Shavi Shashvi (The Black Thrush)

Audio file

Date recorded: August 1, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified men; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: topical song
Culture: Caucasus, Georgian
Instruments: voice
Location: Republic of Georgia
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1716
Track Number: 4
Archive ID: T1716R04
Note: Three men from Guria. The hunters follow the blackbird which grieves because it is winter and it has no place to hide. They (singers) imitate the barking of a dog – the basses do this. Finally the hunters kill the bird.
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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