Minnesota: A History of the Land

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Minnesota: A History of the Land
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Soundtrack album by
ReleasedMarch 8, 2005
Genre Americana, folk
Label Red House
Producer Peter Ostroushko
Peter Ostroushko chronology
Coming Down from Red Lodge
(2003)
Minnesota: A History of the Land
(2005)
The Heartland Holiday Concert
(2005)

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.

Contents

Ostroushko received a "regional" Emmy award for the soundtrack. [1]

Track listing

All songs by Peter Ostroushko.

  1. "Uncommon Ground" – 3:44
  2. "Glaciers" – 2:58
  3. "The Land to Which We Belong" – 3:14
  4. "After the Buffalo Hunt / Metis" – 3:40
  5. "St. Anthony Falls" – 3:05
  6. "King of the Northern Forest" – 2:31
  7. "Lumberjack's Waltz" – 3:03
  8. "White Pine Elegy" – 3:15
  9. "Hinckley Fire Trilogy" – 3:49
  10. "Once in the Prairie Tall Grass" – 3:48
  11. "Plowman's Reel" – 3:05
  12. "Psalm of the Prairie" – 4:48
  13. "Crane's Slow Drag" – 3:40
  14. "Mill City Rag" – 2:34
  15. "Swede Hollow Lament" – 3:49
  16. "The Crooked Man's Jig" – 2:35
  17. "Mallard Island Hymn" – 3:26
  18. "North of the Prairie Stars" – 4:34
  19. "Dancin in the Mississippi Mud" – 3:51
  20. "Lord, In Thy Bosom We Will Rest" – 3:12

Personnel

Production notes

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References

  1. "University of Minnesota article on A History of the Land". Archived from the original on 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2008-11-04.