Principally Estonian folk songs and epics; instrumental works played on buckhorn, Estonian bagpipes, Jew's harp, violin, Estonian psaltery (bowed and plucked), Estonian accordion, and a village band (2 violins, psaltery, and mandola).
Compact discs.
Originally released in shorter form as a 5 LP set in 1970.
Program notes, biographical notes on the compilers & performers, and Estonian song texts with English translations, with musical transcriptions (228 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container. Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-223).
Recorded between 1912 & 1966.
Vocal works sung in Estonian.