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Date recorded: October 28, 1952
Contributor(s): Performer: Useros, Donato; Performer: Orejudo, Urbano; Performer: Orejudo, Cesario; Performer: Moreno, Emilio; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: courtship song, desafío, minstrel song, ronda, ronda de desafío, song duel
Culture: Castilian, Spanish
Instruments: almirez, voice
Language: Spanish, Castilian
Location: Vegas del Matute, Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T704
Track Number: 3
Archive ID: T704R03
Note: A desafio may even erupt into violence. A ronda de desafio is a song-duel serenade used in competing for girl's attention
Belongs to: Vegas del Matute 10/52
About the session: Lomax’s visit to Segovia seems to have been the result of his having seen or heard about a folkloric ensemble which was put together in Zarzuela del Monte and Vegas del Monte, as an offshoot of the Sección Femenina de la Falange Española's (the Women's Branch of the Spanish Phalanx) "Coros y Danzas" (Choirs and Dances) groups.
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