Cantos Cautivos

192 results where found for «Song of a Middling Man»

National Anthem of Chile

Music piece by:

Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer

Testimony by:

anonymous

Experience in:

Cárcel de Valdivia / Cárcel de Isla Teja, September 1973

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« I was detained in Panguipulli on 24 September 1973, along with 17 other young people. I was a high school student. I was also working at the forestry and logging company of Huilo Huilo, which had been taken over by the working class. »

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« and your field of embroidered flowers »

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The Clock (El reloj)

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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« Of my helpless pain. »

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Filistoque's Cueca (Cueca del Filistoque)

Music piece by:

Víctor Canto Fuenzalida (lyrics), Efraín Navarro (music)

Testimony by:

Víctor Canto Fuenzalida

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, June 1974

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« Filistoque is a real-life person in all his mighty height (1.90 metres tall). I always remember him laughing. In Chacabuco, we shared a house for nearly ten months. Around him, you were never allowed to become depressed or get into a stew over our situation. »

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« Antofagasta »

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Fifth Symphony

Music piece by:

Ludwig van Beethoven

Testimony by:

anonymous

Experience in:

Cárcel de Valdivia / Cárcel de Isla Teja, September 1973

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« I like all classical music, particularly Beethoven and Mozart. I listen to it all day on Radio Esperanza, on the bus I drive. The passengers like it. »

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« But listening to classical music reminds me of what happened in prison and it produces a short circuit in me. »

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Recinto: Comisaría de Carabineros, Oficina Victoria