Folk music materials.

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Folk music materials.

Includes notes, collected song books, correspondence, music manuscripts, and teaching materials related to New Mexican and other folk music. Materials related to the Robb Collection of Folk Music Recordings. Final draft of Robb's book: Hispanic Folk music of New Mexico and the Southwest, published in 1980; and a copy of his book: Hispanic folk songs in New Mexico, published in 1954.

16 boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7331617

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Robb, J. D., 1892- (John Donald).

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John Donald Robb Archive of Southwestern Music

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Robb, J. D. (John Donald), 1892-1989

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Born in Minneapolis, Minn.; died in Albuquerque, N.M. in 1989. Educator, composer of stage, classical and electronic music, collector of folk music, lawyer, and writer. In 1941 became a professor of music and head of the Department of Music at the University of New Mexico; later became Dean of the College of Fine Arts. He was instrumental in the establishment of a folk music archive at the University of New Mexico. From the description of Compositions of J.D. Robb. (University of New...