Naxos World Music
Folk Music of China, Vol. 18 - Folk Songs of the Uyghur Peoples
$10.49
Details
- Composer
- TRADITIONAL
- Artist
- Various
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos World Music
- Released
- Oct 22, 2021
- Catalog #
- NXW76105-2
- UPC
- 636943710524
About
| China’s rich and diverse musical heritage has been recorded and documented in a stunning, original collection. With twenty albums in the pipeline, this is a highly specialized series with the appeal of perhaps being the closest thing to the ‘complete works’ of traditional Chinese music. Each album features a different region of the vast territory; an historical snapshot of China’s heritage. Due to the cultural privacy China mandates, these are in fact rare, musical gems. Folk songs from the Uyghur peoples of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This album features six folk songs from the Yili region in northern Xinjiang, five folk songs from Kashgar and Artux in southern Xinjiang and two excerpts from the Uyghur Twelve Muqam. All are played on traditional instruments such as rewap, dap, tembor and dotar. This is volume eighteen of a twenty album series, exploring China’s rich and diverse musical heritage. |
Tracklist 13 tracks
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1 Black Eyes (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region) 03:08
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Black Eyes (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region)
- Duration
- 03:08
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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2 Song of the Coachman (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region) 02:57
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Song of the Coachman (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region)
- Duration
- 02:57
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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3 White Fish (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region) 03:00
- Track
- 3
- Title
- White Fish (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region)
- Duration
- 03:00
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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4 My Fair Lady (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region) 03:10
- Track
- 4
- Title
- My Fair Lady (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region)
- Duration
- 03:10
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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5 White Steed (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region) 03:01
- Track
- 5
- Title
- White Steed (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region)
- Duration
- 03:01
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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6 My Sparrow Hawk (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region) 01:35
- Track
- 6
- Title
- My Sparrow Hawk (Uyghur Tribe in Yili Region)
- Duration
- 01:35
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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7 My Charming Lover (Uyghur Tribe in Kashgar Region) 01:30
- Track
- 7
- Title
- My Charming Lover (Uyghur Tribe in Kashgar Region)
- Duration
- 01:30
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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8 Mountains at the Yingjisha County (Uyghur Tribe in Kashgar Region) 01:09
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Mountains at the Yingjisha County (Uyghur Tribe in Kashgar Region)
- Duration
- 01:09
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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9 Pomegranates of Kashgar (Uyghur Tribe in Kashgar Region) 00:58
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Pomegranates of Kashgar (Uyghur Tribe in Kashgar Region)
- Duration
- 00:58
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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10 My Lover (Uyghur Tribe in Kashgar Region) 01:39
- Track
- 10
- Title
- My Lover (Uyghur Tribe in Kashgar Region)
- Duration
- 01:39
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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11 A Folk Song of Artux (Uyghur Tribe in Artux Region) 02:47
- Track
- 11
- Title
- A Folk Song of Artux (Uyghur Tribe in Artux Region)
- Duration
- 02:47
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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12 Pänjigah Muqam (Uyghur Tribe) 11:27
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Pänjigah Muqam (Uyghur Tribe)
- Duration
- 11:27
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan, Kasim Obul
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13 Özhal Muqam (Uyghur Tribe) (excerpt) 13:18
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Özhal Muqam (Uyghur Tribe) (excerpt)
- Duration
- 13:18
- Composer
- Traditional
- Performer
- Alimjan