Hispanic folk music of new mexico and the southwest : a self-portrait of a people / John Donald Robb ; foreword by Jack Loeffler ; prologue by Enrique R. Lamadrid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Loeffler, Jack.

Lamadrid, Enrique R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk dance music--Southwest, New.

Folk dance music.

Hispanic Americans--Southwest, New--Music.

Hispanic Americans.

Mexican American women--Songs and music--History and criticism.

Mexican American women.

Mexican Americans--Texas--Music.

Mexican Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (918 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque, New Mexico : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword: Reflections on the Author, John Donald Robb; Prologue; Preface; Acknowledgments; Explanation of Format; Introduction; Part I. Secular Song Texts and Melodies; Section A. Romance; Section B. Corrido; Section C. Canción; Section D. Relación and Related Forms; Section E. Décima; Section F. Indita; Section G. Trovo; Section H. Cuando; Section I. Occupations; Section J. Patriotism, History, Politics; Section K. Courtship and Marriage; Section L. Social Commentary; Section M. Popular Songs; Section N. Miscellaneous Secular

Part II. Religious Song Texts and MelodiesSection O. Alabado; Section P. Alabanza; Section Q. Décima a lo Divino; Section S. Himno; Section T. Rogativa; Section U. Despedimento; Section V. Miscellaneous Religious; Part III. Instrumental Melodies; Section W. Matachines Dance and Related Forms; Section X. Social Dances; Section Y. Other Instrumental Melodies; Appendices; A. Piano-Vocal Arrangements of Selected Songs; B. Song Literature of the Villages; C. Sampling of Despedidas; D. Songs with Chorus or Refrain; E. Form for Analysis of Folk Melodies; Definitions; Bibliography; Discography

Index of TitlesA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Index of First Lines; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Y; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Principally unaccompanied melodies; the songs have Spanish words with English translations.

Previously published in 1980 by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 14, 2014).

ISBN:

9780826344328

0826344321

OCLC:

880354772