Cantos Cautivos
191 results where found for «Priests and Soldiers (Curas y milicos)»
- Music piece by:Manuel M. Ponce
- Testimony by:Beatriz Bataszew Contreras
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, December 1974 - May 1976
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- « To every comrade who had a birthday, we would sing 'Las mañanitas' and we would give them presents. The majority of the female prisoners would come together and sing to you. I spent one birthday in prison. Birthdays were important for everyone because we were alive. Because you have a birthday when you’re alive. »
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- « and pleasure to greet you. »
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- Music piece by:Violeta Parra
- Testimony by:Claudio Enrique Durán Pardo (Kila Chico)
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- « We made a Venezuelan cuatro from a large plank of wood attached to one of the walls of the "ranch" where we ate. »
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- « You're petite and pretty, »
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- Music piece by:Víctor Jara
- Testimony by:Joaquín Vallejos
- Experience in:Academia de Guerra Naval, January 1974
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- « I was arrested at home together with a childhood friend who they’d gone to pick up first. My family thought he’d stitched me up, which was not true. »
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- « and you who were always left behind »
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- Music piece by:Violeta Parra
- Testimony by:Paicavi Painemal
- Experience in:Cárcel de Temuco, 1985
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- « We set up a band with a group of fellow prisoners. They were young, university students. One of them had a guitar. »
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- « and in this letter they tell me »
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- Music piece by:Violeta Parra
- Testimony by:Pedro Mella Contreras
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- « In January 1987, when solitary confinement was lifted and we were able to receive visitors, a brother who lived in Santiago travelled to see me. »
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- « and in this letter they tell me »
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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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- « because only the rain will understand your tears. »
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Love Song for a Disappeared Woman (Canción de amor a una desaparecida)
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « Daniela was the political codename of María Cecilia Labrín, a member of the
MIR . Agents of theDINA arrested her at her home on Latadía Street in Santiago in August 1974. She has never been seen again. »- [...]
- « and a blue butterfly »
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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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- « and in every lily beheld by your eyes »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1976
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- « I composed this song for a small children’s party we organised in the visitors’ yard of the Valparaíso Jail. I remember how the children had fun that day and enjoyed the play. That was the first time I put down the guitar so that a prisoner who played the accordion could accompany me. »
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- « and I want to sleep in my shell'. »
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- Music piece by:Manuel José Castilla (lyrics) and Gustavo Leguizamón (music). Popularised by Mercedes Sosa
- Testimony by:Eduardo Ojeda
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- « Daniela was the political codename of María Cecilia Labrín, a member of the