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El Rodeo / Antonito / El Hermita​ñ​o (Cutilios)

from Nuevas Acequias, Rio Viejo: traditional music of Northern New Mexico by Lone Piñon

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This tune is a medley of three cutilios. Cutilios (“Cotillion” in English) are a Northern New Mexico genre that is part of the cuadrillas dance set. Many cutilios, like these, are played in a fast tempo with a rhythmic drive that has more in common with American square dance fiddling than the bounce of Mexican polkas. The cuadrillas dance also involves four couples and was sometimes danced with a caller, though it probably descends from the French quadrille more than the American square dance.

“Antonito” is what we call an unnamed cutilio from a recording of violinist Adelaido Chavez (born in 1872 in Antonito, Colorado) with his younger brother Adolfo Chavez on guitar. The Chavez’ were master musicians who were recorded in August of 1940 by Juan B. Rael, whose recordings have been made available online through the Library of Congress.

“El Rodeo” and “El Hermitaño” are from the repertoire of Macario “Max” Apodaca of Rociada, New Mexico, the late husband of our mentor Antonia Apodaca. Max passed away before our time and never made a commercial recording, but we heard his music through home recordings that were preserved by Ken Keppeler and Jeanie McLerie (who perform under the name “Bayou Seco”). He was an excellent violinist who learned his family’s music tradition as a child; when the Apodacas moved to Wyoming for several decades he played with a German dance band and must have incorporated even more Country and Western fiddle elements into his playing. The rhythmic pauses he employs between sections are a hallmark of his style and characteristic of Northern New Mexico dance fiddling.

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from Nuevas Acequias, Rio Viejo: traditional music of Northern New Mexico, released December 15, 2019

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Lone Piñon is an acoustic conjunto from New Mexico whose music celebrates the diversity and integrity of their region's cultural roots.

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