Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia
Various Artists
Recorded in 1987, this highly-acclaimed release makes available to the world a miraculous and remarkable ancient musical tradition, including examples of the rare multiphonic "throat-singing" technique. Sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution's Office of Folklife Programs, and the U.S.S.R. Union of Composers, it is an astonishing achievement. "Primal and forthright...a beguiling earful." — The New York Times
RELATED LESSON PLAN
"The Jew’s Harp: Vibrating Through Many Cultures"
"An Exploratory Short Course in Tuvan Throat Singing"
Track Listing
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Steppe Kargiraa | Fedor Tau | 1:20 | |
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102
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Sigit | Mergen Mongush | 0:33 | |
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103
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Sigit "Alash" | Mergen Mongush | 1:38 | |
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104
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Sigit with Igil (bowed instrument) | Anatoli Kuular | 2:12 | |
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105
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Khoomei | Fedor Tau | 0:34 | |
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106
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Khoomei | Sundukai Mongush | 0:26 | |
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107
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Tespeng Khoomei | Sundukai Mongush | 0:46 | |
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108
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Kozhamik (medley) with khoomei, sigit, and kargiraa | Tumat Kara-ool | 2:00 | |
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109
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Kargiraa duet "Artii-Sayir" | Tumat Kara-ool and Andrei Chuldum-ool | 1:08 | |
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110
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Khomuz melodies performed by trio of Khomuz players | Anchimaa Sonat, Anchimaa Khert, Achyimaa Targin Chandanmaa Torten-ool | 1:49 | |
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111
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Borbannadir | Mikhail Dopchun | 0:54 | |
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112
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Borbannadir | Tumat Kara-ool | 0:48 | |
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113
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Borbannadir with finger strokes across lips | Tumat Kara-ool | 0:42 | |
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114
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Borbannadir | Anatoli Kuular | 1:26 | |
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115
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Ezengileer | Marzhimal Ondar | 1:22 | |
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116
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Sigit with khomuz | Oleg Kuular | 0:56 | |
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117
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Medley of various throat-singing styles | Ensemble "Amirak" | 2:56 | |
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118
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Kargiraa "Artii-Sayir" | Vasili Chazir | 1:05 | |
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119
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Melody on the amirge (hunting horn): luring of the stag | Vasilii Khuurak | 0:46 | |
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120
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Imitation of the roe deer, the musk deer, the reindeer, owl, wolf's howl; Appeal to the patron of hunters before the bear hunt; Reinder herder's calls to reindeer | Vasilii Khuurak, Shozhul Salchak, and Polina Ore-ool | 3:32 | |
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121
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Domestication of sheep to lamb | Doluma Lopsanchap | 1:13 | |
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122
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Domestication of goat to kid | Doluma Lopsanchap | 0:33 | |
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123
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Domestication of cow to calf | Khuren Oorzhak | 0:33 | |
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124
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Domestication of camel to calf | Shimet Soyan | 0:30 | |
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125
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Excerpt from shamanic healing ritual | Alexander Davakai | 2:19 | |
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126
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Funeral lament | Tatyana Sat | 1:20 | |
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127
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Lullaby | Tatyana Sat | 0:55 | |
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128
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Wooden jew's harp | Balgan Kuzhuget | 0:46 | |
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129
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Lullaby with Khoomei | Bilchit-Maa Davaa | 1:08 | |
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130
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Long Song: "Don't Frighten the Crane" | Sundukai Mongush | 1:50 | |
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131
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Long Song: "When I Graze My Beautiful Sheep" | Khuren Oorzhak | 1:30 | |
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132
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Kozhamiktar (antiphonal quatrains) | Group of men and women from Chadan, Dzun-Khemchik Region | 1:03 | |
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133
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Ceremonial Song: "Hymn to the Mountains" | Kazak Sandak | 1:01 |
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