More Fascinating Folk Music: Sutartinės of Lithuania

Posted on Oct 20, 2009 | 0 comments
Filed under: Folk Music, Lithuania, Steve Reich, Stravinsky, Sutartines

Well, now I have Lithuania to add to the list of countries whose folk music to be obsessed with. In a discussion with my teaching colleague Arkadi Serper about what folk music traditions might have influenced Stravinsky’s ear in his youth, I brought up the amazing vocal music of the Caucasus region, particularly Georgian table songs.  Arkadi agreed, and...

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