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Ruben Cobos, recorder, 1949-1950

 Item — Box: 6, CD: 540

Scope and Contents

These seem to be selections pulled from other recordings in the collection. See CD 260 and following with many inditas from 1949-1950 recorded by Cobos. Manuel Antonio Esquibel, from La Joya, NM, La Joya, NM. Begins at 00:06 and ends at 6:12. Songs (fair recording, Indita de Jose Maria Ulibarri, un caballero, Belen, accident, murio, muerte; Indita de Abran Contreras, date November 24, alegria, Padilla; Indita de Los Terreros, borregos, sheep, Mesa de Aragon, llano; Indita de Estacio Lobato, Lovato, June 3, salio para Socorro; Indita de Siete Lagunas, mentada, Mariano Otero, caldito para comer, cattle, sus companoros; Indita de Cresencio, La Sierra Blanca; Indita de Rumaldo Gallegos, killed another, Colorado, happened in Rincon de Gallegos, murio, muerte, death, Maxiliano Gonzales told this story).

Senora Esquibel. Begins at 6:13 and ends at 6:49. Song (fair recording, singing, Corrido de Maria Elicia?, Corrido de Maria Alicia?, 1900, in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, women, about a girl who worked in the house of a man named Simon, where another man name A. Chavez killed her).

Manuel Antonio Esquibel, from La Joya, NM. Begins at 6:50 and ends at 10:23. Songs (fair recording, Indita de Ezequiel Lucero, verses spoken, mal paiz; Indita de Jesus Maria Sanchez, milagro, sung, all verses).

Vicente Sanchez, Cuba, NM. Begins at 10:28 and ends at 18:10. 1. Songs (fair recording, Indita de San Luis Gonzaga, Indita de Los Soldados, World War I, for protection of the soldiers, Indita de Jose Luis Lovato, Casa Colorada, Indita de los Comanches, Indita de los Comancheros, durante los valerios de santos en la noche buena, Navidad); 2. Conversation (fair recording, about musical traditions, velorios); 3. Songs (fair recording, various, Los Ojitos negros).

Domitilo Otero, age 77, b. Dec. 6, 1872, from Valencia, NM, Valencia County. Begins at 18:24 and ends at 20:24. Songs (fair recording, indita, decima, Indita del Indio Costales).

Presentacion Lucero, Indita de Pablita, Pablita Angel, woman hung in Las Vegas, NM, crime, muerte, death. (fair recording).

Placido Chavez, from Valencia, NM. Begins at 20:25 and ends at 34:44. Song (fair recording, singing, Indita de Siete Lagunas).

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

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