San Juan Bezperan

Audio file
Date recorded: December 30, 1952
Contributor(s): Performer: Unidentified men; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: house visit song, sacred song
Culture: Basque, Spanish
Instruments: voice
Location: Uitzi, Navarra, Navarra, Spain
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T769
Track Number: 3
Archive ID: T769R03
Note: Sung on St. John's Eve.
Belongs to: Uitzi 12/52
About the session: 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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