You may go directly to the collection,
Hispano Music and Culture
from the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection, in American
Memory.
Hispano Music & Culture of the
Northern Rio Grande documents
the religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern
New Mexico and Southern Colorado. In 1940, Juan Bautista Rael of Arroyo Hondo,
New Mexico, recorded regional alabados (hymns), folk dramas, wedding songs, and
dance tunes. In addition to these recordings, the collection includes manuscript
materials and publications authored by Rael. The collection provides insight into
the rich musical heritage and cultural traditions of this region.
These online exhibits
provide context and additional information about this collection.
Juan
Bautista Rael, 1900-1993: Pioneer Hispano Folklorist
Juan Bautista Rael 1900-1993:
Folklorista Hispano (in Spanish)
Nuevo
Mexicanos of the Upper Rio Grande: Culture, History, and Society
Los Nuevo Mexicanos
del Río Grande del Norte: Cultura, Historia y Sociedad (in Spanish)
La
Musica Nuevo Mexicana: Religious and Secular Music from the Juan B. Rael Collection
La Música Nuevo Mexicana:
Tradiciones Religiosas y Seculares de la Colección de Juan B. Rael (in Spanish)
Hispano
Folk Theater in New Mexico
El Teatro Popular
Hispano de Nuevo México (in Spanish)
These historical
era(s) are best represented
in the collection, although they may not be all-encompassing.
The Great Depression and World War II,
1929-1945
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Finder for more related material on the
American Memory Web site.
Buckaroos
in Paradise, 1945-1982
California Gold:
Folk Music from the Thirties
Historic American
Sheet Music, 1850-1920
The South
Texas Border, 1900-1920
Voices from the Dust
Bowl, 1940-1941
Recommended additional
sources of information.
Glossary
of Spanish Terms from The Juan B. Rael Collection
Map of the Region
Read More About It! - A bibliography
What is an Ethnographic Field
Collection?
Specific guidance
for searching this collection.
Search
for recordings and transcriptions (in Spanish) and manuscripts (in English) using
the keyword search. Or, browse a List
of Performers and a List
of Titles. For help with search words, go to the Synonym
List.
For help with search strategies,
see Finding Items in American Memory.
No special viewer is required to read
transcriptions of the songs (in Spanish) and the manuscripts (in English) in this
collection, or to see the images of the manuscript pages. You will need a special
player to hear the recordings, and a special viewer to see SGML versions of the
manuscripts. For help with viewers, go to American
Memory Viewer Information.
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