Argentina - The Indians of the Grand Chaco CD
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LAS-7295
$12.99
This landmark recording provides an extraordinary glimpse into the world of the Indians of the Gran Chaco region of Argentina. The first knowledge of existing native tribes in this area comes from expeditions completed by Spanish conquerors and up until the end of the 19th century, advancement of western culture was most evident in the chaquenos habitat. There is an abundance of ritual songs and dances in this collection with themes such as musical therapy of the Shamans, time for feasting, Shaman's control over rain and songs based on death, among others.
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| Chinese Opera - Lisa Lu & K.S. Chen CD
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LAS-7232
$12.99
"Wu Chia Po" or "The Reunion," is actually an excerpt from the Peking Opera "Lady Precious Stream." This magnificent recording, first "released on Lyrichord in 1973, is now once again available on the Lyrichord Archive Series. Featuring two legendary stars of the Chinese Opera, Lisa Lu and K.S. Chen, as well as the The Reunion Ensemble, this recording fully illustrates why the Peking Opera has been the most popular form of theatrical performance to grace the Chinese stage since its beginnings during the culturally innovative Ching Dynasty (1644-1911).
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Folk Music of India (Orissa) CD
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LAS-7183
$12.99
Orissa is a particularly intriguing region of India. Here the Aryan culture of North India meets that of the Dravidian South. There are a number of aboriginal tribes who preserve much of their original way of life, particularly in the highland interior. This recording includes representative songs of various tribes and castes in Orissa, reflecting the diversity of language and variety of music to be found in this region. The recordings were made in 1963-4 and includes 18 tracks from five tribes and castes.
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LAS-7261
$12.99
A classic Lyrichord recording by world music pioneer Verna Gillis. Ms. Gillis recorded this fascinating field work during one of her trips to Iran in the early 1970s. She ventured deep into the Zargos mountain region to Luristan, and to the southeastern Fars province - the birthplace of the Persian language, Farsi. On this recording, she captured the indigenous folk and love songs and traditional instruments of these ancient people. Instruments on this recording include the Nay, Setar, Zurna, Dumbeck, Kemantche and Narghareh drum. All texts of songs are included.
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Java Music of Mystical Enchantment CD |
LAS-7301
$12.99
Traditional Javanese gamelan, including male singing, small gamelan, traditional music used to accompany the slow, stylized movements of the classical Serimpi court dance, and an excerpt of a lengthy bawa, or vocal introduction to a gamelan composition. Recorded by ethnomusicologist Doreen Powers in the field in 1974.
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| Japanese Shamisen Jiuta Ensemble: Japanese Shamisen CD
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LAS-7209
$12.99
JAPANESE SHAMISEN, Chamber Music (Jiuta) with Koto and Shakuhachi, originally recorded in the 1960s, is now digitally available on the Lyrichord Archive Series. The shamisen stringed instrument is the great cultural bequest of the Edo Period (1615-1868). Its bittersweet twang accompanied the early folk songs, the sagas of military heroes, and was part of the background cacophony of the pleasure district of old Edo (Tokyo). Chamber Music, in ensemble with koto, shamisen and shakuhachi playing contemporary music, are referred to as jiuta, and are beautifully represented on this recording.
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| Middle Caste Religious Music from India CD
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LAS-7323
$12.99
This intriguing recording made in 1973 by internationally acclaimed ethnomusicologist Dr. Rosina Schlenker, is a comprehensive journey through the music in the Indian caste system. The history of Indian culture is determined by the caste system which gradually developed since the invasion of the Aryans, the "nobly-born". The middle castes are the actual center of the Indian music culture, represented by highly developed and refined classical ragas and talas.
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Lower Caste Religious Music from India CD
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$12.99
World-renowned ethnomusicologist, Dr. Rosina Schlenker, continues her mesmerizing exploration of the music of the Indian caste system in this recording from 1973. The history of Indian culture is determined by the caste system which gradually developed since the invasion of the Aryans, the "nobly-born". Particularly in the lower castes, there is great poverty among the simple workmen, servants and peasants. Their music is characterized by simple melodies and rhythms and is sometimes dramatized by transvestite dancers.
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LAS-7346
$12.99
This recording of historical Japanese poetry chanted by Shufu Abe, was made in Japan by renowned recordist Katsumasa Takasago.
