Santa Ageda Bezpera

Audio file
Date recorded: January 2, 1953
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified men; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: house visit song, sacred song
Culture: Basque, Spanish
Instruments: voice
Language: Basque, Biscayan
Location: Tolosa, Guipuzcoa, País Vasco, Spain
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T774
Track Number: 3
Archive ID: T774R03
Note: Song for the feast of Saint Ageda.
Belongs to: Tolosa 1/53
About the session: Recordings made on New Year's Day in Tolosa. Alan Lomax returned to the Basque Country at the end of his stay in Spain, driving back and forth between small villages over the last two days of December 1952 and the first few days of January 1953. Earlier Basque recordings were made in August 1952.
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