An Anthology of African Music explained
An Anthology of African Music is a series of recordings of traditional music that was made for the International Music Council by the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (Berlin/Venice) and released on the Musicaphon label by Bärenreiter (Kassel/Basel/London). The series was directed by Paul Collaer.[1] [2] It was part of the larger and longer enduring UNESCO Collection series.
Recordings
- Music of the Dan - BM 30 L 2301[3]
Reissued as Rounder CD 5105.[4] Review by Adam Greenberg on Allmusic, [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=anthology-of-world-music-africa-the-dan-r340020/review|pure_url=yes}}].
- Music from Rwanda - BM 30 L 2302
Reissued as Rounder CD 5106.[5] Review by Adam Greenberg on Allmusic, [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=anthology-of-world-music-rwanda-r387931/review|pure_url=yes}}].
- Ba-Benzélé Pygmies - BM 30 L 2303
Reissued as Rounder CD 5107.[6] [7] Review by Eugene Chadbourne on Allmusic, [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=anthology-of-world-music-africa-the-ba-benzele-pygmies-r340021/review|pure_url=yes}}].
The three albums above (Dan through Ba-Benzélé Pygmies) were reviewed by David Rycroft in Journal of the International Folk Music Council 19 (1967), pp. 164-166, .
- Ethiopia I - Music of the Ethiopian Coptic Church - BM 30 L 2304
- Ethiopia II - Music of the Cushitic Peoples of South-West Ethiopia - BM 30 L 2305
These two albums reviewed by Kurt Suttner in Ethnomusicology 14, #3 (September 1970), pp. 530-532, .
- Nigeria-Hausa Music I - BM 30 L 2306
- Nigeria-Hausa Music II - BM 30 L 2307
- Music of the Senufo - BM 30 L 2308
- Chad Kanem - BM 30 L 2309
- Musics of the Central African Republic - BM 30 L 2310
Reviewed by Alan P. Merriam in Ethnomusicology 15, #2 (May 1971), pp. 300-302, .
- Nigeria III: Igbo Music - BM 30 L 2311
Reviewed by Darius L. Thieme in Ethnomusicology 36, #1 (Winter 1992), pp. 137-140, .
- Sudan I - Music of the Blue Nile Province; The Gumuz Tribe - BM 30 SL 2312 (1986)
Reissued as Auvidis D 8072.[8]
Notes and References
- http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/worldrec.htm Taking the World for a Spin in Europe: An Insider's Look at the World Music Recording Business
- Review of "An Anthology of African Music. Nigeria III: Igbo Music" by David Ames and Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, review by Darius L. Thieme, Ethnomusicology 36, #1 (Winter 1992), pp. 137-140, .
- p. 36, The UNESCO Courier, June 1973
- Anthology of World Music: Africa - The Dan
- Anthology of World Music: Rwanda
- Anthology of World Music: Africa - The Ba-Benzele Pygmies
- See Worldcat record Africa, the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies. Anthology of world music. Cambridge, Mass: Rounder Records, 1998. Sound recording,, and Worldcat record Arom, Simha, and Geneviève Taurelle. Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies. Unesco collection. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Musicaphon, 1965. Sound recording, .
- Worldcat record Gottlieb, Robert. Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Gumuz Tribe = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribu Des Gumuz. Unesco collection. France: Auvidis, 1996. Sound recording,, and Worldcat record Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Gumuz Tribe = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribu Des Gumuz. Unesco collection. Gentilly [France: Auvidis/Unesco, 1996. Sound recording, {{OCLC|36569272}}.</ref>
* ''Sudan II - Music of the Blue Nile Province; The Ingessana and Berta Tribes'' — BM 30 SL 2313 (1986)
::Reissued as Auvidis D 8073.<ref>Worldcat record Gottlieb, Robert. Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Ingessana and Berta Tribes = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribus Des Ingessana Et Des Berta. Unesco collection. France: Auvidis, 1996. Sound recording, {{OCLC|421844776}} and Worldcat record Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Ingessana and Berta Tribes = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribus Des Ingessana Et Des Berta. Unesco collection. Gentilly [France: Auvidis/Unesco, 1996. Sound recording, {{OCLC|36569586}}.</ref>
::The two albums above were reviewed by Cynthia Tse Kimberlin in ''Ethnomusicology'' '''34''', #2 (Spring-Summer 1990), pp. 349-352, {{JSTOR|851708}}.
* ''Ethiopia III - Three Chordophone Traditions'' — BM 30 SL 2314 (c. 1985)
::Reissued as Auvidis D 8074.<ref>[http://www.music-research-inst.org/html/main/kimberlin.htm Selected Publications], music-research-inst.org. Reviewed by Ashenafi Kebede in Ethnomusicology 34, #1 (Winter 1990), pp. 196-198, .
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