Box 12
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Contains 1 Result:
Lecture, program and songs by Ruben Cobos, hosted by Sabine Ulibarri, here printout of the information, in Spanish and English translation, also this talk is partly recorded by John D. Robb in his field recordings, on the New Mexico Digital Collection as entry Robb 1924 (1924-1932). Contains a history of New Mexico music since 1539, mainly on Christmas traditions, but includes much more, example and song texts, Coronado, Niza, name of New Mexico, Juan de Onate, first Easter in 1598, first colonists, alabados, Penitentes, velorios, Native Americans Indians helped the Spanish, began to establish a community and teach the Spanish and Indian children and elders, building a church, first mass, first Christmas 1598, procession, images of Jesus, Virgin Mary and Joseph, build fire of logs, luminarias, Spanish language united Indian nations, Pueblo revolt 1680, return in 1692, De Vargas, entering pueblos unarmed, (side note on Candelario curio shop and skull story), January music for Los Manueles, also as a birthday song, January 6, Three Kings day, children receive gifts, in 1847 Anglo American brought idea of Christmas on December 24 and 25; also comments on the custom of the dance on Saturday afternoon, also meaning of valse chiquiao; custom of blessing the fields, acequias, San Isidro; comments on Prospero Baca, Bernalillo, San Lorenzo; Cobos goes on to talk about the Virgin of Guadalupe, December 12 feast, more on luminarias, December in Mexico, Aztec traditions of holiday, visiting Friends, carnival, compared to Catholic customs of Las Posadas, from December 16 to 24, Mexico adopted the Posadas and Aztec custom has been forgotten, role of the devil, celebration of Los Pastores play, La Pastorela, shepherds, between Las Posadas and Midnight Mass December 24, birth of Jesus, songs to Virgin Mary, cradle song, then ends with Ulibarri tribute to Cobos, 1963
File — Box: 12, Folder: 20a
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:
1963