In Spanish, including a 15-page chapter summaryДЄ PRODUCTION OF THE PUERTO RICAN CUATRO PROJECT

Hardcover, 300 pages, 350 photos and diagrams STRINGS OF MY LAND: A History of Puerto Rico's native stringed instruments: Cuatro, Tiple, Vihuela and Bordonua.

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In celebration of the life of Vicente ValentГn, we present a short video featuring him and his work, produced by the Cuatro Project His rustic and prosaic manner hid a brilliant and profound understanding of his field, the traditions of his craft and a propensity to share and educate his compatriots around them.

With great humor and generosity, he made himself available to our cameras and constant questions. Don Vicente was a principal source for our Cuatro Project. It grieves us to have to announce to our followers the death late June 2015 of the renown senior Puerto Rican traditional instrument-maker Vicente ValentГn Rivera, who lived and worked in the town of Vega Baja.

You can sample and buy their latest noble effort visiting their page at the Smithsonian Folkwayswebsite.ДЇoto de Juan Sotomayor para el Proyecto del Cuatro PuertorriqueГ±o Oue most polished and tasty exponents of the Puerto Rican mountain music traditions, Ecos de Borinquen, has just released its second recording for the Smithsonian Institute-their first one being Jibaro hasta el hueso, which was nominated for the Latin Grammy award. Cultural archives Folkloric research Cultural Events

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