Data Source

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Notes

Program notes by Colin Turnbull (11 p. : ill.) in container.

Recorded in the Ituri Forest, The Congo (Zaire) in the 1950's.

Track information

101. Lukembi and Voice / Lukembi

102. Drinking Song / Drum,Gong-Slit

103. Board Zither / Zither-Board

104. Religious Song

105. Mgongo Utule

106. Dance Music / Drum,Gong,Clapper

107. Gong Signalling / Gong

108. Travelling Song / Drum,Clapper,Gong

109. Flute Solo / Flute

110. Elephant Hunting Song / Sticks-Clapping

201. Musical Sticks - Circumcision Festival / Sticks

202. Initiation Song - Circumcision Festival

203. Alima Song

204. Lusumba Song

205. Lusumba Song

206. Board Zither / Zither-Board

207. Board Zither / Zither-Board

208. Musical Bow / Bow

209. Lukembi and Voice / Lukembi

210. Guitar and Voice / Guitar

Publisher number

FE 4483 Folkways

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu

commentator

Turnbull, Colin M

recorder

Chapman, Francis S.

Date

1957

Physical description

1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in

Type

Phonograph records

Music

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Folkways Records Collection 1948-1986

Local number

FW04483

Folkways 4483

Culture

Pygmies

Zairean

Topic

World music

Mbuti (African people)

Place

Congo (Democratic Republic)

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