Italian Treasury: Calabria
$16.98
The work chants of tuna fishermen of Vibo Valentia, the cries of the swordfishermen of Scilla; women, men, and children singing songs of work and celebration, of love and scorn; tarantellas; and lullabies; music for bagpipe, tambourine, and drums. This album returns us to a fascinating and unimaginable universe of sounds, noises, atmosphere, and feeling, tied to work and daily and ceremonial activity, recorded in Calabria in 1954 by Alan Lomax and Diego Carpitella.
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| "The repertoire included work chants of fishermen and peasants, love songs, courting and wedding tunes, tarantellas, religious and pastoral songs, and lullabies. Perhaps the most unusual tracks reveal the heterophonous vocal polyphony and vocal drone of the province's Albanian villages (e.g., "Alla campagnola," "Ce lu toccamu lu peduzzu a rosa," and "Pumellu russu e bandera de nave." See Rounder's Northern and Central Italy and the Albanians of Calabria). Where used, instruments include diatonic and chromatic accordion, zampogna (bagpipes, of four distinct types), harmonica, various flutes, shawm (an oboe-like woodwind), guitar, chitarra battente, mandolin, lira (a pear-shaped fiddle), violin and a variety of percussion." - Michael Stone, RootsWorld |
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