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Audio Recording Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén reading from his verse

Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén reading from his verse

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Title

  • Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén reading from his verse

Summary

  • Mr. Guillén reads twenty-three poems from his collected volumes: El son entero and Paloma de vuelo popular.

Names

  • Guillén, Nicolás, 1902-1989
  • PALABRA Archive (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1958.

Contents

  • From El son entero: Sóngoro cosongo (min. 00:05); Lacanción del bongó (min. 1:07); Balada de los abuelos (min. 2:44); Sensemayá (min. 5:25); El abuelo (min. 6:58); No sé por qué piensas tú (min. 8:04); José Ramón Cantaliso (min. 9:07); Cantaliso en un bar (min. 10:27); Guitarra (min. 11:52); Mi patria es dulce por fuera (min. 13:20); Son número 6 (min. 16:11); Una canción en el Magdalena (Colombia) (min. 18:10); Elegía (min. 20:15); Palma sola (min. 21:15); Agua del recuerdo (min. 22:05); Un son para niños antillanos (min. 23:32); Ácana (min. 24:48); Hiba yo por un camino (min. 25:43); Rosa tú, melancólica (min. 26:42) -- From La paloma de vuelo popular: Arte poética (min. 27:57); Un largo lagarto verde (min. 29:09); Canción de cuna para despertar a un negrito (min. 30:26); Canción puertorriqueña (min. 31:30).

Headings

  • -  Cuba--Poetry

Notes

  • -  Poems in Spanish.
  • -  Recorded Nov. 28, 1958, at the Radio Municipal, Buenos Aires.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape.
  • -  Archive of Hisp. Lit. on Tape, p. 216-217.
  • -  Preservation master. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1979. On 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, full track, mono. ; 10 in.
  • -  Production level cataloging.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel (ca. 35 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 7 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LWO 3815 (original -- not for playback)
  • LWO 12661, reel 56 (preservation master)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 93842839

Online Format

  • audio

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Guillén, Nicolás, and Palabra Archive. Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén reading from his verse. 1958. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/93842839/.

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Guillén, N. & Palabra Archive. (1958) Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén reading from his verse. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/93842839/.

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Guillén, Nicolás, and Palabra Archive. Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén reading from his verse. 1958. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/93842839/>.