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Ema Haual / H​ä​llilaul (the mother at the grave / Lullaby)

from On the Shoulders of the Great Bear by Andrew Cronshaw

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The underlying theme is two Estonian runo-tunes played on the marovantele (the first recorded appearance of this instrument, which draws features from Finnish kantele and Malagasy marovany). We recorded the opening sounds outside Kaustinen church on Sunday May 30th 1999.

'Hällilaul' was sung by Leena Karh, who was aged 78 when Herbert Tampere and S.Kutti collected it from her in Hargla, Estonia in 1935. 'Ema haual' was sung by 62-year-old Ann Tsingel of Helme, Estonia to A.Martin in 1908. Both were published in “Eesti Rahvaviiside Antoloogia” (ed. Herbert Tampere, 1935)

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from On the Shoulders of the Great Bear, released January 1, 2000
Marovantele, wind-wand, gong - Andrew Cronshaw
Soprano sax, voice - Ian Blake
Double bass - Bernard O’Neill

Trad. arr. Cronshaw/Blake/O'Neill

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Andrew Cronshaw London, UK

Andrew Cronshaw is a British multi-instrumentalist and producer, soloist and also leader of the Finnish/Armenian/British band SANS, who also has a long career as a writer on roots musics, particularly those of the Nordic, Baltic, eastern and central European and Iberian regions, for fRoots, The Rough Guide to World Music etc. ... more

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