HY Then In Sonora, Mexico, 1944 

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Henrietta's recordings:

On American, European and Latin American folk music for the following record companies:

  • Columbia
  • Vanguard
  • Decca
  • Elektra
  • Folkways
  • Monitor
  • Artia
  • Parliament
  • Odyssey
  • Mercury
  • Mercury-Phillips

Field recordings 1942-1992 are now housed in the Folklife Division of the Library of Congress. Copies of individual collections are available at the following institutions:

  • Fonoteca of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
  • Arias Montana Institute of Madrid
  • National Indian Institute, Mexico City
  • Sephardic Foundation, New York

La Vida Mexicana: Mariachis y Rancheros: Judith Reyes. Global Village, 2002

Musica de Michoacan. Mexico, 2001

Mexico: Rosa de Castilla and Other Love Songs. Rounder CD 5158,2000

El Lobo: Songs and Games of Latin America. Rounder Kids 8078 © 1998.

The Bride's Joys and Sorrows. Songs and Ballads of the Moroccan Women of Tetuan, Morocco. Global Village CD 148,1996.

Ballads, Wedding Songs and Piyyutim, from the Sephardic Jews of Morocco. Folkways F4208,1983.

Music of the Maya-Quiches of Guatemala. Folkways F 4226, 1978

Children's Games and Songs from Ecuador, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Folkways F 7854, 1977.

Mexico South: The Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Folkways F 4378, 1976.

John's Island, South Carolina: Its People and Songs. Folkways F 3840,1970.

Folk Songs of Puerto Rico. Folkways F 4412,1970.

Music of the Tarascan Indians of Mexico. Folkways F 4217, 1970.

Latin American Children's Game Songs Recorded in Puerto Rico and Mexico. Folkways F 751, 1968.

The Real Mexico. Nonesuch H2009, 1966.

Indian Music of Mexico. Folkways F 413, 1948.

Folk Music of Mexico. Library of Congress Vol. 19, 1947.


NOTE: All Folkways are now available at the Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.

Henrietta's broadcasts:

RADIO:


Multiple broadcasts on IMER (Institute Mexicano dc Radio) 1995-2002

Weekly broadcasts, "Adventure in Folk Music" on WNYC, 1961-69 with Bob Dylan, Noble Sissle, Doc Watson, Janis lan, etc.

Weekly broadcasts, "Folk Music Abroad" on WBAI and other Pacifica stations, 1960-61.

Weekly broadcasts, "Music of Many Lands" for Heritage national network on FM stations, 1960-62.

Prepared series of broadcasts on Latin American music for the Inter-American Indian Institute in Mexico and the Pan American Union, 1942.

Presented folk artists including: Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Aunt Molly Jackson, Burl Ives, Sarah Ogan Gunning, Duke of Iron(Calpyso), etc.

TELEVISION:

Interviewed by Willard Rhodes for Columbia University's series on Channel 5, 1963.

Woman to Woman, CUNY TV, 2004

Produced Special Musical Events for WNYC 1939-41. Pioneer broadcaster of folk music from all parts of the world. Initiated the annual American Music Festival, an important cultural event in New York City that continues through today.

HY Today On the air, Mexico City, 2000

...accompanied Henrietta on her field excursions

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