Bai-La Taigam (My Rich Taiga)

Audio file
Date recorded: August 1, 1964
Contributor(s): Performer: Olzei-ool, Nikolai Oskeevich; Performer: Laptan, Aleksandr; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: uzun yr
Culture: Central Asia, Turkey
Instruments: bayan, voice
Location: Tyva, Russia
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1697
Track Number: 7
Archive ID: T1697R07
Note: Nikolai Olzei-ool, from Bai-Taiga kozhuun, Tyva Republic. Aleksandr Laptan is a well-known composer. Born in Sut-Khol kozhuun, Tyva Republic. Original note: "'Bai-la taiga-Bai-taiga' (place name – probably refers to a forest; part of the Siberian taiga). In Tuvinian. Words of L. Chadamb."
Belongs to: Tuva 8/64
About the session: These are dubs made by Alan Lomax from Radio Moscow's collection of Kazak and Tuvan folk music (also includes Chechen and Ingush recordings). Original collector(s) unknown.
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