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Title Gypsies sing long ballads / a film by John Cohen
Published Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media, 1982

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Description 1 online resource (29 min.)
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
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2016)
In English
Subject Romanies -- Scotland -- Music
Ballads -- Scotland
Folk music -- Scotland
Ethnomusicology -- Scotland
Ballads.
Ethnomusicology.
Folk music.
Manners and customs.
Romanies.
SUBJECT Scotland -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118869
Subject Scotland.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Music.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Cohen, John, 1932-2019, producer, director