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Ode To Gravity:
An Interview with Martin Koenig

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Item Type: Sound Recording Duration: 42 min
Event Type: Interview Program Origin: KPFA

Charles Amirkhanian interviews Martin Koenig, a collector and publisher of Balkan folk music, about his work as an ethnomusicologist specializing in Eastern European folk music and dances. Koenig also introduces a number of recordings from his collection.
Musical Selections:  [a Nestinarsko Horo (Bulgarian fire dance)] -- [a Lazaritza (Bulgarian felicity & fertility song)] -- [a Strigaturi (ribald folk dance from Transylvania with calls)] -- [Romanian folk music with Jew's harp] -- [Moldavian folk dance]
Genre:  World Music
Subject:  Koenig, Martin; Balkan Arts Center; World music; Ethnic music; Folk music, Bulgarian; Folk music, Romanian; Folk dance music -- Balkan Peninsula
People:  Amirkhanian, Charles; Koenig, Martin
Recording Date:  3/11/1970
First Broadcast Date:  3/11/1970
 
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