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Beyond the Archive: The Cabrera-Tarafa Collection of Afro-Cuban Music, circa 1956: Rezos. Fernando Hernández, Inés Sotomayor, and Domingo Hernández.

Beyond the Archive: The Cabrera-Tarafa Collection of Afro-Cuban Music, circa 1956
Rezos. Fernando Hernández, Inés Sotomayor, and Domingo Hernández.
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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 3 Side A (13 tracks, 29’50”)

Rezos. Fernando Hernández15, Inés Sotomayor, and Domingo Hernández.

Moyuba Orisha. Moyuba Ogún. Rezos. Inés Sotomayor prays in Lucumí to her orishas, and to her muertos (ancestors), natural parents, godfather, and godmother, whose names should be mentioned in every ceremony, and from whom one inevitably requests permission to perform any ritual.

Moyuba Olodumare. Domingo Hernández “salutes” Olodumare (the heavens, God), his muertos, and his orishas.[1]

Songs for Osáin. He also intones two songs for the god Osáin. Domingo Hernández is a notable “olósain” in the town of Jovellanos, an expert in the medicinal and magical virtues of plants, and he is responsible for harvesting them in el monte — a delicate operation which should not be executed by anyone unaware of the secrets contained within it — when an Asiento (initiation) or other important ceremony is celebrated.

  1. DF-N: Despite the suggestion in Cabrera’s liner notes that Domingo Hernández performs the extraordinary spoken “salute” (moyuba) alone, the recording clearly documents two recitations by two different voices. In fact, the first recitation is performed by Fernando Hernández, who is then followed by Domingo Hernández. Both individuals are featured prominently in other sections of the collection: Fernando Hernández, the first voice, is clearly recognizable as the lead singer on Discs 9A, 9B, 11B, 12A, and 12B; meanwhile, Domingo Hernández is clearly recognizable as the second voice in the spoken recitation and the lead singer in the following track (“Songs for Osain”). On Disc 9A, Petronila Hernández performs a longer, more elaborate moyuba recitation. See Font-Navarrete [forthcoming]. ↑

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