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Song and dance from the Pamir Mountains
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Title
Song and dance from the Pamir Mountains [sound recording].
Published
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, p2007.
Physical Description
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Compact disc & DVD.
Program notes by Theodore Levin, with bibliography, discography, instrument glossary & English translations of vocal texts (41 p. : ill., col.) inserted in container.
The vocal works, chiefly traditional, from the region of the eastern half of Tajikistan & northeast Afghanistan, are sung principally in Dari (classical Persian) & Tajik.
Format
Audio / Images / Video & Film
Language
Multiple languages; Persian; Tajik
Added to Catalog
May 12, 2008
Series
Performers
Badakhshan Ensemble.
Partial contents
CD contents : Falak-i Badakhshani (4:18)
Ay pari (Oh fairy) / text, Qadiri (8:18)
Zohidi pokizasirisht (Pious ascetic) / music, Mukhtor Muborakqadamov ; text, Hafiz (6:58)
Lolazorume (4:40)
Falak / text, anon., Rumi, Hafiz (5:38)
Maddoh [abridged] / text, [attrib.] Hafiz, Rumi, Khusraw, anon. (15:58)
Rapo (3:11)
Khâlatro banda (5:01)
Jonum, ikhtiyor dorî ; Yor-i man (3:37)
Sabzak medley / music, Nawrozshah Kulbanhusainov, Ghulomsho Safarov, anon. ; text, Rumi, anon. (6:31).
DVD contents: Music of Central Asia and the Aga Khan Music Initiative (5:54)
The Badakhshan Ensemble: Song and dance from the Pamir Mountains (24 min.)
Interactive instrument glossary
Map of Central Asia.
Issue number
SFW CD 40524 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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