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Audio Recording Maya Tojolabal writer and composer María Roselia Jiménez Pérez reading from her work

Maya Tojolabal writer and composer María Roselia Jiménez Pérez reading from her work

About this Item

Title

  • Maya Tojolabal writer and composer María Roselia Jiménez Pérez reading from her work

Summary

  • Ms. Jimenez Perez describes her experience of writing prose and traditional music in Tojolab'al Maya and Spanish. She reads from her prose and sings from her compositions.

Names

  • Jiménez Pérez, María Roselia
  • PALABRA Archive (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 2019.

Contents

  • From book "Ka'lax yal kerem:" "Ka'lax yal kerem" (00:48); El niño kalaxon" (1:16) -- from musical compositions: "La'ik la'ik k'umal" (05:48); "Vengan voces" (06:53); "Wantikts'eb'anel yuj sak'anotik" (07:12); "Cantamos por nuestra vida" (09:05); "Jnantik lu'umk'inal" (09:35); "Nuestra madre tierra" (12:08).

Headings

  • -  Mexico--Poetry--Music

Notes

  • -  Prose and songs in Tojolab'al Mayan and Spanish (edit as needed).
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape.
  • -  Recorded Sep. 3, 2019, in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Medium

  • [if born dig] 1 sound file (13 min.) : digital, WAV file (24 bit, 96 kHz)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HISP shelf number

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020767107

Access Advisory

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Hispanic Division

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Chicago citation style:

Jiménez Pérez, María Roselia, and Palabra Archive. Maya Tojolabal writer and composer María Roselia Jiménez Pérez reading from her work. 2019. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020767107/.

APA citation style:

Jiménez Pérez, M. R. & Palabra Archive. (2019) Maya Tojolabal writer and composer María Roselia Jiménez Pérez reading from her work. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020767107/.

MLA citation style:

Jiménez Pérez, María Roselia, and Palabra Archive. Maya Tojolabal writer and composer María Roselia Jiménez Pérez reading from her work. 2019. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020767107/>.