National Anthems, Hymns, Patriotic and Folk Songs

Slavic, East European, and Former USSR Resources

National Anthems, Hymns, Patriotic and Folk Songs

INDEX OF MUSIC BY SUBJECT, COUNTRY, OR AREA

Adygeya	Dagestan (& Mtn. Jews)	Kosovo	Russian Federation
Afghanistan	East Germany	Kurdistan	Rusyn
Åland Islands	Egypt	Kyrgyzstan	Sami (Lapp)
Albania	Estonia	Latvia	Serbia
Arab - General	Finland	Lebanon	Shaman (Tuva)
Armenia	Folk & Ethnic Music	Lithuania	Slovakia
Assyria	Georgia	Livonia (Liivi)	Slovenia
Azerbaijan	Greece	Mari-El	Sorb/Wend - Lusatia
Bashkortostan	Gypsy	Macedonia	Syria
Belarus	Hungary	Moldova	Syriac (Aramaean/Suryoyo)
Bosnia-Herzegovina	India - Christian	Mongolia	Tajikistan
Bulgaria	Ingria	Montenegro	Tatarstan
Buryat Republic	Ingushetia	Mordovia	Tibet
Caucasus - General	Iran	Nagorno-Karabakh	Transylvania
Chechnya	Iraq	National Anthems	Turkey
Chuvash Republic	Israel	Nenets	Turkmenistan
Circassia - General	Jewish	Nganasan	Tuva Republic
Cossack	Jordan	North Korea [DPRK]	Tver Karelia
Crimean Tatar	Karachay-Balkar	Olonets Karelia or Livvi	Ukraine
Croatia	Karelia	Ossetia	Vlah, Vlach, or Aromanian
Cyprus	Kashubia	Palestine	Former USSR
Cyprus, Northern	Kazakhstan	Poland	Uyghuristan
Czech Republic	Khanty-Mansi	Religious Music	Uzbekistan
favorites	Komi & Komi Permyak	Roma	Yiddish
		Romania	Former Yugoslavia

General sites for links to National Anthems, Religious Music, and Folk Songs

NATIONAL ANTHEMS

National Anthems.us - The First National Anthems Forum on the Internet!. The Anthem Download Links.
www.national-anthems.net.
National Anthems of the World. From Robesus Inc..
Laura's Midi Heaven - Including National Anthems and International songs Page. Laura's Ragtime Page.
Tous les hymnes en fichier midi. From Un Monde de Musique et de Reves.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook - Multimedia & History. With links to patriotic and military music and national anthems, etc.
Juha Nuotio. With a section of Nordic, Baltic, and Finno-Ugric National Anthems and Finnish patriotic songs, hymns, marches.
Sounds of the Soviet Union.

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RELIGIOUS MUSIC

General Christian Music Sites

Hear the Choirs Sing.

Protestant Music - Lutheran Tradition

The Hymns of Martin Luther - Dr. Martin Luther's Deutsche Geistliche Lieder.
The Lutheran Hymnal. Placed in the public domain by Project Wittenberg. From Hymnal Indexes of Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God".
Web Sites with Bach MIDI Files. From J. S. Bach Home Page. Includes Bach Organ Works and Dave's J.S. Bach Page MIDI Files.

Johann Sebastian Bach - 371 vierstimmige Chorale. And More Bach Sounds.

Protestant Music - Evangelical and Other Tradition

Church of God, International. Burgundy Hymnal Accompaniment Music.
The Ames Hymn Collection. By Brian M. Ames.
The Electronic Hymnal.
Internet Theology Resources: Liturgical Studies and Liturgical Music.
HymnSite.com. Featuring hymns from a Methodist Hymn List.
The Cyber Hymnal. Dedicated to the Glory of God.
Music for the Church of God.
The Choir Links Page.

