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Stranded in the USA: Early Songs of Emigration [Import]
Stranded in the USA: Early Songs of Emigration [Import]
Track Listings
| 1. I'm Leaving Tipperary (Ich Verlasse Tipperary) - Pat White |
| 2. Scottiisi |
| 3. Ponoc Kad Dodje (When Midnight Comes) |
| 4. M'Ekapses Ameriki (America, You Ruined Me) - Rita Abatzi |
| 5. Poor But Ambitious |
| 6. Fado Do Emigrante (Fado of the Immagrant) |
| 7. Dziewczyna Z Chicago - Polka (The Girl from Chicago) |
| 8. Irish Farewell (Ein Irischer Abschied) - Frank Quinn |
| 9. Galitziana Ball |
| 10. Discriminacion (Discrimination) |
| 11. Little German Ball |
| 12. Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow - I.D. Beck |
| 13. Li Fimmini Cu Lu Lipstick (Women Wearing Lipstick) |
| 14. Ole (A Norwegian Emigrant Arrives in the USA) |
| 15. U Daljini (In the Distance) |
| 16. O Gero Amerikanos (The Old American) |
| 17. Siirtolaisen Ensi Vastuksia (The Immigrant's First Difficulties) |
| 18. Jibaro en Nueva York (A Puerto-Rican Peasant in New York) |
| 19. Dzieci W Krateczki (Children in Squares) - Wladyslaw Polak |
| 20. Urkainske Weselia W Ameryci (A Ukranian Wedding in America) |
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
An outstanding encapsulation of the immigrant experience. Raise a glass to the obsessive compulsive, music lover. On a trip to Rockford, Illinois, archivist Christoph Wagner was led to room after room of teetering boxes, stacks and sheer mountains of old 78s. ‘Here in these catacombs‘, he writes, ‘the whole ethnic underground of America was deposited.‘ From them came 'Stranded in the USA', an indispensable, broad-ranging, exhaustively researched view of the immigrant experience. Recorded between 1922 and 1959, the songs are sung in the languages of virtually every major national group that arrived in the New World. At turns playful and plaintive, they bemoan the sorrows of leaving home, of lost hopes and tenacious dreams, of despair and optimism, and they tell of discrimination and opportunity, city slickers and country bumpkins, romantic conquests and the inevitable clash of cultures. This is social history from the ground up: two- and three-minute distillations of the human spirit served up by th likes of Irish orchestras, fado musicians, Scandinavian folk groups, Puerto Rican conjuntos, calypso singers, Greek bouzoukis and Balkan strings - to name but a few examples. A labour of love-cum-audio documentary, Stranded is enhanced by extensive notes containing biographical data, musician rosters, photos, illustrations and partial song translations - plus two substantial essays by Wagner that place the music and the time into crystalline perspective. Librarians, ethnomusicologists, archivists, music lovers - take note. Stranded is a goldmine that provides education and entertainment in equal measure. It deserves an award. Trikont. 2005.
Stranded in the USA: Early Songs of Emigration,Various Artists,Trikont,Pop,Rock/Pop Collections
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Stranded in the USA: Early Songs of Emigration
Various Artists Manufacturer: Trikont ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B00065VTD6 Release Date: 2005-05-16 |
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Album Description
An outstanding encapsulation of the immigrant experience. Raise a glass to the obsessive compulsive, music lover. On a trip to Rockford, Illinois, archivist Christoph Wagner was led to room after room of teetering boxes, stacks and sheer mountains of old 78s. `Here in these catacombs`, he writes, `the whole ethnic underground of America was deposited.` From them came 'Stranded in the USA', an indispensable, broad-ranging, exhaustively researched view of the immigrant experience. Recorded between 1922 and 1959, the songs are sung in the languages of virtually every major national group that arrived in the New World. At turns playful and plaintive, they bemoan the sorrows of leaving home, of lost hopes and tenacious dreams, of despair and optimism, and they tell of discrimination and opportunity, city slickers and country bumpkins, romantic conquests and the inevitable clash of cultures. This is social history from the ground up: two- and three-minute distillations of the human spirit served up by th likes of Irish orchestras, fado musicians, Scandinavian folk groups, Puerto Rican conjuntos, calypso singers, Greek bouzoukis and Balkan strings - to name but a few examples. A labour of love-cum-audio documentary, Stranded is enhanced by extensive notes containing biographical data, musician rosters, photos, illustrations and partial song translations - plus two substantial essays by Wagner that place the music and the time into crystalline perspective. Librarians, ethnomusicologists, archivists, music lovers - take note. Stranded is a goldmine that provides education and entertainment in equal measure. It deserves an award. Trikont. 2005.Album Details
Emigration is a Basic Experience of the Modern Ages. Between 1800 and the First World War More Than 60 Million People Left Europe. Ireland, Germany, Poland, Italy and Switzerland Had the Highest Quote of Emigrants, but also Bohemia, Serbia, Croatia, Finland, Norway and Greece Had to Complain an Exodus of their Population. Most of the Emigrants Moved to the USA. From the Melange of Multiple Cultures of the Old World Melting with New Influences, Emerged Own American Traditions. The Emigrants Made their Very Own Experiences to the Topics of their Songs, Reflecting the Whole Range of Human Emotions, from the Unbounded Hope to the Deepest Grief of Homesickness. There Are Songs Depicting the Farewell as a Traumatic Experience, Others Are of Exuberating Optimism and Cheat in a Snooty Way with the Clumsiness of the New-comers, the Greenhorns.Music Review:
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