Sound clips
Peach Curry is proud to bring you samples from our CD - especially selected
and produced for your enjoyment. If the file sizes seem a little large, we apologize for any
inconvenience, but more compression (that is, loss) produces a muddier sound.
The recording specs are 44.1 khz, 16-bit, 2-channel.
To download a file: Click on a link
below. Your computer should load the file in your favorite player automatically.
If not, do a right-click on the link and look for a "save" option.
The WMA (Windows Media Audio) format is for computers running Windows. (Why not use the WAV format? The files are H-U-G-E.)
The MP3 format can be used on a portable player or on any computer
with software that will play an MP3 file.
"Western" music
| Song Name Dance Name |
Origins | Length |
MP3 File |
WMA File |
| Schiarazula Marazula Maltese Bransle |
Italy, 1578 Malta, 1580s? |
16 sec |
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| Korobushka (also called Korobushk') |
Ukraine, 1920 | 22 sec |
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| Ding Dong Merrily On High Official Bransle; also known in the SCA as "Toss the Duchess" |
France, 1400s? France, 1580s? |
24 sec |
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| Black Nag | England, 1657/1670 | 27 sec |
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| Hornpipe Hole in the Wall |
England, 1695/1698 | 31 sec |
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| A medley of three jigs** Trenchmore | Ireland, 18-19c England, 1653/1722 |
31 sec |
** The three tunes are:
[1] "Tenpenny Bit" - Irish/Scottish jig (sources vary)
[2] "Lannigan's Ball" - Irish jig
[3] "The Road to Lisdoonvarna" - Irish jig with origins in the
17th century "All the Way to Galway",
but might not have been a jig until
the 19th century.
"Eastern" music
| Song Name Dance Name |
Origins | Length |
MP3 File |
WMA File |
| Vidavid, Esmirin * Dueling Turks |
Israel, Turkey | 31 sec |
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| Sepastia Bar | Armenia, folk
dance tune (Western Anatolia) |
27 sec |
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| Üsküdar Turkish Wedding Dance |
Turkey, late 19c? | 31 sec |
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| Tafta Hindi | Arabia/Egypt, folk song | 28 sec |
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| Gypsy Syrto Algerian Stomp |
Greece, folk dance tune | 26 sec |
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| Lamma Bada Andalusian Scarf Dance |
Andalusia, 10c | 28 sec |
* The first is a fairly slow introduction
to the second. The title "Dueling Turks" describes the rather
athletic dance that goes with the piece. See the booklet for
details.
More information on the music
for this CD is available on this site.
Would you like to hear more? More percussion, perhaps?
Check out the three all-percussion tracks
we submitted for a charity CD to be produced ... at some point.
Here are some helpful links: Microsoft Netscape