Roman Catholic Music

Eastern Orthodox Music, Including Byzantine (Eastern Rite) Catholic

Kurt Sander's Orthodox Choral Music Website. From Kurt Sander - Composer.
Unmercenary Sacred Music Home Page.
Summer School of Liturgical Music at Holy Trinity Seminary [Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]. Their Resources page - includes sites with mp3 files.
Sfanta Liturghie a Sf. Ioan Gura de Aur. Excerpts from the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. From Biserica Ortodoxa Romana Sfanta Treime. Los Angeles, California.
m u z i c a p s a l t i c a downloadMP3. From CartiOrtodoxe.ro.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo [Syria] - Antiochian Orthodox Church. For music, select "Radio Station"; then "Chants and Music"].
Hymns to the Theotokos Sung in Arabic. From Most Holy Theotokos Orthodox Monastery. Greek Orthodox (or Greek Melkite Catholic).
St. George Al-Humayrah Patriarchal Monastery. Homs, Syria. Music links now gone.
Vocal Music - Hymns - Songs -- Byzantine & European. [Knowledge of Greek helpful here!]. Sample Folk Song.
The Music Page: Byzantine and Christian Music. From A Guide to Byzantine Icons on the Internet.
Hymns from the Liturgical Tradition of the Orthodox Christian Church. As chanted by various Byzantine Music Choirs.
Die byzantinischen Liturgien aus der der Benediktinerabtei Niederaltaich. [Orthodox Liturgies sung in German]. Includes Die Oster-Liturgie. [Easter Liturgy].
Real Audio/Video Page of the sights and sounds found in a Byzantine Catholic Church [and also in an Orthodox Church of America church service]. From Byzantine.net.
Songs of Peace. Their We Magnify Thee: Hymns of the Church, East and West.
Greek Catholic, Melkite. Realaudio Song Files.
Melkite Catholic Mass [Divine Liturgy] Sung in Arabic. (28 minute excerpt).
Middle East Religious and Secular Realaudio Song Files from Al-Bushra - Arab American Roman Catholic.
Real Audio. From Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Recorded at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico January 29, 1989.
Liturgical Music. From St. Michael's Greek Catholic Church - Binghamton, New York. [The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese of the USA].

Oriental Orthodox Music
Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch - Holy Liturgy - Holy Liturgy in MP3.
Beth Gazo - Liturgical Music of the Syriac Orthodox Church. [Oriental Orthodox; Jacobite]. [Link not working 7-25-2002].
Syriac and Assyrian Christmas Songs. From Fadi Yacob.

Tigrigna Gospel Songs. From Eritrean Orthodox Church in USA.

Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East Music

Syriac and Assyrian Christmas Songs. From Fadi Yacob.
Audio Service from the Assyrian Church Of The East [30 minutes long]. From Ninevah.com.
The Eucharistic Liturgy of the Church of the East. From the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East.
The Holy Liturgy in Syriac. From the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East.
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Jewish and Hebrew Music
Jewish Liturgics.
Resources for Sephardic Music.
Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Liturgical Music. From sephardim.org.
Hatikvah Music International.
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Muslim and Islamic Music
Readings & Sufi Music. From Rumi. [London, United Kingdom].
Turkish Sufi Music. From turkishmusic.org. [Select "Listen All" option].
Islamic Audio Lectures & Video Clips.

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Other Religious Music

Classic [Yezidi Kurdish Music]. From www.LALISH.com.
Modern [Yezidi Kurdish Music]. From www.LALISH.com.

FOLK, ETHNIC, AND OTHER MUSIC

Slavonic Web. Slavonic Cultural Center of San Francisco. Includes links to Balkan Slavonic and Gypsy music.
Welcome to TamburaWeb - Music from the Lands of Eastern Europe.
Links to Russian and NIS Music Resources.
Music Index for the Cyber-USSR. From Cyber-USSR. By Hugo S. Cunningham.
Balkanarama; Hot Gypsy Jazz - Seattle. Their Balkanarama - Balkan Music and Culture.
Balkanfolk.com. With sound clips.
Middle Eastern Music: Translated Song Lyrics by Shira.
Zemerl -- Jewish Song Database.
The Israeli-Jewish-Yiddish-Hebrew-Folk-Cultural Music Midi Free Library.
Congregation Etz Chaim Jewish and International MIDI Page.
The Muslim World Music Page. From Dr. A. Godlas' Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, and Religion.
Anasheed Islamic Songs Section. From The Road to Jihad.
California Gold. Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties. Includes WPA California Ethnic, Cultural, and Language Groups. Ethnic groups - Including Armenian, Croatian, Finnish, Hungarian, and Russian Molokan.
Oronzos Page of National/Military Music From the 1920s-1930s World War I - World War II.
La Seconda Guerra Mondiale: Musiche e Canti d'Epoca.
World War One Songs Early Recordings from 1918 Victrola.
Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers performed by Billy Murray.

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Country, Nation, Ethnic sites for links to National Anthems and Folk Songs

Nordic and Baltic Europe and Finno-Ugric Areas of the Russian Federation

The Sami People of Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia

Sámi soga lávlla. The National Anthem of the Sami People. From Music Section. By Juha Nuotio.
National Anthem of Sweden. (Vocal version). From National Anthems Links - Home Page.
National Anthem of Norway. From National Anthems Links - Home Page.
Jojk: The Joik Box - A presentation of Saami Folk Music.
The Magic Of Sami Yoik - Folklore der Sami.

