Faraualla is an Italian female vocal quartet from the region of
Apulia
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, which explores vocal
polyphony
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.
The group was formed in
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
in 1995 and consists of:
Gabriella Schiavone, Teresa Vallarella, Marinella Dipalma, & Serena Fortebraccio.
The group also works with the percussionists
Cesare Pastanella and Pippo D'Ambrosio.
The group explores the use of voice as a musical instrument, studying and incorporating sounds from a diverse group of places, times and cultures among which are: Apulia,
Corsica
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,
Bulgaria
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and
Tahiti
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, which deal with the traditional music of
gypsies
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,
Moravia
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The me ...
ns,
Ars Nova, and
Southern Italy
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.
Faraualla has performed with various artists of international renown, including the Mongolian
Sainkho Namtchylak
Sainkho Namtchylak ( tyv, Сайын-Хөө Намчылак, russian: Сайнхо Намчылак, born 1957) is a singer originally from Tuva, an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation just north of Mongolia. She is known for her Tuvan ...
, the Italo-Palestinian
Al Darawish
Al Darawish was an Italian world music group formed in Bari in 1988.
The band members were from Apulia, Palestine and Greece and they had first met at the University of Bari while they were students. As they could all play at least an instrument, ...
, the American
Bobby McFerrin
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, and the Italians
Daniele Sepe
Daniele Sepe (born 17 April 1960 in Naples) is an Italian musician, known internationally for interpreting protest songs from around the world.
His first instrument was the flute, which he played at the San Pietro a Majella conservatoire. After ...
and
Lucilla Galeazzi
Lucilla Galeazzi (born in Terni on 24 December 1950) is an Italian folk singer. She performs modern versions of traditional Italian folk music. She has also performed in operas.
Discography
*1977 ''Correvano coi carri'' (with Giovanna Marini ...
. In Italy in 1999 they accompanied the singer
Mango
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in a live concert. In the Visto Così Tour, transmitted directly on Videoitalia Live, they performed as a solo group.
Discography
Faraualla recorded their first two albums under the Amiata Records record label
*''Faraualla'' (1999)
# Tonga
# Vrlicko Kolo
# Elleipseis
# Szerelem
# Uecumbà
# Maha te song
# Spirits
# Spondo
# Questa fanciull'amor
# Petra
# Eramo in campu
# Fescenne
# Ijsse sole
*''Sind'' (2002)
# Domina
# Arecuriuriè
# Masciare
# Sind'
# Popoff
# Ninnagè
# Orangutan
# Viktori
# Masciare witch mix
The following album was a live recording of a concert at Cappella Paolina del Qurinale, directly transmitted by RadioTre in December 2001 and published by Rai Trade:
*''I concerti del Quirinale di RadioTre'' (2007)
# Uecumbà
# Tonga
# Ebilembilembà
# Uarandero
# Petra
# Sind'
# Arecuriuriè
# Fescenne
# Ijsse sole
# Rumelaj
# Ninnagè
# Popoff
This album was published under the Felmay label:
*''Sospiro'' (2008)
# Ci lu patiscisti
# Il sogno di Frida
# Rikitikitavi
# Ki te mu
# La notte bianca
# Quingui
# Auanda la cuica
# Smilla
# Pulsatilla
# Il ciucciariello
*''Ogni Male Fore'' (2013)
# Zitt Zitt
# Scongiuro
# Il Canto E La Cura
# Spina Spinella
# Sciatavinn
# Da La Vocc
# Tammurriata Della Mascìa
# La Tentazione
# Mano Manca Mano Santa
References
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Italian musical groups