Music of the world's peoples.

Other author Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
Format Audio (Streaming)
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2003]
Description1 online resource.
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SeriesEthnic folkways library
Folkways ethnic series
Ethnic Folkways library. ^A632055
Contents v. 1. Madagascar: Oay Lalay e; chant malgache--Ireland: Medley of reels [on] Drowsy Maggie, Scottish Mary, Flogging reel--Georgia, Caucasian: Greek Orthodox Church choir.--Greece: shepherd clarinet-like pipes, kanun acc.--Japan. Gagaku: Imperial sho koto chant--Nigeria, Yoruba tribe: choral "singing" conversation, with signal drums.--India: sanai gath, raga kaphi, classical--France, Pyrenees: dance tune--Russian gypsy: vocal, with harmonica acc.--Bali, Gender Wajang: gamelan orchestra of Koeta.--Arabia: vocal, with instrumental acc.--Tahiti: Maururu roa vu. Riro mau. Hah hah moorea. Tau tiri ita. Ute upa upa.--Tibet: Lament for the dead, chant--United States: Pretty Polly--Iceland: Song of greeting Hlidarendakoti, rymur--Spain: Paternas, canto hondo./ V. 2. Cuba: Sutileza, son--Finland: Velisurmaaja, Edward ballad--Ukraine: There's a well in the field, folksong--Canada, Gaspian Bay: Adieu donc mes chers parents--American Indians, Sioux: Courting melody--Serbia: Ugasnule oci, cerne--China: Hu-k'in melody--Italy: La novena di Natale--Iran: Segah--Australian aborigines: Corroborree song--Chile: Festival dance--Albania: Lule sofo djale lule--Western Congo: Xylophones--Jewish: Oriental kol nidre--Kashmir: folk dance--Azerbaijan: folk song./ V. 3. Mexico: Sones of Huasteca--England: As I went out one May morning--Peru: Maraypatapi--Philippines: 'Urukay chant; Kalipay merrymaking--Puerto Rico: Baquine--Viet Nam: Instrumental--Bulgaria: Instrumental--Dahomey: [Vocal, with percussion acc.]--Washington Coast Indians: Bone game--Argentina: Chacarera--Hungarian gypsy: Instrumental--Trinidad: Fire brigade--Zululand: Instrumentals--Yugoslavia: Epic song--Brazil: Bambo du Bambu--Thailand: Classical music drama--Turkey: Gazel niguie gultchini--Egypt: Ya bougaitha hatl gaddarah./ V. 4. Ituri Forest pygmies: Boys' circumcision song--Borneo: Gamelon--Switzerland: Yodelling solo--Mexico: Yaqui dance--U.S.S.R.: Folk song--Estonia: Vocal with instrumental acc.--Rumania: Dance, instrumental--Ceylon: Voice, drums, rattles--Austria: Vocal with instrumental acc.--Samoa: Vocal--Bretagne: Vocal--Portugal: Christmas song--Venezuela: Dance, instrumental--Armenia: Dance, vocal and instrumental--Sweden: Walking tune--Java: Classical song--Korea: Classical song--Kurdistan: Wedding song--U.S.A.: Blues./ V. 5. Jamaica: Quadrille--Asturia: Folk dance--Southwest Africa: Female chorus and drum--Honduras: Instrumental dance--Byelorussia: Folk song--Algeria: Adjouadi hadi quadjba, song from South Oran--Zulu: Si zinyoni (Evening birds)--Cajun (Louisiana): Rue Canal--Hawaii-Kawikaa: Hula olopa--Haiti: Vaccines--Ethiopia: I beg you, heart, male voice with begenna--Malaya: Song (Temiar dream music)--Burma: Classic music (Aw ba thaung, excerpt from comic opera)--Syria: Khelet eyiounek, folk song--Afrikaans: Dis te ver om te ry--Poland: Kochani--Bolivia: El cholito, bailecito--Morocco: Sbaibi fel-mout--Lebanon: In the name of the Father--Nepal: Folk song--Fiji: Wooden slit gong ; Vakambolo (hand dance)--Scotland: Heelian becko heliora.
General noteEdited by Henry Cowell.
General notePreviously issued 1951-1961 as 10 analog discs in 5 containers, Folkways Records: FE 4504-4508.
General noteProgram notes by the editor on leaflets, laid in each container; vol. 2 has 2 leaflets.
General noteSmithsonian Folkways Recordings: F-4504, FE 4505-4508.
General noteVocal and instrumental music.

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