Lamentation about a deceased father

Date recorded: August 24, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Korobova, A.P.; Recordist: Rudyneva, Anna; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: lament

Culture: East Slavic, Slavic

Instruments: voice

Location: Russia

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T1707

Track Number: 2

Archive ID: T1707R02

Note: A. P. Korobova is a 46 year old female. This is a field recording from 1963 in Vologoda region, Nikolsk district, village of Chernino. During important church festivals the women cry over the graves of their parents. Bibliography – Ye. Linyova. Anthology "Vyelikorusskiye Pyesni," Volume P. / Pyesni Nizhegorodskiye / St. Petersburg, 1909.

Transcript:
Belongs to: Russia 8/64

About the session: These are dubs made from magnetic tape and celluloid discs in the Chamber of Folk Music of the Moscow Conservatory. They were originally recorded by Anna Rudyneva. "The majority of songs listed here are not performed now as a part of everyday life, i.e. are not spontaneous." –S.A. Tokaryev.

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