Hegioga (Arkhalalo)

Date recorded: August 1, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified men; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: harvest song, work song

Culture: Caucasus, Georgian

Instruments: voice

Location: Republic of Georgia

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T1716

Track Number: 17

Archive ID: T1716R17

Note: Original note: "26-man chorus from Kakheti – very nice but short – trained folk chorus. This is one of the most ancient examples of two-voiced songs. This song is sung during the harvest. Two soloists develop the song. This song differs from the work song heard the day before in that it has three voices and the one before had two. Earlier these work songs were sung with two voices and now they are sung with three."

Transcript:
Belongs to: Georgian 8/64

About the session: These Georgian recordings were copied by Alan Lomax from the collection at the Georgian Conservatory of Music in Tiflis, Georgia. They were presented to Lomax by the Georgian Union of Composers, and were compiled by Grigol Z. Ckhikvadze, A. Georgeashvili, and Vladimir V. Akhobadze.

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