| Ref No | MS 4000/5/3/1/11 |
| Title | 'A Ballad Hunter looks at Ireland: 7'. The seventh of eight programmes about British folk music, by Alan Lomax, in the company of Seamus Ennis and Brian George.
And continuing (from MS 4000/5/3/1/10) the third of five programmes in the BBC Third programme series 'Epic Survivals in Europe, Africa and Asia': 'Traces of the Epic in Africa' introduced by K. P. Wachsmann.' |
| Level | File |
| Date | n.d. [1957; 1963] |
| Description | Tracks 2 to 20 form the 'Ballad hunter' programme.
Tracks 21 to 30 form the 'Epic survivals' programme. This is a continuation of the programme from MS 4000/ 5/3/1/10. There are interruptions on various tracks.
Track 1: Duration (min/sec): 0.16 Description of track: Tape noise
Track 2: Duration (min/sec): 0.22 Description of track: Programme announcement
Track 3: Duration (min/sec): 0.56 Description of track: Maureen O'Sullivan Sings
Track 4: Duration (min/sec): 1.14 Description of track: Seamus Ennis Uillean pipe tunes
Track 5: Duration (min/sec): 1.09 Description of track: Seamus Ennis Song 'Whisky in the jar'
Track 6: Duration (min/sec): 5.21 Description of track: Seamus Ennis Explanation of the Uillean pipes with tunes and a song
Track 7: Duration (min/sec): 1.07 Description of track: Comparison with American song
Track 8: Duration (min/sec): 0.50 Description of track: Patrick O'Keefe Fiddler in Kerry with another version of the tune
Track 9: Duration (min/sec): 1.00 Description of track: Elizabeth Cronin 'The oldest tune in Ireland' sung in Gaelic
Track 10: Duration (min/sec): 0.48 Description of track: Maureen O'Sullivan Sings
Track 11: Duration (min/sec): 1.30 Description of track: Tune 'The lark in the morning'
Track 12: Duration (min/sec): 0.38 Description of track: Connemara
Track 13: Duration (min/sec): 2.05 Description of track: Brian George Talks about recording musicians for the BBC Folksong archive. Colin O'? sings in English
Track 14: Duration (min/sec): 1.02 Description of track: Mary Joyce Sings
Track 15: Duration (min/sec): 1.01 Description of track: Sean MCD onagh Sings a lament for a dead girl in Gaelic
Track 16: Duration (min/sec): 3.11 Description of track: Sean MCD onagh A whistle plays a dance tune. Song: John Morrissey and a Russian sailor
Track 17: Duration (min/sec): 1.09 Description of track: Donegal: Lamenting the dead
Track 18: Duration (min/sec): 2.53 Description of track: Micky Docherty Fiddle tune 'The fox chase'
Track 19: Duration (min/sec): 1.06 Description of track: Margaret Barry Sings: 'She moved through the fair' in Dundalk
Track 20: Duration (min/sec): 2.07 Description of track: Margaret Barry, Michael Gorman, Paddy Brean, Tom McGuire Folk music session in Camden Town, London
Track 21: Duration (min/sec): 3.49 Description of track: Song in praise of Kaabaka Suna
Track 22: Duration (min/sec): 3.26 Description of track: Use of obscure and oblique phrases. Song from the Kuyu about the arrival of the first white man
Track 23: Duration (min/sec): 1.36 Description of track: Example of recitation from the Vili tribe
Track 24: Duration (min/sec): 1.37 Description of track: Recording from the Cameroons in praise of the kings of Bamum
Track 25: Duration (min/sec): 2.22 Description of track: Story teller of the Hausa of northern Nigeria
Track 26: Duration (min/sec): 1.29 Description of track: Musical instruments
Track 27: Duration (min/sec): 2.50 Description of track: The Sunjata legend of the Manding of West Africa
Track 28: Duration (min/sec): 2.29 Description of track: Accompanying instrumentation (xylophone)
Track 29: Duration (min/sec): 2.30 Description of track: Conclusion
Track 30: Duration (min/sec): 0.31 Description of track: End of programme announcement
Track 31: Duration (min/sec): 5.17 Description of track: Silence
Total duration: (min/sec): 57.41 |
| Related Material | See MS 4000/ 1/7/3 for script of the 'Traces of the epic in Africa' programme. |
| Physical Description | Listening copy: 1 x CD-R serial number PF219T0314874
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 Status | Open |
| Language | English |