Music Recording (Collection)Henrietta Yurchenco collection from Spain and Morocco
Main title
- Henrietta Yurchenco collection from Spain and Morocco [sound recording].
Published/Created
- 1953-1978.
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Description
- 55 sound tape reels : analog ; 5 in.
- 1 sound tape reel : analog ; 7 in.
- 1 sound cassette : analog.
- 1 folder manuscripts.
Rights advisory
- Duplication of sound recordings may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Access advisory
- Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
Local shelving no.
- RXH 2130-2184; RYN 4385
- AFC 1999/022
Performer
- Various performers, including instrumentalists playing guitar, saxophone, flute, drums, and other instruments; choral groups; solo vocalists; and children.
Summary
- Field recordings by ethnomusicologist Henrietta Yurchenco of instrumental music, songs, dances, choral music, children's songs, religious songs, and flamenco, from the southern, western, and central provinces of Spain and the Balearic Islands in 1953-1954. Yurchenco made twenty field recordings in Tangier and Tetuan, Morocco from April to June, 1956, which include women's songs, psalms, prayers, ballads, wedding songs and other ritual songs, romances and stories of Sephardic Jews in Morocco.
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Notes
- Recorded in various locations in Spain, including the provinces of Zamora, Avila, Caceres, Malaga, Granada, the Balearic Islands of Ibiza and Menorca in 1953-1954; and in Tangier and Tetuan, Morocco, 1956. Includes one recording from Yurchenco's return field trip to the Basque country, Spain in August, 1978.
- In Spanish and Hebrew.
Acquisition source
- Henrietta Yurchenco; Donation
Cite as
- Henrietta Yurchenco Collection from Spain and Morocco (AFC 1999/022), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Additional formats
- Digital preservation masters from original analog audio reels, 2011.
LCCN
- 2012655299
Geographic area code
- e-sp---
Repository
- DLC-AFC Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home opens in a new window
Type of material
- Music Recording (Collection)
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- American Folklife Center (Jefferson, LJG31)