Field recordings from Rajasthan (A.G. Gold, 1979-80)

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Collection Descriptive Notes
Groups of Rajasthani women sing various songs for special occasions. A woman from the Ajmer District tells a story.
Collection Technical Notes
Masters are dubs made at the LLA in 1982 from cassettes Gold lent to the lab. The cassettes were not the original field recordings but excerpts taken from them and to which Gold added descriptive slates. WAVE files are now converted to MP3s.
Contributor
Various (unnamed) native speakers
This collection has no playable audio.
Title Contributor Medium
“The Brahmin’s daughter and the five bachelors” Gold, Ann Grodzins (researcher); BhāBhāsa (speaker) 1/4 inch audio tape
Five women’s songs from village Rajasthan Gold, Ann Grodzins (compiler); Unnamed female singers (singer) 1/4 inch audio tape