MUSICA FOLKLORICA DE VENEZUELA
TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF VENEZUELA
INTERNATIONAL FOLK MUSIC COUNCIL
Ocora, ?, OCR 78
Another excellent Ocora album that was never reissued as far as I know; it's not even part of their catalogue. The recordings in the field made between 1958 and 1968 are the works of Isabel Aretz, Luis Felipe Ramon y Rivera and Alvaro Fernaud. I. Aretz (1909-2005) was an Argentinian ethnomusicologist who became Venezuelan in 1952 when she married Ramon y Rivera.
The LP is organized in a regional order : the states of Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Miranda, Yaracuy, Cojedes, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Lara as well as Caracas and the Llanos.
Music from Spanish origin (joropo, decima de tono, work songs) makes the main part of the album while the Afro-Venezuelan tradition with singing and drumming is present on a few tracks.
Thank you very much Herve for this "beauty" Have a perfect evening! PS.The vinyl rip this time is very good.
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