| Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest: A Self-Portrait of a People Revised Edition Contributor(s): Robb, John Donald (Author), Loeffler, Jack (Foreword by), Lamadrid, Enrique R. (Prologue by) |
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ISBN: 0826344305 ISBN-13: 9780826344304 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $74.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Ethnomusicology - Music | Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional |
| Dewey: 782.421 |
| Physical Information: 3.3" H x 7.7" W x 10.1" (4.70 lbs) 920 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: First published in 1980 and now available only from the University of New Mexico Press, this classic compilation of New Mexico folk music is based on thirty-five years of field research by a giant of modern music. Composer John Donald Robb, a passionate aficionado of the traditions of his adopted state, traveled New Mexico recording and transcribing music from the time he arrived in the Southwest in 1941. |
Contributor Bio(s): Robb, John Donald: - John Donald Robb (1892-1989), professor and dean emeritus of the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico (1942-1957), was responsible for the growth of fine arts at the University of New Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s. A composer of stage, classical, and electronic music, Robb was also the author of Hispanic Folk Songs of New Mexico (UNM Press). Loeffler, Jack: -Jack Loeffler is an aural historian, radio producer, writer, and musician. He lives in Santa Fe. |