Research Catalog

  • Song as a measure of people : a report concerning cantometrics, the research of Alan Lomax into music of people throughout the world, with implications for anthropology and education / [project conceived and directed by Robert Revicki ; writing, Christine Crist, Jon Dunn ; photos., Jon Dunn, Ralph Rinzler].

    • Text
    • Harrisburg : Pennsylvania Dept. of Education, 1976.
    • 1976-1975
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text JMD 79-309Offsite
  • Georgia Sea Island songs. [Sound recording]

    • Audio
    • New World Records NW 278. p1977.
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LSRX 3734Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.

  • Afro-American blues and game songs [sound recording] / edited by Alan Lomax.

    • Audio
    • [Washington] : Library of Congress, Division of Music, Recording Laboratory, [1956]
    • 1956
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LRX 9281Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • The Penguin book of American folk songs / compiled and edited with notes by Alan Lomax ; piano arrangements by Elizabeth Poston.

    • Notated music
    • Baltimore, Md. : Penguin Books, c1964.
    • 1964
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music JNF 90-287Offsite
  • The people's song book; [ed. by Waldemar Hille and others], foreword by Alan Lomax, preface by B. A. Botkin.

    • Text
    • New York; Boni and Gaer, [c1948]
    • 1948
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text Sc 784.6-H (Hille, W. People's song book)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The Leadbelly songbook; the ballads, blues, and folksongs of Huddie Ledbetter. Edited by Moses Asch and Alan Lomax. [Musical transcriptions by Jerry Silverman. Introductory essays and biographical sketches by Frederic Ramsey, Jr., Charles Edward Smith, Alan Lomax, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Foreword by Moses Asch]

    • New York, Oak Publications [c1962]
    • 1962
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Sc 784.7-L (Ledbetter, H. Leadbelly songbook)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • The 111 best American ballads: Folk song: U.S.A., collected, adapted and arr. by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax. Alan Lomax, editor, Charles Seeger and Ruth Crawford Seeger, music editors.

    • New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce [c1947]
    • 1947
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Sc 784.4-L (Lomax, J. 111 best American ballads)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Negro folk songs as sung by Lead Belly, "king of the twelve-string guitar players of the world," long-time convict in the penitentiaries of Texas and Louisiana; transcribed, selected and edited by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax.

    • New York, The Macmillan Company, 1936.
    • 1936
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Sc 784.7-L (Lomax, A. Negro folk songs as sung by Lead Belly)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Leadbelly; a collection of world-famous songs / edited by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax ; Hally Wood, music editor ; special note on Leadbelly's 12-string guitar by Pete Seeger.

    • New York : Folkways Music Publishers, [c1959]
    • 1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Sc 784.7-L (Ledbetter, H. Leadbelly)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • American ballads and folk songs, collected and compiled by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax; with a foreword by George Lyman Kittredge.

    • New York, Macmillan, 1934.
    • 1934
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Sc 784.4-L (Lomax, J. American ballads and folk songs)Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Appalachian journey [videorecording] : from the original Ballad of Tom Dooley to the origins of Bluegrass / [presented by] North Carolina Public TV ; produced by Dibbs Directions for Channel Four.

    • Moving image
    • Alexandria, Va. : PBS Home Video, c1991.
    • 1991-1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *LVH Cataloged Commercial video recordings Box 18Offsite
  • Jazz parades [videorecording] : feet don't fail me now / [presented by] North Carolina Public TV ; written, directed and produced by Alan Lomax ; editor, Alison Ellwood.

    • Moving image
    • [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video ; Beverly Hills, Calif. : Pacific Arts Video [distributor], c1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *LVH 780 (F) Container on fileOffsite
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  • Dreams and songs of the noble old [videorecording] / [presented by] North Carolina Public TV ; produced by Dibb Directions for Channel Four ; original material recorded and directed by Alan Lomax ; editors, Howard Sharp, Jenny Campbell ; director, Mark Dibb, Mark Kidel ; producers, Mark Dibb, Penny Forster.

    • Moving image
    • [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video [distributor] ; Beverly Hills, Calif. : Pacific Arts Video, c1990.
    • 1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *LVH 783 (F) Container on fileOffsite
    Not available - Please for assistance.
  • Step style [videorecording]

    • Moving image
    • 1977.
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIC 9-608Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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  • Dance and human history [videorecording]

    • Moving image
    • 1974.
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIDVD 5-7127 [DVD]Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Palm play [videorecording]

    • Moving image
    • 1977.
    • 1977
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIC 9-610Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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  • The longest trail [electronic resource]

    • Moving image
    • 1984.
    • 1985
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3bc7ed1c-0ada-487e-8de5-f825f0513069
  • Sacred harp [and] Liquid measure [videorecording]

    • Moving image
    • 1989.
    • 1989
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *MGZIA 4-1819Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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  • Introduction of video tape - group dance therapy session.

    • Text
    • 1970
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Text *MGRT Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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  • Handbook for The longest trail : a dance geography of the American Indian people / a film by Alan Lomax and Forrestine Paulay of the Choreometrics Project, Center for Social Sciences and Department of Anthropology, Columbia University. Berkeley : distributed by University of California Extension Media Center, [1984] 39 p. : map ; 28 cm.

    • Text
    • 1984
  • Choreometrics: A method for the study of cross-cultural pattern in film. [By] Alan Lomax, Irmgard Bartenieff [and] Forrestine Paulay.

    • Text
    • 1974
  • Bahaman songs, French ballads and dance tunes, Spanish religious songs and game songs [sound recording] / edited by Alan Lomax.

