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Music of the World's Peoples: Vol. 1
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produced by Henry Cowell, 1897-1965 (Folkways Records, 1951), 48 mins

Hear a girls’ chorus from Madagascar, an Irish reel played on uileann pipes (bagpipes), a Greek Orthodox church choir singing medieval organum(an early form of polyphony). Selections also come from Japan, Nigeria, India, France, Tahiti and Iceland. The musical journey continues in four subsequent volumes.

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produced by Henry Cowell, 1897-1965 (Folkways Records, 1951), 48 mins
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Music of the World's Peoples: Vol. 5
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produced by Henry Cowell, 1897-1965 (Folkways Records, 1961), 56 mins

Singing, chanting and playing instruments—music is a human activity that often draws a community together. Musicians from Haiti, Poland, Burma, Fiji and Scotland share their ways of making a joyful noise on this final volume in the Music of the World’s Peoples collection. (See also FW04504, FW04505, FW04506 and...

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produced by Henry Cowell, 1897-1965 (Folkways Records, 1961), 56 mins
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Toward World Understanding with Song
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produced by Robert Evans Nye, fl. 1966 (Folkways Records, 1966), 1 hour 19 mins
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produced by Robert Evans Nye, fl. 1966 (Folkways Records, 1966), 1 hour 19 mins
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