Ruben Cobos, recorder, c.1949
Scope and Contents
Francisco Leyba. Francisco S. Leyba, Leyba NM. Begins at 00:02 and ends at 01:28. 1. Song, La calle del hospital (fair recording); 2. Maximiliano de Austria (fair recording, song, French intervention in Mexico).
Rumaldo Moya, b. March 19, 1888, age 61, Los Jarales, NM. Begins 1:30 and ends at 3:08.1. Indita de Manuel B. Otero (fair recording, song, Otero from Valencia County, gun fight, death, muerte, killed by Whitney over a land dispute, ranch at Estancia, New Mexico).
Adolfo Silva, age 72, born on Feb. 20 1877 in Valencia, NM. 3:11 and ends at 5:54. 1. Indita de Manuel (fair recording, song, Manuel B. Otero); 2. Indita de Jose Luis (fair recording, song, Jose Luis Lovato, of Casa Colorada, Valencia County).
Leocadio Rael, Santa Barbara, Albuquerque, NM. Begins at 6:00 and ends at 11:37. 1. Indita de Mariano Leyba (song, story about the bandit, robin hood of Manzano, San Antonito, East Mountains, New Mexico); 2. Indita de San Luis Gonzaga (fair recording, song, promises to dance).
Placido Chavez, b. March 26, 1882, age 67. Tome, NM, Valencia County. Recorded 1949. Begins at 11:39 and ends at 16:25. Indita de Jose Luis (fair recording, song, Casa Colorada); 2. Indita Victorio (fair recording, song, Native American Indian leader, Apache).
Amador Abeyta. Begins at 16:29 and ends at 18:45. Song (fair recording); 2. Song (fair recording, singing).
Abelino Martinez, Alameda, NM. Begins at 18:47 and ends at 22:40. Indita de la Pablita (fair recording, verses, spoken, story of Paulita Angel, Las Vegas, NM, hanging, women).
Anonymous, male. Begins at 22:44 and ends at 23:33. Song (fair recording, singing, indita).
Anonymous, band. Begins at 23:34 and ends at 33:17. 1. Song (poor recording, guitar, male and female singing); 2. Song (poor recording, guitar, singing); 3. Song (poor recording, the announcer, Cobos?, states that the group's song contains Spanish of a superior class, Espanol de la clase superior, language, quality); 4. Song (poor recording, singing, guitar).
Anonymous woman. Begins at 33:20 and ends at 38:13. Songs (poor recording).
Anonymous. Begins at 38:14 and ends at 43:33. Dance music (fair recording, no vocals instrumental).
Anonymous man. Begins at 43:38 and ends at 45:29. Song (fair recording, guitar, corrido).
Dates
- Creation: c.1949
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 13 boxes (12.25 cu. ft.)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
cswrref@unm.edu