[Colombia, Dept. Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura, 1964] / collected by George List and Manuel Zapata Olivella.
Sections
- Conjunto de Marimba de Doña Mercedes: Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple; Ferrin Rios - marimba bordón; Benito Murillo and Alejandro Palomino - bombo; Alvaro Hurtado - cununu mayor; and María Inés Ortíz, Rosa Cristina Monteno, Jorgiana Salas, Nina Murillo, Ana Evelina Guerrero, Clara Inés Silva, and Concepcíon Perlasa Palacir - vocals. September 19, 1964, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura, Barrio Venezia.
- 1. [ATM announcement. Unidentified speaker. Unknown date, United States, Indiana, Bloomington, Archives of Traditional Music]. (00:16)
- 2. [Introduction by George List]. Currulao de Toledo (from Nariño). The group consisted of the following: Marimba played by two men each using two sticks. The treble part of the marimba is called tiple or primo, the lower part bordón. Two bombos, drums with two heads held on knees. Played with two sticks. The left head is hit with a stick with a head, the wooden top of the drum is hit with a stick of wood. Two cununus, the larger mayor, the smaller menor. Only the mayor was present. Slightly conical drums with single head played with the two hands. Tuned with wedges thrust in a rope girdle. Cantadora or cantante. Lead vocal part. Chorus of women. All the singers also played the guasá, a rattle made of a section of bamboo with seeds inside. The guasá was held by both hands. (There is no information concerning who is the lead singer in the currulaos). (04:48)
- 3. Currulao Guapi (from Guapi). (03:28)
- 4. Currulao "Paujuí" (from Nariño). According to informants chorus sings only "paujuí". (04:42)
- 5. Arrullo "De donde venía Carmela?" (from Nariño). Same group but Artunto Hernández plays one of the bombos. No information concerning which of the previous players he replaces. Lead singer (prima) is María Inés Ortíz. (03:04)
- 6. Arrullo "De donde venía Carmela?" (from Nariño). Same group but Artunto Hernández plays one of the bombos. No information concerning which of the previous players he replaces. Lead singer (prima) is María Inés Ortíz. (03:10)
- 7. Bunde "Este es tu corona". (03:23)
- 8. [Unrecorded content] (09:36)
- September 20, 1964, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura, Barrio Venezia.
- Conjunto de Marimba de Doña Mercedes: Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple; Ferrin Rios - marimba bordón; Benito Murillo and Alejandro Palomino - bombo; Alvaro Hurtado - cununu mayor; and María Inés Ortíz, Rosa Cristina Monteno, Jorgiana Salas, Nina Murillo, Ana Evelina Guerrero, Clara Inés Silva, and Concepcíon Perlasa Palacir - vocals.
- 1. [ATM announcement. Unidentified speaker. Unknown date, United States, Indiana, Bloomington, Archives of Traditional Music. (00:17)
- 2. [Test and Introduction by George List] Currulao de Toledo. Informants were asked to perform as a group or singly their parts. Full group. George List - speaker. (02:11)
- 3. Currulao de Toledo. Informants were asked to perform as a group or singly their parts. Full group. (01:40)
- 4. Marimba alone. Tiple only. [Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple]. (00:17)
- 5. Marimba alone. Tiple only. [Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple]. (00:44)
- 6. Marimba alone. Bordón only. [Ferrín Ríos - marimba bordón]. (00:19)
- 7. Marimba alone. Tiple only. His previous performances were not completely correct. This performance is supposed to be. [George List - speaker, and Pacífico Charales - marimba tiple]. (00:24)
- 8. Rattling of guasás. [guasá, unidentified performer]. (00:16)
- 9. Test. Conjunto de Marimba de Doña Mercedes: Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple, Ferrin Rios - marimba bordón,Benito Murillo and Alejandro Palomino - bombo, María Inés Ortíz, Rosa Cristina Monteno, Jorgiana Salas, Nina Murillo, Ana Evelina Guerrero, Clara Inés Silva, Concepcíon Perlasa Palacir - vocals. (00:18)
