Download recording - “Pues vuestros santos favores” a cappella alabado hymn sung at vigils in honor of St. Anthony from the Library of Congress' Juan B. Rael Collection of culture from the Northern Rio Grande; performed by Mr. Romero, age 50, of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
Download recording - courtship song of the Omaha Native Americans, from the Library of Congress' Omaha Indian Music Collection; performed by George Miller in 1897, collected by Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche
Download recording - "My Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes" barbershop quartet song from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Ray Wood on April 13, 1939 in Houston, Texas
Download recording - "Lost Train Blues" fiddle and guitar song from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Fred Perry (fiddle) and Glenn Carver (guitar) on June 6, 1939 at the State Penitentiary in Raiford, Florida
Download recording - “Don’t You Grieve” blues mourning song from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Aunt Mollie McDonald on May 27, 1939 at her family home near Livingston, Alabama
Download recording - “Camino de San Antonio” a corrido from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Jose Ararjo on April 27, 1939 at his school near Brownsville, Texas
Download recording - "Cotton-Eyed Joe" a fiddle tune from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Elmo Newcomer on May 3, 1939 at his ranch home near Pipe Creek, Texas
Download recording - “La canción de bebiendo” a mescal drinking song from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by José Suarez on April 26, 1939 at the home of J.K. Wells near Brownsville, Texas
Download recording “Yo cuando era niño - mi padre querido” habañeras song of vagrant Mexican cotton-pickers from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Jose Ararjo on April 26, 1939 at the home of J.K. Wells near Brownsville, Texas
Download recording - “Dollar Mamie” work song for hoeing from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Judge "Bootmouth" Tucker and Alexander "Neighborhood" Williams on May 23, 1939 at a State Penitentiary in Parchman, Mississippi
Download recording “Amazing Grace” long-meter hymn from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Mr. and Mrs. N.V. Braley on May 5, 1939 at the home of Beal D. Taylor near Medina, Texas
Download recording - "Clemens Rag" instrumental blues guitar song from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Ace Johnson and L.W. Gooden on AApril 15, 1939 at Clemens State Farm near Brazoria, Texas
Download recording - "Train" instrumental bluesharmonica song from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Ace Johnson on April 16, 1939 at Clemens State Farm near Brazoria, Texas
Download recording - Marine military march, instrumental piano from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Kate W. Jones on April 10, 1939 at her home in Houston, Texas
Download recording - "Mabel" schottisch from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Elmo Newcomer (fiddle) on May 3, 1939 at his ranch home near Pipe Creek, Texas
Download recording "My Good Lord Done Been Here" spiritual song from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Aunt Florida Hampton on May 29, 1939 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P.W. Tartt in Livingston, Alabama
Download recording "Versos del Mojado" Mexican border ballad (corrido-waltz) from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Homero López and Manuel Salinas on April 29, 1939 at López's Cash Store in Sarita, Texas
Download recording Ghost Dance and gambling song from the Piute and Arapaho Native Americans from the Library of Congress' Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry Collection; performed by James Mooney (possibly along with Charles Mooney; neither are believed to be Native Americans) on July 5, 1894
Download recording - Kiowamescal daylight song from the Library of Congress' Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry Collection; performed by James Mooney (possibly along with Charles Mooney; neither are believed to be Native Americans) on July 5, 1894
Download recording - "Aa kjore vatten, aa kjore ve" a cappellaNorwegian folk song from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Alf Nilssen on February 18, 1939 in Carmel, California
Download recording - "Kicsi fulemule dalol" a cappellaHungarian folk music from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Mary Gaidos on January 3, 1940 in Oakland, California
Download recording - "Jenny Lind" polka from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by John Selleck (violin) on October 2, 1939 in Camino, California
Download recording Hornpipe and fiddle tune from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by John Selleck on October 2, 1939 in Camino, California
Download recording - Irish harmonica tune from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Aaron Morgan (harmonica) on July 17, 1939 in Columbia, California
Download recording Mazurka - Mazurka from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Aaron Morgan on July 17, 1939 in Columbia, California
Download recording - "Macleod’s reel" from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Aaron Morgan on July 17, 1939 in Columbia, California
Download recording - "Erivan bachem arer" Armenian folk music from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed a cappella by Ruben J. Baboyan on April 16, 1939 in Fresno, California
Download recording - "Lili bat ikhusi dut" Basque folk music from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Francisco and Matias Etcheverry on September 11, 1940 in Fresno, California
Download recording - Gusle solo (Croatian folk music) from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Peter Boro on December 20, 1939 in Fresno, California
Download recording - "Vaka vanha Vainamoinen" Finnish poetry from the Kalevala from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by John Soininen on November 5, 1939 in Berkeley, California
Download recording - Rimur (Icelandic folk music) from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Sigurd Bardarson on April 29, 1940 in Carmel, California
Download recording - "Addio, mamma" Italian folk music from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed a cappella by Louis Brangone on May 7, 1939 in Woodside, California
Download recording - "Olivi, salati" Sicilian folk music from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Francisco Sanfilippo on February 11, 1939 in Martinez, California
Download recording "Le estrella del Oriente" aguinaldo (Puerto Rican Christmas Carol) from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Cruz Losada on April 10, 1939 in Oakland, California
Download recording - "Na cuperean" Scottish folk music from Nova Scotia from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Mary A. McDonald on April 11, 1939 in Berkeley, California
