Mountain music
Get your hiking boots on! In the week of the annual International Mountain Day, Kathryn Tickell takes in some high-altitude selections from around the globe.
Passed down across generations, the rich musical traditions of mountain communities have undeniably been shaped and preserved in relation to their geography, from the chosen instrumentation, to certain lyrical motifs, and the distinctiveness of each tradition. In the week of International Mountain Day, Kathryn Tickell explores some high-altitude selections from around the globe. We hear polyphonic singing from the Pyrenees, a trekking song from the Himalayas, and Appalachian folk singer Jean Ritchie playing the mountain dulcimer.
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叠补濒补驳耻猫谤补
Montanhas sus montanhas
- La votz deus anjos: Polyphonies du B茅arn & des Pyr茅n茅es gasconnes.
- Alpha Productions.
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Kyab Yul-sa
Podrang Marpo
- Murmures d鈥橦imalaya.
- Nangma Productions.
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Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer & Chao Tian
Glory in the Meeting House / Leader's Glory
- From China to Appalachia.
- Community Music.
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Jean Ritchie
Old Bangum
- Mountain Ballads.
- Vantage Music.
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Ballak茅 Sissoko & Derek Gripper
Moss on the Mountain
- Ballak茅 Sissoko & Derek Gripper.
- Matsuli Music.
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Kate Young
Mountain
- 鲍尘产别濒濒颈蹿别谤忙.
- Meaw Records.
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Resamm Phiriry
Himalaya Trekking Song
- Native Music of Nepal: From Mount Everest & The Himalayas.
- Legacy International.
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Ensemble Tengir-Too
Jangylyk (Novelty)
- Mountain Music of Kyrgyzstan.
- Smithsonian Folkways.
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Louis Lamasca
Huayno from Ayacucho
- Mountain Music of Peru, Vol. 1.
- Smithsonian Folkways.
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Minyo Crusaders & Frente Cumbiero
Cumbia Del Monte Fuji
- Minyo Cumbiero.
- Mais Um Discos.
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Namdziliin Norovbanzad
An Old Man And A Bird
- Mongolian Songs.
- Seven Seas.
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Giovanni Palermo
La Notte di Natale
- La zampogna lucana.
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Ernst Pf盲ndler
Z盲uerli Sung in the Inn
- Switzerland: Yodel of Appenzell.
- Auvidis.
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jaimie branch & Jason Ajemian
The mountain
- Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die.
- International Anthem.
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