Traditional Music


Gagaku (ca. C12th)
Hyōjō no chōshi, transcribed for solo accordion by Eva Zöllner (Excerpt)
1:59 min., 2.9MB
The recording of this extremely slow, shimmering Japanese music was made on a high street in Hyderabad, India. The sounds of the accordion are mixed with those of that environment.
Manny Katz
Dance of the Souls, klezmer arrangement for ensemble by Volker Staub (Excerpt)
1:43 min, 2.5MB
Traditional Klezmer
The Klezmers Freilach, arrangement for ensemble by Volker Staub (Excerpt)
1:18 min., 1.9MB
Quari Syed Mudassir Hussain
Adhan, prayer chant (Excerpt)
1:39 min., 2.4MB
This recording was made on 20.10.2012 in the Qutub Shahi tombs in Hyderabad, India.
Shem-Tom Levi
Amud Ha´Esh, klezmer arrangement for clarinet solo by Ruben Staub
2:33 min., 2.7MB
Music of the Kadar
Women’s Circle Dance 1, for female voices, clapping, drums (Excerpt)
2:25 min., 3.5MB
The recording of this “call and response” singing was made on 13.10.2012 in Parambikulam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Music of the Kadar
Women’s Circle Dance 2,  for female voices, clapping, drums (Excerpt)
2:20 min., 3,4MB
The recording of this “call and response” singing was made on 13.10.2012 in Parambikulam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Music of the Kadar
Music for Shenai, Drums, Shouts (Excerpt)
2:20 min., 3,4MB
The recording of this “call and response” singing was made on 13.10.2012 in Parambikulam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Music of the Kadar
Music for Shenai, Drums, Shouts, Clapping (Excerpt)
2:13 min., 3.2MB
This recording was made on 30. 12. 2011 in Parambikulam, Andhra Pradesh, India.