Pygmees
By: Moyen-Congo.
Material type:
BookSeries: “Musiques Pygmées et Nègres d’Afrique Equatoriale Française”. Publisher: France Éditions De La Boîte À Musique 1948 Media type: Vinyl, LP, 10", Stereo Genre/Form: Classical| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Audio Records
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Asiatic Society of Mumbai | Not for loan | AR0094 |
Donated by Foy Nissen collection no. 125
Made in France
Enregistre par A.Didier
Recueilli Par G. Rouget
Recorded by A.Didier
Collected By G. Rouget
Side 1 : Partx.5470
Pygmees (Moyo Congo)
1. Chant magique avant la chaase a l Elelphant
2. Danse rituelle apec la Chasse
(Choeurs et Tambours)
Side 2 : Partx.5471
Pygmees (Moyen-Congo)
1.Chant Magique en partant pour la chasse au filet (Solo femme)
2. Choeur d'Hommes au Retour de la Chasse
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”.
