Minnesota: A History of the Land
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Minnesota: A History of the Land is an album by Peter Ostroushko
, released in 2005. It is the original score to a four-part public television series aired in 2005.
Ostroushko received a "regional" Emmy award
for the soundtrack.
Peter Ostroushko
Peter Ostroushko is an American violinist and mandolinist.-Background and career:Of Ukrainian ancestry, Ostroushko grew up in northeast Minneapolis...
, released in 2005. It is the original score to a four-part public television series aired in 2005.
Ostroushko received a "regional" Emmy award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
for the soundtrack.
Track listing
All songs by Peter Ostroushko.- "Uncommon Ground" – 3:44
- "Glaciers" – 2:58
- "The Land to Which We Belong" – 3:14
- "After the Buffalo Hunt/Metis" – 3:40
- "St. Anthony Falls" – 3:05
- "King of the Northern Forest" – 2:31
- "Lumerjack's Waltz" – 3:03
- "White Pine Elegy" – 3:15
- "Hinckley Fire Trilogy" – 3:49
- "Once in the Prairie Tall Grass" – 3:48
- "Plowman's Reel" – 3:05
- "Psalm of the Prairie" – 4:48
- "Crane's Slow Drag" – 3:40
- "Mill City Rag" – 2:34
- "Swede Hollow Lament" – 3:49
- "The Crooked Man's Jig" – 2:35
- "Mallard Island Hymn" – 3:26
- "North of the Prairie Stars" – 4:34
- "Dancin in the Mississippi Mud" – 3:51
- "Lord, In the Bosom We Will Rest" – 3:12
Personnel
- Peter Ostroushko – mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
, fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music... - Joel Sayles – bass
- Diane Tremaine – celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Dirk Freymuth – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
- Laura MacKenzie – bagpipes, flute, concertina, tin whistle
- Bruce Allard – violin, viola
- Marc Anderson – percussion
- Richard Dworsky – piano
Production notes
- Peter Ostroushko – producer, arranger, liner notes, mixing
- Sam Hudson – engineer, mixing
- Richard Hamilton Smith – photography, cover photo
- Ann Marsden – photography
External links
- [ Allmusic entry with track list.]