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Gypsies sing long ballads /

Scotland's Gypsies have lived outside mainstream society for more than 500 years. Although some of the 'Travelling People' still live by the sides of roads, most live today in houses and are under pressure to abandon their culture. This film celebrates their traditional music, especia...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cohen, John, 1932-2019 (Producer, Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media, 1982.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Romanies > Scotland > Music.
Ballads > Scotland.
Folk music > Scotland.
Ethnomusicology > Scotland.
Scotland > Social life and customs.
Tsiganes > Écosse > Musique.
Ballades > Écosse.
Ethnomusicologie > Écosse.
Écosse > Mœurs et coutumes.
Ballads
Ethnomusicology
Folk music
Manners and customs
Romanies
Scotland
documentary film.
Documentary films
Music
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Scotland's Gypsies have lived outside mainstream society for more than 500 years. Although some of the 'Travelling People' still live by the sides of roads, most live today in houses and are under pressure to abandon their culture. This film celebrates their traditional music, especially the long unaccompanied British ballads that date back hundreds of years and have been handed down by memory through the generations. This remarkable and sensitive documentary will be of interest to courses in cultural anthropology, European peoples, ethnomusicology, and the arts and humanities. It was produced by the noted filmmaker and musician, John Cohen.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (29 min.)
Playing Time:00:28:06