The Japanese practice of chanting poetry originated as a result of studying Chinese poems (Kanshi) many of which were imported in the sixth century. Reading the poems with pitch and rhythm made recitation and memorization easier, and teachers of Chinese poetry must have composed their own melodies, which are difficult to trace now. Shufu Abe chants poems of the Edo Period, and the So Period and includes poems about the beauties of nature and countryside, historical poems, and a poem about the joys of drink.
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| The Kyoto Kabuki Orchestra: Japanese Kabuki Nagauta Music CD
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LAS-7134
$12.99
Remastered and newly released for the first time since the 1960s, JAPANESE KABUKI NAGAUTA MUSIC. played by the The Kyoto Kabuki Orchestra, is now digitally available on the Lyrichord Archive Series. Compared with the Japanese Noh play, which developed a few centuries before, Kabuki is secular, realistic, and even somewhat vulgar. The gestures of Noh are condensed and symbolical; its characters abstract and esthetic. Kabuki teems with color and life. Its music is derived from many sources, including shrine and folk music. This recording fully captures and conveys the authentic Kabuki tradition for contemporary listeners to enjoy.
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| | | Lyrichord Archive Series ON SALE!
Every Title Featured in this Newsletter
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$249.00 for the entire 25 CD collection
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Lyrichord, in association with Multicultural Media, is pleased to present the Lyrichord Archive Series. This series makes many important Lyrichord recordings on LP of the past available again for the first time in years. These are special-edition compact discs with liner notes and illustrations and photographs reproduced as .pdf files, included right on the same CD as the music program. These liner notes can then be downloaded and printed out or saved on any computer. The Lyrichord Archive Series is designed with students, libraries, educational institutions, music historians and music enthusiasts in mind and is not available in stores.
We are celebrating the fact that Multicultural Media is taking over this series exclusively and are pleased to offer this current discount, as a result.
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Afghanistan - Music from Kabul CD
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LAS-7259  $12.99
A rare and fascinating recording, made by veteran producer Verna Gillis in 1972, Afghanistan encapsulates the rich musical textures of this historic part of world. This region is an important link in the chain of cultures binding Europe and Asia together. The western and northern music is dominated by Near Eastern or Central Asian styles, while East Afghan music is heavily Hindu oriented. Afghan instruments are basically simple, made up of mainly strings and drums such as the tanbur, rebab, sarinda, delruba, zerbaghali, dhol, tula and dotar. A rare glimpse at this rich, ancient civilization, still in pre-Taliban years.
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Afro-Brazilian Religious Songs Cantigas de Candomble, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil CD
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LAS-7315  $12.99
The music on this recording was selected from a large collection gathered in and around Salvador, Bahia, during the period 1967-1975. All selections were recorded in the context of the actual ceremonies studied, all in Ketu or Geg-Nago cult houses. The songs have Yoruba texts, with occasional Portuguese words used as exclamations. The present songs, functioning in public ceremonies, known as Oro, which follow well-set sequence of songs. The oro is divided into two parts, the first one being a "Call to the Gods," the second the "Presence of the Gods." The main liturgical function of the first part is to bring about spirit possession which signifies the response of the gods (orishas or vodouns). This is done through ritual dancing and music exclusively. For the second part, the possessed initiates are paraphernalia for the various gods that they personify. They are expected to act and react to each other according to specific myths involving the major deities of the Yoruba pantheon. Includes fourteen performances, recorded and edited by Gerard Behague.
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Cante Flamenco Ensemble: Spanish Cante Flamenco CD
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LAS-7363  $12.99
This recording, made in Madrid, features two of the most popular of Spain's exponents of cante flamenco. Now digitally available on the Lyrichord Archive Series, the magnificent recording of Cante flamenco can be fully enjoyed for the first time since the 1960s. In Cante flamenco, the emphasis for the singer is entirely on subtlety of nuance and the variety of emotional expression. Precise intonation and breath control are among the most important demands placed upon the artist, but above all, this recording captures and conveys the true spirit of the Andalusian gypsies and their enthralling musical traditions.
