, Selma Elona - Velin, Maria - Frazier, Clara - Larson, John - Graham, Bert - Gallagher, Dominic - Frazier, Viola - Similä, Gusti - Wallen, Mr - Scheffer, Peter - Floriani, Vladimir - Dragić, Todor - Bangac, Petar - Styes, Archie - Härkönen, Amanda
- Date: 1938
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CollectionAmazing Grace This collection highlights the history of the hymn “Amazing Grace” from the earliest printing of the song to selected performances of it on published and field recordings. These items have been collected…- Date: 1930
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CollectionAmerican English Dialect Recordings: The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection The Center for Applied Linguistics Collection contains 118 hours of recordings documenting North American English dialects. The recordings include speech samples, linguistic interviews, oral histories, conversations, and excerpts from public speeches. They…- Contributor: Mele, Joseph C. - National Endowment for the Humanities - Abbott, Fortis - Earhart, Amelia - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center - La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry) - Marshall, Fred - Center for Applied Linguistics - Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis) - Aspinall, Wayne N. - Emerson, Lee - Christian, Donna
- Date: 1935
Collection Items: View 506 Items
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CollectionAncestral Voices Among the very first activities of the American Folklife Center (AFC) -- created in 1976 -- was the Federal Cylinder Project (FCP), a large-scale initiative to preserve and provide access to historic…Collection Items: View 26 Items
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CollectionBess Lomax Hawes Collection The Bess Lomax Hawes collection is comprised of papers, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating to the career and personal life of folk arts administrator, folklorist, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, musician, and teacher Bess Lomax…- Contributor: Miller, Frank - Hawes, Butch - Dehr, Rich - Mohr, Larry - Gilkyson, Terry - National Endowment for the Arts. Folk Arts Program - Berman, Marcia - Hawes, Bess Lomax - Odetta
- Date: 1894
Collection Items: View 365 Items
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CollectionBlue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project The Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project was conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service. Ten folklorists from the American Folklife Center conducted fieldwork in August and…- Contributor: Choate, Donna - Bryan, Mamie - Owen, Margaret Counts - Cruise, Crystal - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Ray, Roxie - Adler, Thomas A. - Patton, Ila - Stanley, Lura - Fleischhauer, Carl ... Choate, Donna - Bryan, Mamie - Owen, Margaret Counts - Cruise, Crystal - Eiler, Lyntha Scott - Ray, Roxie - Adler, Thomas A. - Patton, Ila - Stanley, Lura - Fleischhauer, Carl - Owen, Blanton - Todd, Zenna - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Jarrell, Tommy - United States. National Park Service - Wilson, Joe - Jabbour, Alan - Eiler, Terry - Richardson, Larry - American Folklife Center - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project - Marshall, Howard W. - Shockley, Maggie - Mullen, Patrick B. - Wolfe, Charles K. - Severt, Carrie - Johnson, Geraldine Niva
- Date: 1977
Collection Items: View 2,103 Items
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CollectionCalifornia Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell This online presentation, California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties, comprises 35 hours of folk music recorded in 12 languages representing numerous ethnic groups and 185 musicians. It includes sound…- Contributor: Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center
- Date: 1997
Collection Items: View 1,246 Items
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CollectionChicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection The Chicago Ethnic Arts Project survey was conducted in 1977 by the American Folklife Center at the request of the Illinois Arts Council to assess and document the status of ethnic art…- Contributor: Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Brzovich, Mato - González, José Gamaliel - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - Klymasz, Shirley - March, Richard - Choi, Chungmoo - George, Philip B. - Mathias, Elizabeth - Bradunas, Elena ... Klymasz, Robert Bogdan - Brzovich, Mato - González, José Gamaliel - Trbuhovic-Grasa, Gordana - Klymasz, Shirley - March, Richard - Choi, Chungmoo - George, Philip B. - Mathias, Elizabeth - Bradunas, Elena - Mack, James - Fleischhauer, Carl - Kubose, Minnie Somi - Dovydenas, Jonas - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Illinois Arts Council - Kalčik, Susan J. - Robinson, Beverly J. - Bartis, Peter - Epstein, Shifra - Libonati, Roland V. (Roland Victor) - Hellenberg, Antony - Swenson, Greta E. - Chicago Ethnic Arts Project - Lund, Jens - American Folklife Center - Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Moloney, Mick - Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta
- Date: 1976
Collection Items: View 1,138 Items
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CollectionColorado Folklife Project Collection The Colorado Folklife Project was sponsored by the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, working with John D. Farr, representative of the Rocky Mountain Continental Divide Foundation, Frisco, Colorado, to assist in…- Contributor: Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center - Marshall, Howard W. - Dettmer, Elke - Emrich, Ron - Natanson, Barbara Orbach
- Date: 1980
