Founded in 1992 at The City College of New York, the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York is the first and only university-based research institute in the United States devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent.
COMPACT DISC COLLECTION
The Library of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute has a growing collection of recordings of Dominican music on CDs, listed below.
This is a reference collection and must be used in-house. Please make arrangements to access CDs by contacting the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library at 212.650.7170 or aponte@ccny.cuny.edu
List of Compact Disc Collection in Alphabetical Order
Note: You may search this collection by topic using the online catalog.
7 Días con el Pueblo: 1er. Encuentro Internacional de la Nueva Canción
Afro-Dominican Music from San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic
Diccionario Enciclopédico Dominicano
Fundación Cultural Bayahonda - Música Raíz
Vol. 1 - Root Music (1997)
Vol. 2 - (2000)Grupo León Jimenes - Canciones Dominicanas en Concierto
Vol. 1 - Boleros Dominicanos (1995)
Vol. 2 - Canciones Dominicanas (1996)
Vol. 3 - Tributo a Luis Alberti (1997)
Vol. 4 - Por Amor, 30 Aniversario: la música de Rafael Solano (1998)
Vol. 5 - Paraíso Soñado: Homenaje a Manuel Sánchez Acosta (1999)
Vol. 6 - Sígueme: en Honor a la Música de Manuel Troncoso (2000)
Vol. 7 - Juan Lockward: la Guitarra Bohemia Inmortal (2001)
Vol. 8 - Peregrino del Amor: Bienvenido Brens (2002)La India Canela: Merengue Típico from the Dominican Republic
Luis Días: Lo Mejor del Terror
Music from the Dominican Republic
Vol. 1 - The Island of Quisqueya (1976)
Vol. 2 - The Island of Española (1976)
Vol. 4 - Songs from the North (1978)Nuestra Música: 2004 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Patricia Pereyra y Juan Francisco Ordoñez: "Cabaret Azul"
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