Lamentation of a mother for her daughter who has been given in marriage

Audio file
Date recorded: August 24, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Smol'yaninova, Kh.P.; Recordist: Rudyneva, Anna; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: song of farewell, wedding song
Culture: East Slavic, Slavic
Instruments: voice
Location: Russia
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1707
Track Number: 4
Archive ID: T1707R04
Note: Kh. P. Smol'yaninova is a 62 year old female. This is a field recording from the Lipetsk region, Usmansk district, village of Dyevitsa, from 1964. Bibliography – Ye. Linyova. Anthlogy "Vyelikorusskiye Pyesni," Volume I / Songs of Voronezh, St. Petersburg, 1909.
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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