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Ruben Cobos, recorder, 1970

 Item — Box: 1, CD: 78

Scope and Contents

Cobos: Emiliana Q. Segura, b. 1895, Cerro, NM. 1. Sudarios, explicacion (a prayer for the soul, muerte, velorio, death, funeral, notes); 2. Sudario, rezado,(a prayer for the soul of Juan Duran), 3. Salve, (a prayer for the life or good health of an individual); 4. Ofrecimiento (prayer that is included in the rosary, explained); 5. Ofrecimiento, variant of Ofrecimiento, a folk prayer; 6. El bendito (Cobos calls this a hymn, probably a prayer, recited, good recording); 7. Como se persigna, (Emiliana instructs Mrs. Elvira Cobos on the old-fashioned way of making the sign of the cross); 8. Sudario, definition, a folk prayer for the soul, death, muerte); 9. Escapulario, (definition of scapulary and its two types, colors, escapulario del Santo Nino o de Nuestra Senora de Carmen); 10. Habitito, (scapulary and garment); 11. Oracion, prayer to Santo Nino de Atocha.

Cobos: Bernardita Duran, b. 1894, Ranchos de Taos, NM. Good recording. 1. Informes personales (autobiography stating where she was born, age, etc.); 2. Sudario, definition (folk prayer for the soul of the deceased); 3. Sudario (Duran prays a sudario); 4. Ofrecimiento (prayer of ofrecimiento, one of the prayers of the rosary for a dead person, velorio, funeral, death, burial, muerte).

Cobos: Anonymous singers, Albuquerque, 196, probably commercial recordings, good recordings. 1. Corrido de Jose Lopez (Mexican American ballad); 2. Corrido de Ricardo Campos (a Mexican American orphan soldier dies in Vietnam War, body brought to San Francisco - San Antonio, Texas, lies in state for a week, and is finally buried in national cemetery after no relationship, family, is not claimed); 3. Corrido de Ricardo Campos (good recording, variation of the ballad, by Mexican American singers); 4. Corrido de Eva Garza (good recording, a young artist singer from San Antonio, Texas, dies in Arizona, ballad, Mexican American singers, mention of Lydia Mendoza, Radio Anahuac, Rosita Fernandez, women); 5. Corrido de El borrego (good recording, sheepherder, a love triangle and the death of one protagonist, women); 6. Caballo prieto azabache (good recording, a young man is about to be executed by the soldiers of Pancho Villa, as a last wish he asks to die mounted on his pet horse, which jumps over the wall and saves him, but horse dies from bullets meant for the man); 7.El toro y la luna (song, poem about a fighting bull that falls in love with the moon, non New Mexico); El Cordobes (song, homage to Manuel Benitez, bullfighter, toreador, non New Mexico).

Dates

  • 1970

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

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