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Kalmyk Music CD Tracklist

Disc One:

  1. Bitchken Nar’n Hulsen
  2. Nudlen
  3. Tsegin Zaghasa Boltaks’n
  4. Russian Dance Tune
  5. Tune to Djangar
  6. Long Song (Derbet Dialect)
  7. Blessing (A Toast)
  8. Further Well-Wishing
  9. Unknown (Garia Muschayev)
  10. Hoyer Hotna Hornde
  11. Derbet Song
  12. Short Song
  13. Unknown Fragments
  14. Stavrapol
  15. Yakhova
  16. 78 Rpm Record
  17. 78 Rpm Record
  18. 78 Rpm Record
  19. 78 Rpm Record
  20. Akchin Ulan Betkhu
  21. Tegrash
  22. Tchicherdek
  23. Ultchur
  24. Unknown Small Orchestra
  25. Unknown Small Orchestra
  26. Sharkabarka
  27. Unknown Dance Tune
  28. Ulan Altchur
  29. Djangar Tune
  30. Basawa Dance
  31. Tsagande
  32. Tsagande Extra Verse
  33. Schawarze Natasha

Disc Two:

  1. Mana Noyun Bazn Bat’r
  2. Unknown Russian Song Duet
  3. Knav’dan Daruli
  4. Derbet Dance Tune
  5. Tegrashi (Tune Only)
  6. Unknown (Possibly Russian) Mandolin Tune
  7. Unknown (Possibly Bulgarian) Mandolin Tune
  8. Man Humming Tune
  9. Unknown
  10. Unknown
  11. Unknown
  12. Gordes Starpera
  13. Yabore
  14. Explaining Previous Two Songs
  15. Tsegin Zaghasa (Tsahande)
  16. Orchinsipa
  17. B Yadjin Kunni
  18. Dalkhara Nesin
  19. Same as previous song, in the “Old Style”
  20. Djangar Tune
  21. Slow Tune on Mandolin
  22. Sharn Narn Tolygin
  23. Unknown Guitar & Mandolin Duet
  24. Unknown Bulgarian Tune
  25. Unknown Russian Tune
  26. Unknown Old Song (Humming)
  27. Sharka Barka
  28. Ogdna Basn’s
  29. Ogdna Basn’s
  30. Unknown
  31. Unknown Song
  32. Bilzugan Daruli
  33. Muss I’Den

Disc Three:

  1. Unknown
  2. Man singing Old Style song
  3. Man Singing same song as 2
  4. Same man starts new song
  5. Different Male Voice, Unknown Song
  6. Talk
  7. Talk
  8. Djavan Dordje
  9. Djavan Dordje (Spoken)
  10. Unknown Female Singer
  11. Hoyer Hotna Hornde
  12. Mana Noyun Mazn Bat’r
  13. Kema
  14. Unknown
  15. Bilka Dulkha Hadje Shuh
  16. Unknown Song
  17. Bitchken Kere
  18. Unknown
  19. Khara Lanke Bushka
  20. Unknown
  21. Hoyer Hotna Hornde
  22. Ulan Bodal Saghan
  23. Eraja (Urun Garsn Nar’n)

Disc Four:

  1. Khalgo
  2. Akchin Ulan Batkh
  3. Kutush
  4. Tegrash
  5. Tegrash II
  6. Unknown
  7. Unknown Short Song
  8. Khalga
  9. Unknown
  10. Unknown
  11. Shatar Laga
  12. Usna Basn Bitchken Ma
  13. Unknown
  14. Tastov
  15. Djangar Tune
  16. Unknown tune, with short discussion
  17. Sharka Barka
  18. Talking
  19. Tegrash
  20. Altan Yala Tokhtuk Tala
  21. Tracks 22-31 are all old 78 RPM Record Recordings given to Gordon by the Khalmyks. Little to no info exists on these.

Disc Five:

Disc Five also contains many old 78 RPM Recordings. Some of these are labeled, as they were known to Khalmyks- the Soviet Union had a habit of adapting old folksongs and changing the lyrics for recordings- generally making them into some form of propaganda. I will try my best to label these recordings, but many still remain unknown.

