Cantos Cautivos
916 results where found for «El lago de los cisnes»
- Music piece by:Julio Numhauser, popularised by the band Amerindios
- Testimony by:Carlos Muñoz
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, 1975 - 1976
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- « One of the most important songs in the detention centres. Impossible to count how many times we sang it. Every time someone was released from a detention camp or there was credible information that a person would be sent into exile, a gigantic chorus would sing this song, in a powerful unison. No one could possibly forget it. Especially significant at Tres Álamos, as this was the “exit” camp. »
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- « The Paper Boat (El barco de papel) »
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- Music piece by:Julio Numhauser, popularised by the band Amerindios
- Testimony by:José Selín Carrasco Vargas
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- « While we were imprisoned in Melinka, this song was sung every time that one of us was released. I remember a fellow prisoner nicknamed Bigote Molina (Moustache Molina) singing the song when we were going to Tres Álamos, from where we would be released a few days later. »
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- « The Paper Boat (El barco de papel) »
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- Music piece by:Félix Luna (lyrics) and Ariel Ramírez (music). Popularised by Mercedes Sosa.
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Villa Grimaldi, January 1975
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- « It was not easy to endure being locked up in one of Villa Grimaldi’s miserable cells, which resembled vertical coffins. It was even harder in the high temperatures of the summer months of the Andes foothills in Peñalolén. I was inside one of those cells, blindfolded, my feet and hands in chains. »
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- « Félix Luna (lyrics) and Ariel Ramírez (music). Popularised by Mercedes Sosa. »
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- Music piece by:Víctor Canto and Luis Cifuentes (lyrics), Roberto Parra (music)
- Testimony by:Luis Cifuentes Seves
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, November 1973 - February 1974
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cueca was composed in Chacabuco between November 1973 and February 1974, and was sung by the band Los de Chacabuco, to which Víctor Canto and I belonged. »- [...]
- « The prisoners organised, with the authorisation of the military, a pulpería, that is a shop where some essential items could be sold. This was possible because the receipt of money transfers in the camp was authorised. The military themselves made purchases in Antofagasta and transported them to the camp, thus obtaining a profit. »
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The Brief Space Where You Are Absent (El breve espacio en que no estás)
- Music piece by:Pablo Milanés
- Testimony by:Vilma Rojas Toledo
- Experience in:Cárcel de Coronel, 1986 - 1988
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- « I recall that during my time as a political prisoner,
Pablo Milanés was one of our greatest companions. His songs filled us with life, helped us to keep breathing and living behind the bars imposed by Pinochet’s military dictatorship. »- [...]
- « its smells already fill my solitude »
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The Brief Space Where You Are Absent (El breve espacio en que no estás)
- Music piece by:Pablo Milanés
- Testimony by:Pedro Mella Contreras
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- « In the Penitentiary, we listened to the song 'The Brief Space Where You Are Absent' on the radio stations Aurora and Nuevo Mundo. »
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- « its smells already fill my solitude »
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- Music piece by:lyrics: collective creation; music: 'Jálame la pitita' by Luis Abanto Morales (Peruvian polka)
- Testimony by:Lucía Chirinos
- Experience in:Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, La Serena, October 1973 - April 1974
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- « Let’s get going, would say “the lizards”, as we called the policemen, because they dress all in green. »
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- « a lovely little song that sounded »
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- Music piece by:lyrics: collective creation; music: 'Jálame la pitita' by Luis Abanto Morales (Peruvian polka)
- Testimony by:María Cecilia Marchant Rubilar
- Experience in:Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, La Serena, September 1973 - January 1974
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- « We always sang this song when we were taken to Regimiento Arica. That was a torture centre. »
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- « a lovely little song that sounded »
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- Music piece by:Unknown. Traditional Venezuelan song. Popularised in Chile by Isabel and Ángel Parra
- Testimony by:Carlos Muñoz
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, 1975 - 1976
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- « A comrade whose last name was Saavedra (if I recall correctly) sung this song passionately. This song earned him the nickname of
‘El Yopo’ (also ‘Chopo’) , as is usual in popular culture. »- [...]
- « Coplas of El Yopo (Coplas de El Yopo) »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Anexo Cárcel Capuchinos, 1976
- « A comrade whose last name was Saavedra (if I recall correctly) sung this song passionately. This song earned him the nickname of
- « I recall that during my time as a political prisoner,
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