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CollectionCoptic Orthodox Liturgical Chant and Hymnody With its roots in Ancient Egyptian music, Coptic Christian chant is one of the oldest liturgical genres still performed today. Drawing on the Ragheb Moftah Collection, this presentation explores some of the…- Contributor: Wilson, Marian Robertson - Newlandsmith, Ernest - Moftah, Ragheb - Tóth, Margit
- Date: 1926
Collection Items: View 370 Items
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CollectionThe Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine in London American actor, singer and comedian Danny Kaye arrives with his wife, Sylvia Fine, for an appearance in London. November 1948. Following the professional lives of…- Contributor: Dena Pictures, Inc - Halsman, Philippe - Kaye, Danny - Fine, Sylvia - Kaye (Danny)/FINE (Sylvia) Collection (Library of Congress) - McDowall, Roddy
- Date: 1913
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CollectionEmile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry This collection showcases the work of Emile Berliner, a prominent inventor at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries. Overlooked by today's historians, Berliner's creative genius rivaled…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division
- Date: 2002
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CollectionFiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection presents traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-67, when Reed was…- Contributor: Reed, Gene - Ricci, Glenn - Jabbour, Alan - Glenroy, William B. - American Folklife Center - Reed, Henry - Reed, Watha
- Date: 2000
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CollectionFlorida Folklife from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942 Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections combines sound recordings and manuscript materials from four discrete archival collections made by Work Projects Administration (WPA) workers from the Joint Committee on Folk Arts, the…- Contributor: Kennedy, Stetson - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2000
Collection Items: View 494 Items
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CollectionFranz Liszt at the Library of Congress [Franz Liszt; reproduced in James Huneker's Franz Liszt (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911; page 36).] The Music Division is a vital resource for primary source material related to the life and…Collection Items: View 926 Items
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CollectionThe Gerry Mulligan Collection [Portrait of Gerry Mulligan, ca. 1980s] by William P. Gottlieb. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. As a saxophonist, composer, arranger and band leader, Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996) is a jazz legend.…- Contributor: Boras, Tom - Mandel, Johnny - Lee, Julian - Forman, Mitchel - Handy, George - Holman, Bill - Grusin, Dave - Brookmeyer, Bob - McFarland, Gary - Dankworth, John - Mulligan, Gerry - Cohn, AL
- Date: 1940
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CollectionHispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection is an online presentation of an ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of…- Contributor: Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Lobato, Julián - Chávez, Adolfo - Lobato, Salomé - Mares, Remigio - Trujillo, Amado - Arellano, Narciso - García, Pedro - Arellano, Esequiel - Martínez Y Lavadi, Samuel ... Archive of Folk Song (U.S.) - Lobato, Julián - Chávez, Adolfo - Lobato, Salomé - Mares, Remigio - Trujillo, Amado - Arellano, Narciso - García, Pedro - Arellano, Esequiel - Martínez Y Lavadi, Samuel - Cantú, José Ignacio - Archuleta, Ricardo - Chávez, Adelaido - Lamadrid, Enrique R. - Anaya, Nieves - Rael, Juan Bautista - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Montoya, Luis - American Folklife Center - Romero, Alfredo - Medina, Esteban - Espinosa, Rosabel L. - Anaya, Ernestina
- Date: 1940
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CollectionHistorical Media Publications Collection The Historical Media Publications Collection provides researcher access to the Library's vast holdings of publications related to the burgeoning development of the moving image and broadcasting industries in the early to mid-20th…Collection Items: View 5,968 Items
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CollectionHome Sweet Home: Life in Nineteenth-Century Ohio Before the age of radio, television, and other electronic diversions, families made their own entertainment in the home by playing games, reading aloud, performing plays, and, of course, by making music. Children…- Date: 1800
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CollectionJoe Smith Joe Smith with Richard Perry photo: Sandy Gibson More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat—he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons…- Date: 1985
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CollectionThe Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America See and Hear American History Through Song "Know the songs of a country and you will know its history for the true feeling of a people speaks through what they sing."- Date: 1581
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CollectionLibrary of Congress Concerts The Library of Congress Music Division has presented one of the world's most distinguished concert series for nearly ninety years. The concert webcasts featured on this site provide an introduction to the…Collection Items: View 37 Items
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CollectionMaine Acadian Cultural Survey Collection The Maine Acadian Cultural Survey was an eight-week study conducted in 1991 as a joint project of the American Folklife Center and the North Atlantic Regional Office of the National Park Service…- Contributor: Taylor, David Alan - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - American Folklife Center - Bayley, Julie - Marshall, Howard W. - Brassieur, C. Ray - United States. National Park Service. North Atlantic Regional Office - Ornstein, Lisa - Whitman, David A.
