Italian folk music
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Italian folk music reflects a long and diverse history. National unification occurred relatively late on the Italian Peninsula, allowing its many hundreds of regional cultures to retain distinct music
Italian folk musicians performing in Edinburgh
Cantu a tenore
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The cantu a tenòre is a style of polyphonic folk singing characteristic of the island of Sardinia, particularly the region of Barbagia, though some other Sardinian sub-regions bear examples of such tr
Italian folk music
…uniquely Sicilian modern song style. Probably the most culturally distinct of all the regions in Italy, Sardinia is a Mediterranean island known for the cantu a tenore polyphonic chant, sacred songs called gozos, and launeddas, a woodwind instrument similar to the Greek aulos. Launeddas are used to play a complex style…
Canto a tenore in Oliena, Sardinia
Singers from Nuoro (Nùgoro) in 1903.
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