Songs and Dances of Majorca

Majorca, the largest island in the Balearic Islands archipelago, lies about 110 nautical miles off the Spanish coast from Barcelona in the Mediterranean Sea. The songs and dances on this album reflect the islanders’ lives in agriculture, with titles such as “Pruning and Shearing Song” and “Fig Pickers Mateixa,” and were once performed after work in the fields. The dances can be categorized as open dances (danzas abierta) or closed dances (danzas carradas); courting dances, the dominant form, are of both types. Featured here are bolero, bolera (a closed dance), capeo, mateixa, parado, and jota, each described in the liner notes. The musicians employ violins, guitars, castanets, and horns.

Track Listing

101	Bolero	n/a	01:11
102	Parado de Valldemosa	n/a	02:46
103	Copeo	n/a	01:24
104	Jota de sa Potada	n/a	01:47
105	Majorcan Bolero	n/a	01:30
106	Els Goigs de Pasqua	n/a	01:25
107	Revetlia de Inca	n/a	01:03
108	Ball de sa Neu	n/a	02:54
109	Fig Pickers Mateixa	n/a	02:22
110	Song of the Reapers	n/a	01:13
201	Mateixa "Anda Curro"	n/a	02:04
202	Na margalindeta	n/a	01:58
203	Parado	n/a	01:41
204	Bolero "Hoet d'en Boira"	n/a	00:59
205	Copeo d'es Pia, Un	n/a	01:43
206	Pruning and Shearing Song	n/a	01:07
207	Majorca Bolero	n/a	01:20
208	Mateixa for the Springtime	n/a	02:16
209	Pig Killing Copeo	n/a	02:01
210	Cançó de sa Ximbomba	n/a	01:37