Kelu (The Birch)

Audio file
Date recorded: August 1, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified woman; Performer: Pjanzina; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: epic song, lyric song
Culture: Finnic, Mordvin
Instruments: voice
Location: Mordoviya, Russia
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1702
Track Number: 2
Archive ID: T1702R02
Note: This is a traditional song about the heroine of the Great Patriotic War, Zoia Anatol'evna Kosmodem'ianskaia (1923-1941), performed with contemporary patriotic continuation. Original note: "Recorded on the home-talent contest in 1954. Perfromed by women collective-farmers of Sijuga-village. 25 women, aged 18 to 30 take part in the choir. Miss Pjanzina is the leader. She is 24. The plot is given on the tape."
Belongs to: Mordva 8/64
About the session: These are dubbed recordings collected and given to Alan Lomax by Mr. Georgii Ivanovich Suraev-Korolev.
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