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Portugal: Portuguese Traditional Music

Various Artists
Portugal: Portuguese Traditional Music As the liner notes explain and the recordings attest, Portugal’s location on the westernmost coast of continental Europe influenced its folk music in significant ways. In addition to older chants, prayers, lullabies, vocal and instrumental music, the album contains several examples of the well-known fado style. Emotional and melancholy, fado has origins in the Middle Ages and experienced a renaissance in the 18th century; in 2011 it was inscribed in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Liner notes include translated lyrics for each track.

Track Listing

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101
Women's choir with adufe accompaniment, Beira Baixa
02:11
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102
Elderly woman, Beira Baixa
02:43
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103
Two elderly women with adufe accompaniment, Beira Baixa
02:03
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104
Group of women and children, Beira Baixa
04:14
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105
Woman with adufe accompaniment, Beira Baixa
02:53
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106
Man with guitarra accompaniment, Beira Baixa
02:21
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107
Group of men and women during Lent, Beira Baixa
02:00
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108
Male soloist and choir, Baixo Alentejo Province
05:52
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109
Maria Teresa de Noronha, Raul Nery, Joaquim do Vale, Joel Pina
01:28
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110
Maria Teresa de Noronha, Raul Nery, Joaquim do Vale, Joel Pina
03:36
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111
Manuel Vicente, Guilherme Carvalhais, Avelino do Carmo
03:25
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112
Manuel Vicente, Guilherme Carvalhais, Avelino do Carmo
04:12
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113
Manuel Vicente, Guilherme Carvalhais, Avelino do Carmo
03:14
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114
Ensemble with female singer and choir, Douro Litoral Province
03:32
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115
Ensemble with female singer, Douro Litoral Province
02:37
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116
Women's chorus, Douro Litoral Province
01:25
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117
Stonecutter, Douro Litoral Province
02:05