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Republic of Finland

Finnish Patriotic Music

Pohjan Sotilassoittokunta. Their Sotilasmusiikki page with excerpts various Finnish songs.
Suomalaiset sota-ajan laulut & Radiopuheet - Finnish War Time Songs & Radio Speeches.
Aunuksen Anja - Originally a World War II song, here it is sung in Finnish by Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat - a rock band from the Republic of Karelia.
Heninen.net's Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat. Many mp3 files. Including Aunuksen Anja and Omien aigoin legendat. Their Pahoin brihoin pajatukset (Songs of bad boys).

Finnish Patriotic Music - Individual Songs

Maamme [Vårt Land; Our Land]. From Virtual Finland. The The Finnish National Anthem from their National Symbols.
Maamme. From Maamme - so entstand Finnlands Nationalhymne.
Vårt land. Finnish National Anthem sung in Swedish. Find ztc's second post here to download. From Finnish National Anthem Links. From NationalAnthems.us.
Finland National Anthem. In a Contemporary Rock Vocal Rendition. From . From www.national-anthems.net.
Maamme-laulu ja Porilaisten marssi. From YLE kouluportti. Recordings from the mid 20th century. Select under Kuuntele.
The 1998 Finnish stamp honoring the 150 anniversary of the poem that became the national anthem. From Finnish stamps. From Jari Tarpio's homepage.
150th Anniversary of the Song Maamme - Vårt Land. From Helsinki University.
Poriliaisten Marssi. Click next link & select at end of "Text". From Presidentti-Instituutio. The Text of Porilaisten marssi.
Porilaisten Marssi. Vocal version from World War II. From La Seconda Guerra Mondiale: Musiche e Canti d'Epoca.
Björneborgarnas Marsch / Porilaisten Marssi. From the Sound page of The European Military Music.
Excerpt of Albert Edelfelt's painting of Porilaisten marssi 1808-09 [March of the Björneborgers 1808-09]. Also search "pori' here and also here for an enlarged picture. And the Porin Prikaati.
Jean Sibelius' Finlandia Opus 26, 1899. Another version. [M]
Finlandia-hymni [Finlandia]. Music by Jean Sibelius, Words by V.A. Koskenniemi.
Be Still, My Soul. And Another Version. Another version: Be Still My Soul.
Be Still, My Soul - From FountainSong - Music that nurtures the soul. [Vocal arrangement].
Moving from the religious setting: Tango Finlandia.
Finnish War Time Songs. Texts only. From St. Petersburg Environs. The complete version - Okrestnosti Peterburga.
La Seconda Guerra Mondiale: Musiche e Canti d'Epoca. Includes a Finland section with sound files of many well known songs from the period of the Second World War. Examples are Jääkärimarssi - Jäegermarch, Waffen SS Freiwillige - Suomi Marssi, Säkkijärven polkka, Njet Molotoff.
Pekka Siitoin. With WW II music....
Finnish war songs from other sites:
- Liisa pien´ [Lili Marleen]. From The Official Lili Marleen Page. The Finnish text.
- Suomi-marssi. [Link no longer works]. At Parazite.org. - Files. Select "Files" then scroll to the nationalism, nazism, revisionism & racism section.
- Suomi marssi (select "MP3 next to Suomi marssi).
- Mustapaitain marssi (select MP3 next to Mustapaitain marssi in middle of the list).
- Äänisen aallot - Waves of Onega.
- Finnländischer Reiter-Marsch and Marsch der Finnlander SS (Erika). From Music from the Third Reich. From Brangolf.

Finnish Spiritual Music

Ortodoksinen Pääsiäinen - Suuri Viikko ja Pääsiäinen Kirkkomusiikissa. Orthodox Easter - Holy Week and Easter in Church Music. Click on the music note for sound links. From Ortodoksinen Pääsiäinen.
Iloitse, Jumalan äiti - "Rejoice, O Virgin" by Rachmaninoff [In Finnish].
[Finnish Religious and Folk Songs - Excerpts]. From Lopen Lapsi- ja nuorisokuoro & Timotei.
Odotan jouluvierasta mp3. Words by Hilja Haahti.From Ohjelmisto.
Oi, kiitos sa Luojani armollinen. From Ohjelmisto.
Juhani Alakärppä - Muistojen Joulu. Excerpts of Christmas songs. Includes Joulupuu on rakennettu. From Baritoni Juhani Alakärppä ja Laulavat Alakärpän lapset.

