Portugal [electronic resource] : music and dance from Madeira.

Publication:

Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Audivis-UNESCO, 2014.

Series:

Smithsonian Global Sound.

Format/Description:

Sound recording
1 online resource (54 minutes)

Subjects:

Folk songs, Portuguese -- Madeira Islands -- Madeira.
Folk dance music -- Madeira Islands -- Madeira.

Form/Genre:

Folk music.

Language:

Vocal works sung in Portuguese.

Contents:

Cantiga dos Borracheiros (Song of the Borracheiros)
Cantiga de carregar trigo (Song for carrying wheat)
Baile da Meia-Volta (Meia-Volta dance), dance-song
Charamba, sung poetic competition, excerpt
Bailinho, dance-song
O veneno da Moriana (Moriana's poison), ballad
Toque do pife (Flute solo)
Cantiga do espírito santo (Song of the holy spirit)
História do coelhinho (Story of the little rabbit), song
Triste avezinha (Sad bird), for mandolin orchestra
Fado
Mourisca dos Canhas (Mourisca of Canhas), dance-song
Senhor António (Mr. António), song
Baile dos Canhas (Dance of Canhas), dance-song
Encrenca (Trouble), instrumental composition.

Participant:

Various performers.

Notes:

Streaming audio files.
Includes PDF of liner notes in English.
Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
Recorded in Madeira and Porto Santo, 1996-1997.

Contributor:

Alexander Street Press.

Other format:

Original cat. no.: UNES08323

OCLC:

950026023

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Streaming audio
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1627433