- Date: 1991
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CollectionThe March King: John Philip Sousa Painting of Sousa during US Marine Band era, [n.d.]. Performing Arts Reading Room.- Contributor: Sousa, John Philip
- Date: 1849
Collection Items: View 680 Items
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CollectionMontana Folklife Survey Collection The Montana Folklife Survey was conducted in the summer of 1979 by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, in cooperation with the Montana Arts Council. The survey was a…- Contributor: Toelken, Miiko - Stanton, Gary Ward - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Wasson, George B. - American Folklife Center - Johnson, Paula J. - Montana Arts Council - Dockstader, Ray - McBride, Tom - Young, Kay - Toelken, Barre - Crummett, Michael - Fleischhauer, Carl
- Date: 1979
Collection Items: View 613 Items
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CollectionMusic for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1870-1885 Consists of over 47,000 pieces of sheet music registered for copyright during the years 1870 to 1885. Included are popular songs, piano music, sacred and secular choral music, solo instrumental music, method…- Date: 1870
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CollectionMusic Treasures Consortium "Um mitternacht" by Franz Schubert. [manuscript score]. Music Division, Library of Congress. About the Music Treasures Consortium The Music Treasures Consortium provides online access to the world's most valued music manuscripts and…Collection Items: View 3,453 Items
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CollectionNational Jukebox The National Jukebox features over 10,000 78rpm disc sides issued by the Victor Talking Machine Co. between 1900 and 1925.Collection Items: View 16,747 Items
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CollectionNew Mexico Folklife Project Collection The New Mexico Folklife Project was conducted by Carl Fleischhauer of the American Folklife Center, in the summers of 1984 and 1985. In 1984, the effort supported the work of the folklorist…- Contributor: Kalb, Laurie Beth - American Folklife Center - New Mexico. Historic Preservation Division - Pratt, Boyd C. - Fleischhauer, Carl - Museum of International Folk Art (N.M.)
- Date: 1984
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CollectionNow What a Time: Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 Consists of approximately one hundred sound recordings, primarily blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University), Fort Valley, Georgia.…- Contributor: Turner, Oscar - Spiritual Four Quartet - Holloway High School Quartet - Turner, Monroe - Gregory, Richard - Gibson, Gus - Ezell, Buster - Turner, Alma - Fisk University - Smith Band (Musical Group) ... Turner, Oscar - Spiritual Four Quartet - Holloway High School Quartet - Turner, Monroe - Gregory, Richard - Gibson, Gus - Ezell, Buster - Turner, Alma - Fisk University - Smith Band (Musical Group) - Richardson, Zema - Winrow, Anthony - Gaines, Elwood - Bond, James - Traveller Home Singers - Bond, Edward - Monch, Matthew - Johnson, Warren G. - Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Peach County, Ga.). Choir - Parker, Cleve - Heavenly Gate Quartet - Ford, T. J. - Ellis, Charles - Work, John W. (John Wesley) - Stripling, Sidney - Jackson, Deacon Sam - Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Chastain, Will - Ford, Osa - Thomas, John Lee - Chestain, Sonny - Mathis, Allison
- Date: 1938
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CollectionOmaha Indian Music Presented here are selections from the American Folklife Center's collections documenting Omaha music traditions. The sound recordings include 44 wax cylinder recordings made in the 1890s (first published on a 1985 LP…- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - American Folklife Center
- Date: 2000
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CollectionPatriotic Melodies Patriotic Melodies tells the stories behind many of the songs that have now become part of the American national heritage. A combination of hymns, national songs, music of the theater, radio and…- Date: 1900
