The Seven Champions Of Christendom (fragment) / The Singing Of The Travels

Audio file

Date recorded: December 25, 1951
Contributor(s): Performer: Symondsbury and Eype Mummers; Performer: Tuck, Ernest; Performer: Tuck, Alfred (Alfie); Performer: Shiner, David; Performer: Perrott, William; Performer: Perrott, James; Performer: Hoskins, Sidney; Performer: Hodder, John; Performer: Eveleigh, Keith; Performer: Burton, Albert; Performer: Bartlett, William; Performer: Bartlett, Margaret; Performer: Bartlett, James; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: Christmas song, mummer's play

Culture: English

Instruments: voice

Setting: A village mummer's performance

Location: Symondsbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T3362

Track Number: 1

Archive ID: T3362R01

Note: A portion of the medieval play "The Seven Champions of Christendom."

Belongs to: Symondsbury 12/51

About the session: A Christmas Day mummer's performance by the Symnondsbury and Eype Mummers, recorded by Peter Kennedy for the BBC in 1951.

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