A Voyage Round The World, in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution, commanded by capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5 by Georg Forster, F. R. S. in two volumes (vol.1) / Georg Forster
Travel of Georg Forster

1. Work songs and evening dances in Madeira

Madeira (Madera)
Title
Work songs and evening dances in Madeira
Short description
Describing Madeira, Georg Forster mentions the musical habits in question of the island's inhabitants.
Text on source
Oppressed as they are, they have however preserved a high degree of chearfulness, and contentment; their labours are commonly alleviated with songs, and in the evening they assemble from different cottages, to dance to the drowsy music of a guittar
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 19
Date
1772 08 01 circa
Observations on the events description
The author inserts his own judgement as he calls the guitar music on which the inhabitants dance 'drowsy'.
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Participants
No other participants in this event description.
Narrator
1
Place
1
Sounds
3
How to quote
Fabbrocino A. P., "Work songs and evening dances in Madeira" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 03 04.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.76

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