| Description |
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
The Alan Lomax collection |
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Alan Lomax collection.
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| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Event |
"Alan Lomax and several of his colleagues made these Christmas recordings from 1950-1964"--Insert. |
| Note |
Previously released material. |
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Compact disc. |
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Program notes by Matthew Barton and Ellen Harold, and texts with English translations ([40] p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Entrance of Father Christmas : from the Symondsbury Mummer's play (Symondsbury Mummers) (:58) -- The twelve days of Christmas (Bob & Ron Copper) (2:20) -- Christmas rhyme (Ewan MacColl) (:21) -- The motion tune (Red Ants) (2:13) -- Mari Lywd ceremony (David Thomas & party) (1:17) -- Midwinter horn solo (unknown Dutch player) (:40) -- Aguinaldo (Valencia, Spain buskers) (2:40) -- Tu scendi dalle stelle (Caggiano pipers) (3:54) -- A warm drink for the baby (Seamus Ennis) (2:08) -- Taladh an leinibh losa (Scottish crofter group) (1:10) -- No room at the inn ; Last month of the year (Vera Ward Hall) (8:55) -- Venite adoremus (unidentified priest, Abruzzi, Italy) (1:40) -- Tan tan (Manuela Morena) (2:06) -- Shepherds arise (Bob & Ron Copper) (2:23) -- La fils du roi de gloire (Trinidadian cantique singers) (3:55) -- Sherburne (Sacred harp singers) (1:43) -- Caramiles (1:17) ; Exit tune from Midnight Mass (:49) (local group, Ibiza, Spain) -- Las doce por la virgen (Julio Ramos Polo) (3:00) -- Rumanian midwinter carol (local group, Hunedoara, Rumania) (:56) -- Singing the travels (Tom Everleigh) (1:07) -- The Gower wassail song (Charley Bate) (2:40) -- Mari Lywd description & farewell verse (Margaretta Thomas) (1:08) -- Walk Billy Abbot (1:22) ; O day (2:12) (Georgia Island Sea Singers) (1:22) -- Conch shell horn on New Year's Eve in Positano, Italy (:55) -- New Year's Day tarentella [i.e. New Year's Day tarantella] (Putipu Band of Capri) (1:45) -- Capo d'anno (Ponte Langarino group) (5:10) -- Bon nouvelle (Trinidadian cantique singers) (3:53) -- Breaking up Christmas (Norman Edmonds) (1:56) -- Conclusion of Symondsbury Mummer's play (:09). |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Christmas music.
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Folk music.
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Field recordings.
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| Added Author |
Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002.
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| Added Title |
Songs of Christmas |
| Standard No. |
011661171923 |
| Music No. |
11661-1719-2 Rounder |
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1719 Rounder |
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