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Tonight we have the first of a series of Abendlandung specials on Rob Young's
wonderful book "Electric Eden - Unearthing Britains Visionary Music". Unlike
usual, this show, as well as the other Electric Eden specials, will be in
english (with eastern Belgian accent).
In this first part, we hear music by: Frederick Delius, Ralph Vaughan Williams,
Gustav Holst, Arnold Bax, John Ireland, Duncan Mcphee & Frank Quinn, Jeannie
Robertson, Alan Lomax, Philip Astle & Paul Williamson, The Magpie Horns, Ewan
MacColl, Peggy Seeger, Shirley Collins, Davy Graham, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn,
Anne Briggs, The Watersons, The Young Tradition.
Note: there is a mistake in the show: The third piece, by Gustav Holst, is not
from "Mass of Life" (which is by Frederick Delius), but from his composition
"The Hymn of Jesus". Please excuse this!
The Book: In Rob Young's groundbreaking survey of more than a ce...
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