MTU Library Catalogue

Tuva : voices from the center of Asia.

Material type: materialTypeLabelMusicPublisher: Washington, DC : Smithsonian/Folkways Records, [1990]Copyright date: ©1990Description: 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.Content type: performed music Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discSubject(s): Throat singing -- Russia (Federation) -- Tuva | Folk music -- Russia (Federation) -- Tuva | Folk songs, Tuvinian -- Russia (Federation) -- Tuva | Tuvinians -- MusicDDC classification: CD/4946
Contents:
Steppe Kargiraa -- Sigit -- Sigit "Alash" -- Sigit with Igil (bowed instrument) -- Khoomei -- Tespeng khoomei -- Kozhamik (medley) with khoomei, sigit, and kargiraa -- Kargiraa duet "Artii-Sayir" -- Khomuz melodies -- Borbannadir -- Ezengileer -- Sigit with khomuz -- Medley of various throat-singing styles -- Kargiraa "Artii-Sayir" -- Melody on the amirge (hunting horn): luring of the stag -- Imitation of the roe deer -- Imitation of the musk deer -- Imitation of the reindeer -- Imitation of owl -- Imitation of wolf's howl -- Domestication of sheep to lamb -- Domestication of goat to kid -- Domestication of cow to calf -- Domestication of camel to calf -- Excerpt from shamanic healing ritual -- Funeral lament -- Lullaby -- Wooden jew's harp -- Lullaby with khoomei -- Long song: "Don't frighten the crane" -- Long song: "When I graze my beautiful sheep" -- Kozhamiktar (antiphonal quatrains) -- Ceremonial song: "Hymn to the mountains."

"Miraculous singing from Siberia preserves an ancient sound world"--Container

"Throat-singing" by musicians from rural parts of the Soviet Union.

Program notes, map, lyrics, bibliography and discography on leaflet.

Steppe Kargiraa -- Sigit -- Sigit "Alash" -- Sigit with Igil (bowed instrument) -- Khoomei -- Tespeng khoomei -- Kozhamik (medley) with khoomei, sigit, and kargiraa -- Kargiraa duet "Artii-Sayir" -- Khomuz melodies -- Borbannadir -- Ezengileer -- Sigit with khomuz -- Medley of various throat-singing styles -- Kargiraa "Artii-Sayir" -- Melody on the amirge (hunting horn): luring of the stag -- Imitation of the roe deer -- Imitation of the musk deer -- Imitation of the reindeer -- Imitation of owl -- Imitation of wolf's howl -- Domestication of sheep to lamb -- Domestication of goat to kid -- Domestication of cow to calf -- Domestication of camel to calf -- Excerpt from shamanic healing ritual -- Funeral lament -- Lullaby -- Wooden jew's harp -- Lullaby with khoomei -- Long song: "Don't frighten the crane" -- Long song: "When I graze my beautiful sheep" -- Kozhamiktar (antiphonal quatrains) -- Ceremonial song: "Hymn to the mountains."

Recorded in Tuva in 1987.

Compact disc.

Alan Cutts Collection.