Ruben Cobos, recorder, n.d.
Item — Box: 13, CD: Lect 34
Scope and Contents
Lecture for Spanish Department series, talking about Spanish Folklore in New Mexico or Folklore Espanol (good recording, the first part of the recording appears to be the start of another program about Latin America or Argentina. Cobos probably recorded this lecture over the top of that one. A bit further into the tape is the actual beginning of his talk on Spanish Folklore in New Mexico, introduction by Dr. Sabine Ulibarri, UNM Spanish Department, Cobos begins with a very brief overview of the history of New Spain and New Mexico, some of the main points and dates, and then he goes on to give a history of the introduction of folklore from Spain into New Mexico and the manifestations and examples of Spanish folkore in New Mexico, he explains that the folklore traditions were transferred from Medieval Spain to colonial Mexico and then to early New Mexico, and that also other early Spanish folklore traditions begin here and are local to New Mexico itself, and that some come from the Native Americans in New Mexico and would therefore date well before the arrival of the Europeans in New Mexico, Cobos then explains, in detail, the origins, meaning, manifestations and times they were used within New Mexico - of five types of Spanish folklore found in New Mexico, many of which he had studied and taped in his recording collection, and which he fears will disappear from the cultureof New Mexico in years to come and so have to be recorded and preserved, he gives several examples of each, alabados, romances, decimas, coplas populares and refranes. He gives their history in Spain and also in New Mexico. For example, there is an alabado by Alfonso Castillo, of Alameda, New Mexico and another by a group of Penitentes from Santa Cruz, New Mexico, and then a decima by Leonardo Casados, of Cuba, New Mexico. During his discussion of romances populares he describes the first use of the term corrido and Pedro Navarro, and so forth).
Dates
- n.d.
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
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