Music from the Dominican Republic.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Gillis, Verna.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Smithsonian global sound for libraries

Language:

Undetermined

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 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2003]

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Contents:

v. 1. The Island of Quisqueya. A novena (5:45)

"O Reina" (4>57)

Instrumental, with vocal (5:35)

A novena (5:49)

"Apagame la vela" (Put out my candle) (4: 55)

Merengues (3:42)

"Cuando yo vine del Cibao" (When I arrived from Cibao) (4:14)

"Julio ven" (Julio is coming) (3:47)

"Les mujeres son el consuelo de los hombres" (4:00)

Merengues (3:28).

v. 2. The Island of Española. Los chuines (9:50)

"Sarandunga" (8:24)

"Morena linda" (Beautiful black woman) (4:05)

"Caminan las nubes" (The clouds are moving) (3:40)

Instrumental (1:48)

"Guay, guay, guay" (2:53)

"El tobaco" tonada (3:30)

Tonada (3:38)

Salves (2:17).

v. 3. Cradle of the New World. "Mummies" (10:03)

"Los congos del espirito santo" (3:20)

Los congos "Ensilla mi caballo" (3:29)

Los congos "Lambe los Deos Manteca" (2:46)

Los congos "Le vamos a dar la gracias" (1:36)

"Baile, cum, cum, baile" a bambula (4:15)

"Ave Maria, llena de gracia" a salves (2:30)

"Yo traigo un lirio" (I bring a bouquet) (3:08)

"Viejo Luis" a bambula (4: 43)

Three children's songs (2:13)

"Navidad sin mi madre" cumbia (3:17).

v. 4. Songs from the North. Canot 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)

Chuin (love song) (3:00)

Bolero "obsession" (3:05).

Participant:

Various native performers.

Notes:

Previously issued in 1976 as analog discs, Folkways Records: FE 4281-4284.

Program notes (stapled set of various pages for each volume : maps, b/w port. ; 28 cm.) in English with texts, historical, and performance notes.

Recorded by Verna Gillis with Ramon Daniel Perez Martinez.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: FE 4281-4284.

Traditional music of the Dominican Republic.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2009. (Smithsonian global sound for libraries). Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

FE 4281-FE 4284

OCLC:

689536738

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.