The folk song of the region is in many aspects similar to that of Mazovia, both in literary forms, subjects, functions and textual threads.

SOURCES OF POLISH FOLK MUSIC

KURPIE, PUSZCZA ZIELONA

THE MUSIC FROM KUJAWY REGION

Label: Polskie Radio (2001)
Catalogue No: PRCD155
Format: CD
Condition: GENUINE, BRAND NEW, FACTORY SEALED

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Tracks:

1. Pozic mamo raz, komu córkę das - pieśń leśna
2. A kedy ja wyjdę, zaśpsiewam po rosie - pieśń leśna
3. Żuraw - taniec kurpiowski
4. Fafur - taniec kurpiowski
5. Grają gracyki, skacą koniki - pieśń weselna
6. Wyrzondzaj sie dziewce moja - pieśń weselna
7. Któz tam po kómorze chodzi i śpuka - pieśń weselna
8. Siadaj nie gadaj, ślicne kochanie - pieśń weselna
9. Bzicem konie bzicam, bzicem lejcowygo - pieśń weselna
10. Móziłaś Marysiu, ze nie bandzies płakać - pieśń weselna z przytrampywaniem
11. Olender - taniec kurpiowski
12. Oberek z pokrzykiwaniem
13. Stara baba - taniec kurpiowski
14. Już ci zionusecek posed na kołecek - pieśń weselna
15. Już za stoły zasiadajo, o mym zionku rede majo - pieśń weselna
16. Po cóześta przyjechali moi mili goście - pieśń weselna
17. Powolniak dla starszych - taniec kurpiowski
18. Oberek
19. Powolniak dla młodych - taniec kurpiowski
20. A na polu sosna wysoko urosła - pieśń leśna
21. Zaświeć niesiondzu na kadzidlańskie pole - miłosna pieśń leśna
22. A gdziez moje konie wrone - pieśń leśna
23. Tam pod borem siwe konie - pieśń leśna
24. Ej jegody, jegodziny ciamna nocka do dziewcyny - pieśń leśna
25. U jeziórecka, u bystrej wody - pieśń leśna
26. Oj zarycał siwy byziek, zarycał - pieśń leśna
27. A lulaj, lulaj małe dziecie - kołysanka
28. Siodłaj konia do Torunia - pieśń balladowa
29. Kądziołeczka
30. Gibany - taniec kurpiowski
31. Za co ze mnie mama łaje
32. Na stole szklanka, na psiwku psianka
33. Kukaweńka kuka, w mojem sercu śpuka
34. Słuzyła diewcyna, ałuzyła we dworze - pieśń balladowa
35. Na smentarzu mieszkać będe - pieśń pogrzebowa

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Performed by:

Various authentic folk music bands and soloists.

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About:

For many years the folk music and dance of Mazovia have been arousing interest of both foreigners and Poles. Foreigners were attracted by the speciality of this folklore - already in 1752 the German author Johann Riepel used for the first time the term Masura to describe a Polish dance. This CD focuses in one subregion of Mazovia: the so-called Green Forest. Its inhabitants describe themselves as Woodlanders. Another popular (though incorrect) name of this population is 'Kurpie' (the Kurps)
The Green Forest stretches on the territory between the Narew River (between the towns of Ostrleka and Nowogrod) and the Omulawia and Pisa Rivers. The northern borderline of the region was the historical border between Poland and East Prussia. Due to the relatively late (16th/17th century) and multiethnic settlement from different directions, e.g. from East Prussia as well as the difficult economic situation, isolation and traditionalism of the region, the culture of the Green Forest is highly distinctive. The best example can be found in the local dialect, in which all-Polish piwo is pronounced as psiwo or pchiwo, kupic as kupsic. The Woodland dialect is very close to the dialect of the Masurian population from the former East Prussia.
The folk song of the region is in many aspects similar to that of Mazovia, both in literary forms, subjects, functions and textual threads. It contains popular wedding songs like Siadaj, nie gadaj (Sit down and don't talk), Juz za stoly zasiadaja (They sit down to tables) or others, like Pozic mamo raz (Tell me, mother), U jeziorecka, u bystrej wody (On the lake), Sluzyla dziewcyna (The girl went into service). However, the Woodlanders do not know such a widely known wedding song as Chmiel. They also have very few ballad motifs and some widely known rites are totally missing from their repertoire - e.g. harvest-home celebration, obviously connected with the feudal economy. Could it be a result of the liberties enjoyed by the inhabitants of the Royal Forest? The Woodlanders have developed their own unique classification of songs, of which one group is called przytrampywane (songs with foot-tapping?). They are performed with a special dance-like movement and often have meaningless refrains (ex. Mozilas, Marysiu - You said, Mary; Na stole sklanka - A glass on the table). Another group contains 'forest' (lesne) songs - slow and melismatic, formerly sang in the woods and presently, when much of the forest has been cut down, also in the fields. For a long time the folk music of the Woodlanders was not heard much. It was Oskar Kolberg who revealed this repertoire in the ethnographic series, but to fully recognize its value and originality, Polish culture had to wait for father Wladyslaw Skierkowski (1886-1941). While travelling to his parish on a cart, he heard a nostalgic 'forest' song which enchanted him. This fascination resulted in a collection of songs which he wrote down from hearing and published as Puszcza kurpiowska w piesni (The Kurpie Forest in song, Plock 1928-1934). After the 2nd World War an extensive documentation of the Green Forest's folklore, including recordings, was made thanks to activities of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Radio. English-Polish booklet enclosed with details about the region and the musicians.

 

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SKU:	PRCD155