A Binder’s Volume?
Between 1848 and 1888, the Echeverría family compiled a selection of sheet music, handwritten copies, and press clippings in a binder’s volume in Bogotá, Colombia. This bound collection of musical scores and other miscellaneous documents belonged to sisters Ana and Cristina Echeverría. In total, the Echeverría sisters collected 78 works by local and foreign composers. Such a musical repertoire is a valuable sample of the musical genres in vogue in Colombian salons during the second half of the 19th century. These include: arrangements of popular Italian operas and social dances such as polkas, mazurkas, waltzes, pasillos, and bambucos. In this exhibit room, visitors will discover some of the relevant features of this binder’s volume and its history.
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