Elicia Duran, Robert J. Gonzalez, recorders, 1970-1971
Item — Box: 1, CD: 11
Scope and Contents
Duran: Natividad Duran, b. 1906, San Jose, NM, County unknown. Good recording. 1. Los esposos y el burro (folk tale, while going down the road with their donkey, people suggest he ride or another that she ride or that both ride, moral of story, cannot please everyone, women); 2. El hombre del asilo (anecdote, his solution for a car that loses its wheel, automobile); 3. Un hombre que sabia la lengua de sus animales (folk tale, like the Arabian Nights, a man who understood animal languages, and his wife, women); 4. El tesoro (anecdote, man gets a new house, finds a treasure map, digging even in the neighbor's yard, is made to look foolish, treasure story, greed); 5. Los compadres (anecdote, a man and blind friend trick a bartender about his glass being half full or full, liquor, drinking, tavern); 6, La cocinera de los curas (La cura y la gallina, good to fair recording, song in story, folk tale, woman cooking for a priest, his chicken and response in Gregorian chant like at a mass, women, church); 7. Un ranchero y el barbero (the rancher and the barber (anecdote, hair styles. Cobos notes that this is by Maria Dominguez, b. San Miguel, NM, 1909, interview 1970, by Elicia Duran).
Duran: Maria Dominguez, b. 1909, San Miguel, NM. El calvo que vendia tonico para el pelo (anecdote, the bald tonic seller. Cobos has this by Natividad Duran, b. 1906, San Jose, NM, interview by Elicia Duran, 1970.) (Maria Dominguez, El pelo estilo ranchero, anecdote, good recording, barber shop, hair cut, ranch style).
Duran: Natividad Duran, b. 1906, San Jose, NM. 1. Un caminante se halla 50,000 pesos; 2. Un matrimonio y los blanquillos, huevos (folk tale, eggs for breakfast, a married couple fight over the eggs, a pretend funeral for her, the pall bearers, humor, death, marriage, women); 3. Caduno, Eachone (folk tale, three hunters, three eagles, riddle); 4. En el baile (se echa un verso, anecdote, while dancing a man addresses the woman in poetry, not complimentary, women); 5. La morena que se ponia cascara - valse chiquiado, chiquiao (good recording, anecdote, cosmetics, make up makes woman look good, she replies back in verse, women); 6. Dos viejitos que fumaban mucho (anecdote, a couple gives up smoking habit, saves the money, but then house burns down, up in smoke).
Gonzalez: Gaspar Gonzalez, b. 1889, Valdez, NM, Taos County. 1. Consejo, sigan estudiando (poor recording, advice to young people, continue studies even after graduating, education, school); 2. Adivinanzas (poor recording, riddle, Adan, Eva, la tierra, Abel, Adam and Eve); 3. El hombre sin cuidado (good recording, las dos preguntas, folk tale, king asks a man to answer - what am I worth, and how fast can I go around the world, disguised as him, the man's servant answers, good replies, lower working poor class smarther than higher rich people).
Gonzalez: Fortunato Martinez, b. 1889, El Prado, NM, Taos County. 1. Lo mas maravilloso (anecdote, Mexico, Mexican eagle is best of all, it can roost on the top of the Americn flag); 2, El de la barberia (anecdote, two barbers, father and son, expand from ground floor to upstair, advertise as we shave top and bottom, and then lose their customers, business); 3. El gato negro (anecdote, reward for a lost cat, women).
Gonzalez: Gaspar Gonzalez, b. 1889, Valdez, NM. El zapato y el zapatero que lo cocio (fair recording, play on the verbs to sew and to cook - cuezame and cosame, language).
Gonzalez: Fortunato Martinez, b. 1889, El Prado, NM. El joven Alpaca (folk tale, a young man, magic horse, marries the princess, women.)
Gonzalez: Rafaelita Gonzalez, b. 1917, El Prado, NM. 1. Good recording. Adivinanzas (four riddles, one about the guitar; 2. Versos - La cocinera, El venado y la venada.
Duran: Maria Dominguez, b. 1909, San Miguel, NM. El calvo que vendia tonico para el pelo (anecdote, the bald tonic seller. Cobos has this by Natividad Duran, b. 1906, San Jose, NM, interview by Elicia Duran, 1970.) (Maria Dominguez, El pelo estilo ranchero, anecdote, good recording, barber shop, hair cut, ranch style).
Duran: Natividad Duran, b. 1906, San Jose, NM. 1. Un caminante se halla 50,000 pesos; 2. Un matrimonio y los blanquillos, huevos (folk tale, eggs for breakfast, a married couple fight over the eggs, a pretend funeral for her, the pall bearers, humor, death, marriage, women); 3. Caduno, Eachone (folk tale, three hunters, three eagles, riddle); 4. En el baile (se echa un verso, anecdote, while dancing a man addresses the woman in poetry, not complimentary, women); 5. La morena que se ponia cascara - valse chiquiado, chiquiao (good recording, anecdote, cosmetics, make up makes woman look good, she replies back in verse, women); 6. Dos viejitos que fumaban mucho (anecdote, a couple gives up smoking habit, saves the money, but then house burns down, up in smoke).
Gonzalez: Gaspar Gonzalez, b. 1889, Valdez, NM, Taos County. 1. Consejo, sigan estudiando (poor recording, advice to young people, continue studies even after graduating, education, school); 2. Adivinanzas (poor recording, riddle, Adan, Eva, la tierra, Abel, Adam and Eve); 3. El hombre sin cuidado (good recording, las dos preguntas, folk tale, king asks a man to answer - what am I worth, and how fast can I go around the world, disguised as him, the man's servant answers, good replies, lower working poor class smarther than higher rich people).
Gonzalez: Fortunato Martinez, b. 1889, El Prado, NM, Taos County. 1. Lo mas maravilloso (anecdote, Mexico, Mexican eagle is best of all, it can roost on the top of the Americn flag); 2, El de la barberia (anecdote, two barbers, father and son, expand from ground floor to upstair, advertise as we shave top and bottom, and then lose their customers, business); 3. El gato negro (anecdote, reward for a lost cat, women).
Gonzalez: Gaspar Gonzalez, b. 1889, Valdez, NM. El zapato y el zapatero que lo cocio (fair recording, play on the verbs to sew and to cook - cuezame and cosame, language).
Gonzalez: Fortunato Martinez, b. 1889, El Prado, NM. El joven Alpaca (folk tale, a young man, magic horse, marries the princess, women.)
Gonzalez: Rafaelita Gonzalez, b. 1917, El Prado, NM. 1. Good recording. Adivinanzas (four riddles, one about the guitar; 2. Versos - La cocinera, El venado y la venada.
Dates
- 1970-1971
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English, Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 13 boxes (12.25 cu. ft.)
Creator
- From the Collection: Cobos, Rubén (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451