Canto a tenore, Sardinian Pastoral Songs

UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2008 URL: Description: Canto a tenore has developed within the pastoral culture of Sardinia. It represents a form of polyphonic singing performed by a group of four men using four different voices called bassu, contra, boche and mesu boche. One of its characteristics is the deep and guttural timbre of the bassu and contra voices. It is performed standing in