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Basque Country: Navarre These rare recordings offer improvised
sung poetry in the ancient Basque language - deep-voiced fishermens
harmonies and clear womens voices from the green valleys and
mountains - as well as the sounds of the Navarrese jotas, pipe
and drum ensembles, and the irrintzi, the reverberating cry that
marked the culmination of Alan Lomaxs sojourn in Spain. The Spanish
Recordings Alan Lomax made these historic recordings in 1952 while
traveling for months through Spanish villages, under formidable
physical and political circumstances, during the Franco regime
in 1952. Covering the breadth of Spain, these songs and dance
melodies constitute a portrait of rural Spain's richly varied
musical life, dispelling the common stereotypes of Spanish folk
music. The Alan Lomax Collection The Alan Lomax Collection is
an unrivaled assemblage of international field recordings, matchless
in both sound quality and choice of performers and material, anthologizing
the work of the twentieth centurys foremost folklorist, Alan
Lomax. Recorded in 1952 by Alan Lomax and Jeannette Bell. Remastered
to 24-bit digital from the original field recordings. Contains
previously unreleased recordings.
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