Fieldwork Archive
Décimas de amor (II)
Performed by Blanca Torres.
Recorded May 5, 2025 at La Casa Bienvenida, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Ms. Torres, b. 1935, of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
The décima is an improvised 10-line poem—here Blanca is singing about love—and is often accompanied by cuatro (Puerto Rican string instrument). Blanca adopted the art of décimas after hearing about them on a radio broadcast in Puerto Rico.
