Chanté, O-Maria Chanté

Genres / Genres

talk/ambience, dance song

Performers / Performers

Ferguston, Alpha

Herelle, Dickson

Albert, Prince

Herelle, Benton

Modest, McNeil

Gerard, Jones

Callisc, Lard

Jobier, Maford

Launes, Joseph

Disposition / Setting

Unspecified

Lieu / Location

Anse la Raye

Langage / Language

Créole Français de Sainte-Lucie

Session / Session

Anse La Raye I 7/62

Date / Date

18/07/1962

Information de référence / Reference information

T1169.0, Track 08 (00:03:26)

Sessions notes / Sessions notes

This session features performances by members of a La Rose (lewòz) society performing La Rose songs, a group of men performing wake and work songs, and two women performing lullabies.

Note d'enregistrement / Recording notes

Alternating solo voice and chorus sections. Chorus sings in unison and parallel harmony. Lomax asks in French for someone with a beauful voice (une belle voix) to sing a song.

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)