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UNESCO
- Dates:
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circa 1961-2006
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27 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.UNES
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection, which dates from circa 1961-2006, contains audiorecordings from the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World, as well as related business records. Includes recordings of tradition and sacred music from Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Sudan, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Peru, Afghanistan, Australia, Cambodia, China, Korea, the Solomon Islands, India, Bali, Java, Japan, Laos, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Syria, and Turkey.
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Hauber, Joseph R.
Stubblebine, Donald J., 1925-2010
- Dates:
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1866-2009, undated
- Size:
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285 Cubic feet (600 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1211
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
One of the most comprehensive collections of material relating to musical stage and film productions, the collection consists of an assortment of material including sheet music written specifically for or included in stage and screen musicals, television programs, Big Band performances, and radio. Some productions may have been produced under more ...
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Website Records
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2017-2018
- Collection ID:
- Accession 20-123
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the "Smithsonian Music" website as it existed on November 27, 2018, and again on December 10, 2018, as preparations were underway for the Smithsonian Year of Music in 2019. The website brings together resources from across the Smithsonian Institution to provide unique musical opportunities and increase access to...
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Smithsonian Chamber Music Society
- Dates:
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2010
- Collection ID:
- Accession 10-242
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of the websites of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society. The Society, funded by the independent Friends of Music, sponsors performances by the Smithsonian Chamber Orchestra in the Hall of Musical Instruments at the National Museum of American History (NMAH) and the Grand Salon in the Renwick Gallery using instruments ...
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Stillman, Michael, 1915-2003
Rubin, Rose N.
Monitor Records
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undated
- Size:
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43.7 Cubic feet (Audiotapes)
6.8 Cubic feet (Phonograph records)
57.5 Cubic feet (Paper records)
108 Cubic feet
- Collection ID:
- CFCH.MONI
- Repository:
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Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
This collection contains the original master tapes, commercial recordings, and paper business records of the label Monitor Records. Materials include audiotapes, phonograph records, contracts, correspondence, photographs and other items.
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DeVincent, Sam, 1918-1997
- Dates:
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1865-1939
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105 Boxes
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0300.S26
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Sam DeVincent loved music and art and began collecting sheet music with lithographs at an early age. Series 26 contains materials documenting the business of and popular attitudes towards collecting in the United States. An overview to the entire DeVincent collection is available here: Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music.
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Powers, Stephen, 1840-1904
Usaka
Kekhhoal
- Dates:
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ca. 1877
- Size:
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2 Pages
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1326
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Contents: Religious Song of the Ballo-Kai-Pomo. Dancing Song of the Ballo-Kai-Pomo, Potter Valley. Acorn Song, (Huchnom) [Yukian], sung by Usaka, a woman. Song of the Huchnom, Sung by old Kekhhoal (blind). Dancing Song of the Karok, Klamath River. Konkau [Maiduan] Dancing Song.
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Broadcast Music, Inc.
- Dates:
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1860-1868
- Size:
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1 Cubic foot (1 box)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1258
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
This collection contains sheet music themed in support of the Confederacy. Many pieces were printed within the Confederate States of America during the Civil War (1861-1865). It also contains one Confederate bond and early twentieth century facsimiles of Confederate broadsides from the Chicago Historical Society.
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Becker, Richard
Bradford, Alex
- Dates:
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1950-1997, undated
- Size:
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0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.0761
- Repository:
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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Papers relating to Alex Bradford's career as a composer of Gospel music. Included among the materials are playbills, published sheet music, music manuscripts, gospel song books, play scripts, newspaper clippings and articles, and one LP record.
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National Museum of American History. Department of Public Programs
- Dates:
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1973-1990
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24 cu. ft. (24 record storage boxes)
- Collection ID:
- Accession 17-312
- Repository:
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Smithsonian Institution Archives
This accession consists of performance recordings of orchestras, music artist concerts, and dance programs sponsored or organized by the National Museum of American History, Department of Public Programs; and, prior to 1983, the Division of Performing Arts. The performances were offered at the Smithsonian Institution and intended to enlighten ...
