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El Charanguero / Simona Productions ; produced by Jeffrey & Simona Briggs.

LIBRA VHS Music Videorecording 241
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Torres, Jaime, 1938-
Briggs, Jeffrey Lynn, 1957-
Briggs, Simona.
Simona Productions, Inc.
Multicultural Media (Firm : Barre, Vt.)
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Torres, Jaime, 1938-.
Torres, Jaime.
Charango music--Argentina.
Charango music.
Folk music--Argentina.
Folk music.
Indians of South America.
Argentina.
Pacamama (Goddess).
Indians of South America--Andes Region--Religion.
Andes Region.
Religion.
Indians of South America--Andes Region--Songs and music.
Music--Argentina.
Music.
Argentina--Songs and music.
Andes Region--Songs and music.
Ethnic music recordings--Argentina.
Ethnic music recordings--Andes Region.
Local Subjects:
Ethnic music recordings--Argentina.
Ethnic music recordings--Andes Region.
Genre:
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videocassette (59 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
1/2 in.
polychrome
Other Title:
Charanguero, the musical heart and soul of Latin America
Jaime Torres, the Charango player
Place of Publication:
Columbus, Ohio : Simona Productions ; Barre, VT : Distributed by Multicultural Media, 1995.
Language Note:
Primarily in English with portions in Spanish with English subtitles.
System Details:
VHS.
analog
magnetic
VHS
Summary:
A documentary tribute to the Argentinian Indian musician, Jaime Torres, the world's foremost performer on the charango (a stringed Andean instrument). Includes live performances of charango music and a ritual to Pachamama (Mother earth) by the indigenous people of the Quebrada in Northern Argentina along with dances and music, as well as dramatic concert footage.
Credits:
Director-camera-editor-writer-narrator, Jeffrey Briggs ; sound recording, Simona Briggs, Sebastian Torres.
Notes:
Title on verso of cassette container: El Charanguero, the musical heart and soul of Latin America.
Title on cassette container: Jaime Torres, the Charango player.
Videocassette release of a film produced by Simona Productions Inc. in 1994.
"MCM 1007E"--Container.
OCLC:
42784926

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