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Chinese Classical Masterpieces for the Pipa and Chin, performed by Lui Tsun-Yuen CD
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LAS-7182  $12.99
LUI TSUN-YUEN was born of a musical family in Soochow, China. At the age of ten, he took up the study of the Pipa and the Chin with the foremost masters in China and was coached by such musical scholars as Wang Yu-Ting and Hsia Pao-Shen. Equipped with a prodigious technique, Lui is a sensitive musician who is completely dedicated to his instruments. The only accomplished player in the Western countries, Lui is regarded at home, despite his youth, as one of the few great exponents of these classical instruments. Lui is also a composer and has written original compositions for the Pipa. Lui has played in Hong Kong both in recitals and in radio broadcasts. In Brazil, he was presented on T.V. by the Brazilian Ministry of Education. He also participated in the 1958 Sao Paolo Music Festival in a recital of Chinese classical music. Lui's performance was recorded by the B.B.C. for its permanent record collections. Includes nine performances and the original liner notes from 1965.
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Chinese Folk Songs Performed by Lui Hung CD
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LAS-7152  $12.99
Miss LUI HUNG is a noted Cantonese singer, with many recordings to her credit. She is the daughter of Lui Man-Sing, one of the foremost Chinese musicians of the 20th century, and was regarded as a "child of wisdom" as a 10-year old. She distinguished herself in classical Cantonese songs as well as modern Cantonese and Mandarin songs. She is equally expert in playing Chinese music, acting in Chinese opera, and dancing in Chinese classical and folk dances. Miss Lui has toured the United States, Canada and South-East Asia many times, and was been praised as the "Song Bird of South China" in the American Press. These ten ancient folksongs are performed beautifully by her and her accompanists on cheng, san-sen, nan-hu, pipa, yang-chin, dar-gue, song-sing, and ding-ling, among other instruments.
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Folk Music and Songs of Italy - Work Songs Vol. 1 CD
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LAS-7333  $12.99
Now available for the first time in 30 years, this digitally remastered recording provides a window into the cultural reality of Sicilian workers, whose stirring and unforgettable songs convey the hardship of life and labor in non-industrial Sicily. This important collection preserves peasant songs and street calls, as well as work songs sung by actual salt workers, cart drivers, and tuna fishermen, all recorded on location in the streets, in the salty sea, and on the tuna boats, where they had been sung for countless generations. Folk Music and Songs of Italy offers the very rare opportunity to hear some of the only recordings made of Sicilian workers, whose way of life was rapidly succumbing to the forces of industrialization and the modern age.
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LAS-7260  $12.99
World Music pioneer and producer Verna Gillis made these classic Lyrichord field recordings during her landmark recording trip to Kashmir in 1972. Kashmir, the land wedged between China, Pakistan and India, was the ancient route for Buddhists coming from India and Afghanistan en route to China. The music on this recording was all recorded on a houseboat on the waters of Lake Dal. Solo vocal singing in Kashmir is reserved for songs of worship, so secular music includes a rich variety of traditional instrumentation to accompany the singer. Instruments on this recording include the stringed Rebab, Harmonium, the vocal sounding Sarangi, and the clay drum called the Not. Eli Mohammad Shera and others sing Sufi love and devotional songs, and several instrumental solos and duets are included as well.
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Japanese Temple Music Zen, Nembutsu and Yamabushi Chants CD
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LAS-7117  $12.99
These Buddhist chants, accompanied by traditional instruments, were recorded at Kyoto, an ancient center of Japanese Buddhist worship and performed by groups of priests, monks and pilgrims. Ancient poems and scriptural narratives called sutras are the subject matter of the chants, and these differ from sect to sect as does the musical character and instrumentation used. Nembutsu, the reciting of the name of Buddha in faith and sincerity to achieve salvation, is the belief and the basis of the texts of worship. Includes three chants and the original liner notes from 1965 by Katsumasa Takasago.
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LAS-7395  $12.99
A beautiful studio recording from the 1980's by three master musicians and scholars who explore the rich and integral common threads linking the traditional music of China and Japan. Tim Liu is an award-winning master of the Di - the transverse flute of China. Liu studied and taught at the Chinese Culture University of Taiwan, and elsewhere in China and appeared as a soloist with the Taipei Municipal Chinese Orchestra. C. Ikehara and Lorie Brau are masters of the Shakuhachi and Shamisen, and studied extensively in Japan, and elsewhere in Asia. That they are also scholars of ethnomusicology allows them to explore the delicate interplay between the music of these two ancient cultures, in a manner that is as informed by their keen knowledge of musical history, as it is by their instrumental virtuosity. The result is an authentic cross-cultural experience in tradition that may not have been heard performed like this since the time of the Silk Road, though at one time must certainly have been a commonplace occurrence.
