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Genres / Genres

instrumental, dance tune, quadrille

Performers / Performers

Magras, Manuel

Magras, Constan

Greaux, Louis

Blanchard, George

Nom du groupe / Group name

Quadrille group

Disposition / Setting

Unspecified

Lieu / Location

Flamands

Langage / Language

Français

Session / Session

Flamands I 7/62

Date / Date

07/07/1962

Information de référence / Reference information

T1159.0, Track 04 (00:02:50)

Sessions notes / Sessions notes

This session features a number of instrumental and vocal configurations. It includes solo accordion, a quadrille ensemble (performing instrumental music), and solo and choral singing, as well as multiple interviews. Many of the performances styles typically accompany a dance of some sort. Alan Lomax wrote of this session, ?Dr. Jean Maurice, Edward Gréaux (Roro) and Gramont La Place took us to Flamard and Columbia, where we recorded Saturday evening, Sunday morning and Sunday evening. Manuel Magras, a man of 70 odd [years] was the proprietor the bar in Flammard [sic]? (Field Log). At the time of this recording, Manuel Magras was 70, Constan Magras was 39, Louis Greaux was 16, and George Blanchard was 33 years old (ibid).

Collection / Collection

Caribbean 1962

General information / Information générale

Ce document provient de la collecte réalisée par Alan Lomax dans les Petites Antilles en 1962. Propriété de l'Association for Cultural Equity. Pour toute autre utilisation, contactez l'Association for Cultural Equity (www.culturalequity.org)

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