Finnish Folk & Popular Music

Classical Finland - tuotteet. Click a category on the left and listen to excerpts of music. [The word "kuuntele" ("listen") must be present].
Pertin musiikkisivu! A selection of Finnish music and Argentine music. By Pertti Mustonen.
Finnish conductor Olavi Virta - Selections from the 1930's, 1940's. and 1950's.
The Kalevala Heritage. CD with selections from the Kalevala.
Kansanmusiikki [Selections of Finnish Folk Songs].[Page being updated 10/21/2007].
Amazon.de Listings of CD's which contain the word "Finlandia". Excerpts.
Finnische Volkslieder - Various Candomino Choir.
Suomalainen laulukirja - Finnish Song Book.
Finland Sings. A collection of Finnish songs from Liisa Berg's Kutri's Korner.
Let the musicians play... Soita pelimanni, soita.... And Another Site.
Muusikkojen Liitto - www.musicfinland.com.
Suomalaisen musiikin hakemisto 1901 - 1979: Database of finnish music 1901 - 1979.
Finnish Music Information Centre.
Kulttuuri.net. Their Classical Music and their Light Music.
Finnish Throat Singing Society. [This website will be moving to www.kurkkulaulajat.org in 2001.] [Quick Guide to Throat-singing - From Friends of Tuva.]
www.musicfinland.com.
The Balalaika Pages (Finland) - Balalaikkasivut. Russian folk music instruments, balalaika, domra, gusli, Russian music links etc.
Finlandia: A Festival of Finnish Music. Audio CD music selections.
Mätäpoliisien tuotantoa mp3sina kera sanojen. Some Finnish rap. Working sound files are mainly in the On da house section and 55 suomirokin klassikkoa section.
Ilmatar's Inspirations: Nationalism, Globalization, and the Changing Soundscapes of Finnish Folk Music. [Book Review].
Tango markkinat. Seinäjoki, Finland.
The Christmas of Selestina. (Tornio, Finland). Excerpts of four Christmas songs.
Digital archive of Finnish Folk Tunes. From Department of Music - University of Jyväskylä.
Department of Music Anthropology. From the University of Tampere.
Viipurin Lauluveikot ry. Helsinki, Finland. Check Äänitteet link for information on their concerts and CD's of Karelian and Finnish music.
[Finnish Music Links].

Finnish Folk & Popular Music - Individual Songs

Kesäpäivä Kangasalla - Summer Day in Kangasala, Finland. Another Version.
"Karjalan kunnailla". A Karelian folksong. Another Version of Karjalan kunnailla. And Another version.
Karjalan kunnailla - played on a 39-string concert kantele. Select first item at bottom of page here: The Kantele - Finland's National Instrument. From Virtual Finland.
Kallavesj page 1, page 2, Song for vocals and guitar.MP3-file. From Vesa Pölkki´s homepage. And My works - Tuotantoani.
Hei, hölökynkölökyn. From Hei, hölökynkölökyn - säv, san Juuso Happonen.
[Excerpts of Three Finnish Songs].
Paha joulupukki. From Janne Kuusinen - Joululevy.
www.rovaniemi.fi - Joulupankki has two Finnish Christmas songs - "Joulupukki, Joulupukki" and "Joulupotpuri".

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The Åland Islands - Autonomous Province of the Republic of Finland

Ålänningens sång. [Download the mp3 version]. From Sång och musik från Åland.
Vårt land. Original Swedish text of the Finnish national anthem.
Vårt land. Finnish National Anthem sung in Swedish. Find Webmaster's post from Reinhart Popp.[zip file]. From Finnish National Anthem Links. From NationalAnthems.us.
[Åland Islands songs]. From Åländska Studentföreningen i Helsingfors.

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Ingria/Ingermanland/Inkeri Region of St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Surrounding Areas of the Russian Federation

Nouse, Inkeri! Inkerinsuomalaisten kansallislaulu. Sound file of the Ingermanland national song. Another site: Kansalliset symbolit. From Eesti Ingerisoomlaste Liit.
Omal maal. Sound file of Ingermanland folk song.
Karelian Folk Music Ensemble : Ingrian Folk Songs. With sound clips.
The Karelian Folk Music Ensemble : From the Land of the Kalevala. With two soundclips.

