Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture

CHILE COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE

Compiled by: Pampa Rotolo
Series Editor: Ann Hoog

AFS 4525-4555: Chilean Folk Music
Thirty-one 12-inch discs of chamber, orchestral and traditional Chilean music including anthems, cantos, a cello concerto, Christmas carols, lullabies, marches, a suite for strings, tonadas, tragic poems and waltzes. Recorded in Santiago, Chile, by Santa Cruz, 1940. The collection includes a 1-page song list including titles and performers. (1 hour and 20 minutes; tape copy on LWO 4872 reels 317B-318A)

AFS 5691-5743: Seamus Doyle South American Recordings
Fifty-three 12-inch discs of music recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay, by Seamus Doyle, July-September, 1941, while Doyle was on tour with the Kirstein American Ballet Group. The collection includes Doyle's 6-page journal entitled "Report on the collection of folk music in South America", and a detailed song list including performers, titles, genres, recording dates and locations.

AFS 5726-5730: Five discs containing 19 traditional Chilean folk songs, recorded in Santiago, Chile, August-September 1941. (30 minutes; tape copy on LWO 4872 reels 385B-386A)

AFS 11,621: Rolando Alarcon / Chilean Music
One 10-inch tape of 16 traditional Chilean songs performed by Rolando Alarcón, as collected by his professors, Margot Loyola and Violeta Parra, the Conjunto Cuncumén, and Gabriela Pizarro. Recorded at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., March 15, 1960. The collection includes a 1-page song list with titles and descriptions. (50 minutes; LWO 3064 reel 1)

AFS 13,158: Maria Ester Grebe / Chilean Folksongs
One 10-inch tape of 18 Chilean versos a lo divino performed by Carlos Marambio and Carlos Wenceslas Marambio of Pedro de Melipilla, Chile. Recorded in Santiago, Chile, by Professor Maria Ester Grebe, 1964. The collection includes 2 pages of a song-list with the tuning for each verso. (1 hour; LWO 5093)

AFC 1941/022: Chilean Folk Music
Eleven 12-inch discs of Chilean folk music, including cuecas and tonadas, birimbao, guitar and vocal performances, and the National Song of Chile, recorded in Santiago, Chile, by Santa Cruz, 1940. The collection includes a 1-page song list including titles and performers. (3 hours; tape copy on LWO 4872 reels 302B-304A) (includes AFS 4441-4451)

AFC 1948/006: Charles Seeger Collection of Festival Folklorico Universidad de Chile
One 12-inch disc of 4 traditional Chilean songs from the Festival Folklórico at the University of Chile. Recorded in Santiago, Chile, by Charles Seeger, August 1946. (6 minutes; tape copy on LWO 5111 reel 81B) (includes AFS 8024A)

AFC 1953/007: Chilean Folk Song Recordings
One 7-inch tape of 27 traditional Chilean songs. Donated by the Instituto de Investigaciones Folklóricas at the University of Chile in 1953. (LWO 2136) (includes AFS 10,753)

AFC 1973/028: Laura Boulton Collection
Part 23: Africa, Europe, Far East, Latin America, etc.
One 3-inch tape, 22 5-inch tapes; 344 7-inch tapes of music from Africa, Europe, Far East, Middle East, Near East, North America, South America, and Southeast Asia recorded by Laura Boulton between 1949 and 1961.

AFS 18,449: One tape containing recordings from Chile.

AFS 18,457: One tape containing recordings from Chile.