- 10. Marimba, singing and guasás. Two bombos close to microphone. No cununu. Momentarily overmodulated at entrance of bombos. The singers came in at a different place than they ussually do. Conjunto de Marimba de Doña Mercedes: Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple, Ferrin Rios - marimba bordón,Benito Murillo and Alejandro Palomino - bombo, María Inés Ortíz, Rosa Cristina Monteno, Jorgiana Salas, Nina Murillo, Ana Evelina Guerrero, Clara Inés Silva, Concepcíon Perlasa Palacir - vocals. (02:05)
- 11. Marimba, guasás and voices. Only one bombo close to microphone. Other bombo and cununu do not play. [bombo, unidentified performer] George List - speaker, Conjunto de Marimba de Doña Mercedes: Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple; Ferrin Rios - marimba bordón; and María Inés Ortíz, Rosa Cristina Monteno, Jorgiana Salas, Nina Murillo, Ana Evelina Guerrero, Clara Inés Silva, and Concepcíon Perlasa Palacir - vocals. (01:43)
- 12. The same bombo that played in 10 [11] above alone. [bombo, unidentified performer]. (01:19)
- 13. Marimba, guasás and voices, and two (?) bombos close to microphone. No cununu. [Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple; Ferrin Rios - marimba bordón; Benito Murillo and Alejandro Palomino - bombo; and María Inés Ortíz, Rosa Cristina Monteno, Jorgiana Salas, Nina Murillo, Ana Evelina Guerrero, Clara Inés Silva, and Concepcíon Perlasa Palacir - vocals]. (01:14)
- 14. Other bombo alone. [bombo, unidentified performer]. (01:11)
- 15. Marimba, voices and guasás, and one cununu close to microphone. No bombos. Conjunto de Marimba de Doña Mercedes: Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple, Ferrin Rios - marimba bordón, Álvaro Hurtado - cununu mayor, María Inés Ortíz, Rosa Cristina Monteno, Jorgiana Salas, Nina Murillo, Ana Evelina Guerrero, Clara Inés Silva, Concepcíon Perlasa Palacir - vocals. (01:07)
- 16. Cununu alone. [Álvaro Hurtado - cununu mayor]. (01:11)
- 17. Marimba and voices alone. Conjunto de Marimba de Doña Mercedes: Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple; Ferrin Rios - marimba bordón; and María Inés Ortíz, Rosa Cristina Monteno, Jorgiana Salas, Nina Murillo, Ana Evelina Guerrero, Clara Inés Silva, and Concepcíon Perlasa Palacir - vocals. (00:34)
- 18. Marimba and women's voices only. "All the way through". Conjunto de Marimba de Doña Mercedes: Pacífico Chalares - marimba tiple; Ferrin Rios - marimba bordón; and María Inés Ortíz, Rosa Cristina Monteno, Jorgiana Salas, Nina Murillo, Ana Evelina Guerrero, Clara Inés Silva, and Concepcíon Perlasa Palacir - vocals. (03:48)
- 19. Performed by the whole group. (03:40)
- [María Inés Ortíz, Rosa Cristina Monteno, Jorgiana Salas, Nina Murillo, Ana Evelina Guerrero, Clara Inés Silva, Concepcíon Perlasa Palacir - vocals]
- Date
1964
- Main contributor
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- Contributors
List, George, 1911-2008.; Indiana University, Bloomington. Archives of Traditional Music.
- Subjects
Folk dance music; Alabados; Lullabies, Spanish; Folk songs, Spanish; Marimba music; S.C.1; Bundes; Currulaos
- Locations
Colombia; Valle del Cauca
- Collection
Archives of Traditional Music Field and Broadcast Collections
- Unit
Archives of Traditional Music
- Language
Spanish
- Physical Description
2 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track ; 7 in. + documentation
- Notes
Folk dance music.
Accompanied by a catalog of the collection in English.
Deposited at the Archives of Traditional Music by List in 1971 under Option 1.
Local Note
EC 4649--4650
Performers
Performed by members of the conjunto de marimba de doña Mercedes and a chorus of women.
Statement of Responsibility
collected by George List and Manuel Zapata Olivella.
Contents
Currulao "Guapi" -- Currulao "Paujuí" -- Arrullo "De donde venía Carmela?" -- Bunde "Este es tu corona" -- Currulao de Toledo (parts performed separately) -- Alabado "El Padre Mena" -- Alabado "Estoy postrado en mi cama".
Venue/Event Date
Recorded by List with the assistance of Zapata on Sept. 19-20, 1964 at Buenaventura, in the Dept. Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
- Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: 1395242; Other: GR00047528; Other: EC 4649; MDPI Barcode: 40000001159237; MDPI Barcode: 40000001159245; OCLC: ocm15528449; Catalog Key: BAA0432BT; Collection Identifier: 71-406-F ATL 11082
Access Restrictions
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