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| 1400.1 | | CASV01::WRESINSKI | | Tue Nov 22 1988 11:18 | 5 |
| I caught a couple of cuts from this release on the radio. _Very_
strange stuff and not at all what I expected when the announcer
said it was to be Bulgarian folk music. Eerie and ethereal.
>R.Michael
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| 1400.2 | What's wrong with french? | MQOFS::LEDOUX | Reserved for Future Use | Tue Nov 29 1988 13:17 | 10 |
| It also got excellent review here, in Montr�al papers.
The "voices" are actualy from 35 womens that were choosen
out of close to 10,000 womens. All the "singing" ladies
from Bulgaria were hand picked and trained to read music.
Most of them are from farms in the country.
P.S. If the text is not too long, write it in french, I can
translate it for you.
Vince.
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| 1400.3 | | AIAG::BILLMERS | Meyer Billmers, AI Applications | Mon Dec 05 1988 12:14 | 22 |
| .1> I caught a couple of cuts from this release on the radio. _Very_
.1> strange stuff and not at all what I expected when the announcer
.1> said it was to be Bulgarian folk music. Eerie and ethereal.
What did you expect?
I've been a big fan of Bulgarian folk music for about 15 years. The stuff on
Le Mystere is representative of women's a capella songs, but I don't like it
that much. There's a much nicer (in my opinion) group of US ladies called
Laduvane who have several records (no, not CDs) that are incredible if you
like this sort of stuff.
There's also a CD called "A Harvest, A Shepherd, A Bride / Village Music of
Bulgaria, which is on the Nonesuch Explorer series, 979195-2. It's a mixutre
of women's singing and some real Bulgarian dance music, including a
pajdushko, a krivo, and a couple of racenicas. It's OK -- I like it more
than Le Mystere, but the really *fantastic* Bulgarian music is still on
vinyl, alas. This is the stuff with neat rhythms (7/16, 11/16), and driving,
haunting, compelling melodies. If you're interested, I'd be happy to provide
references.
-Meyer
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| 1400.4 | What I expected. | CASV05::WRESINSKI | | Tue Dec 06 1988 10:34 | 15 |
| re:.3
>What did you expect?
I guess I expected a bunch of people strumming their balalaikas
and singing about what a good crop of wheat they had that year.
All right all right! So balalaikas are Russian and that crack about
wheat is unfair. What I *really* expected was something like Theodore
Bikel.)
And, yes, I _would_ like a couple of references to other music like
that on "Le Mystere", thanks.
>R.Michael
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| 1400.5 | Songs of a Bulgarian gypsy? | AIAG::BILLMERS | Meyer Billmers, AI Applications | Mon Dec 12 1988 10:44 | 15 |
| .4> All right all right! So balalaikas are Russian and that crack about
.4> wheat is unfair. What I *really* expected was something like Theodore
.4> Bikel.)
Well, tambouras are like Balalaikas, and they're Yugoslav. When I think
of Bulgarian music, I think of the gaida (bagpipe made from goat-stomach) or
accordian or toupan (two-headed drum).
Bikel is fluent in almost every human language; he probably does Bulgarian
too :-)
But I'll be happy to put together a list of record references. It'll
probably take me a few days...
-Meyer
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| 1400.6 | US Release for Vol. 2 | AQUA::ROST | Marshall rules but Fender controls | Thu Dec 22 1988 07:02 | 3 |
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Apparently Nonesuch Explorer has just released Volume 2 here in
the US.
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