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Republic of Karelia of the Russian Federation

Republic of Karelia Patriotic Music

The Anthem of the Republic of Karelia. From The Coat of Arms, Flag, & Anthem of the Republic of Karelia. Authors of the text in Russian Armas Mishin and Ivan Kostin; in Finnish Armas Mishin. Music by A.Beloborodov.
National Anthem of the Republic of Karelia. From National Anthems - All 193 Countries (Midi, Words, and Flags).
Karjalan Tasavallan valtiohymni. Finnish text.
"Kraj Rodnoj Karelija" (My Native Country, Karelia). Russian text.

Republic of Karelia Spiritual Music

Music. From Valaam - The Official Site of the Valaam Monastery. Valaam island, Sortavala, Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation.

Republic of Karelia Folk & Popular Music

Karjalan kunnailla. Played on a 39-string concert kantele. From Virtual Finland's The Kantele - Finland's National Instrument.
"Karjalan kunnailla". A Karelian folksong. Another Version of Karjalan kunnailla. And Another version.
[Karelian] Music Samples. From the Audio Archive of the Institute of Linguistics, Literature and History of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Myllärit.
Myllärit - Folk-group from Karelia Page / The "Millers" from Petrozavodsk.
Kantele - The Karelian song- and dance ensemble Kantele.
Karelian Folk Music Ensemble Toive.
Beautiful Maiden - Karelian (NW Russia) folk tune. From Welcome to Richka.com..... - Music from Russia and the former USSR States.
Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat. Folk Rock Band from Karelia, NW Russia. Their Music page.
Heninen.net's Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat. Many mp3 files. Including Aunuksen Anja and Omien aigoin legendat. Their Pahoin brihoin pajatukset (Songs of bad boys).
Santtu Karhu - Ensimmäinen karjalankielinen rocklevy.

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Olonets Karelia or Aunus Karelia or Äänisen Karjala or Livvi

Ülenzoitam Sindai, Armaz Kodima! Texts of Vepsän Karelian patriotic songs.
Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat. Folk Rock Band from Karelia, NW Russia. [Lead singer Santtu Karhu sings in Livvi as well as in Karelian and Russian]. The Music page.
Heninen.net's Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat. Many mp3 files.
Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat. ["Find" livvi].
Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat. [In Estonian]. ["Find" livvi].
Posti-Santra in Vuokkiniemi tells about village life. [In Karelian-Finnish].

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Tver Karelia [Tverskaia regionalnaia avtonomiia Tverskikh Karel of Tver Oblast of the Russian Federation]

Oma randa - Rodnaia zemlia [Native land]. Tver Karelian song.
Pominalnyi plach.
Ispoved. Page about Ispoved - slova i muzyka M. M. Orlova.
Kezriäjäzet. The words of the song in Karelian. The words in Russian.
Plach (in Karelian). The words in Karelian. Translation in Russian. In English. From Zagovory i plachi [The Karelian lament tradition].

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Republic of Estonia

Estonian Patriotic Music

Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm - Eesti Vabariigi Rahvushümn. Vocal version. And in an orchestral version. From Eesti Vabariigi sümboolika.
National anthem - My Native Land, My Joy, Delight. From The President of Estonia - National Symbols.
Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm, including a wav audio file of the music.
Estonia National Anthem. From www.national-anthems.net.
Estonian National Anthem Links. From NationalAnthems.us.
Mu Isamaa on Minu Arm. Music: G. Ernesaks Lyrics: L. Koidula. From Juha Nuotio Home Page. His Songs index, including 17 Estonian songs.
Old Estonian SSR State Anthem in a choral version. From Sounds of the Soviet Union.
"Eesti NSV" hümn - State Anthem of the former "Estonian SSR". From Music Section of Juha Nuotio's Home Page.

Estonian Spiritual Music

Estonian Folk & Popular Music

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Republic of Latvia

Latvian Patriotic Music

Latvian National Anthem. (Choral version). From National Anthems Links - Home Page.
Latvian National Anthem. From Mark Fromm's National Anthems - All 193 Countries.
Dievs, Sveti Latviju. From Music Section of Juha Nuotio's Home Page.
Latvia National Anthem. From www.national-anthems.net.
The Old Soviet Latvian National Anthem [choral version]. From Sounds of the Soviet Union.
Patrioticheskie - MP3. From Rodina - Sait Russkoi Latvii.

Latvian Spiritual Music

Liec galvu krusta prieksa. [Excerpt]. From Raimonds Pauls, Choir Absolventi - Bow Your Head in Front of the Cross.
Christmas Song. From New York Latvian Concert Choir - Recordings.

