The World's Vocal Arts

This collection showcases diverse singing styles, classical and popular, from around the world. Compare and contrast them: Italian opera, African–American blues, a Kurdish love song, a Jewish prayer, a North African traditional song, Chinese opera, Swiss yodeling, and even the crooning style of Bing Crosby! Liner notes include an introductory essay and track notes by Henry Cowell.

Track Listing

101	Bel Canto Style: Lo Vedremo Riccardo Stracciari	02:36
102	German Lieder Style: Schlafendes Jesukind Karl Erb	03:16
103	French Popular Style: Tu Ne Sais Pas Aimer Damia	03:05
104	Torch Style Helen Morgan	03:23
105	Crooning Style: Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day Bing Crosby	02:52
201	Russian Operatic Style: I Hate a Dreary Life Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin	03:46
202	Blues Style Red Willie Smith	02:03
203	Cantorial Style: Prayer for the Day of Yom Kippur (Turko-Sephardic Version) Moshe Vital	01:36
204	North African Traditional Style: Guelbi Quaalach Halek Chikh Menouar	03:12
205	Kurdish Mid-Eastern Style: Shepherd Sings a Love Song Male vocalist accompanying himself on tar	03:13
301	Korean Classical Style: Right Music (Male Solo) Male vocalist with percussion and bowed instrument	02:58
302	Thai Operatic Style (Female Solo) Female singer and classical ensemble	03:11
303	Albanian Moslem Style Female vocalist with bowed instrument	01:30
304	Greek Popular Style: Apanu Pal to Nero Sotirios Stasinopoulos	04:08
305	Chinese Opera Style Ma Lien Liang	03:15
401	Pakistani Classical Style: Darbari Ustad Asad Ali Khan	07:13
402	Swiss Yodel: Song of the Senn Alpine herdsman with hackbrett accompaniment, Sion	01:30
403	Ethiopian Style Male vocalist	02:10
404	Early German Opera Style: Queen of the Night Aria (The Magic Flute) Maria Ivoguen	03:02