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SINGERS AND STORYTELLERS
According to the region of Mexico: Michoacin, Yucatan,
the Bajio region.
According to the occasion: aubades, serenades, weddings,
farewells.
According to the calling of the singer: student, soldier,
sailor, muleteer, drunkard.
According to the country of origin: Italy, Spain, Cuba,
Colombia, Argentina, Central Europe.
According to the rhythm of the European dance from
which it derives: polka, mazurka, waltz, habanera, bolero,
march.
According to its musical evolution, or because it has a
known author: derived from art song, originally pseudo-folk;
known author, such as Guty CArdenas.
According to the style used in singing: with refrains, with
echoes, antitheses, and contrasts; with endings stressing the
antepenult (esdrtjulos); characterized by interrupted breath-
ing.
Miscellaneous: mythical subjects, work songs, etc.
The interruption or break in the singer's breathing in the
Canci6n de aliento entrecortado is worth noting. One may
say that the effect is to reverse the order of the lines. The
break comes in the middle of the line; thus the last part of
one line is run over into the first half of the succeeding one,
making the last half of the line come first in actual singing.
These types originated in the Spanish province of Navarra
and have spread throughout Spanish America.
Ando en busca
de una blanca palomita // de sefias traigo
un dolor dentro del alma // dolor ingrato;
si me dieras tu retrato // ya nunca, nunca
yo me olvidaria de ti.
I am in search
Of a little white dove // I'll recognize her
By the ache within my soul // Oh cruel ache;54
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Boatright, Mody C. Singers and Storytellers, book, 1961; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc67655/m1/60/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.