Classic African American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
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Classic African American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways

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Release Date February 22, 2026
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Catalog No.FLR-32076
JAN/ISBN 4589605032761
Product Type CD
Number of Discs 1

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[Machine Translation] [Smithsonian Folkways' popular series. From murders to heroic tales... a compilation of classic ballads that have been sung by African-Americans for generations. Ballads, the title of this album, refers to songs with stories and allegories (oral literature), which were originally sung by common people who did not have a written culture. A series of ballads has a simple structure consisting of a combination of verses and repeated phrases (refrains), which makes them very easy to sing and remember. The original 36-page booklet provides a broad context for these ballads, explaining "when/where/who" they were composed, as well as "other North American ballads" and "the history of ballads in the United States. The 36-page booklet provides a wide-ranging contextualization of the ballads, including where, when, and by whom they were composed, how they differ from other North American ballads, and how they have evolved over the past century.

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クラシック・アフリカン・アメリカン・バラッズ From スミソニアン・フォークウェイズ / オムニバス

＜Smithsonian Folkways＞の人気シリーズ。殺人事件から英雄譚に至るまで・・・アフリカ系アメリカ人の間で歌い継がれてきた名作バラッドをコンパイル! 本作のアルバム・タイトルに冠された＜バラッド＞とは、＜物語や寓意性のある歌 (口承文学/伝承歌)＞のことであり、元来は活字文化を持たない庶民によって歌い継がれてきた。一連のバラッドは、詩節と反復句 (リフレイン)の組み合わせによるシンプルな構造であるため、大変に口ずさみやすく、覚えやすいのがその大きな特徴となる。今回ご紹介する作品は、スミソニアン・フォークウェイズの保有するアフリカ系アメリカ人アーティストによるバラッドの名演を厳選してコンパイル。36ページに及ぶオリジナル・ブックレットでは、それらを幅広い文脈で考察し、＜いつ/どこで/誰によって作られたのか＞ということや、＜他の北米のバラッドとの相違点＞、さらには＜過去1世紀におけるバラッドの変遷＞などといったところまで掘り下げて紹介している。

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