[Animals] Protagonist in music, the animal

[#Wittels-]

In the po[CENSORED]r Latin American, Caribbean and other latitudes musical chronicle, the love and prominence of animals as companions on the road, as friends and as a source of inspiration is absolutely visible.

In the po[CENSORED]r Latin American, Caribbean and other latitudes musical chronicle, the love and prominence of animals as companions on the road, as friends and as a source of inspiration is absolutely visible. Even the human being often assumes names of animals as names and this speaks of a deep relationship of affection with those companions, and although abusers and people who abandon their pets when they know they are sick or when they no longer care for them have also been known. They are useful, or they kill animals to be photographed with their corpses, (especially monarchs and hierarchs) they are not the majority.
There are legal rights for animals and almost all countries have laws to protect free and deep fauna, with special attention to wildlife and domestic animals.
In these times there is a greater awareness of the animal issue. Defense and protection organizations, rescue groups, promoters of vegetarianism and veganism, institutions to attend to their needs, the prohibition of fights (where humans always intervene), cockfights, dogs and bullfights in numerous nations, all of this speaks of an encouraging and a better view of it.

Affection is also visible in literature and at these moments one could evoke Los Motivos del Lobo, by Rubén Darío, Platero y yo, by Juan Ramón Jiménez, El Ruiseñor y la Rosa, by Oscar Wilde, the deep and true story of Modoc, the Elephant, by Ralph Helfer, The Man Who Loved Dogs, by Leonardo Paduro, The Steppenwolf, by Hermann Hesse, The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, The Elephant's Journey, by José Saramago or The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe. Among others. It cannot be forgotten that several of the most traditional Venezuelan stories are those of Tio Tigre and Tio Conejo without forgetting that the Venezuelan State publishing house is called El Perro y la Rana.

All of this speaks of the sensitivity of the creators who combine the trade with social duty and the sobering metaphor that tries to tell us a thousand times that they are fellow travelers with rights on the planet we share, a planet that is dying not for them but for us. . In short, we have the responsibility (since we have the fifth finger, reasoning, sensitivity and soul) to watch over them from love and solidarity.

In many po[CENSORED]r neighborhoods and areas throughout Latin America, there is, for example, the figure of the community dog. They arrive in an inhabited area, are fed and cared for by all the neighbors (including sterilization) and become collective and vigilant pets that alert us to the arrival of strangers. In the same way there is the figure of the community cat. Parrots, macaws, huge iguanas, Cristofué and azulejos, little dirty-faced birds and vultures, traveling free. They don't need a passport. They have not fallen into the trap...

visualizing music

There are themes, songs that name or cite an animal in their title. There are children, there are in genres like Salsa, and in the Son montuno, there are blows from Lara in Venezuela, and oriental amusements, and joropos from the plains, there are boleros and Guarani airs, in the ranchera song, in the zamba and in the joint, in ballads and meringues and even in habaneras and chachachá. We share some titles and examples.

the death of the animal

This is a song by the doctor and composer, as well as an excellent guitarist and arranger, Henry Martínez, from Venezuela.
From a very young age, he leaned towards the strings in his native Maracay and fortunately found himself in the bosom of a family that knew how to instill music.
Henry Martínez met the singer Lilia Vera through the great creator Luis Laguna. This song was composed in 1983 for Lilia Vera to interpret it. "Don't kill that animal/ because they kill writing/ songs/ painting, poems and love/ It is the one that defeated the breeze/ the night, the rain, the moon and the sun"
 

like the cicada
It is a song written and composed by the Argentinean María Elena Walsh. The song was first released in 1973 and became an iconic anthem for democracy and freedom. The piece has also been linked to the performance by Mercedes Sosa, who first recorded it in 1978. "So many times they erased me/So many times I disappeared/I went alone and crying to my own funeral/I tied a knot in my handkerchief but then I forgot It wasn't the only time/ and I kept singing/ singing to the sun like a cicada after a year underground/ like a survivor/ coming back from the war"

 

Link: https://www.telesurtv.net/telesuragenda/musica-animales-protagonismos-20230328-0022.html