Latvian Folk & Popular Music

Other Latvian Sounds/Music

Latvijas Radio raidijumu programmas arhrivs. [Archive of Radio Latvia programs]. From Latvijas Radio.

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Livonian People of Latvia or Latvian Livonia (Liiviläiset). [A Finno-Ugric People].

Min izamá, min sindimá - My Fatherland. National Anthem of the Livonian People of Latvia. From Music Section of Juha Nuotio's Home Page. Music by Fredrik Pacius.
Livonian Folksongs.
A Livonian song by Tulli Lum and Julgî Stalte - From See põikpäine liivlane....

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Republic of Lithuania

Lithuanian Patriotic Music

National Anthem of Lithuania. (Vocal version). From National Anthems Links - Home Page.
Tautiška Giesme - the Lithuanian National Anthem - Text - Notes - Sound. From Lithuania Home Page.
Lithuania National Anthem. From www.national-anthems.net.
The Old Lithuanian SSR National Anthem. From Sounds of the Soviet Union.

Lithuanian Spiritual Music

Lithuanian Folk & Popular Music

Ancient Lithuanian Kanklës. By The Institute of Ethnomusic. "Oi ûþkit, gauskit" fragment. Played by P. Puskunigis in 1937.
450th Anniversary of the First Lithuanian Book by Martynas Mažvydas - MUSICAL EVENTS. Scroll down for music and speech excerpts.
Grigaitis, Tijunelis, Venslovas - Lithuanian Children's Songs [Zuikis Puikis]. Excerpts from two folktales.

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Nenets Autonomous Area of Arkhangelsk Oblast of the Russian Federation

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Republic of Komi and Komi Permian Autonomous Area of Perm Oblast of the Russian Federation

Old Uralic song. Composer - E. Andrianov, Perm, Russia.
Two women in village Sishapsk, close to Izhma in central Komi sing a joke song, shastushka, in Komi.
"The Dawn" - Komi traditional song arr. by A.Osipov. Item 12 under Vissarion Shebalin (1902-1963). From Tickets of Russia.

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Republic of Mari-El of the Russian Federation

Musical Work. Page about an artist of the Mari-El Republic: singer, composer, and performer, Michail Mosunov is a member of the Yoshkar-Ola Parish of the Church of Ingria in Russia.

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Republic of Mordovia of the Russian Federation

National Anthem of the Republic of Mordovia.
Another version. From National Anthems - All 193 Countries (Midi, Words, and Flags).
Mordvin Folk Toorama. Their [Mordvin] Songs. [Need to fill out survey before downloading songs].
Mordvine 'Takmak' Song - Mordvine-Karatai Chor. Select Sample 3 from Russian Singing Voices of Earth and Heaven.

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Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District of Tiumen Oblast of the Russian Federation

Khanty Bear-Feast Songs Collected by Wolfgang Steinitz. From Aado Lintrop.

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Nganasans - The most northern Samoyed people of the Taimyr Peninsula of Central Siberia

Nganasan - Schamanic Songs Of Sibiria.
Nganasan - Shamanic and narrative songs of Siberian Arctic.
Nganasan - Music From The World. With some sound clip excerpts.
Examples of Tubyaku's Incantations. [Tubyaku Kosterkin (1921-1989)]. From The Nganasan Shamans from Kosterkin Family.
The Incantations of Tubyaku Kosterkin. By Aado Lintrop.

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East Central Europe and Adjacent Areas

The Former German Democratic Republic [East Germany] (Includes links to Predecessor States and the Successor State)

German Democratic Republic Patriotic Music

Hymne der DDR. The same vocal version from East Germany Revisited.
The German Democratic Republic's National Anthem, "Auferstanden aus Ruinen". [Includes vocal arrangement in mp3].
East German Flags and National Anthem.
Military Music of the DDR 1949-1990.
Subject: Hanns Eisler - Music and Ideas. [Includes GDR National Anthem].
Musik der DDR. From Die DDR im WWW.

Freie Deutsche Judend's Die bunte Seite - with favorite Free German Youth songs. [Bottom part of page].

Patriotic Music - The Successor State - the Federal Republic of Germany

Germany National Anthem. From www.national-anthems.net.

Bundesrepublik Deutschland. [Download anthem]. From Thomas Jost's Hymnen und Flaggen Seiten.

