Various Artists- Patchwork Europe
European folk music has not one sound but many. There are countless soundscapes between Sardinia and Norway, from the Atlantic coast to the Urals, each one distinct. All have their own character. Europe means polyphony, a thicket of diversity where for millennia cultures have been flowing together and drifting apart, creating a musical patchwork. Traditional music? The term suggests constancy and permanence: familiar tunes and homely songs. The melodies of the past seem to offer a stable foothold, in opposition to the ever faster innovations of the present. However this nostalgia is an illusion, a false idyll. Many of the musical styles we now perceive as traditional were originally radical and modern. They resulted from dramatic changes which shook the 19th century European world and turned it upside down. The industrial revolution triggered technical innovations and social change on a massive scale. New instruments were invented: the accordion, mouth organ, concertina, banjo and saxophone, plus brass instruments equipped with valves like the trumpet and tuba. Later, factory production turned these new musical instruments into relatively cheap mass produced items which many people could afford.
Tracklist:
- Bashful Bachelor / Sunshine Hornpipe, medley of traditional melo
- Scottish (or "Foursome") Reel, traditional melody - Hannah Willi
- Morpeth Rant / Steamboat, medley of traditional melodies: a. Mor
- Polka piqu‚e, traditional melody - Jean Pradal/Martin Cayla
- Fado da Minha Aldeia, traditional melody
- Sevillanas: No. 2
- Parado de Valldemosa, song for voice (Catalan)
- Markensmandagen (Monday in the Meadow), traditional melody
- Hattemageren (The Milliner), traditional melody - Folkedanseorke
- Tegernseer L„ndler, traditional melody
- Alpufzug, traditional melody
- Innviertler L„ndler (Vierzeiler), traditional melody
- Buon principio d'anno, traditional melody - Nullo Romani
- Mediana for launeddas in D major (after a traditional Sardinian
- Camporeale bello, traditional polka - Il Quattro Siciliani
- Punaliivi (The Red Vest), folk song - Erik Kivi
- Yiddisher Wulach (Jewish Dance), traditional Byelorussian melody
- Staropolski kujawiak, traditional melody - Tadeusz Zadroga
- Mindenf‚le Szerelemnek, traditional melody
- B¡r¢ uram ‚s s rga cserebog r, traditional melody - Olah Lajos
- Micika Polka, traditional melody - Verni's Troubadours Tamburica
- €elni ju moj lule, ‡elni (Blossom, You Flowers, Blossom), folk s
- Tha horepseis gero, traditional melody
- Doina si Ardeleana de la Sibiu, traditional melody - Orhestras T
- Zaporozec Polka, traditional melody - Ukrainska Orchestra Pawla
- Kukushka, folk song - Sisters Fiodorov
European folk music has not one sound but many. There are countless soundscapes between Sardinia and Norway, from the Atlantic coast to the Urals, each one distinct. All have their own character. Europe means polyphony, a thicket of diversity where for millennia cultures have been flowing together and drifting apart, creating a musical patchwork. Traditional music? The term suggests constancy and permanence: familiar tunes and homely songs. The melodies of the past seem to offer a stable foothold, in opposition to the ever faster innovations of the present. However this nostalgia is an illusion, a false idyll. Many of the musical styles we now perceive as traditional were originally radical and modern. They resulted from dramatic changes which shook the 19th century European world and turned it upside down. The industrial revolution triggered technical innovations and social change on a massive scale. New instruments were invented: the accordion, mouth organ, concertina, banjo and saxophone, plus brass instruments equipped with valves like the trumpet and tuba. Later, factory production turned these new musical instruments into relatively cheap mass produced items which many people could afford.
Tracklist:
- Bashful Bachelor / Sunshine Hornpipe, medley of traditional melo
- Scottish (or "Foursome") Reel, traditional melody - Hannah Willi
- Morpeth Rant / Steamboat, medley of traditional melodies: a. Mor
- Polka piqu‚e, traditional melody - Jean Pradal/Martin Cayla
- Fado da Minha Aldeia, traditional melody
- Sevillanas: No. 2
- Parado de Valldemosa, song for voice (Catalan)
- Markensmandagen (Monday in the Meadow), traditional melody
- Hattemageren (The Milliner), traditional melody - Folkedanseorke
- Tegernseer L„ndler, traditional melody
- Alpufzug, traditional melody
- Innviertler L„ndler (Vierzeiler), traditional melody
- Buon principio d'anno, traditional melody - Nullo Romani
- Mediana for launeddas in D major (after a traditional Sardinian
- Camporeale bello, traditional polka - Il Quattro Siciliani
- Punaliivi (The Red Vest), folk song - Erik Kivi
- Yiddisher Wulach (Jewish Dance), traditional Byelorussian melody
- Staropolski kujawiak, traditional melody - Tadeusz Zadroga
- Mindenf‚le Szerelemnek, traditional melody
- B¡r¢ uram ‚s s rga cserebog r, traditional melody - Olah Lajos
- Micika Polka, traditional melody - Verni's Troubadours Tamburica
- €elni ju moj lule, ‡elni (Blossom, You Flowers, Blossom), folk s
- Tha horepseis gero, traditional melody
- Doina si Ardeleana de la Sibiu, traditional melody - Orhestras T
- Zaporozec Polka, traditional melody - Ukrainska Orchestra Pawla
- Kukushka, folk song - Sisters Fiodorov