Today in History: California Folk Music Project
Qanun solo: performed by Bedros Haroutunian
Today in History–June 15–the Library of Congress features the California Folk Music Project. Visit the Today in History section to grab hold of some fun trivia and learn about the misnice and the qanun—now there’s a great SCRABBLE® word. Then follow the links below to access more primary source collections related to recorded music and the state of California.
Glossary of musical instruments recorded, photographed, or sketched for the California Folk Music Project
Teaching resources for the California Folk Music Project
California Gold story map
Webcast: Sidney Robertson Cowell & the WPA California Folk Music Project, 1938-1940
More Library collections with song recordings
- National Jukebox
- African-American Band Music & Recordings, 1883-1923
- Alan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin Recordings
- Amazing Grace
- Band Music from the Civil War Era
- Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project
- Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals
- Chicago Ethnic Arts Project Collection
- Coptic Orthodox Liturgical Chant and Hymnody
- Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier: The Henry Reed Collection
- Florida Folklife song recordings from the WPA Collections
- Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
- The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America
- Library of Congress Concerts
- The March King: John Philip Sousa
- The Gerry Mulligan Collection
- Omaha Indian Music
- Patriotic Melodies
- Ragtime
- Roger Reynolds Collection
- Samuel Barber
- Songs from the Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine Collection
- Songs from the John & Ruby Lomax collection
- Traditional Music and Spoken Word
- Variety Stage Sound Recordings and Motion Pictures
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