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Folk Songs (album)
Folk song or Folksong or Folksongs refers to a song in the traditional or contemporary folk music genre. Folk Songs may also refer to: * ''Folk Songs'' (Berio), a 1964 song cycle by Luciano Berio *Folk Songs, a composition by Eric Mandat * ''Folksongs'' (Alfred Deller album), 1972 *''Folksongs'', a 2000 album by Anne Sofie von Otter Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs. Early life Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was Göran von Otter, a Swe ... *''Folk Songs'', and album by Wilfred Brown and John Williams, 1998 * ''Folk Songs'' (Charlie Haden album), 1979 * ''Folk Songs'' (Kronos Quartet album), with guest vocalists Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens, and Natalie Merchant, 2017 * ''Folk Songs'' (James Yorkston album), 2009 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Song
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by Convention (norm), custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with popular music, commercial and art music, classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Songs (Berio)
''Folk Songs'' is a song cycle by the Italian composer Luciano Berio composed in 1964. It consists of arrangements of folk music from various countries and other songs, forming "a tribute to the extraordinary artistry" of the American singer Cathy Berberian, a specialist in Berio's music. It is scored for voice, flute (doubling on piccolo), clarinet, harp, viola, cello, and percussion (two players). The composer arranged it for a large orchestra in 1973. These program notes also contain a full set of lyrics with English translations. Background Two of the songs in the cycle, "La donna ideale" and "Ballo", were composed in 1947 by Berio during his second year at the Milan Conservatory for voice and piano as part of his '' Tre canzoni popolari'' (Three folk songs). It is often claimed that these three songs were written for Cathy Berberian while she was studying in Italy, but this cannot be the case because she did not arrive there until 1949. The ''Folk Songs'' cycle was commission ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Mandat
Eric Paul Mandat (born 1957) is an American clarinetist and composer. Mandat began his clarinet studies under the tutelage of Richard Joiner of the Denver Symphony Orchestra, Denver Symphony. He later studied with Lee Gibson, Keith Wilson (musician), Keith Wilson, D. Stanley Hasty, and Charles Neidich. He received his undergraduate education at the University of North Texas and graduate degrees from Yale School of Music and Eastman School of Music. He has performed in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MusicNOW Series (including as principal clarinet for Pierre Boulez's 80th Birthday Concert under Boulez's baton and a performance of Osvaldo Golijov's ''Ayre'' with Dawn Upshaw). He also performs with the Tone Road Ramblers, a band specializing in experimental and improvised music. His reviews of clarinet recordings have appeared in ''The Clarinet''. Mandat's recordings include ''The Extended Clarinet'' as well as recordings with the Tone Road Ramblers and the Transatlantic Trio. Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folksongs (Alfred Deller Album)
''Folksongs'' is a 1972 album by the countertenor Alfred Deller with his son Mark Deller and lutenist Desmond Dupré.The Grove Book of Opera Singers 2008 p115 "often accompanied by the lutenist Desmond Dupré. In addition to actual folksongs it includes three songs composed by Thomas Morley and one by Robert Jones. Track listing # "The Three Ravens" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:52) # " Black is the Colour of My True Love's Hair" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (1:53 ) # "Sweet Nymph, Come to thy Lover" Thomas Morley – Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré and Mark Deller (1:41) # "I go before my darling" by Thomas Morley – Alfred Deller, Mark Deller and Desmond Dupré (1:26) # " The Oak and the Ash" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (3:11) # " Barbara Allen" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:36) # "Lord Randall" – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (4:04) # " The Water Is Wide" (English version of Waly, Waly) – Alfred Deller & Desmond Dupré (2:35) # " The Tailor and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Sofie Von Otter
Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. Her repertoire encompasses lieder, operas, oratorios and also rock and pop songs. Early life Von Otter was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her father was Göran von Otter, a Swedish diplomat in Berlin during World War II. She grew up in Bonn, London and Stockholm. She studied in Stockholm and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where her teachers included Vera Rózsa. In 1982, she won second prize in the ARD International Music Competition. From 1983 to 1985, she was an ensemble member of the Basel Opera, where she made her professional operatic début as Alcina in Haydn's ''Orlando paladino''. She made her Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, début in 1985 and her La Scala debut in 1987. Her Metropolitan Opera début was in December 1988 as Cherubino in '' The Marriage of Figaro''. Career Her recording of Grieg songs won the 1993 '' Gramophone'' Record of the Year, the first time in the awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Brown (tenor)
Wilfred Brown (5 April 19215 March 1971) was an accomplished English tenor. He was born in Horsham, Sussex and educated first at Collyer's School, then at Christ's Hospital School, Horsham before winning a scholarship in 1939 to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Brown was a lifelong member of the Religious Society of Friends. After war-time service with the Friends Relief Service he returned to Cambridge and graduated in 1947. He then moved to University College School, Hampstead where he taught German and French. He left two years later to teach at Bedales School, where he was form master of amongst others Gerald Finzi's two sons McVeagh, Diana. ''Gerald Finzi: His Life and Music''. Boydell Press, 2005: p. 207 before becoming a full-time singer in 1951. Like fellow Petersfield resident Michael John Hurd, he championed the work of Gerald Finzi, who was a friend. He first sang Finzi's '' Dies natalis'' in 1952 under the composer's baton, and was to become Finzi's favoured so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Songs (Charlie Haden Album)
''Folk Songs'' is an album by bassist Charlie Haden, saxophonist Jan Garbarek and guitarist Egberto Gismonti recorded in 1979 and released on the ECM label in 1981.ECM discography accessed September 14, 2011 The album follows the trio's first recording '' Magico'' (1980). Reception The review by awarded the album four stars, stating, "One of the better ECM recordings... filled with moody originals, improvisations that blend together jazz and world mu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Songs (Kronos Quartet Album)
''Folk Songs'' is a 2017 studio album by American string quartet Kronos Quartet, featuring classical and roots musicians Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens, and Natalie Merchant. It has received positive reviews from critics and was followed in 2020 by '' Long Time Passing'', a collection of Pete Seeger songs by the Kronos Quartet. Reception ''Folk Songs'' received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on four reviews. The editors of AllMusic Guide gave ''Folk Songs'' four out of five stars, with critic Mark Deming highlighting the arrangement and the quartet's ability to complement the vocalists. In ''Exclaim!'', Peter Ellman rated this album a seven out of 10 for having versatility within the music, but criticizing that it "lingers a bit too much in a dark and dramatic mood". Track listing #"Oh Where" (traditional, arranged by Nico Muhly) – 3:22 #"Ramblin' Boy" (traditional, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
