Ruben Cobos, recorder, 1949-1950
Item — Box: 5, CD: 492
Scope and Contents
Cobos had taken clips of songs sung by several women from Tome, NM. He introduces them. Similar to CDs 51, 52 and 395 A. At beginning recording is poor, sound is too low, gets better later on, fair record. Begins at 00:04 and ends at 5:05. 1. Felicitas Montano, Yo soy un medico de mucha fama); 2. Mrs. Jose de Leon Padilla, Comadre no se que hacer (good recording, singing, about a woman with too many boyfriends); 3. Mrs. Jose de Leon Padilla, Me quiero confesar (good recording, singing); 4. Felicitas Montano, Les contare lo que me paso (song, good recording); 5. Felicitas Montano, Indita de Miguel, fair recording, song); 6. Felicitas Montano, Los Milagros de San Antonio (good recording, singing); 7. Felicitas Montano, Un Testamento (good recording, song).
Scope and Contents
Miguel Perea, age 77, born September 29, 1871, from Tome, NM. Begins at 5:07 and ends at 8:44. Similar to CD 395 A. 1. Indita de Ciquio Lucero (poor recording, song, singing, 1884); 2. Proverbs (fair recording, dichos, wisdom).
Scope and Contents
Francisco S. Leyba, Leyba, NM. Begins at 8:45 and ends at 20:47. Songs are similar to CDs 51 and 395 A. 1. Gloria a Dios, (fair recording); 2. El Dos de mayo (fair recording); 3. La Contra golondrina (fair recording, singing); 4. La Paloma Blanca (fair recording); 5. La Lola y Buque Maine (fair recording, song, Cuba, Battleship Maine); 6. Himno a Hidalgo (fair recording); 7. Eres Dolores Bella (fair recording, mas bella que las flores); 8. En una jaula de oro (fair recording); 9. El barrio triste (fair recording).
Scope and Contents
Marcario Leyba, Leyba, NM. Begins at 20:48 and ends at 22:05. 1 La Creacion del mundo (fair recording, about the creation of the world, decima); 2. Decima de la baraja (fair recording).
Scope and Contents
Francisco S. Leyba, age 61, born March 19. Begins at 22:07 and ends at 60:52. Leyba singing, similar to songs on CDs 51, 52 395 A and 395 B, see them for more detail. Part I, 1. La Vida del hombre (song, fair recording); 2. La Gloria (fair recording, singing, religion); 3. La Iglesia (fair recording, religion); 4. La Patria (fair recording, patriotism); 5. El Marinero (fair recording); 6. El Militar (fair recording, singing, speaker gives intoduction to the song, military, war, soldier); 7. Otro militar (fair recording); 8. Otra partida militar (fair recording); 9. La Guerra de Espana (fair recording, the war of Spain, Spanish American War, 1898); 10. Los tiempos de ahora (fair recording, Dr. Cobos introduces the song but the speaker refuses to sing it); 11. El trovador (fair recording); 12. La infelicidad (fair recording, unhappiness); 13. Dona Clara (fair recording, song, La Cucaracha); 14. La vaca del condado (fair recording); 15. Un amable prenda (fair recording); 16. Corrido de Aguinaldo, Corrido de Aginaldo (relacion, fair recording); 17. La Paulina, La Paublina (fair recording); 18. Cantado de un viejo y de una muchahcha (fair recording, song about an old man and young girl, humor, comica); 19. Mi unico bien (fair recording); 20. La noche lobrega (fair recording); 21. El profundo tormento (fair recording); 22. Luna hermosa (fair recording, beautiful moon); 23. La Paloma (fair recording, patria, patriotism); 24. El General Marcelo, Spanish General in Cuba, fair recording, corrido, war, Spanish general en Cuba, independence leader); 25. La Lucita (fair recording); 26. La guachinanga (fair recording, Mexican American tune); 27. La cabana (fair recording); 28. El puente de mazatlan (fair recording); 29. La Bella Maria (fair recording, love song, women); 30. Por fin te volvi a ver (fair recording); 31. El valse apasionado (fair recording, waltz); 32. El pajarillo encantador (fair recording, about a man in jail); 33. La joven que yo adoro (fair recording, love song); 34. El cuando de los estados (fair recording, speaker states he does not know all of the words to the song but sings a portion, incomplete); 35. Conduelete, de mi mujer (fair recording, song); 36. Song, Los pollos del capital (fair recording); 37. Joven querida (fair recording); 38. La seductora (fair recording, song about a seductress, incomplete, speaker does not remember all of the words); 39. La mujer que quiere a un hombre (fair recording, song about a woman who loved a man); 40. Pobre paloma que en el manto viento (fair recording); 41. Yo amaba a una mujer (fair recording, bitter love song); 42. Que lejos vivo de tu lado (fair recording; 43. En un tiempo fui querido (fair recording); 44. El doloroso momento (fair recording); 45. Pobre mujer tan infiel (fair recording, poor unfaithful woman, women); 46. Luz celestina (fair recording); 47. Adios mujer (fair recording, women); 48. Ya estoy aqui mujer (fair recording); 49. Las Mananitas (fair recording); 50. El Sombrero de Clancey, Sombrero de Clancy (fair recording); 51. El borrachito (fair recording, the drunk); 52. Muchachos de la bufanda (fair recording); 53. Adios, angel mio (fair recording, song cuts off abruptly, cont. on CD 493).
Dates
- 1949-1950
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
cswrref@unm.edu
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
cswrref@unm.edu