159 results where found for «Words for Julia»


Cantata Santa María de Iquique

Music piece by:
Luis Advis
Testimony by:
Alfonso Padilla Silva
« Between March 1974 and July 1975, I had the opportunity to arrange about 200 songs and direct the production of the Cantata de Santa María de Iquique. In truth, the prison was my conservatoire. That’s where I learnt the basics of the profession of musician. »
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« How did we get the lyrics and tunes for the music? In my case, during the whole period I spent in jail, I collected about 700 songs in ten notebooks. »
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The Woman from Huillinco (La Huillincana)

Music piece by:
Liborio Bórquez Guzmán, popularised by Héctor Pavez
Testimony by:
Rubén Torres Ávila
« When I was in the last year of secondary school at the Liceo 8 in Santiago, I suggested to a teacher to do an interview with a prisoner of the youth detention centre Blas Cañas. After the interview, I offered the prison’s governor to take the school’s folk group to present a show to the inmates. »
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«  Music genre (usually for voice and accompaniment) and partner dance, found in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. The cueca chilota comes from Chiloé Island, in southern Chile. »
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Swan Lake

Music piece by:
Piotr Ilich Tchaikovski
Testimony by:
César Montiel
Experience in:
Colonia Dignidad, April 1975
« In Colonia Dignidad, they played Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky a lot. It was very repetitive. To several comrades, it reminds them of torture. It is not very enjoyable for us to listen to this piece at this life stage, because it transports us back to all the suffering, to what they did to us. »
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Recinto: Regimiento Reforzado N° 4 Rancagua de Arica
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Recinto: Regimiento de Infantería Nº 15, Calama (Actual Regimiento Reforzado Nº1 Topater)
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Recinto: Regimiento de Infantería de Montaña Membrillar, Rancagua (actual Regimiento Reforzado Nº 22, Lautaro)
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Recinto: Regimiento Reforzado Nº 7 Chacabuco, Concepción
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Recinto: Regimiento de Infantería Reforzada Nº 3, Los Ángeles (nowadays Regimiento de Infantería Nº 17)
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Recinto: Regimiento Reforzado Nº 14, Aysén
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