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Cantu a tenore
- mydriasis 4y agoThe Balkans have a tradition of pastoral singing that's very interesting as well. Here's a sample -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KPh93AJEUk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KPh93AJEUk
- sambapa 4y agohttps://youtu.be/xSSWrZ_4xb4 https://youtu.be/xSSWrZ_4xb4
- skrrtww 4y agoThat group (Tenores di Bitti) are quite nice. My favorite are the Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RnoWeykrjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RnoWeykrjQ You may recognize them from some soundtrack work in Werner Herzog films.
- actionfromafar 4y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdQn04CEOK8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdQn04CEOK8 Sweden?!
- ff_ 4y agoThe most impressive thing about this is not the overtone singing - one can learn that given some practice time - but to me it's how LOUD the quartet sounds. I'd recommend being in the same room with them if you can, the feeling is just incredible, and videos and recordings absolutely do not render how powerful this kind of singing can get with the years of practice that they put in.
- YeGoblynQueenne 4y agoYou can try that out with your friends. Get two or three of them, stand in a circle, facing each other, and start making "MMM" or "AAAAH" sounds, trying to "find" each other in tone and pitch. When you manage to tune in to the group sound, it will sound as loud as a brass orchestra. Speaking from experience. Although it works better with male singers (because louder voices).
- personjerry 4y agoRelated, mongolian throat singing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvan_throat_singing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvan_throat_singing
- davidw 4y ago> In 2005, UNESCO proclaimed the What is it with Italians and UNESCO? I consider myself pretty knowledgeable about things Italian. I speak the language fluently, my kids have citizenship, I can talk about politics there - but I never quite grokked this fascination with getting everything declared UNESCO this, UNESCO that.
- HeavyFeather 4y agoAt the core, I think there's just a lot of cultural and historical sites in Italy specifically because of the Roman Empire and its tentacles. Then there's the fact that UNESCO sites receive funding, which Italians love. Then Italians are (overly?) proud of their history and food and they won't pass up an opportunity to tell the world they're the best. [1] 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp2uDyzxP6g
- davidw 4y agoI should have specified that I'm not really talking about all the amazing historic places that Italy has. That makes perfect sense. It's the random things like this singing that have me scratching my head.
- progre 4y agoItaly are marketing themselves as "Cultural Superpower" since a few years. Having lots of UNESCO things plays in to that I guess? But apart from the marketing, Italy really has a lot of stuff worth protecting.
- foul 4y agoI think Italy's leaders and cultural champions' aim is to regard Italy as "The cultural backbone of the world", because to be a superpower you have to lead others... They mostly try to market Italian landmarks and folklore as an entitlement to get funds from cultural endeavours.
- ethbr0 4y agoItalian cultural resources >> natural resources Seems fair as a country to say "How can we maximally utilize our cultural resources?" If the UN provides a vehicle with which to do that, they use the vehicle. Gripe about the game, not the good player.
- thomasfl 4y agoThe Georgians invented polyphonic singing. Male choral music from Georgia is stunningly beautiful: https://youtu.be/iOzXuQTJPfY https://youtu.be/iOzXuQTJPfY
- nirse 4y agoBeautiful, indeed, thanks for sharing that link. But have you got any references on your claim on the origins of polyphony? My understanding is that it is generally accepted to have developed globally, broadly speaking from homophony to heterophony to polyphony, in many different cultures.
- illiarian 4y agoAs example I prefer Trio Mandili's Apareka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbsQJBxICN0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbsQJBxICN0 and the "heavy version" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iybYK53pzYw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iybYK53pzYw :)
- tomcam 4y agoExquisite and thrilling, thanks! But Tuvan throat singers say hold my beer.
- actionfromafar 4y agoHold my Kumis?
- tomcam 4y agoDamn my eyes. Upvote earned with prejudice
- epolanski 4y ago> The Georgians invented polyphonic singing. At best they have the oldest tradition of polyphony in church music. It's very difficult to trace the history of polyphonic singing as it developed independently along music in different parts of the world.
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- tomcam 4y agoBe sure to listen to the sound sample on that page. Unexpectedly gorgeous IMHO