Box 12
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Articles by Ruben Cobos, from May 4 - 25, 1950. In May 4, 1950 article, Cobos continues with the popular folk poetry of New Mexico - el despidimiento, full lyrics, text for Adios, acompanamiento, as was sung by Adolfo Castillo, from Alameda, New Mexico, at a funeral of a Penitente brother, velorio, the deceased is saying good by to all his family and friends, death, muerte, burial. For the May 11, 1950 article Cobos provides the full lyrics, text for the Despedida de Eloisa Pacheco, from the La Voz del Pueblo newspaper, Las Vegas, September 19, 1903, by Abundio Pacheco, on July 16, 1903, in poem Eloisa says good bye to her family and relatives, her father Felix, father Librado, mother Rafaelita, mother Juanita, she sings she is joining Clotildita in heaven, asks their blessing, prays to the Virgin Mary, San Pedro, San Jose, her protectors. In the May 18, 1950 article Cobos gives the lyrics, text for the Despedimiento de Valentin C. de Baca, from La Voz del Pueblo, Las Vegas, New Mexico of December 5, 1903, Valentin died on June 19, 1903, says good bye to his father Valentin, and family, his sister, etc., muerte, death, funeral. In May 25, 1950, Cobos provides the lyrics and text for the Despedimiento de Facundo Gonzales, by J. F. Maynes, from El Nuevo Mexicano, Santa Fe, September 3, 1931, Cobos compares the various pieces to each other. Here Facundo died on August 8, 1931 in Denver, Colorado, was married, he worked in a hotel, his companion Albert Davis was jealous of him and killed him with a knife, the coward betrayed him, buried on August 12, in Denver., May 1950
File — Box: 12, Folder: 13
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection consists of 591 recordings of folk songs, folklore and local histories collected by Ruben Cobos from 1944-1974 in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Also included in the collection are about 270 additional recordings of selected music - a few from New Mexico, many from Mexico and Latin America, and others from Spain, Europe and the U.S. The recordings vary in quality between good, fair, and poor. They contain both musical and spoken content. Most recordings are in...
Dates:
May 1950