Record

Ref NoMS 4000/5/3/1/1
TitleTwo programmes (of 4) introduced by Alan Lomax for the BBC Third programme about the folk songs and music he had collected from the southern states of the U.S.A.
LevelFile
Daten.d. [1960]
DescriptionRecording of examples of polyphonic and choral music sung by Black people in the south of the USA.

CD 1 of 2

Track 1: Duration (min/sec) 3.46 Previous recording: talk about cod fishing, fish farming etc.
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 3.07 Description of track: Polyphony by the Sacred Harp movement in Tennessee
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 2.15 Description of track: Spirituals from Misissippi
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 4.17 Description of track: Choral singing by Black and white people
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 3.41 Description of track: Different use of an accompanying instrument
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 2.25 Description of track: Blind Sonny Terry Playing the harmonica
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 2.29 Description of track: Folk song from prisoners felling a tree
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 1.22 Description of track: Ditto
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 1.59 Description of track: A Black ploughman sings
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 2.25 Description of track: Work songs: origins of the Blues
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 1.19 Description of track: A good work song leader
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 2.00 Description of track: Vocal polyphony
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 1.37 Description of track: A 'levee camp holler' by 'Bamma'.
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 1.43 Description of track: 'Bamma's story.
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 2.09 Description of track: Conclusion with song.

Total duration: (min/sec): 36.34


CD 2 of 2

Track 1: Duration (min/sec) 0.18
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 1.45 Description of track: - Chorus of the Pentecostal church, Memphis
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 1.47 Description of track: Vera Hall Spiritual song: 'Trouble so hard'
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 1.45 Description of track: - Song from the Sea Islands, Georgia
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 2.23 Description of track: - Song about Moses from Mississippi
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 1.35 Description of track: - A different song about Moses
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.41 Description of track: - Religious dance about Moses, from the Sea Islands
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 2.13 Description of track: Bessie Jones Song about the turtle dove
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 2.53 Description of track: - 'Throw me anywhere Lord in that old field'
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 1.38 Description of track: - 'The judgement bar'
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 2.06 Description of track: - Song about motherless children, with guitar
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 1.54 Description of track: - Religious song
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 2.25 Description of track: - A 'Doctor Watts' style hymn
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 2.44 Description of track: - The minister sings
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 2.04 Description of track: - Song showing European influence
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 2.14 Description of track: - Bible songs from a specific Pentecostal congregation
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 4.55 Description of track: - Young singers from Norfolk,
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 0.15 Description of track: Silence

Total duration: (min/sec): Duration (min/sec): 36.35
Physical DescriptionListening copy: CD-R 1 of 2 serial number NF220T0913474
Listening copy: CD-R 2 of 2 serial number NF220T0918674

Original tape:
Size: 7" tape reel
Gauge: 1/4" tape (0.625cm)
Speed: 7.5ips (19cm/s);
EQ Curve used: IEC
Track configuration: Half Track Mono
Dubbing Date: 03/03
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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