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Alan Lomax discusses collecting international folk music

BROADCAST: Jun. 30, 1959 | DURATION: 00:55:50

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Synopsis

Alan Lomax discusses collecting international folk music (part 2 of 2). This 1959 broadcast was recorded after Alan Lomax traveled Europe collecting folk music. Includes: African-American folk song sung by Alan Lomax; flamenco music, Spanish Easter procession band; Mallorca music, lullaby and dance; Ibizan music and dance; and Southern American prison chain gang song.

Details

Broadcast Date
Jun. 30, 1959

Physical Format
2 sound tape reels (ca. 114 min.) :: 10 1/2 in.

Duration
55 minutes, 50 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Music - Folk Music Music Music - World Music

People

Historians Academics

Tags

Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002--Interviews Folk singers--United States. Folklorists--United States. Musicologists--United States. Audiotapes Radio programs Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002-- interviewee WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) American Folk Music Spanish folk music Global Jukebox Southern folksongs Black music African American music Global folk music Latin American folk music World Library of Folk and Primitive Music Flamenco European folk music Andalusian music Mallorca Mallorcan music Ibizan music Ethnomusicologists--United States--20th century--Interviews

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