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NABO has uploaded the lyrics and accompaniment of 80 songs in Basque to the web

03/09/2012

Kantari Eguna 2008 in Rockin with Ambroise Clark-Curutchague singing along with Martin Etchamendy event MC
Kantari Eguna 2008 in Rockin with Ambroise Clark-Curutchague singing along with Martin Etchamendy event MC

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From Aberriaren mugak to Xarmangarria zira, the North American Basque Organizations (NABO) has uploaded nearly 80 songs complete with music and lyrics to the web as part of Hi Kantari. This collection, published in the form of small song books, some years ago, was an attempt to recuperate and support the Basque tradition of in the US Basque community. NABO has now updated the songbook by uploaded the lyrics and music to these songs on the web, in a program that is also accessed easily from smart phones.

Donostia-San Sebastian.  The North American Basque Organizations (NABO) has wanted to make its songbook HI Kantari available to its members on the web and has now published the lyrics and music of nearly 80 songs that are part of that collection on-line.   This online song book, nevertheless, can also be useful for Basques in other regions around the world, since it includes 79 Basque songs, traditional and contemporary, suitable for singing around the table, at meetings or at whatever event in general.  Now it is not in vain when you hear “Where there are three Basques there is a choir.”

The songs vary from well-known classics Nere herriko neskatxa maite, Oi ama Eskual Herria, Guk euskaraz, Triste bizi naiz eta, Lau teilatu… to some less famous, but that are worth learning and preserving so that they are not lost.

The compilation of songs that is now available on the web was created a few years ago by NABO facilitator John Ysursa and a group of collaborators and friends of NABO including Jean Flesher, Darrin Schuck, Begoña Echeverria, Andrea Bidart Oteiza, Genevieve Ysursa and Joseba Etxarri.  The goal of the collection was to encourage the use of the Basque language through song, while at the same time, revitalizing the Basque singing tradition among Basques in North America.

-Hi Kantari, online, here

 



Comments

  • Corrected

    Thanks for your comments, Abby. The 'ups' have been already corrected (barkatu Martin eta Ambroise). About learning Basque songs you can check for example the NABO music page or the page we mention in the article. For further information e-mail info@euskalkultura.com.

    EuskalKultura.com, 08/31/2012 03:01

  • Just thought you should know...

    First of all awesome I would love to learn a few basque songs and secondly the picture on the top right says the boy is "sining" with the older man. I would fix this as soon as possible if I were you.

    Abby Abeyta-Martin, 08/30/2012 23:11

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