Nanai Boani (The Nanai Place)

Date recorded: August 1, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Gaer, Nadezhda Vasil'evna; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: lyric song

Culture: Far East, Tungusic

Instruments: voice

Location: Russia

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T1711

Track Number: 8

Archive ID: T1711R08

Note: Nadezhda Gaer (b. 1934), from the village of Podali, Komsomol'skii district, Khabarovskii krai. This song was written by the first Nanai professional poet Akim Dmitrievich Samar (1916-1943) in 1938. Original note: "European sounding song – Dr. D thinks that it is modern – acculturated – is this European influence? Or the beginning of Europe? – a tune very much like this was published in China recently – date was the 19th century." This is from a selection of songs from Siberia, edited and dubbed from St. Petersburg Phonogram Archive with Dr. Boris Dobrovol'skii as the editor.

Belongs to: Various USSR 1939–1964

About the session: This session is comprised of dubs made by Alan Lomax during his time in the U.S.S.R. The Buryat, Balkar, Turkmen, and Kabardian material was copied from holdings at Radio Moscow; the original collector(s) are unknown. T1711R37–T1711R46 were copied by Alan Lomax in Tbilisi, Georgia; copies themselves from the sound archives of the Russian Institute of Literature in Leningrad. Tapes 1709–1711 contain Koryak and Ket material collected by Boris Mikhailovich Dobrovol'skii in the Chukotskiy District, U.S.S.R. c. 1956. There are also various samples copied from celluloid recordings from the Moscow Conservatory Collection. Some of these Chukchee and Samoyede recordings were collected under the auspices of the Moscow Conservatory from performers from Chukotsk National district, recorded in Leningrad, U.S.S.R. in 1939. Other Chukchee recordings in this session were collected by Edward Alexeev in Siberia, U.S.S.R., c. 1960.These are various samples copied by Alan Lomax from magnetic tape recordings from the Moscow Conservatory Collection. T1713–1714 are Ostiak recordings from Moscow State Conservatory collected by Beryozov and Salekhard in Tumen' Region, U.S.S.R., 1952. T1715 is Bashkir material from Moscow State Conservatory collected at Bizhbulyak, Bashkir, A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R., 1958, and Tartar material from Moscow State Conservatory, collected at Kaibitskii district, Tartar, A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R., 1956, and Chuvash material from Moscow State Conservatory, collected at Chuvash, A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R., 1958.

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