Folk Music of Italy, Episode 5: Songs of the Italian Alps (part 4)

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Date recorded: May 5, 1955
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Broadcaster: BBC
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Track Number: 16
Archive ID: B016
Original ID: T571R01
Note: Discussed in this part: The great ballad and polyphonic singing traditions of Ceriana in Liguria. "The Captain's Beautiful Daughter" (sung polyphonically). "Dona Lombarda ("Rosalinda" from the Chronicle of the Lombards, is the most famous ballad. Example of a ballad with guitar accompaniment "Mia madre di buon mattina me fa alzar" ("The Knight and the Girl at the Fountain"). But ballad with choral refrain is the main tradition and was formerly danced, "Teresina." Trallalero singing of the dockworkers of Genoa.
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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