KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Ode To Gravity: An Interview with Martin Koenig

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interviews

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

OTG.1970.03.11.c1

Program Series

Ode To Gravity

Program Length

42 min

Dates

1970-03-11 | broadcast
| 1970-03-11 | created

Description

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.

Genres

World music

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]

Subjects

World music
Ethnic music
Folk music, Bulgarian
Folk music, Romanian
Folk dance music -- Balkan Peninsula

Acknowledgment

Funding for the preservation of this program made possible through a grant by the GRAMMY Foundation.

Related places

Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Koenig, Martin