Folk Music of Rumania

This collection of Romanian folk music showcases two of the country’s most popular musical forms. Considered as belonging to everybody, the doina is “..a song of love, a pantheistic poem, a fighting song, or an outcry against injustice or the foreign ruler.” The hora, which is said to be known by more than 1546 names, is an ageless and genderless circle dance that can be found throughout Romania. Liner notes include photography by Béla Bartók.

Track Listing

101	Folk Dance in Hora Style	Romanian string ensemble with violin	03:08
102	Folk Dance in Hora Style (Orchestra)	Romanian orchestra	03:00
103	Love Song (Doina)	Woman singing, unaccompanied	01:35
104	Tragic Romance (Doina)	Woman singing, unaccompanied	01:32
105	Lament for Dead Mother (Bocet)	Woman singing, unaccompanied	02:09
106	Lament for Dead Husband (Bocet)	Safra Bion Racu	02:12
107	Wedding Dance	Ion Papuc	01:33
108	Braul	Ion Papuc	01:22
109	Braul / Sarba Din Brau / Village Folk Dance	"Taraf" of Runc	03:08
110	Lament for Dead Husband - Bocet	Woman singing, unaccompanied	01:04
111	Lament for Dead Brother - Bocet	Woman singing, unaccompanied	01:44
112	Hora: Girl's Song	Woman singing, unaccompanied	00:47
113	Lament for the Dead - Bocet	Leontina Niga and Triganuca Nemciu	03:19