Schlamme, Martha: German Folk Songs

Martha Schlamme: German Folk Songs - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

German Folk Songs

Artist:

Martha Schlamme

Label:

Folkways Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

093070684324

Genre:

International

Release Date:

2012-05-30

Number of Discs:

1

Internationally renowned folk artist Martha Schlamme sings German folk songs and is accompanied on recorder and banjo by Pete Seeger. Born in Vienna, Schlamme confesses that bringing the folk literature of her native tongue into her performing repertoire (of hundreds of songs spanning fourteen languages) was a struggle: "Like many other victims of Nazi persecution I found it difficult to sing or think sympathetically of a land which brought back memories of the murder of my people and of those others who dared to speak out for sanity. In growing close to songs from many lands, however, I learned that the music of the people often represents the flowering of the best in any land."

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