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Nestled in between Hungary and Serbia on its western border, and Moldova and the Black Sea on its eastern border, is the country of Romania. A Roman province beginning in about 100 AD, the country has been overrun by barbarian hordes, converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, occupied by Nazis, ruled by the Communists, and -- since 1989 -- on board for capitalism's bumpy ride. Reflecting Romania's mercurial history is its brilliantly eclectic musical heritage. On World Library of Folk & Primitive Music, Vol. 6: Romania a cross-section of this eclecticism of sounds is presented. Its 35 tracks offer up ritual music, dance music, pastoral music, and more. Originally recorded between 1934 and 1957 by many an ethnomusicologist working for the Archive of the Folklore Institute, Bucharest, the collection was compiled and edited by Tiberiu Alexandru, and in 1960 by Alan Lomax for Columbia Records. In its contemporary digitized form it is being re-released by Rounder. From a stentorian overture on a gargantuan Transylvanian horn, known as a tulnic, to a whimsical final cut featuring pan-piper Fanica Luca soloing over the stylized folk arrangements of the Barbu Lautaru Orchestra, each selection is played by expert musicians. The touching love ditties, animated dance tunes, epic songs, and religious melodies that round out this exceptional CD all offer portals into Romania's distant musical worlds, captured before the ubiquitous onslaught of globalization. --John Vallier

A sweeping panorama of Romanian peasant music recorded from the 1930s through the '50s, represented with selections from all culture areas, musical categories, and historical and regional styles. This historic collection is rich with folk masterpieces interpreted by first-rate musicians who were legendary in their villages. Newly expanded and revised.
This historic series, the first anthology of world music in high-fidelity sound, spans five continents and 25 countries. Compiled and edited by Alan Lomax, the World Library contains the recordings and annotations of many of world music's foremost scholars, including Lomax himself. The Alan Lomax Collection gathers together the American, European, and Caribbean field recordings, world music compilations, and ballad operas, of writer, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist, Alan Lomax.

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World Library of Folk and Primitive Music (vol 17) - Romania (1934-1957)

01 (Transylvania) Ioana Bud - semnal de primavara (1955)
02 (Transylvania) Unidentified - pleaca june ntr un vanatu (1956)
03 (Wallachia) Unidentified - bate s, vante, bate (1956)
04 (Moldavia) Sidor Andronicescu & Group - jocul caprelor (1954)
05 (Transylvania) Unidentified - cantecul cununii (1954)
06 (Wallachia) Unidentified - paparudele (19??)
07 (Transylvania) Elisabeta Pavel - vaiet la frate (1957)
08 (Romania) Unidentified - de petrecut (1957)
09 (Wallachia) Gheorghe Motoj & Group - cantecul miresei (1952)
10 (Moldavia) Mihai Lacatus - ursareasca (1951)
11 (Wallachia) Gheorghe Motoj - ca la breaza (19??)
12 (Transylvania) Moise Zepa - ardeleana pe trei (1956)
13 (Wallachia) Florea Nectu - braul (19??)
14 (Transylvania) Stefan Olar & Petre Huta - suita de danturi de jucat, dant pe sus, dant pe mijloc (1934)
15 (Transylvania) Unidentified - purtata fetelor (19??)
16 (Wallachia) Nicolae Dobrica & Vasile Bursuc - braul pe sapte (1938)
17 (Moldavia) Neculai Tafta - cand ciobanul si a pierdut oile (1956)
18 (Transylvania) Maria Sas - cucule, penele tale (1956)
19 (Wallachia) Florica Mazgoi - de codru (1952)
20 (Wallachia) Elena Constantinescu - i auzi, mandra, pitigoiul (1951)
21 (Moldavia) Maria Surupat - tine mi, doamne, zilele (1956)
22 (Gorj) Maria Lataretu - ma uitai spre rasarit (1955)
23 (Transylvania) Maria Precup - colo sus pe munte verde (1955)
24 (Oltenia) Mihai Constantin - iovan iorgovan (1951)
25 (Wallachia) Mitica Burcea - soarele si luna (1951)
26 (Transylvania) Nicolae Poanta Husari - pa dealul cerbalului (1951)
27 (Moldavia) Maria Surupat - scarbit ii omu' cu gloata (1956)
28 (Transylvania) Maria Taut - hei, mai mandriorule (1954)
29 (Wallachia) E Enache, E Arsene, M Machedon - marioara de la munte (1954)
30 (Wallachia) Petruta Novac - trandafir de pe razor (1952)
31 (Dobrogea) Arhand Musi - tis tu munte (19??)
32 (Moldavia) Sidor Andronicescu & Group - arcanul (1936)
33 (Romania) Ionel Dinicu & Group - calusul (1940)
34 (Banat) Magdalena Biriescu - sa Iei seama, bade, bine (1954)
35 (Romania) Fanica Luca - ciocarlia (1950)