Founded in 1992 at The City College of New York, the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York is the first and only university-based research institute in the United States devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent.
Compact Disc Collection
Fundación Cultural Bayahonda
Fundación Cultural Bayahonda. Música Raíz.
Vol. 1 - Root music. Helvetas (Asociación Suiza para la Cooperación Internacional), 1997. Spanish. 51:21 minutes.
Los olivos -- Salve a San Antonio y oh libué (Enerolisa Núñez ; Grupo de Salves de Mata Los Indios) -- Corazón de fuego (David Almengod y Maracandé) -- Espíritu santo y vicente -- Kikondé (Grupo de Congos de Mata Los Indios) -- Leyenda congo (Ziomara Fortuna y Kaliumbé) -- Ay paloma ; La reverenda (Grupo Hermandad Cultural de Villa Mella) -- Oshá y adoré ; Maguá (Grupo de Gagá del Batey La Ceya) -- El caminante (Duluc y Dominican) -- Ae mamá si e' ; Y candelo (Mercedes Cuevas ; Grupo Los Paleros de Nigua) -- Rafaela y tu eres bonita (Güibo y Los Paleros de Nigua) -- Caribe adentro (Roldan).
Vol. 2. Produced by Roldán Mármol. Santo Domingo, 2000. Spanish, 51 minutes.
This 12-track CD features Dominican salve music by Enerolisa Núñez y el Grupo de Salve de Mata Los Indios named after a town in Monte Plata Province. Salve music is a mixture of European and African religious syncretic beliefs. Featuring musical arrangements by Xiomara Fortuna, Roldán Mármol and David Almendgod.
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