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Sicily: Music for the Holy Week

Various Artists
Sicily: Music for the Holy Week During Holy Week, proceeding Easter, many Sicilian villages celebrate with costumed processions through the streets. Often accompanied by music on themes of the Passion, these popular parade ceremonies have roots in agrarian pre-Christian rites. The songs are mostly sung in distorted Latin, though some are in Italian, and feature a polyphonic structure and choral style with soloing. Some of the songs included on this album are derivations of ancient liturgical hymns, while others are lighter, more modern compositions. These songs were recorded under the supervision of Elsa Guggino and Girolamo Garofalo in the late 1980s and early ‘90s. The liner notes are in English, French, and Italian.

Track Listing

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101
Good Friday procession participants, Assorus, Sicily
01:43
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102
A. Castro, S. Chirdo, F. Falcone, M. Salatino
03:33
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103
G. Alongi, C. Barbaro, P. Casà, F. Pirrone, other male voices
03:14
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104
G. Alongi, C. Barbaro, P. Casà, F. Pirrone, other male voices
04:35
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105
G. Burgaretta, S. Burgaretta, F. Cavaliere, G. Collo, G. Fontana, O. Nardone, S. Scala, C. Signorello
04:51
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106
I. Baronc, P. Giordano, G. Tasca, other male voices
01:48
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107
G. Arganello, G. Castello, A. Cicero, G. Greco, V. Lo Manio, G. N. Ognibene
05:04
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108
G. Verdie band, F. Frangipane
07:11
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109
S. Licciardi, V. Licciardi, N. Palmieri, S. Zavattieri, other mixed voices
03:35
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110
A. Licciardi and other mixed voices
03:08
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111
C. Genco, G. Genco, M. Lombardo, P. Mendola, G. Milazzo, G. Pace, A. Randazzo, C. Randazzo, R. Randazzo
03:15
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112
Don S. Curatolo, R. Failla, G. Minardi, R. Sciacca, G. Catanzaro
02:34
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113
Don S. Curatolo, R. Failla, G. Minardi, R. Sciacca, G. Catanzaro
01:17
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114
Don S. Curatolo, R. Failla, G. Minardi, R. Sciacca, G. Catanzaro
01:54
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115
M. Tuzo, V. Spina
01:15