Homage À Ma Mère (false start)

Audio file

Date recorded: June 19, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Musique Créole Group; Performer: Sainte-Rose, Georges; Performer: Longrais, Mardel; Performer: Londas, Sully; Performer: Laugetty, Raymond; Performer: Grebeau, Emile; Performer: Coppet, Hurard; Performer: Charlery, Maurice; Performer: Boislaville, Loulou; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: dance song, valse créole, waltz
Culture: French Antillian, Martinique
Instruments: bass (double), chacha, clarinet, drum(s), guitar (acoustic), trombone, violin, voice
Setting: Ravine Vilaine
Location: Fort-de-France, Fort-de-France, Martinique, France
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1119
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: T1119R01
Note: Polyphonic texture and improvisatory feel. Note the progression of different and / or recurring sections / strains — at which point the melody is usually played on different instruments with corresponding changes in the overall sound / texture. Vincent Ozier Lafontaine is the composer.
Transcript:
Belongs to: Fort-de-France 6/62
About the session: Ravine Vilaine, Fort De France
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