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Julia Gabaldon, Susan Arnberger, recorders, 1970

 Item — Box: 2, CD: 180

Scope and Contents

Gabaldon, 1970: Teodoro Montoya, b. 1891, San Juan, Arizona. 1. Decima (no hay amor como la madre, composition is recited); 2. Verso (folk poetry, poem about mothers and God, two beings that make men happy, women); 3. Las viejitas (verso, folk poetry about little old women, mischief, devious, see Cobos CC guide); 4. A echar pulgas a otra parte (song about Mexico, President Santa Ana, fleeing the country with all the money, pesos); 5. Versos de don Simon (folk poetry, don Simon is eighty years old, song from end of nineteenth century - 1890s, tells of ridiculous changes in fashion and customs, scandals, women, men); (Cobos notes 6 and 7 are Anonymous, person born 1880, maybe Antonio Chavez?) 6. Quien como Dios (poem in honor of God and parents, family); 7. La mula y el coyote (folk tale, coyote asks to see baptism certificate of mule, which is on bottom of her hoof, when coyote looks, mule gives him a good kick, animal story).

Maria Vigil de Chavez, b. 1892, El Torreon, NM. 1. Verso (folk poetry, about your children will do to you what you do to them, family); 2. Adivinanzas, riddles, two, one about an apple.

Teodoro Montoya, b. 1891, San Juan, Arizona. Un picaro (two blind men sitting on a porch, a rogue comes by and makes a dirty sign to them, this is for you, he shouts, blind men start to argue about the other keeping his part, blindness). (Cobos note says this story by Anonymous, perhaps Antonio Chavez, born 1880).

Antonio Chavez, b. 1880, El Torreon, NM. Rumaldo y Teodosio (folk tale, two men make pact if one dies before other will report back on what after life, eternity is like, hot, hell, muerte, death).

Teodoro Montoya, b. 1891, San Juan, Arizona. 1. Poesias (folk poetry, about himself presenting this poem); 2. Decima (poem about man who married for love, but wife left him, marriage, women); 3. Adivinanzas (four riddles, one about a cat sitting on its own tail); 4. El muchacho y el sacerdote (folk tale, where is God).

Anonymous boy. Lectura, (mother has son read from an old school book, poor reader, get giggles, story is about a boy Victorio Martinez waiting on customers, Fuentes, Ponti, etc.)

Arnberger, 1970: Carlos Roybal, b. 1920, Albuquerque, NM. La hormiguita (Part I, continues on CD 160, agglutinate folk tale, of ant and snowflake that breaks her leg, she goes to the snow, sun and cloud for help, but only God can heal her).

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