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Music
Ethnomusicology Resources
Subscription databases: sound
Smithsonian Global Sound
including Smithsonian Folkways Recordings and Folkways Records
American Song
American roots music and pre-1960 popular music
Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)
music from independent record labels and sound archives; includes some roots music and folk music
Recorded music: records and CDs
Folkways Records seminal series of recordings begun in 1948 by Moses Asch- enter keyword Folkways in online catalog with material set to MUSIC RECS/CDS; we have many of the earliest LPs; the recordings are included in Smithsonian Global Sound
Unesco Collection [Unesco stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization] use "Other Call Number" search in online catalog with call numbers LPZ 19931 and LPZ 19016 to browse LP holdings; just do a keyword search for Unesco Collection to see LP and CD holdings
Explorer Series from record label Nonesuch- do a music-specific search for keywords "Explorer Series" in online catalog to browse holdings; began around 1965 with LPs, continues with CD reissues and new CDs
