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support the music and musical legacy of John Donald Robb advance the understanding of music of the Southwest and further Robb's commitment to education World Premiere
Folk Music of Hispanic New Mexico: The John Donald Robb Collection
Explore John Donald Robb’s extensive collection of Hispanic folk songs, carefully recorded and transcribed between 1945 and 1972. Separated into specific song forms, this collection is rich with video, audio, Spanish transcriptions and English translations, and sheet music for various songs. Teacher lesson plans are included for each song form in both Spanish and English.
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John Donald Robb (1892-1989)
led a rich and varied life as a lawyer, composer, arts educator, author and folk-song collector. He began composing classical music during his years as a successful New York lawyer, writing across classical-music genres, and continued that passion when he moved to New Mexico in 1941 to join the Department of Music faculty at the University of New Mexico. His many contributions to the state’s cultural heritage stretch from music education to preserving Hispanic folk music through thousands of field recordings. Later in life, he was one of the early owners of a Moog Synthesizer and composed a body of work for that ground-breaking instrument. Robb never stopped learning, he never stopped composing and he never stopped sharing his lifetime’s work. |