Aktanysh Sasmalary (Constructions of Aktanysh)

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.

Transcript:
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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