Folk Music of Italy, episode 7: East of Naples (part 2)

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Date recorded: June 2, 1955
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Broadcaster: BBC
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Track Number: 23
Archive ID: B023
Original ID: T223R01
Note: Discussed in this part: Artisan tradition similar all over Italy. Solo and mixed male & female chorus with accordion and guitar. Puglia. Serfdom only abolished in 1808. Crack-voiced melancholy of the vineyard workers of Bari. Better-paid, unionized workers: "lift up your skirt, but don't tell your father," underlain by tension. Magical atmosphere of the megalithic Trulli landscape. Lullabies. Harvest songs. Quadriglia. Greek influences in the plain of Salento below Lecce. Music Greek Orthodox in style. Martano. Work songs. Female professional mourners in Martano. Transhumance. Polyphony.
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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