Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

BOLIVIA COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE

Compiled by: Pampa Rotolo
Series Editor: Ann Hoog

AFS 9774-9779: Bernard Keiler / Bolivia Recordings
Six 12-inch discs of 29 Bolivian folks songs, including the music of the Aymara Indians, the Queschua Indians, and the natives of the Bolivian tropics. Recorded in the regions of Tajani, Tarabuco, and Tarija, Bolivia, by Bernard Keiler, December 1946-August 1948. The collection includes a 4-page detailed description of each song, including details of the recording, instrumentation, and melodic transcriptions, written by Keiler and Oscar Arranibar. (1 hour and 7 minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reel 259)

AFS 11,729-11,731: Eduardo Medina / USIS Folk Music of Bolivia and Paraguay
Three 7-inch tapes of folk music from Bolivia and Paraguay. Probably recorded by Eduardo Medina of the United States Foreign Service, La Paz, Bolivia, November, 1958. The collection includes 3 pages of a contents list including instruments, genres, performers, and titles. [Portions of this collection can also be found in AFS 11,884]

AFS 11,729-11,730: Two tapes containing 13 Bolivian folk songs performed by 6 ensembles from the Aroma, Pacajes, and Saavedra provinces of Bolivia and two 10-minute segments of musical excerpts, entitled "Música de Bolivia" and "El Carnaval de Bolivia," with narration in English by George Natanson. Recorded November 18, 1958. (50 minutes; LWO 3152)

AFS 11,884: La Paz, Bolivia, Folk Festival Collection
One 7-inch tape of 14 songs performed by ensembles from the Aroma, Comancha, Pacajes and Saavedra provinces, at a Bolivian folk festival sponsored by the Bolivian government. Recorded in La Paz, Bolivia, 1955. The collection was given to the United States Foreign Service in Bolivia and includes a 2-page song list with titles and descriptions and 1 page of correspondence. [Portions of this collection can also be found in AFS 11,729] (30 minutes; LWO 3173)

AFS 19,711: Gaston Bejarano / Bolivian Folk Music
Two 10-inch tapes of 3 ritual songs from the Aymara and Quechua Indians of the Bolivian highlands consisting of the propitiation of crops, hunting, quail hunting and drum and flute music from the Bolivian lowlands. Recorded in Bolivia, by Professor Gastón Bejerano, between 1958 and 1961. The collection includes 1 page of correspondence from Bejerano with details of the recording. (LWO 3152)