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.
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 "Lumberjack'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 Thy Bosom We Will Rest" – 3:12
Personnel Peter Ostroushko – mandolin, fiddle Joel Sayles – bass Diane Tremaine – cello Dirk Freymuth – guitar 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
References
External links [ Allmusic entry with track list.]