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Box 78

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Subseries 1. Compositions, Transcriptions, and Notes, 193?-1987, undated

 Sub-Series — Box: 78
Scope and Contents Lyrics and musical transcriptions, notes, and a published music book. The subseries includes early songs by Paredes, probably composed 1933-1950, and musical transcriptions he made of them later. Notes, cards, and notebooks record Paredes' repertory and practicing habits at various intervals, 1940-1982. A few manuscript materials relate to his musical education and to the Paredes Collection of Border songs he gathered in 1954. A book of Mexican folk music (1966) to which Paredes wrote the...
Dates: 193?-1987; undated