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Anthems of All Nations, Vol. 1 & 2
These aren't really all of the national anthems out there, but you do get to hear a sampling, from Belgium to Turkey, Mexico to Japan. Liner notes provide background and lyrics.
This release combines two original Folkways Records LPs, FW03881 and FW03882.
These aren't really all of the national anthems out there, but you do get to hear a sampling, from Belgium to Turkey, Mexico to Japan. Liner notes provide background and lyrics.
This release combines two original Folkways Records LPs, FW03881 and FW03882.
Folk Music of Pakistan
Indian Love Rites: Durga Puja and Kali Puja in Calcutta
Music from South Asia
This diverse collection highlights the intricate differences among musical traditions of the Indian subcontinent. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, these recordings represent a wide range of style and musical tradition.
This diverse collection highlights the intricate differences among musical traditions of the Indian subcontinent. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, these recordings represent a wide range of style and musical tradition.
Music from South India: Kerala
Music of Bhutan
Aided by the region’s physical i...
The familiar clash of cymbals pulses from a nearby monastery. Men at an archery match laugh, teasing each other with folk lyrics. A woman wraps her traditional kira dress and prepares for a days work at her family's loom. The air is thick with the smell of butter tea, and from the valleys resonate the muttering storms of Druk Yul — the Land of the Thunder Dragon — the country known to the world as Bhutan.Aided by the region’s physical isolation of the Eastern Himalaya, the Bhutanese have a carefully-paced response to modernization. The Royal Government of Bhutan opened its borders to tourist travel in 1974 and has regulated international communication ever since. The Bhutanese people proactively embrace and preserve their Himalayan Buddhist traditions, protecting them from the rapid challenges of modernity.
The soundscapes collected in Music of the Bhutan offer invaluable documentation and serve as a pillar by which the success of Bhutan's cultural preservation can be measured. Anthropologist and early Himalayan traveler, Dr. Johann S. Szuszkiewicz, produced Music of the Bhutan in 1978, a time when scholars had just begun to study Bhutanese music, in an era when many Western recordings of the Himalaya focused only on Buddhist liturgical music. Despite inherent political, developmental, and demographic changes throughout the years, the very songs, instrumental music, dances, and spoken word compiled in Music of the Bhutan are often still heard in Bhutan today. Bhutan is a nation fervently preserving tradition and of a people with endless enthusiasm for their heritage.
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Music of India: Traditional & Classical
The traditional and classical music of India has developed over many centuries and continues to thrive as a dominant art form. The music of this collection showcases the practice of music for numerous occasions which may be as specific as to the time of day as shown by the following: “Unnaippol,” a striking...
The traditional and classical music of India has developed over many centuries and continues to thrive as a dominant art form. The music of this collection showcases the practice of music for numerous occasions which may be as specific as to the time of day as shown by the following: “Unnaippol,” a striking morning piece, “Raga Saarang,” to be played at mid-day, or “Theruva Theppo” which is sung during the evening.
