Khorumi

Audio file

Date recorded: August 1, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified man; Performer: Unidentified; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: dance song, instrumental
Culture: Caucasus, Georgian
Instruments: chiboni, doli, voice
Location: Republic of Georgia
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1717
Track Number: 32
Archive ID: T1717R32
Note: Original note: "This is a dance in 5/8, called Khorumi. It is performed by the chiboni, a kind of bagpipe, and a doli, a type of drum playing simultaneously. The chibonist dances while he plays."
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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