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    English Translation of Finland’s Epic Poem, The Kalevala (1898)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    English Translation of Finland’s Epic Poem, The Kalevala (1898)

    Abide With Me (1914)
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    Death

    Abide With Me (1914)

    Spells Against the Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Spells Against the Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903)

    First recording of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1909)
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    Customs & Culture

    First recording of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (1909)

    The Book of Exposition: A Collection of 15th-Century Erotica from the Middle East (1900)
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    Love & Lust

    The Book of Exposition: A Collection of 15th-Century Erotica from the Middle East (1900)

    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1921)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Tanglewood Tales, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1921)

    On the Banks of the Old Raritan (1915)
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    On the Banks of the Old Raritan (1915)

    Autumn: Saviour, Breathe an Evening Blessing (1912)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Autumn: Saviour, Breathe an Evening Blessing (1912)

    The Hawaiian Quintette (1913)
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    The Hawaiian Quintette (1913)

    John McCormack - Recordings: 1911-1940
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    John McCormack - Recordings: 1911-1940

    Finnish Opera Singer Eino Rautavaara (1905–9)
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    Finnish Opera Singer Eino Rautavaara (1905–9)

    Silent Night (1912)
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    Silent Night (1912)

    Sourire d’Avril (1906)
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    Sourire d’Avril (1906)

    Barbara Allen performed by Frank Luther (1928)
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    Death, Love & Lust

    Barbara Allen performed by Frank Luther (1928)

    Tom Ennis - Irish Jigs, Reels, and Polkas (1917)
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    Tom Ennis - Irish Jigs, Reels, and Polkas (1917)

    Youssef Tage - Six Traditional Syrian Songs (1940)
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    Youssef Tage - Six Traditional Syrian Songs (1940)

    Recordings of Pygmy Music from the 1946 Ogooué-Congo Mission
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    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture

    Recordings of Pygmy Music from the 1946 Ogooué-Congo Mission

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    A Midsummer Schottische

    Traditional Italian song with Zampogna and Ciaramella (1920)
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    Traditional Italian song with Zampogna and Ciaramella (1920)

    James Mooney’s Ghost Dance Recordings (1894)
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    Customs & Culture

    James Mooney’s Ghost Dance Recordings (1894)

    Slovak Folk Songs (1928/30)
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    Slovak Folk Songs (1928/30)

    Frank C. Stanley singing Auld Lang Syne (1910)
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    Frank C. Stanley singing Auld Lang Syne (1910)

    “Omar Rabbi Elozor” by Cantor Meyer Kanewsky and his choir (1919)
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    “Omar Rabbi Elozor” by Cantor Meyer Kanewsky and his choir (1919)

    President Woodrow Wilson’s daughter singing Star Spangled Banner (1915)
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    War

    President Woodrow Wilson’s daughter singing Star Spangled Banner (1915)