The mandolin king /

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Author / Creator:Dickinson, John, 1946-
Imprint:Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 1985.
Description:1 online resource (28 min.)
Language:English
Series:Ethnographic video online.
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Format: E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13600529
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Varying Form of Title:Rey del bandolin
Notes:Director, John Dickinson.
Recorded in Venezuela.
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Summary:Cruz Quinal, "the mandolin king," lives near Cumana in a mountain valley surrounded by sugarcane fields. Perpetuating 16th century Spanish traditions of guitar-making, Cruz fashions such musical instruments as cuatros, marimba, escarpandola, and his own creation, a mandolin with two fretboards.