Hispanic Folk Music of New Mexico and the Southwest: A Self-Portrait of a People

A: Piano-Vocal Arrangements of Selected Songs

A. PIANO-VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS OF SELECTED SONGS In the course of an interview in Rio de Janeiro, Heitor Villa-Lobos, who was known in his country as "Mr. Folklore/' told me: "I am not a folklorist . I use folklore to form my musical personality ." I confess that I have something of this feeling too, and the result has been that I have made arrangements of folk songs and have used them as thematic materials in many of my musical compositions. In addition to the twelve piano-vocal arrangements included here, in my earlier Hispanic Folk Songs of New Mexico (Robb 13) I have already published such arrangements of the following songs: Selections from Los Pastores as performed at Los Griegos, New Mexico: Pedimento de las Posadas, p. 24; Cuando por el Oriente, p. 28; De la Real Jerusalen, p. 30; La Levantada de Bartolo, p. 32; Ofrecimiento de los Pastores, p. 34. Other Christmas carols sung in New Mexico: Vamos Todos a Belen, p. 38; A la Ru, p. 40. Secular songs: Corrida de Elena, p. 44; Corrido de la Muerte de Antonio Maestas, p. 50; Palomita Que Vienes Herida, p. 58; Sierra Nevada , p. 61; El Muchacho Alegre, p. 66; Indita de Amarante Martinez, p. 68; Sandovalito, p. 76; Mi Carro Ford, p. 78. Sheet music and recordings of other (unpublished ) folk songs that I have arranged are available at the Fine Arts Library of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The following songs are included here: Cancion del Fraile (Al) Don Gato (A16) En la Cantina de Denver (B53) Senaida (C32) Cuatro Palomitas Blancas (C39) Leonor (D6) El Comanchito (Fl) El Borreguero (13) Entrega de Novios (Kl) Bendito Sea Dios (S2) Tun Tun (Christmas Carol) Adios Jose, Adios Maria (Christmas Carol) Cancion del Fraile (Al) 831 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC 832 PIANO-VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS 833 Don Gato (A16) HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC 834 PIANO-VOCAL A R R A N G E M E N T S 835 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC En la Cantina de Denver(B53) 836 PIANO-VOCAL A R R A N G E M E N T S 837 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC Senaida (C32) 838 PIANO-VOCAL A R R A N G E M E N T S 839 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC Cuatro Palomitas Blancas(C39) 840 PIANO-VOCAL A R R A N G E M E N T S 841 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC Leonor (D6) 842 PIANO-VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS 843 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC 844 PIANO-VOCAL A R R A N G E M E N T S 845 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC 846 PIANO-VOCAL A R R A N G E M E N T S El Comanchito (Fl) 847 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC 848 PIANO-VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS 849 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC El Borreguero (13) 850 PIANO-VOCAL A R R A N G E M E N T S 851 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC 852 PIANO-VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS Entrega de Novios (Kl) 853 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC Bendito Sea Dios(S2) 854 PIANO-VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS 855 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC Tun Tun (Christmas Carol) 856 PIANO-VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS This is a Venezuelan carol that I introduced into New Mexico where it is now sung every year at Christmas. Perhaps one can call it New Mexican by adoption. 857 HISPANIC FOLK MUSIC Adios Jose, Adibs Maria (Christmas Carol) 858 PIANO-VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS 859 ...