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Date recorded: September 4, 1952
Contributor(s): Performer: Abarcelero, Leandro; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: gañaná, threshing song, work song
Culture: La Mancha, Spanish
Instruments: voice
Location: Villanueva de los Infantes, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T650
Track Number: 6
Archive ID: T650R06
Note: Gañanás are farm laborers' songs.
Transcript:
Belongs to: Villanueva de los Infantes 9/52
About the session: The instruments here are one flute, two violins, five guitars, three laúds, one bandurria and one accordion; which performer played which instrument was not notated. When Alan Lomax visited the town there were over thirty rondallas performing. Further recordings from La Mancha were taken in Lagartera, during the Christmas season.
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