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Title: Folk Music of Italy, Episode 8: Calabria, Sicily, and Sardinia (part 4)
Date recorded: June 13, 1955
Contributor(s): Performer: Lomax, Alan; Broadcaster: BBC
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Track Number: 29
Archive ID: B029
Original ID: T552R01
Note: Discussed in this part: Sardinia. Launeddas triple oboe played with three reeds, brought thousand years ago from Egypt. Persistence of Carthaginian influence. Difficulty of mastering the instrument. Note: This segment is incomplete on Lomax's tape.
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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