Minnesota: A History of the Land

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.
 * 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

 * 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