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Collecting culture: collector's converge correcting & corroborating Latin Music History - collecting Latin American music-related memorabilia, sound recordings
At the dawn of the 20th century, North American labels began recording the first records of Caribbean artists, trios and orchestras. Before established ......(Continue Reading) "Now listen to source A": Music and history
In Steve Mastin's classroom, pupils do not just read, look at and observe their historical sources. They listen to them. Steve's classroom is already full of music. He uses it variously - to focus, s...(Continue Reading)Filipina collects community's history - Estrella Ravelo Alamar - Brief Article
Estrella Ravelo Alamar calls the master bedroom in her Hyde Park town home a "history sanctuary." Filled with stacks of boxes, some about to topple over, it holds thousands of old fliers, governmen...(Continue Reading)Seeing Music
The architect may get most of the glory for the new Disney Concert Hall, but it couldn't have gone up without engineers. I RECENTLY VISITED the new Walt ......(Continue Reading)Roots of jazz in Cowtown: museum hearkens back to era of boisterous, all-night jams that put Kansas City's mark on an American art form
Past the dated red brick buildings on 18th Street east of downtown Kansas City, Mo., one can feel the faint palpitations of what was once a musical mecca. As you pass Paseo Boulevard, you find your...(Continue Reading)
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