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Baoyin Deligeer
Mongolian long-song singer and teacher from New Barag Left Banner who brought steppe folk song to the concert stage with pieces such as The Vast Grassland.
Mural of the cultural record “Mongolian and Northern Peoples' Songs”, which this person is tied to.
Also known as Called the Queen of Mongolian Long Song
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Baoyin Deligeer, a Mongol, was born in 1934 in New Barag Left Banner, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia. At the 1955 World Festival of Youth she sang long songs such as Hailiu Ma and The Vast Grassland, won a gold medal and was hailed as a rare soprano. Her signature pieces include The Vast Grassland, The Brown Eagle, The Horse-Stealing Girl and The Fair Peaks. A long-serving teacher, she brought folk long song into formal music education, and in 2008 she was named a national representative bearer of Mongolian long-song. She died of illness in New Barag Left Banner in May 2013.
Life and times
Dates 1934 CE–2013 CE