Cantos Cautivos
370 results where found for «La golondrina del valle»
- Music piece by:Nicolás Guillén (lyrics) and Quilapayún (music)
- Testimony by:Domingo Lizama
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valdivia / Cárcel de Isla Teja, 1973 - 1978
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- « In prison, there was a guy who played the guitar. He cheered up the afternoons in the cell. We all sang with him. »
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- « We sang them when we already knew that they would not kill us, after a visit from a delegation of the United Nations. »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1976
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- « This song is dedicated to Graciela Navarro, who managed to make my prisoner's life more beautiful on the days we were allowed to receive visitors. »
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- « During the week, when the hourly monotony became unbearable, she would use her free moments to deliver roses and brief love letters for me at the prison gate. »
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- Music piece by:Clan 91
- Testimony by:Eduardo Ojeda
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- « We had a comrade who sang beautifully. He was called Peye and was a student at the State Technical University. »
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- « It was really nice because when we returned to the barracks, we felt like true musicians. Peye wrote a song. I remember that he showed it to me. It was written with the
Viña del Mar Song Festival in mind. »- [Read full testimony]
Prayer So You Don't Forget Me (Oración para que no me olvides)
- Music piece by:Óscar Castro (words) and Ariel Arancibia González (music)
- Testimony by:Rosalía Martínez
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Cuatro Álamos, November - December 1974
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- « When Katia Chornik contacted me a few years ago asking me to provide my testimony about my musical experience in prison, I thought I didn’t have much to say. »
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- « As is widely known, many of the musical activities took place in prisons, in the concentration camps and in those places where prisoners were publicly acknowledged as such. »
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- Music piece by:Patricio Manns
- Testimony by:Renato Alvarado
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- « I arrived at Tres Álamos on the eve of the departure for Mexico with a large group of prisoners. The group included Dr. Ipinza, who before leaving entrusted me with the job of physician, the medicine donated by the Red Cross, and his position in the
Council of Elders . »- [...]
- « As luck would have it, the person who took delivery of the piece of paper was one of the few non-political prisoners. His name was Chico Pulento, a member of the long criminal dynasty of the Fuentes Cancino gang, specialized in illegal gambling. »
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- Music piece by:Miguel Bosé
- Testimony by:Carolina Videla
- Experience in:Cárcel Pública de Arica, January 1989
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- « I was 19 years old when they arrested me. I was one of the youngest political prisoners at the time in Arica. »
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- « Carolina Videla »
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- Music piece by:Julio Numhauser
- Testimony by:Carolina Videla
- Experience in:Cárcel Pública de Arica, 1989-1990
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- « My guitar accompanied me for the entire time that I was deprived of freedom. It was like a magnet. In the afternoon we would sing and play in the courtyard. »
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- « Carolina Videla »
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- Music piece by:Roberto Cantoral
- Testimony by:Ana María Arenas
- Experience in:Calle Irán Nº 3037 / Venda Sexy / La Discotheque, December 1974
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- « The day I was captured, after the first torture session, I asked for permission to sing a Christmas carol, the name of which I cannot remember. I did it to let one of my captive friends know that I was also at the Venda Sexy. »
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- « Before being imprisoned, my friend and I rehearsed this Christmas carol in the Coro Mozart, where we sang. This choir was an amalgamation of members of the Coro de Cámara of the Universities of Chile, the Católica and the Técnica del Estado. »
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Recinto: VI División del Ejército, Iquique- There are no testimonies about this detention centre.
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Recinto: Dependencias del Mineral Chuquicamata- There are no testimonies about this detention centre.
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- « I arrived at Tres Álamos on the eve of the departure for Mexico with a large group of prisoners. The group included Dr. Ipinza, who before leaving entrusted me with the job of physician, the medicine donated by the Red Cross, and his position in the