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Date recorded: August 19, 1952
Contributor(s): Performer: Olaizola, Manuel (Uztapide); Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: bertso, song duel
Culture: Basque, Spanish
Instruments: voice
Language: Basque, Guipuzcoan
Location: Ergoien-Oiartzun, Guipuzcoa, País Vasco, Spain
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T639
Track Number: 1
Archive ID: T639R01
Note: Improvised bertsolari song in hamarreko handia ("long ten” meter) about the problems of agriculture.
Transcript:
Belongs to: Ergoien-Oiartzun 8/52
About the session: Three famous bertsolari—song improvisers—are heard here: Manuel Olaizola “Uztapide” (b. Zestoa, 1909; d. Oiartzun, 1983); Krisostomo Iturain de "Bidealde" Uztapide’s father-in-law; and Joxe Migel Eskudero. Bertoslari song duels involve improvised songs composed according to strict poetic rules.
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