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CollectionPinelands Folklife Project The Pinelands Folklife Project collection represents the culmination of a three-year effort to identify and record the cultural traditions in and around the Pinelands National Reserve in the Pine Barrens region of…- Contributor: Parsons, Gerald E. - Vivian, V. Eugene - Glassie, Henry - Czarnecki, Joseph P. - McDonald, Dennis - Ridgway, Arlene Martin - Carroll, Thomas Deblasio - Ridgway, Merce - Rubinstein, Nora J. (Nora Jane) - Shourds, Harry V. ... Parsons, Gerald E. - Vivian, V. Eugene - Glassie, Henry - Czarnecki, Joseph P. - McDonald, Dennis - Ridgway, Arlene Martin - Carroll, Thomas Deblasio - Ridgway, Merce - Rubinstein, Nora J. (Nora Jane) - Shourds, Harry V. - Morgan, Elizabeth M. - Moonsammy, Rita Zorn - New Jersey. Pinelands Commission - Samuelson, Sue - Thatcher, Elaine - Pinelands Folklife Project (N.J.) - Pinelands Cultural Society - Cohen, David Steven - Fleischhauer, Carl - Orr, Jay - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Pinehawkers (Musical Group) - O'Connor, Bonnie Blair - Tweed, Stewart M. - Little, Silas - Hufford, Mary - Sinton, John W. - O'Connor, Malachi - Lund, Jens - American Folklife Center - Hunn, Eugene S. - Cartwright, Christine A. - Cervetto, Jack
- Date: 1983
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CollectionRagtime Ragtime, a uniquely American, syncopated musical phenomenon, has been a strong presence in musical composition, entertainment, and scholarship for over a century. See, hear, explore and learn!- Date: 1890
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CollectionRhode Island Folklife Project Collection The Rhode Island Folklife Project collection resulted from a field survey project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, conducted in cooperation with the Rhode Island Heritage Commission, the Rhode Island…- Contributor: Goldstein, Kenneth S. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Glawson, Francis - Harley, Nancy - Rhode Island Folklife Project - American Folklife Center - Johnson, Geraldine Niva - Burns, Thomas A. - Bartis, Peter - Bell, Michael Edward - Fleischhauer, Carl - Horenstein, Henry
- Date: 1979
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CollectionThe Roger Reynolds Collection Roger Reynolds' compositions incorporate elements of theater, digital signal processing, dance, video, and real-time computer spatialization, in a signature multidimensionality of engagement. This Web site provides a glimpse into the process of…- Contributor: Reynolds, Roger - Schick, Steven - Xenakis, Iannis - Suzuki, Tadashi - Takemitsu, Tōru - McAdams, Stephen
- Date: 196?
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CollectionSamuel Barber at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress is the preeminent repository for manuscripts by American composer Samuel Barber (1910-1981), one of the most frequently performed and recorded American composers of the twentieth century. Numerous music…Collection Items: View 49 Items
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CollectionSonidos de Houston: Documenting the City's Chicano Music Scene Sonidos de Houston: Documenting the City’s Chicano Music Scene is a research and publication initiative supported by a 2022 American Folklife Center Community Collections Grant, an institutional grant program of the Mellon…- Contributor: Trevino, Juan - Salas, Sarge - Gaitan, Nick - Castellanos, Vladimir - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Ramirez, Mike - Barragán, Larry - Martinez, Jose M. - Day, Joyce C. - Olivarez, Lupe ... Trevino, Juan - Salas, Sarge - Gaitan, Nick - Castellanos, Vladimir - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation - Ramirez, Mike - Barragán, Larry - Martinez, Jose M. - Day, Joyce C. - Olivarez, Lupe - Borrego, Joe - Aguilar, Nestor - Cortez, Ray - Rodriguez, Isaac - Gonzalez, Bobby - Cevallos, Lawrence - Quesada, José Angel - Monarcas (Musical Group) - Galván, Felipe - Garcia, Ralph - Pinon, Mark - Grupo Fuerte (Musical Group) - Ramirez, Luis - Gutierrez, Moses - Chavarria, Albert - Avizo (Musical Group) - Villegas, Juan Carlos - Morris, Johnny - Fiebre (Musical Group) - Maldonado, Lorie - Sanchez, Armando - Barraza, John - American Folklife Center - Rodriguez, Roberto - Rios, Timothy Max - Villarreal, Guillermo Memo - Gonzalez, Rigo - Gonzalez, Julian - Espinoza, Victoriano
- Date: 2022
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CollectionSouth-Central Georgia Folklife Project Collection The South-Central Georgia Folklife Project collection resulted from an ethnographic field project conducted in the summer of 1977 by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress and the Arts Experiment…- Contributor: Jabbour, Alan - Adler, Thomas A. - Hamrick, Raymond C. - Archive of Folk Culture (Library of Congress) - Blackmarr, Syd - American Folklife Center - Stanley, David - Marshall, Howard W. - Coelho, Dennis - McGraw, Hugh - Robinson, Beverly J. - Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College - Lightfoot, William E. (William Edwin) - Fleischhauer, Carl
- Date: 1977
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