Anna Scemelinska
Age: 86 | From: Plesava, Latvia
Person Details
Birthday: 1925-02-17 22:34:33
Death: 2011-11-08 22:34:33
Aliases: Buksa
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Plesava, Latvia
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Biography
Anna "Buksa" Scemelinska 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 danias. 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.
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Acting
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