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Jarabes Mestizos de Aguilillas
(1959); produced by Henrietta Yurchenco, 1916-2007; in Music of the Tarascan Indians of Mexico: Music of Michoaca and Mestizo Country (Folkways Records, 1970), 8 mins
"When the first Spaniards arrived at Tzintzuntzán, the ancient Tarascan capital, they were entertained, so the worthy Spanish chroniclers of the 16th century tell us, with an all-night fiesta of dances and songs ‘sad enough to have risen from hell.’ And no wonder! It was no time for gaiety, for a dire fate...
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(1959); produced by Henrietta Yurchenco, 1916-2007; in Music of the Tarascan Indians of Mexico: Music of Michoaca and Mestizo Country (Folkways Records, 1970), 8 mins
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"When the first Spaniards arrived at Tzintzuntzán, the ancient Tarascan capital, they were entertained, so the worthy Spanish chroniclers of the 16th century tell us, with an all-night fiesta of dances and songs ‘sad enough to have risen from hell.’ And no wonder! It was no time for gaiety, for a dire fate already had befallen the Aztec capital a few hundred miles away. The pale-face ‘guests’ had come on a mission of peace. Four hund...
"When the first Spaniards arrived at Tzintzuntzán, the ancient Tarascan capital, they were entertained, so the worthy Spanish chroniclers of the 16th century tell us, with an all-night fiesta of dances and songs ‘sad enough to have risen from hell.’ And no wonder! It was no time for gaiety, for a dire fate already had befallen the Aztec capital a few hundred miles away. The pale-face ‘guests’ had come on a mission of peace. Four hundred years have passed since that fateful time. Again in 1965 the Tarascans were invaded by foreigners: this time, however, they were friendly ones, in search of music..."
Henrietta Yurchenco
"Cuando los españoles llegaron a Tzintzuntzan, la antigua capital del pueblo Tarascan, fueron entretenidos, según nos cuentas los valiosísimos cronistas españoles del siglo XVI, por una prolongada celebración en la cual escucharon danzas y canciones ‘suficientemente tristes como para haber subido del mismo infierno.’ ¡No era para menos! No eran tiempos para alegrías, porque una funesta ruina acababa de golpear en la capital azteca a solo unas millas de distancia. Los ‘invitados’ de piel clara habían venido en una misión de paz. Cuatrocientos años han pasado desde aquellos fatídicos días. Una vez más, en 1965, los tarascan fueron invadidos por extranjeros: esta vez, sin embargo, eran amigables y venían en búsqueda de su música..."
Henrietta Yurchenco
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Henrietta Yurchenco
"Cuando los españoles llegaron a Tzintzuntzan, la antigua capital del pueblo Tarascan, fueron entretenidos, según nos cuentas los valiosísimos cronistas españoles del siglo XVI, por una prolongada celebración en la cual escucharon danzas y canciones ‘suficientemente tristes como para haber subido del mismo infierno.’ ¡No era para menos! No eran tiempos para alegrías, porque una funesta ruina acababa de golpear en la capital azteca a solo unas millas de distancia. Los ‘invitados’ de piel clara habían venido en una misión de paz. Cuatrocientos años han pasado desde aquellos fatídicos días. Una vez más, en 1965, los tarascan fueron invadidos por extranjeros: esta vez, sin embargo, eran amigables y venían en búsqueda de su música..."
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Date Written / Recorded
1959
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Henrietta Yurchenco, 1916-2007
Date Published / Released
1970
Publisher
Folkways Records
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KIRBY AND DEGAGE—Art Study
edited by Ruth Eleanor Howard, fl. 1927; in The American Dancer, Vol. 3, no. 9, April, 1930, The American Dancer, Vol. 3, no. 9, April, 1930 (Los Angeles, CA: American Dancer Publishing Company, 1930, originally published 1930)
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edited by Ruth Eleanor Howard, fl. 1927; in The American Dancer, Vol. 3, no. 9, April, 1930, The American Dancer, Vol. 3, no. 9, April, 1930 (Los Angeles, CA: American Dancer Publishing Company, 1930, originally published 1930)
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Photograph
Contributor
Ruth Eleanor Howard, fl. 1927
Date Published / Released
1930-04, 1930
Publisher
American Dancer Publishing Company
Series
The American Dancer
Topic / Theme
Dance and dancing, Jarabe
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