Patriotic Music - The Predecessor States - the Third Reich, the Weimar Republic, the German Empire (Deutsches Reich)

La Seconda Guerra Mondiale: Musiche e Canti d'Epoca. Scroll down to Wehrmacht e Luftwaffe section.
The Horst Wessel Lied. Unofficial Anthem of Germany of the Third Reich. A Real Audio of the Horst Wessel Song. Another Site: Die Fahne hoch.
Music from the Third Reich. From Brangolf.
Modern History Sourcebook: The Horst Wessel Song.
WWII Songs.
Brandenburg Historica's page on Das Lied der Deutschen - "Deutschland, Deutschland ueber alles …" [Note Last Paragraph of Their Page].
Das Lied der Deutschen - "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles …" - The National Anthem of Weimar Germany and Germany of the Third Reich [1922-1945] - Predecessor State of The German Democratic Republic and The Federal Republic of Germany. A Vocal Arrangement. An Instrumental Version. And a Mixed Choral Arrangement.
Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles. (Vocal version.) From National Anthems Links - Home Page.
Das Ostpreußenlied [Land der dunklen Wälder].
Heimatlied der Westpreußen. From Westpreussen.

German Patriotic Music - Individual Songs
Badenweiler Marsch. And Another Version. Badonviller Marsch [excerpt].
Wir trocknen uns're Wäsche an der Siegfried-Linie.
Von Finnland bis zum Schwarzen Meer.
Das Hakenkreuzlied.
Deutschland erwache / Heil Hitler Dir / Sachsenmarsch der NSDAP.
Die Wacht am Rhein. From Deutsches Reich - Die Wacht am Rhein. From Deutsches Reich.
Die Wacht am Rhein Grammophon Aufnahme 1904. From Deutsches Reich - Die Wacht am Rhein.
Der Führer's Face - Spike Jones & His City Slickers. MP3 Version.
Preussen March.
Preussens Gloria.
Alte Kameraden. And another version.
Radetzky Marsch. And another site. From here.
SA marschiert. From This Site. And Another Version.

German Democratic Republic Spiritual Music

German Democratic Republic Folk & Popular Music

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Serbja - Serby - Sorben/Wenden - Sorbs/Wends of Lusatia, Federal Republic of Germany

Rjana £užica - Serbska hymna - Die sorbische Hymne. The National Song of the Sorbs/Wends of Lusatia. [Text only - in Upper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian, and German]. From the Serbja - Serby - Sorben/Wenden - Sorbs/Wends.
An Orchestral Version of the Serbska - Sorbian hymn.
A Choral Version of the Serbska - Sorbian hymn.

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Kashubia [Formerly part of Germany, now part of Poland]

Kashubia anthem. From thenationalanthems.net.
Kashubia anthem. From www.National-Anthems.net. [Need to obtain password from site owner in order to download the anthem].

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Republic of Poland

Polish Patriotic Music

National Anthem of Poland. (Vocal version). From National Anthems Links - Home Page.
Mazurek Dabrowskiego. Vocal version. The National Anthem of Poland. From Welcome to Anthems home page. [May need to obtain password from site owner in order to download the anthem].
National Anthems of Poland - Dabrowski Mazurka.
Three vocal versions here of Polish National Anthem.
The Polish National Anthem. Performed by the 101 Strings Orchestra.
Poland National Anthem. From www.national-anthems.net.
Polish National Anthem. And Another Version. And Another Version.
Polski Hymn Narodowy. [Jeszcze Polska nie zginela...]. Text Only.
Polish National Anthem. With English Text.

Polish Spiritual Music

Muzyka. From Swiat Prawoslawia - Strona prawoslawnych chrzescijan z Wroclawia.
Prawoslawny serwis internetowy - Muzyka.
[Polish] Christmas Carols. From Leon Konieczny's www.Leon Konieczny.com.
The White Stork Synagogue Choir in Wroclaw. Their Hallelujah. From www.simcha.art.pl is a website devoted to the Jewish culture of Wroclaw.

Polish Folk & Popular Music

Music. From infopoland - Poland on the Web.
COMPLETORIVM - Ye Olde Curio Shoppe - Polish Music from Middle Ages to Baroque.
Polish composers from Middle Ages to Baroque.
Early Polish MIDI Music. Polish Music from Middle Ages to Baroque.
F. Schubert: Ave Maria. Sung by Ryszard Karczykowski. From Ksiêgarnia Mateusza. Their Indeks fragmentów mp3.
Gaude Matter Polonia. By G.G. Gorczycki.
polska wersja jezykowa - Students' Folk Ensemble "Katowice" of the University of Silesia, Poland. Their The music of "Katowice".
Podhale Folk Culture. This site offers examples of goralska muzyka (Highland music).