    • Audio
    • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, Recording Laboratory, [1979 or 1980]
    • 1979-1980
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LRX 9280Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Brown girl in the ring : an anthology of song games from the eastern Caribbean / collected and documented by Alan Lomax, J.D. Elder, and Bess Lomax Hawes.

    • Notated music
    • New York : Pantheon Books, c1997.
    • 1997
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music JMF 97-761Offsite
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music Sc F 97-296Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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  • Jelly Roll Morton, the Library of Congress recordings. Vol. 3, the pearls [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, MA : Rounder, p1993.
    • 1993-1938
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 8324 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Jelly Roll Morton, the Library of Congress recordings. Vol. 4, Winin' boy blues [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, MA: Rounder, p1993.
    • 1993-1938
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 8327 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Second annual National Medal of Arts ceremony [electronic resource]

    • Moving image
    • 1986.
    • 1986
    • 1 Resource

    Available Online

    https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/19fec7b9-f816-483d-9bd3-9f50b0783bd9
  • The Library of Congress Recordings [sound recording] Volume 2, Anamule dance / Jelly Roll Morton.

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, p1993.
    • 1993-
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 8323 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Lead Belly : no stranger to the blues : the songs of Huddie Ledbetter / selected from the historic field research of John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax ; music transcriptions (from Lead Belly's original recordings) by Harry Lewman.

    • Notated music
    • New York, NY : TRO Folkways Music Publishers, c1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music JMG 00-81Offsite
  • Delta blues, Cajun two-step : music from Mississippi & Louisiana, Newport Folk Festival 1966.

    • Moving image
    • [S.l.] : Vestapol ; Cambridge, MA : Distributed by Rounder Records, c1997.
    • 1997-1966
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image Sc Visual VRA-381Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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  • Georgia Sea Island Singers [motion picture] / produced by Alan Lomax.

    • Moving image
    • 1974
    • 2 Items
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image Sc Visual MPB-213Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound
    Not available - Please for assistance.
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image Sc Visual VRA-279Schomburg Center - Moving Image & Recorded Sound

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  • The Library of Congress Recordings [sound recording] : Volume 1, Kansas City stomp / Jelly Roll Morton.

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, p1993.
    • 1993-1938
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 8322 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Fred McDowell [sound recording] : the first recordings.

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, p1997.
    • 1997-1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 17421 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • The devil is busy [sound recording] / all songs composed by Sampson Pittman.

    • Audio
    • Norwood, N.J. : Laurie Records, p1992.
    • 1992-1938
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 18871 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Jazz parades [videorecording] : feet don't fail me now / written, directed and produced by Alan Lomax ; series producer, Elisabeth Fink Benjamin ; Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, Inc.

    • Moving image
    • [S.l.] : Vestapol Productions ; Cambridge, MA : distributed by Rounder Records, p1998, c1990.
    • 1998-1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *LVH Cataloged Commercial video recordings Box 4Offsite
  • Cajun country [videorecording] : lache pas la patate! (Don't drop the potato!) / written, directed and produced by Alan Lomax ; series producer, Elisabeth Fink Benjamin ; Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop, Inc.

    • Moving image
    • [S.l.] : Vestapol Productions ; Cambridge, MA : distributed by Rounder Records, p1998, c1990.
    • 1998-1990
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Moving image *LVH Cataloged Commercial video recordings Box 4Offsite
  • Our singing country : folk songs and ballads / collected and compiled by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax ; music editor, Ruth Crawford Seeger ; introduction to the Dover edition by Judith Tick.

    • Notated music
    • Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 2000.
    • 2000-1941
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Notated music JMD 00-902Offsite
  • Brown girl in the ring [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, p1997.
    • 1997-1962
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 17390 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

    Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.

  • Sheep, sheep don'tcha know the road [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, MA : Rounder, p1997.
    • 1997-1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 16494 (F) v. 6Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Bad man ballads [sound recording]

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, MA : Rounder Records, p1997.
    • 1997-1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 16494 (F) v. 5Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Brethren, we meet again [sound recording]

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, p1997.
    • 1997-1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 16494 (F) v. 4Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Southern journey. Volume 3, 61 Highway Mississippi [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, p1997.
    • 1997-1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 16494 (F) v. 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Ballads and breakdowns [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, p1997.
    • 1997-1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 16494 (F) v. 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • And glory shone above [sound recording]

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, p1998.
    • 1998
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 20586 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Harp of a thousand strings [sound recording] : all day singing from The sacred harp.

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, p1998.
    • 1998-1959
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 20587 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Neville Marcano [sound recording] : the Growling Tiger of Calypso.

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder Records, p1998.
    • 1998-1962
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 18511 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Songs of seduction [sound recording].

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, p2000.
    • 2000-1961
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 23678 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Dominica [sound recording] : Creole crossroads.

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, MA : Rounder, p1999.
    • 1999-1962
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 22713 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Calypso at midnight! [sound recording] : the live Midnight special concert, Town Hall, New York City, 1946.

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, p1999.
    • 1999-1946
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 22728 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Calypso after midnight! [sound recording] : the live Midnight special concert, Town Hall, New York City, 1946.

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, Mass. : Rounder, p1999.
    • 1999
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 22730 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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  • Italian treasury [sound recording] : Sicily

    • Audio
    • Cambridge, MA : Rounder Records, p&c1997.
    • 2000
    • 1 Item
    FormatCall NumberItem Location
    Audio *LDC 24015 (F)Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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