Download recording - "Venid pastores" Spanish folk Christmas song from the Library of Congress' California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties Collection; performed by Aurora Calderon on April 10, 1939 in Oakland, California
Download recording - "Roll the Old Chariot Along" spiritual and sea shanty from the Library of Congress' Gordon Collection (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/Gordon/sideAbandA1.html#rolltheoldchariotalong); performed by unknown persons in the Bay Area of California in the early 1920s
Download recording - "Haul the Woodpile Down" Minstrel song and sea shanty from the Library of Congress' Gordon Collection (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/Gordon/sideAbandA1.html#haulthewoodpiledown); performed by unknown persons in the Bay Area of California in the early 1920s
Download recording - “The Old Grey Mare” Appalachian folk music from the Library of Congress' Gordon Collection (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/Gordon/sideAbandA3.html#oldgraymare); performed by Bascam Lamar Lunsford in the Asheville, North Carolina area on October 19, 1925
Download recording “Hesitation Blues” blues song from the Library of Congress' Gordon Collection (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/Gordon/sideAbandA3.html#hesitationblues); performed by Bascam Lamar Lunsford in the Asheville, North Carolina area on October 19, 1925
Download recording - “Sally Goodin” fiddle tune from the Library of Congress' Gordon Collection (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/Gordon/sideAbandA5.html#sallygoodin); performed by John W. Dillon in the Asheville, North Carolina area on October 22, 1925
Download recording - "Prisoner’s Song" country music from the Library of Congress' Gordon Collection (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/Gordon/sideAband8.html); performed by Ernest Hilton with banjo accompaniment in Biltmore, North Carolina on November 20, 1925
Download recording - "The Wagon" ragtime from the Library of Congress' Gordon Collection (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/Gordon/sideBbandB4.html); performed by Ben Harney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on about September 9, 1925
Download recording - "Deep Down in My Heart" - Spiritual from the Library of Congress' Gordon Collection (http://www.loc.gov/folklife/Gordon/sideBbandB1.html); performed by W. M. Givens in Darien, Georgia on about March 19, 1926
Download recording - "Po’ Gal" East Coast blues from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections; performed by Zora Neale Hurston on June 18, 1939 in Jacksonville, Florida
Download recording - "Drive the Nail a’Right, Boys" Bahamanian conch song from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections; performed by Naomi Nelson on January 15, 1940 in Riviera, Florida
Download recording - "On the Old Kissimmee Prairie" British tune from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections; performed by Bob Hall, Walter van Bass, Ned Hugh Bass and J. C. King with banjos, guitars and violin in Juli, 1940 in Kenansville, Florida
Download recording - "Tece voda, tece" Czech tune from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections; performed by Michael and Elizabeth Prácher on August 28, 1939 in Masaryktown, Florida
Download recording - "Amaxas" Greek song from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections; performed by Charles M. Brown, Louis Peronis (fiddle), Charylaos Perris (santouri) and George Kafezio (mandola) on August 26, 1939 in Tarpon Springs, Florida
Download recording - "Alfonso Doce" Minorcan song from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections; performed by Maria Hugas de Aceval on September 26, 1939 in St. Augustine, Florida
Download recording - "Steal Partner" Seminole song from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections; performed by Richard Osceola, Naha Tiger, John Josh and Morgan Smith in July 1940 in Cow Creek, Florida
Download recording "Ej lúcka, lúcka siroká" Slovak song from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections; performed by Lillian Jakubcin and Emily Mertán on July 31, 1939 in Slavia, Florida
Download recording "Ughniyah li al-Atfal" Syrian lullaby from the Library of Congress' Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections; performed by Nicholas Debs on March 10, 1940 in Jacksonville, Florida
Download sample of "Ain't Misbehavin'" by Louis Armstrong, a song from the Broadway revue Hot Chocolate and one of the earliest hits by Armstrong, a musical superstar of the 1930s and 40s
Download sample of "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Aint't Got That Swing)" by Duke Ellington, an early hit from one of the giants of American popular song
Download sample of The Ink Spots' "If I Didn’t Care", the first major hit for The Ink Spots, who were the first major pop doo wop group
Download sample of "And the Angels Sing" by Benny Goodman and Martha Tilton, a legendary swing recording that helped keep Goodman's career afloat as band members departed
Download sample of Hank Williams' "Cold Cold Heart", perhaps the best-known Williams songs, covered by numerous other stars, and an excellent representation of the 1950sNashville Sound
It was common in dance halls in the 30s and 40s for a Latin orchestra, such as that of Vincent Lopez, to alternate with a big band because dancers insisted on it.
Latinmusic was extremely popular with dancers, not only the samba, paso doble, rumba, and mambo, but even the conga.
Likewise, Tex-Mex and Tejano style featured the conjunto sound, resulting in such important music as "Tequila" by The Champs, "96 Tears" by Question Mark and the Mysterians, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Thee Midniters, and the many combinations led by Doug Sahm, including the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornadoes.
Instead, the music of the UnitedStates is that of dozens or hundreds of indigenous and immigrant groups, all of which developed largely in regional isolation until the American Civil War, when people from across the country were brought together in army units, trading musical styles and practices.
John Warthen Struble notes that early American music historians felt that the UnitedStates was "in effect, another European nation partaking of the same cultural values, traditions and artistic objectives" as European nations, ignoring the "vital traditions of rural folkmusic and the important musical subculture of African Americans".
Jean Ferris, another music historian, called these composers "Yankee pioneers (who were) untouched by the influence of their sophisticated European contemporaries" and who were not entirely aware of the development of "tonality (as) the major harmonic system" of European classical music.
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