The Vetlatori Dance: "Little Angels go to Heaven"

This paper discusses the vetlatori dance performed on the occasion of a baptised infant's death in the Valencia region of Spain until about fifty years ago. Analyses of historical sources that emphasise the noble spirituality of the vetlatori dance are shown to be based on romantic views of traditional culture and emotions related to the loss of an infant, rather than on authentic information. Ethnographic and ethnomusicological data are presented to illustrate that the music and dances performed during the vetlatori dance were meant for entertainment rather than for spiritual impact. Recourse is also had to oral sources, particularly interviews carried out in the 1960s and 1980s with former infant wake participants who experienced the vetlatori dance, and who confirmed the popular nature of the music, song, and dances that were performed. Analysis of written sources and of the choreographic and musical characteristics of the dance also shows that the kind of music performed was typical of festive celebration in the Valencia region. Functional outcomes for such wakes are also proposed.

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Includes music.

Folk songs from Mexico and South America.

Mode of access: Internet.

Blue Ridge Music Center, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina, Virginia : interpretive plan.

"NPS D-415"-- P. [3] of cover.

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Pl. no.: 12593, 13678, 12993, 13587, 13652.

Vedda music /

"Reprinted from The Veddas by C.G. Seligmann and Brenda Z. Seligmann. Published by the Cambridge University Press"--Cover.

Three Armenian folk-tunes,

Mode of access: Internet.

Suite: the tempter. Overture, berceuse, bacchanalian dance, for orchestra.

Mode of access: Internet.

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Orchestral acc. arr. for piano.

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Album of piano music by modern Italian composers.

Publisher's no.: 4518, 4516.

Modern trio album. [music] : fifteen special concert arrangements and original compositions for violin, cello and piano /

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