Moyen-Congo <br/><br/>
Pygmees 

 - France  Éditions De La Boîte À Musique  1948 
 - “Musiques Pygmées et Nègres d’Afrique Equatoriale Française”. .
<br/><br/> Donated by Foy Nissen collection  no. 125<br/>Made in France <br/>Enregistre par A.Didier<br/>Recueilli Par G. Rouget <br/>Recorded by A.Didier<br/>Collected By G. Rouget<br/> 
<br/><br/>Side 1 : Partx.5470<br/><br/>Pygmees (Moyo Congo)<br/>1. Chant magique avant la chaase a l Elelphant <br/>2. Danse rituelle apec la Chasse <br/>(Choeurs et Tambours) Side 2 : Partx.5471<br/><br/>Pygmees (Moyen-Congo)<br/>1.Chant Magique en partant pour la chasse au filet (Solo femme)<br/><br/>2. Choeur d'Hommes au Retour de la Chasse<br/> 
<br/><br/> This is a series of recordings made in 1946 as part of the “Ogooué-Congo” mission, a French scientific expedition led by ethnologist Noël Ballif through Middle-Congo and Gabon with a purpose to discover and study the Pygmy peoples. During the trip, several hundred recordings of Pygmy music were made by ethnomusicologist Gilbert Rouget, audio engineer André Didier and filmmaker Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau for the “Musée de l’Homme” in Paris. In addition to 34 noncommercial 78 rpm records pressed by the museum following the mission, several sides were also released by Paris-based labels Pathé and La Boîte à Musique (BAM) as well as by Smithsonian Folkways. In this selection, you can listen to the three records published in 1948 on the BAM label as part of the set “Musiques Pygmées et Nègres d’Afrique Equatoriale Française”. 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label> 110 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>BAM Records .110 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Classical