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The Czech Republic

Czech Patriotic Music

Czech Republic National Anthem. From www.national-anthems.net.
Czech National Anthem - Kde domov muj? [Where Is My Homeland?]. With an 18 second sound clip. From Czech Info Center Home Page.
Czech National Anthem. From Mark Fromm's National Anthems - All 193 Countries.

Czech Spiritual Music

Musica Bona - Czech Classical Music.
- Spasi Bože - Sound Clips.
- Early Russian Ecclesiastical Hymns (17th century), Divine Liturgy (Fragments) - Sound Clips.
- Alexander Nikolsky: The All-night Vigil Service, The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom - Sound Clips.

Czech Folk & Popular Music

Czech Classical Music Directory.
Bohuš' Czech Polka/Waltz MIDI Site. The MIDIS are here.

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Republic of Slovakia

Slovakian Patriotic Music

Slovak National Anthem. Includes a Choral Version. From Slovakia.org.
Slovakia National Anthem. From www.national-anthems.net.
Nad Tatrou sa blyska - Thunder Over the Tatra Mountains. Republic of Slovakia National Anthem.
National Anthem of Slovakia. From National Anthems Links - Home Page.
Another Version of the National Anthem.
Hej, Slovaci. National Slovak Society.

Slovakian Spiritual Music

Music in the MP3 Format. From the Byzantine Catholic Church in Slovakia. [Includes Dmitri Bortniansky's Cherubic Hymn 7 pt 1 and pt 2].

Slovakian Folk & Popular Music

Slovak Song and Dance - Eastern Slovakia Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Research Pages.
Litmanova Naša. Litmanova is a village of Carpatho-Rusyns in northeastern Slovakia.

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Rusyn, Carpatho-Rusyn, Ruthenia, Sub-Carpathian Rus, Uhro Rus, Transcarpathia, Carpathian Ukraine, etc.

Rusyn Patriotic Music

Lemkivski spivanky. Songs include Gori Nashi, the Lemko hymn. [Text only].
"Ja Rusyn byl, iesm i budu" -- "I was Rusyn, I am Rusyn, and I will always be".
Anthems, Rusyn National. From [Rusyn] Music. From World Academy of Rusyn Culture.

Rusyn Spiritual Music

Welcome to LVProductions.... Audio CDR's. From Lemkos Home Page. This page contains excerpts of:
- Religious CD's.
  - Holy Liturgy in the Orthodox Church according to St. Ioan Zlatoustiy/St. John Chrysostom. Excerpt.
  - "Khristos Razhdayetsia" - Christmas carols sung by the choir of St. Alexander Nevskiy in Prešov.
Carpatho-Rusyn Liturgical Music. Includes the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church.
Liturgical Music. From St. Michael's Greek Catholic Church - Binghamton, New York. [The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese of the USA].
Na mnohaja I blahaja lita! Many Happy, Healthy Years!
Muzyka. From Swiat Prawoslawia - Strona prawoslawnych chrzescijan z Wroclawia.

Rusyn Folk & Popular Music

[Rusyn] Music. From World Academy of Rusyn Culture.
Music. From Ruthenian Internet Radio Station.
Songs right from Lemkivshchyna. From Tomasz Traczyk.
Lemko songs in MIDI. From Tomasz Traczyk.
Lemko & Ukrainian song-book. From Witaj na naszych stronach WWW.
Ruski Narodni Pisny - Ruthenian Folk Songs.
Welcome to LVProductions.... Audio CDR's. From Lemkos Home Page. This page contains excerpts of:
"Kruzhok" Carpatho-Rusyn Ensemble. Cleveland, Ohio.
Litmanova Naša. Litmanova is a village of Carpatho-Rusyns in northeastern Slovakia.
Ukrainian Music - Musical Group from Ukraine (Odessa City) - Ensemble Kolyada.[Has mp3 page with a Carpathian song.].

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Republic of Hungary

Hungarian Patriotic Music

The Hungarian National Anthem. Text: Ferenc Kölcsey; Music: Ferenc Erkel.
Isten áldd meg a magyart. The Hungarian National Anthem.
Himnusz - National Anthem of Hungary.
Hungarian Society of Victoria - ...Music. [Includes the Hungarian anthem].
Hungary National Anthem. From www.national-anthems.net.

Hungarian Spiritual Music