Teicēja Anna Ščemeļinska
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Overview
Anna ""Buksa"" Scemelinska (1925 - 2011) was a Latvian folksinger. She learned her song repertoire and singing style from her parents and villagers. She sang in the Rekova Church Choir in 1956, and has also been a member of the Rekava Ethnographic Ensemble from 1980. Her mother sang religious hymns ,""godzinkas"", while Anna sang traditional dainas. The singing was like the rest of her life: in harmony with nature. Marked by hard work and deep religiosity, her songs are a kind of Eastern European blues or gospel. Singers like Anna Scemelinska are storytellers. Their folk songs comprise legends, history and experience from life.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 8, 2008
- Original language
- Latvian
- Spoken languages
- Latvian, Russian
- Countries
- Latvia
- Production
- Lauska
- Director
- Raitis Vulfs
- Writer
- Raitis Vulfs
- Cinematography
- Raitis Vulfs
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt11475576