  1. Ulan Alchur
  2. Blank Space
  3. Portion of Djangar Epic
  4. Unknown Long Song
  5. Nudla
  6. Unknown
  7. Namch’t Torgun Alchur
  8. Unknown Short Song
  9. Unknown Song
  10. Gordon’s notes state: “Part of Djangar Epic?”
  11. Khalga
  12. Unknown
  13. Kema
  14. Sartig Erata Bushmid
  15. Unknown
  16. Bitchken Bokshurgas
  17. Tsetsga
  18. Talk
  19. Unknown
  20. Unknown

Disc Six:

Many of the tapes for Disc Six are distorted and unknown.

  1. Unknown Slow Song
  2. Unknown, with talking
  3. Unknown Chorus with instrument
  4. Sartug Erate
  5. Talk
  6. Gordon’s Notes State- “Different Version of Above”
  7. Unknown Fiddle Tune
  8. Discussion in Khalmyk
  9. Same Tune as Track 7, but on Mandolin
  10. Discussion in Khalmyk
  11. Tune to Song
  12. Sharka Barka
  13. Unknown
  14. Discussion
  15. Namrin Unjarta Askhan
  16. Silence
  17. Ulan Altchur
  18. Talk
  19. Kema
  20. Unknown
  21. Kema
  22. Introduction to Song
  23. Tchicerdak
  24. Introduction in Russian
  25. Oshd’va Duragan
  26. Itroduction in Russian
  27. Bitchken Nar’n Hulsen
  28. Testing
  29. Akchin Ulan Betkh
  30. Unknown
  31. Akchin Ulan Betkh
  32. Silence
  33. Akchin Ulan Betkh
  34. Silence
  35. Segaps
  36. Hoyer Hotna Hornde
  37. Shar’n Nar’n Tolygn’
  38. Tchicerdak
  39. Discussion
  40. Sartegtrate
  41. Mandolin Dance Tune
  42. Bitchken Bokshurgas
  43. Discussion
  44. Bitchken Bokshurgas

Disc Seven:

Discs Seven and Eights notes are hand-written out. I will try my best to copy them as accurately as possible.

  1. Old Song “Edna Ha”
  2. Tegrash, spoken and sung
  3. Talk
  4. Sartuk Erata Bishmid
  5. Loose Transaltion of Sartuk
  6. Nudla
  7. Tegra Tsagan Nuir
  8. Enha (Old Style)

Disc Eight:

Disc Eight is a series of longer tracks, with various songs, tunes, and discussions throughout them.

  1. Khalmyk Songs and Discussion
  2. Song Fragment
  3. Bidn Kalmyk Bokshud
  4. Scraps of Tsangande
  5. Ulan Alchur
  6. Scraps of Hoyer Hotna Hatna
  7. Kema
  8. Urun Garsn Nar’n
  9. Hoyer Hotna Hornde
  10. Bitchken Arlen Halsen
  11. Bidn Khalmyk Bokshud, Unknown Song, and Zaghande

Disc Nine

Needs Notes from Gordon.

Disc Ten:

Gordon’s Notes state that there is an “XA” CD/disc. This does not exist- it is just a copy of CD Number Ten.

  1. Sharga Murren (Yellow Horse)
  2. Religious Song of Praise
  3. Same song as Track #2
  4. Unknown
  5. Unknown
  6. Alta Deer Garakh Ni’

Disc Eleven:

Disc Eleven was recorded at the New Jersey Folk Festival in 2011, where Goron was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work, and numerous Khalmyk musicians played and sang.

  1. Lifetime Achievement Award being presented
  2. Togreg Koke Noor
  3. Tune & Improvisation
  4. Kitchkeken Bokshurgas
  5. Sharka Barka
  6. Scraps of tunes and/or improvisation
  7. Domb’r Tune
  8. Unknown Children’s Song
  9. Unknown Song about Spring
  10. Throat Singing Demonstration
  11. Throat Singing Demonstration No. 2
  12. Unknown Song with Guitar Accompaniment