Folkloristas asturianos: Aurelio de Llano

Abstract

Aurelio de Llano (1868-1936) figures among the most important folklorists and ethnographers in 20th-century studies on traditional Asturian culture. Llano' s stature is especially enhanced by the breadth and intensify of field work he conducted during the decade of the 1920s. The present article offers a general overview of his published work as a folklorist. A survey of his extensive correspondence with Ramon Menendez Pidal helps to reconstruct procedures that led to Llano' s principal publications, most notably those in which he made significant contributions to our understanding of the traditional balladry in Asturias. Finally, this article evaluares certain aspects of Llano's personality that affected, both positively and negatively, his dedication to the study of popular culture.