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Amado Mares, Frances Padilla, Martin Rinaldi, recorders

 Item — Box: 1, CD: 104

Scope and Contents

Mares, 1970: Amado Salazar, Albuquerque, NM. 1. El conejo (a man and his wife argue about what it is that they saw: a hare or a rabbit, humorous, anecdote); 2. Adan (Adam) (a drunk's family decide to bring in to their home the priest for mass instead of taking the drunk man to church for fear of embarrassment, drinking, anecdote, church, religion).

Merceditas Santiago, Albuquerque, NM. 1. El sentenciado a muerte (a sentenced man asks his executioner to help his mother, anecdote); 2. El horno (outdoor oven, bread, two Americans build an oven to burn Black people - African Americans, two Mexicans come along and are thrown in the oven to grease the oven, greaser explanation, Mexico, racism, anecdote); 3. La maestra de escuela (school teacher, education, she brings a hen to school, baby chicks hatch, children ask what caused the chicks to peck at the shell, anecdote).

Padilla, 1970: Emilia Chavez, b. 1910, Los Padillas, NM. 1. A child sings a school song (good to fair recording, Marching to Victoria, in English, Anglo American song, child unidentified); 2. Santa Catalina, rezo, prayer to santo; 3. Motto, lema, Emilia recites quotes from Benito Juarez and Pancho Villa, Mexican Revolution); 3. Adivinanzas, rimas, versos, etc. (folk poetry, recited, one about the watermelon, sandia); 4. Rezo (Virgen del Monte Carmelo, Virgin Mary, recites old prayer).

Manuel Antonio Chavez, Los Padillas, NM. Adivinanza (several riddles and several children rhymes are recited, one about la mata de uvas, grape cluster).

Emilia Chavez,, b. 1910, Los Padillas, NM. 1. Corrido de Banuelos (poor recording, tape speed, fragment, as the man dies he calls upon St. Joseph, other verses, muerte, death); Indita de Ciquio Lucero (poor recording, ballad about a man who pierces his leg with an awl while making a pair of shoes, and he dies, death, muerte, includes an adivinanza); 3. Sudario (prayer recited, for soul of a person who has died, muerte, death, funeral, velorio); 4. Adivinanzas (two riddles, one about los ojos, eyes).

Rinaldi, 1970: Filomeno Lucero, b. 1891, Bernalillo, NM. Good to fair recording. 1. Entriega de novios (he sings traditional version of marriage song, suggestions of how married couples should lead a happy Christian life, wedding); 2. Corrido de Kennedy (sings a version of the ballad on the death of President John F. Kennedy); 3. Recibimiento de San Lorenzo folk (song about the patron saint of Bernalillo, New Mexico, entriega); 4. Entriega de San Luis Gonzaga (Bernalillo, sings hymn to San Luis Gonzaga on the feast of this saint, celebrating church built in 1889, folk song).

Aurelia Gurule, b. 1893, Placitas, NM. 1. Juan Relosito (a kidnapped girl is forced to live with a bear, Juan Oso, in a cave, girl has a baby, half bear and half man, his name is Juan Relosito, his adventures as grows up, folk tale, women, animal story); 2. Abrete, Se sena (New Mexico Spanish version of Open Sesame, Ali Baba and the forty thieves, folk tale, poor recording, noise in background, See also CDs 147 and 148).

Joe Davis, b. 1902, Galisteo, NM. Los astronomos (a donkey predicts the weather while the meteorologists fail, raining, storm, folk tale).

Dates

  • 1944-1974

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