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Beyond the Archive: The Cabrera-Tarafa Collection of Afro-Cuban Music, circa 1956: Oro. Cándido Mártinez and ensemble.

Beyond the Archive: The Cabrera-Tarafa Collection of Afro-Cuban Music, circa 1956
Oro. Cándido Mártinez and ensemble.
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  1. Beyond the Archive: The Cabrera-Tarafa Collection of Afro-Cuban Music, circa 1956
  2. An Introduction to the Collection
  3. Música de los cultos africanos en Cuba (Music of the African Cults in Cuba): The Liner Notes
    1. Oro. Marcos Portillo Domínguez [Até Borá] and ensemble.
    2. Rezos. Fernando Hernández, Inés Sotomayor, and Domingo Hernández.
    3. “Guarachitas” para los Orishas (Instrumental Batá Drumming). Miguel Santa Cruz, Gustavo Díaz, and Juan González.
    4. Songs for Osain. Cándido Martínez, Baba orisha from Havana.
    5. Oro. Inés Sotomayor and Ensemble.
    6. Oro de Tambores (Batá Drum Instrumental Oro). Miguel Santa Cruz, Gustavo Díaz, and Juan González.
    7. Oro (Batá Drums with Chorus). Cándido Martínez, Antonio Alberiche, chorus, and the Batá drums of Miguel Santa Cruz and Juan González.
    8. Moforibale. Palo Gangá Ñongobá. Cantos de Palo. Congo Musunde and Gangá. Florinda Pastor, Agustín Diago, and ensemble.
    9. Oro. Silvino Baró, M. Catalá, S. Rodríguez, R. Viart.
    10. Mayimbi. Toque de Palo. Silvino Baró, Martín Catalá, Sergio Rodríguez, and Rodolfo Viart.
    11. Canto Lucumí. Silvino Baró, Martín Catalá, Sergio Rodríguez, and Rodolfo Viart.
    12. Cantos Arará. Silvino Baró, Martín Catalá, Sergio Rodríguez, and Rodolfo Viart.
    13. Rezos. Petronila Hernández.
    14. Babaluayé. A. Alberiche.
    15. Bembé & Tambores (Instrumental Drumming). Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Ángel Rolando, and Domingo Hernández, hijo. Tambores and guataca.
    16. Oro. Alberto Yenkins (Yin) and ensemble.
    17. Itutu. Fernando Hernández and ensemble.
    18. Oro. Cándido Mártinez and ensemble.
    19. Congo and Gangá Songs. Florinda Diago and family.
    20. About This Site.

Disc 13 Side A (22’57”)

Oro. Cándido Mártinez and ensemble.[1]

Elegua.

Ogún.

Ochosi.

Inle.

Dadá.

Oshaoko.

Osaoko.[2]

Agayú.

Ibeyi.

Changó.

Obatalá.

Oshún.

Yemayá.

Yemayá.

Oshún.

Oyá.

Disc 13 Side B (15’45”)

Agayú.

Obatalá.

Changó.

Oshún.

Oyá.

  1. DF-N: The liturgical sequence in this section is performed a capella—that is, vocals only, without musical instruments, as in the ritual preparation of omiero (“making Osain”) (Cabrera 2023). ↑

  2. DF-N: Oshaoko and Osaoko are various pronunciations and/or transliterations of the orisha more commonly referred to as Orisha Oko. In Cabrera’s notes for Música de los cultos, Cabrera notably avoids more Hispanic-sounding iterations of the name that employ “ch-“ sounds (e.g., Oricha Oko, Orichaoko, Ochaoko, etc.). cf. Drewal 1992, Verger 2007b. It is worth noting that part of the liturgy associated with Shango that is sung by Martínez in this section (Discs 13A and 13B) — e.g., oluwo o ku mabo — has a direct analog in Até Borá’s repertoire earlier in the collection (Disc 1B @ 12’31”). ↑

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