148 results where found for «Tacit Song»

King Ñaca Ñaca (El rey Ñaca Ñaca)

Music piece by:
Sergio Vesely
Testimony by:
Renato Alvarado Vidal
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví, May - October 1975
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« During the last third of the 20th century, the concentration camps of the Chilean dictatorship were characterised by a high grade of organisation among prisoners, as well as the overflowing creativity they applied to all areas of human ingenuity. »
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« The majority of inventions happened in arts and crafts. There were sculptures made from any imaginable materials. There were also drawings, paintings, songs and theatre works. This is hardly surprising with the number of artists and intellectuals in there who encouraged the participation of workers and farmers. »
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Under my Skin (A flor de piel)

Music piece by:
Julio Iglesias
Testimony by:
Carmen Espinoza Alegría
Experience in:
Colonia Dignidad, April 1975
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« I’m from Talca. I met César, my comrade, my love, in 1971 or 1972, approximately. We were young idealists, we were members of Juventudes Comunistas, and were student leaders in our secondary schools. »
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« One day, one of the guards came to me and whispered the song ‘A flor de piel’ (Under my Skin) by Julio Iglesias. This song was very significant for me because it was the song César and I listened to when we were dating. »
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Under my Skin (A flor de piel)

Music piece by:
Julio Iglesias
Testimony by:
César Montiel
Experience in:
Colonia Dignidad, April 1975
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« At the beginning of the 1970s, I met Carmen, my comrade, my love, at the Juventudes Comunistas of Talca. We had the life of young idealists, sharing our everyday, living this revolutionary process so beautifully. »
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« At that time, we listened to typical songs of bands such as Quilapayún and Inti-Illimani. But there was a special song that defined us as a couple. It was popular at the time, it came from Spain and was sung by Julio Iglesias. We heard it for the first time on the radio and we played it at friends’ homes and parties. »
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El bimbó

Music piece by:
Georgie Dann
Testimony by:
César Montiel
Experience in:
Colonia Dignidad, April 1975
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« I have a story about 'El bimbó', a song that shaped us in those difficult moments in Colonia Dignidad. It was a song with a tropical rhythm that was very trendy in the 1970s. It was played every day on the radio. Also on Eurovision, in European festivals, and on the TV programme 300 Million. »
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The Rack (El costillar)

Music piece by:
unknown. Folk tune from the south of Chile
Testimony by:
Teresa Retamal Silva
Experience in:
Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, Chillán, May 1974
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« The Cárcel Buen Pastor was a compound run by nuns. They called us political prisoners and were anxious to collect information about us to pass it on to our tormentors. »
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« During mass in the prison chapel, we had to sing songs like ‘Pescador de hombres’ (Fisher of Men) and ‘Alabaré’ (I’ll Praise). The chapel was the meeting point for all female prisoners. »
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National Anthem of Chile

Music piece by:
Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer
Testimony by:
Joaquín Real Hermosilla
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Las Bandurrias, actual Regimiento Bulnes, Coyhaique, September 1973
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« Some 30 leaders and activists from the Popular Unity parties were arrested in Coyhaique and confined in Las Bandurrias, fifteen kilometres from the city, in a compound used as a veterinary clinic for horses. »
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« Songs such as ‘Venceremos’ (We Shall Be Victorious), ‘El pueblo unido jamás será vencido’ (The People United Will Never Be Defeated), ‘Plegaria a un labrador’ (Prayer to a Labourer), and others were chosen. If a prisoner did not sing or forgot the lyrics, the agents would beat him violently with their fists and feet or with their rifle butts. »
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The Dead Man Won't Be Pinned on Me (Ese muerto no lo cargo yo)

Music piece by:
Graciela Arango de Tobón, popularised in Chile by Giolito y su Combo, and by Los Vikings 5
Testimony by:
Joaquín Real Hermosilla
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Las Bandurrias, actual Regimiento Bulnes, Coyhaique, September 1973
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« From that troubled time, I would like to remember an activity that kept us active during the harsh confinement in Las Bandurrias. It is about music, an artistic expression that revealed the talent of several political prisoners and allowed us to endure the confinement for almost six months. »
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« One of the most celebrated songs among the detainees was a cumbia that was adapted to a situation that had us very worried. Let's not forget that we were forced to take care of the cleanliness of the purebred horses in the camp, and the lieutenant had warned that we had to take good care of them because if one died, two detainees would lose their lives. »
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Cantata Our Great Mother (Cantata Nuestra Madre Grande) - Towards the Light (Hacia la luz)

Music piece by:
Manuel Luis Rodríguez Uribe (lyrics), Fernando Lanfranco Leverton (music), Marco Antonio Barticevic Sapunar (notation)
Testimony by:
Fernando Lanfranco Leverton
Experience in:
Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson, December 1973; Cárcel de Punta Arenas, September 1975
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« Most of us, political prisoners from the Magallanes region, were transferred to the detention and torture camp on Dawson Island on 21 December 1973. We came from the more than twenty detention, torture and interrogation centres of the civil-military dictatorship in the Magallanes region. »
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« I began to compose, using Latin American rhythms and harmonies and very much influenced by the Chilean New Song movement, the songs of Víctor Jara, Violeta Parra, Patricio Manns, Rolando Alarcón and many others. I finished composing the work in the Cárcel Pública of Punta Arenas with the support of Marco Antonio, with whom I wrote the musical notation on the stave. »
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