Aktanysh Sasmalary (Constructions of Aktanysh)

Audio file
Date recorded: August 1, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Safiullin, Rais; Performer: Gafiatulina, Galiia; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: lyric song
Culture: Eurasian, Turkey
Instruments: bayan, voice
Location: Tatarstan, Russia
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1688A
Track Number: 4
Archive ID: T1688AR04
Note: Aktanysh is a village, center of the Aktanysh district, Republic of Tatarstan. Gafiatulina, Khatima Sharifovna (b. 1915), Merited Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan, soloist of the State Ensemble of Song and Dance of Tatarstan Republic. Russian accordions have several kinds and corresponding names (baian, garmon', garmoshka). Tatars often play the Saratov garmon'. Contsruction refers to the "steps" of the industrial revolution.
Belongs to: Radio Moscow – Tatar 8/64
About the session: These are dubs made by Alan Lomax from the archives of Radio Moscow. Original collector(s) unknown.
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