Cantos Cautivos
19 results where found for «Dreams of my Imprisonment»
- Music piece by:Mario Patricio Cordero Cedraschi
- Testimony by:Mario Patricio Cordero Cedraschi
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, Winter of 1975
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- « I’d spent two years in prison and there was no end in sight for my time in jail. I observed during visiting hours that many prisoners had children, a wife, family. »
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- « Dreams of my Imprisonment »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « This song, written in my cell at the Puchuncaví Prison Camp, speaks to a friend and fellow prisoner; it could be any one of the thousands behind bars. »
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- « Paper boat (barco de papel): We had a habit of wishing farewell to our comrades who were released or about to be transferred to other prisons. People who were not fortunate enough to be included in the group would gather around those who were about to leave, a ritual that sometimes included singing Julio Numhausser’s beautiful song 'El barco de papel'. The first verse goes like this: 'Se va el barco de papel por el mar de la esperanza, llevando un montón de sueños y los niños no lo alcanzan. Se va, se va y no volverá. Se va, se va a la libertad.' (The paper boat sails to a sea of hope, carrying dreams and children can’t reach it. There it goes, there it goes, and it will never return. There it goes, there it goes to freedom.). »
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Prayer So You Don't Forget Me (Oración para que no me olvides)
- Music piece by:Óscar Castro (words) and Ariel Arancibia González (music)
- Testimony by:Rosalía Martínez
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Cuatro Álamos, November - December 1974
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- « When Katia Chornik contacted me a few years ago asking me to provide my testimony about my musical experience in prison, I thought I didn’t have much to say. »
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- « think of my heart that dreams of you »
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- Music piece by:Nydia Caro and Ricardo 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. »- [...]
- « our dreams »
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- Music piece by:Nydia Caro and Ricardo Ceratto
- Testimony by:Ángeles Álvarez Cárdenas
- Experience in:Villa Grimaldi, 6 - 15 January 1975
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- « At that time, many prisoners were subjected to extreme torture in the interrogations. Some managed to get through those processes alright, while others broke down. »
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- « our dreams »
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- Music piece by:Djordje Marinkovic. Chilean adaptation of traditional Serbian song, originally composed in 1916.
- Testimony by:Eduardo Ojeda
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- « At Compingin Camp on the island, Mario started telling us about the Spanish lyrics of the Yugoslav song 'Tamo daleko'. The song was not Croatian: it was Serbian. »
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- « city of dreams and love »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « Prison forced me to think quite a lot about my political past and my total commitment to an ideological cause, and its consequences. »
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- « forgot the dreams dreamed »
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- Music piece by:The Turtles ('Elenore'), with new lyrics by Gianni Morandi
- Testimony by:Eduardo René Cuevas
- Experience in:Cárcel de Los Ángeles, September 1973
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- « This song was a workhorse for the prisoners. Iván Moscoso sang it, accompanied by a guitar, in a powerful and defiant voice, and the most altruistic among us sung along in the presence of the gendarme guards, in a courtyard that was only for political prisoners. »
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- « Here, outside your dreams »
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How Can I Describe This to You? (Cómo hacer para darte una idea)
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1976
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- « This is one of two songs I wrote in prison for my beloved Graciela. In the song I tried to draw her closer to me, describing my everyday world and my experience of life as a captive. »
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- « the hatred that invades my dreams, »
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A Finger-Picked Cueca from a Solidary Companion (Cueca punteada de un solidario)
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « I have never been a great music listener. Nevertheless, before the coup I used to listen to