Minnesota: A History of the Land

Minnesota: A History of the Land
Soundtrack album by Peter Ostroushko
Released	March 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.

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. "Lumerjack'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 the 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

1. University of Minnesota article on A History of the Land.

External links

• Allmusic entry with track list.