Alborada

Audio file
Date recorded: November 1, 1952
Contributor(s): Performer: Pastor, Aquilino; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: alborada, aurora, dawn song
Culture: Leon, Spanish
Instruments: flute, tabor
Location: Castrillo de los Polvazares, León, Castilla y León, Spain
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T706
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: T706R01
Belongs to: Castrillo de los Polvazares 11/52
About the session: Flute and drum player Aquilino Pastor, from nearby Santa Catalina de Somoza, learned to play at age 10 and died at age 102 in 1991. The flute and drum with singing performances may be the only extant recordings of this combination.
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