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?afla:  Bedouin Evening:  Coffee Grinding, Da???ya Dance, Poem's Declamation
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produced by Amnon Shiloah; in Bedouin Music of Southern Sinai (Folkways Records, 1978), 6 mins

When this recording was made, the Bedouin of Southern Sinai were striving to maintain their semi-nomadic ways of life in a changing world. This selection provides a valuable record of and insight into their repertory of archaic poetry, songs and dances, as well as more popular tunes.

produced by Amnon Shiloah; in Bedouin Music of Southern Sinai (Folkways Records, 1978), 6 mins
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produced by Wolfgang Laade, 1925-2013; in The Bora of the Pascoe River: Cape York Peninsula, Northeast Australia (Folkways Records, 1975), 2 mins
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Black Eyed Suzy
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produced by Eric H. Davidson, 1937-2015; performed by Iron Mountain String Band; in Iron Mountain String Band: An Old Time Southern Mountain String Band (Folkways Records, 1973), 3 mins
Eric Davidson (banjo), Caleb Finch (fiddle), and Peggy Haine (guitar) present a selection of tunes and songs learned from field recordings they collected in Grayson and Carroll counties, Virginia, beginning in 1956.
produced by Eric H. Davidson, 1937-2015; performed by Iron Mountain String Band; in Iron Mountain String Band: An Old Time Southern Mountain String Band (Folkways Records, 1973), 3 mins
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Sourwood Mountain
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produced by Mike Seeger, 1933-2009; performed by Kilby Snow; in Kilby Snow: Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp (Folkways Records, 1969), 2 mins
produced by Mike Seeger, 1933-2009; performed by Kilby Snow; in Kilby Snow: Country Songs and Tunes with Autoharp (Folkways Records, 1969), 2 mins
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6. Piano Music: 1861-1886
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written by Ben Arnold; edited by Ben Arnold; in The Liszt Companion (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002), 148-187
written by Ben Arnold; edited by Ben Arnold; in The Liszt Companion (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002), 148-187
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Naga-uta:  Urashima
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produced by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel, 1877-1935; in Music of the Orient (Folkways Records, 1979), 3 mins
produced by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel, 1877-1935; in Music of the Orient (Folkways Records, 1979), 3 mins
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performed by Ken Peacock; in Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland (Folkways Records, 1956), 1 min
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produced by Paul Newman and Eric H. Davidson, 1937-2015; in Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties, Virginia: Songs, Tunes with Fiddle, Banjo and Band (Folkways Records, 1962), 2 mins
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Selling Vegetables / Selling the Drought Boat
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produced by Han Guohuang, fl. 1981; in Vocal Music of Contemporary China, Vol. 1: The Han People (Folkways Records, 1980), 2 mins

Han Kuo-Huang selected this collection of Chinese Operas of the Han People. He explains that "art in contemporary China is to serve a specific (usually political) function rather than the ultimate art-for-art’s sake idea of the west" and that "the audience for this art is workers, peasants, and soldiers." The ol...

produced by Han Guohuang, fl. 1981; in Vocal Music of Contemporary China, Vol. 1: The Han People (Folkways Records, 1980), 2 mins
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