Gypsies sing long ballads
Description
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.
Runtime
29 minutes
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
Similar Films
Songs for Ralph
Lomax. The songhunter
Ghosts of our forest
Carnival in Q'eros. Where the mountains meet the jungle
The song collector
The Pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllur Rit'i. The Walk Experience
Kentucky Music. Kentucky Wild Horse
The JVC video anthology of world music and dance. Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary. Europe II. Volume 21
Leadbelly
The presence of the past. Madagascar, music, and devotion
Treasures of African music
The JVC video anthology of world music and dance. Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Qatar. Middle East & Africa I. Volume 16
Morocco. ‘Gateway to Africa’—The North
American epic. Blood and soil. Episode 2
Crossing Over Trinidad. Ma Ada Daisy Parang 1. Part 1