Folk Music of Italy, Episode 4: Italian Work Songs (part 2)

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Date recorded: April 17, 1955
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Broadcaster: BBC
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Track Number: 10
Archive ID: B010
Original ID: T565R01
Note: Discussed in this part: Threshing floor song to the mules. Song of the the winnowers with percussion. Launedas procession in Sardinia with chorus. Song for almond harvest in Sicily (choral ballad). Tobacco workers in Puglia (choral ballad, "The White Rose of Florence" ["Mamma dammi cento lire, in America voglio andar"]). Chestnut gatherers in the hills of Avellino. La vendemmia, or wine harvest, is as sensual as the wheat harvest is serious. "O'e! Signorina!" (choral song). Alan recites a Sicilian grape harvest toast. Unemployment. Song of stonebreakers of Pulgia with accompaniment of hammers.
Belongs to: Folk Music of Italy (BBC)
About the session: The Folk Music of Italy was an eight-part series of Italian folk music produced and hosted by Alan Lomax for the BBC's Third Programme. The recordings were made by Lomax during his Italian field trip in 1954 and early 1955; the series was compiled before his return to England in the early spring of 1955.
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