Cantos Cautivos

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Lucía

Music piece by:

Joan Manuel Serrat

Testimony by:

Beatriz Bataszew Contreras

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, December 1974 - May 1976

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« Tres Álamos was a more 'normal' camp, even though we never had a trial. There was a lot of music, it was sort of ritualistic. »

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Published on: 08 November 2016

Zamba of my Hope (Zamba de mi esperanza)

Music piece by:

Luis H. Profili

Testimony by:

Edgardo Carabantes Olivares

Experience in:

Regimiento de Infantería Nº 2 Maipo / Regimiento Playa Ancha/ Fiscalía Militar, January 1975

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« Horacio Carabantes Olivares, my brother, was locked up in January 1975 at the Maipo regiment of Valparaíso, with a large group of male and female prisoners, all arrested by the DINA. »

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Published on: 07 November 2016

The Internationale

Music piece by:

Eugène Pottier (lyrics) and Pierre Degeyter (music). Popularised by Quilapayún in Chile in the 1970s.

Testimony by:

Ana María Jiménez

Experience in:

Villa Grimaldi, April 1975

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« In April 1975, the triumph of Vietnam was celebrated. We heard about it through a comrade who went to the bathroom and found a piece of the week’s newspaper. It was so beautiful for us to be there, having shouted so often for Vietnam at demonstrations. »

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Published on: 20 October 2016

We Shall Prevail (Venceremos)

Music piece by:

Claudio Iturra (lyrics) and Sergio Ortega (music)

Testimony by:

Lucía Chirinos

Experience in:

Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, La Serena, October 1973 - April 1974

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« The parish priest at Buen Pastor played the accordion. He played so beautifully. Because I played the piano, I asked him if I could borrow it. 'I'll lend it to you' he said. »

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Published on: 25 September 2016

The Little Fence (La rejita)

Music piece by:

lyrics: collective creation; music: 'Jálame la pitita' by Luis Abanto Morales (Peruvian polka)

Testimony by:

Lucía Chirinos

Experience in:

Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, La Serena, October 1973 - April 1974

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« Let’s get going, would say “the lizards”, as we called the policemen, because they dress all in green. »

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Published on: 25 September 2016

Dona Nobis Pacem

Music piece by:

Text from Agnus Dei (Roman Catholic Mass); music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Testimony by:

Lucía Chirinos

Experience in:

Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, La Serena, October 1973 - April 1974

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« Music was always present in my family. My dad played the violin and my mum the piano. When I was a child, my mum sent us to dance and piano lessons. »

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Published on: 25 September 2016

Today I Sing for the Sake of Singing (Hoy canto por cantar)

Music piece by:

Nydia Caro and Riccardo Ceratto

Testimony by:

Beatriz Bataszew Contreras

Experience in:

Calle Irán Nº 3037 / Venda Sexy / La Discotheque, 12 - 18 December 1974

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« I have never been a great music listener. Nevertheless, before the coup I used to listen to Nueva Canción, especially Quilapayún and Rolando Alarcón. I also liked cumbias, to fool around. We would dance and have fun. »

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Published on: 13 September 2016

Ode to Joy (Himno a la alegría)

Music piece by:

original by Friedrich von Schiller (lyrics) and Ludwig van Beethoven (music). Free version in Spanish by Amado Regueiro Rodríguez, aka Orbe (lyrics) y Waldo de los Ríos (music), popularised in Chile by Miguel Ríos.

Testimony by:

Luis Madariaga

Experience in:

Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1974 - 1976

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