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Ruben Cobos, recorder, ca. 1949-1950

 Item — Box: 6, CD: 517

Scope and Contents

Anononymous person singing (poor to fair recording, songs of New Mexico, Wagon Mound, corridos, inditas, cannot make out the name and titles, cuts off at end, speed to fast).

Joe Lucero, Jose Lucero, from Bernalillo, NM. Begins at 2:13 and ends at 4:14. Song, Los Vaqueros, cowboys (fair to poor recording).

Manuel Esquibel. Begins at 4:21 and ends at 6:59. Corrido (poor recording, song).

Anonymous man and woman. Begins at 7:01 and ends at 10:11. Song, La blanca flor (fair to poor recording, singing and playing guitar, is story of Snow White in Spanish).

Radio show. Begins at 10:15 and ends at 24:32. Music (poor recording, from a radio show, show host introduces songs, corrido, banjo, guitar, probably Cobos recording from the radio).

Dates

  • ca. 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

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