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Koto Kumuita Classical Song Cycles by Namino Torii CD
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LAS-7304  $12.99
Kumiuta in Japanese means a "set of songs" or "song cycle," and thus koto kumiuta implies a "song cycle accompanied by the koto." It is usually performed by a single musician who serves as both singer and accompanist. Four of the five greatest composers of sokyoku (literally meaning "koto music") from the 17th and 18th centuries are represented here and performed by Namino Torii, one of the leading musicians of the Yamada school of sokyoku. The recordings are from 1976. Text of each piece is included in Japanese (in romaji form) and with English translation.
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LAS-7202  $12.99
A gorgeous performance of a large Chinese classical orchestra, featuring all of the traditional instruments which give this type of orchestra its unique, majestic sound. Instruments include Pipa, Ti, Ta Ren, Sheng, Yang Cen, Ta-hu, Erhu and others. Pipa player and concertmaster Lui Pui Yuen, masterfully leads this band in both stirring and serene traditional orchestrations of Chinese folk songs, melodies dating as far back as the Yuan, Ching, and Ming dynasties, and tunes made popular in the Peking Opera. Recorded in the early 1960s, this recording takes the listener back to a time before there were still no western influences on this type of Chinese orchestral music.
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Merengues for the Dominican Republic CD
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LAS-7351  $12.99
Renowned world music producer Verna Gillis captured the lively rhythms and distinct personality of the Dominican Merengue in this recording from 1977. The modern Merengue is a synthesis of African and Spanish elements that retains a musical flavor all it's own. It is almost more South American sounding than Latin-Caribbean with its jaunty 2/4 swing. Originally it was a guitar based style and has since evolved to include accordion, guayo, tambora and marimbula. Although Merengue is considered party music it manages to convey lyrics that cover almost every facet of everyday life in the Dominican Republic.
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Street Music of Central Java CD
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LAS-7310  $12.99
Although, in recent years, many Westerners have been exposed to the beautiful and timeless sounds of the court gamelans of Central Java, very few have heard the remarkable folk version of this music tradition called siteran barangan (or cokekan or simply siteran). Siteran music is performed by wandering musicians in the streets and marketplaces of densely populated cities like Jogja-karta and Surakarta rather than by specially trained musicians in the palaces of these same Central Javanese cities. This is the "street" music of Java, unlike most Javanese recordings today. These selections were recorded in 1975 in Jogjakarta
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Various Sivrialan Musicians: Turkish Folk Music CD
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LAS-7289  $12.99
First released in the late 1970s, this important field recording was made in and around Sivrialan, a small, remote and unchanged village in Turkey. This collection of music presents the music playing of both professional and non-professional musicians alike in a number of significant settings and social gatherings, as well as the primary musical creative force of such rural areas, the asik, a bard who functions as poet, composer, singer, instrumentalist, philosopher, religious leader, and social commentator. The recording presents both religious and secular music. The religious music accompanies such events as weddings, funerals and Mohammed's birthday, Sultan navruzu, while the secular repertoire extends to harvest songs and lullabies, and songs of entertainment which are performed at celebrations and social gatherings. Through these recordings, you can experience the musical soundscape that punctuated and celebrated all aspects of traditional Sivrialan village life for generations.
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LAS-7343  $12.99
A broad panorama of the bagpipe in Italy was presented for the first time in this significant collection, and contains: examples of the Southern bagpipe (zampogna), both as solo instrument and accompanying the oboe (piffero); the piva from Istria, the launeddas from Sardinia (that extraordinary clarinet which requires that the cheeks of the player serve as air-sacks); the oboe (piffero) from the Liguian-Lombard Apennines; and finally, the organetto (a concertina-type instrument), in its function as a "competitor" and substitute for the bagpipe. Available for the first time since 1978, this important recording, now digitally remastered, continues to inform and fascinate, and bring back to life the unique and traditional sounds of the bagpipe in Italy.
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Wayang Kulit Collection 21 DVDs(MCM-5000) $299.00
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The performances in this collection include the three major performance styles of wayang kulit performed today: "classic" (klasik), "contemporary-interpretive" (garapan), and "condensed" (padat). The landmark work contained in these two packages — available as a full collection -- includes a total of 21 DVDs and 33 hours of performances.
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