Music from the Dominican Republic. Volume four, Songs from the north.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Gillis, Verna.

Perez Martinez, Ramon Daniel.

Series:

Custom compact disc series

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Folk music--Dominican Republic.

Folk music.

Folk songs, Spanish--Dominican Republic.

Folk songs, Spanish.

Dominican Republic.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Songs from the north

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Folkways, [2001]

Language Note:

Sung in Spanish.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

Contents:

Canto de hacha : chopping song (4:17)

Canto de hacha (3:23)

Canto de hacha (2:20)

Baquini : death song (2:02)

Rosario : song of supplication (2:06)

Rosario : death song (1:18)

Rosario (2:47)

Chuin : social song (5:50)

Bolero : Spanish dance 4/4 (3:50)

Improvised lyrics (3:53)

Salve : religious song (4:20)

Comic song : imitating animals (2:47)

Chiun : love song (3:00)

Bolero : Obesesion (3:05).

Participant:

Traditional music of the Dominican Republic performed by various native musicians.

Notes:

Smithsonian Folkways: FE 4284 (on container: F-4284).

Recorded Jan.-Feb. 1977 by Verna Gillis with Ramon Daniel Perez Martinez.

Previously released in 1978 as analog recording (Folkways FE 4284).

Compact disc.

Program notes, bibliography, and words of songs (7 p.) inserted in container.

OCLC:

51089554

Publisher Number:

FE 4284 Smithsonian Folkways

F-4284 Smithsonian Folkways