Collection : Negro Folk Music of Africa and America

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Title
Negro Folk Music of Africa and America
Document status
Published
Description
The 24 selections included in the 1951 compilation “Negro Folk Music of Africa and America” provide a sample of musical styles from Africa, and the African diaspora in South America, the Caribbean, and the Southern United States. This anthology demonstrates the continuation of African musical traditions into The New World.
Recording period
1940 - 1950
Year published
1951
Access type
metadata
Corpus
Folkways Records et Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Geographic and cultural informations

States / nations
Afrique du Sud, Alabama, Brésil, Colombie, Cuba, Erythrée, Ethiopie, Gabon, Haïti, Nigéria, Porto Rico, Soudan, Trinité-et-Tobago, Zanzibar
Populations / social groups
Amhara, Baduma, Ibo, Soudanais, Swahili, Tigré, Zulu

Legal notices

Recordist
Courlander, Harold ; Didier, André ; Leslau, Wolf ; Alegría, Ricardo E. ; Herskovits, Melville Jean ; Herskovits, Frances Shapiro
Publisher
Folkways Records (1948-1987), New York, USA
Booklet author
Courlander, Harold ; Waterman, Richard Alan
Publisher reference
P-500
Legal rights
Restreint (enregistrement édité)

Archiving data

Code
CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005
Old code
DI.1985.003.005/06
Mode of acquisition
Don (cf. note *)
Record author
A Voir (V/90)
Related documentation
6P. ANGL. DOCU.
Comments
di. 1 = 10; di. 2 = 14
*De Phan kim,Micheline
Record writer
Monique Desprez, 1990
Last modification
Jan. 3, 2023, 4:14 p.m.

Technical data

Media type
Audio
Estimated duration
00:40:00
Collection size
0 bytes
Number of components (medium / piece)
24
Number of items
14
Archive format
Disque 33 t (3M) ; Ø 30 cm

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Items

Title Digitized Recordist Location Year of recording Code
Ingane Kamalume Z01 Afrique du Sud 1942 CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_001
Music of Boatmen Z03 Didier, André Gabon 1946 CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_003
Bara Sanabo - Bara Z04 Nigéria CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_004
Traveling Song Z06 Courlander, Harold Soudan 1942 CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_006
Bina Adamu Z08 Zanzibar CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_008
Tigrai Ballad Z09 Leslau, Wolf Erythrée 1947 CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_009
Amhara Ballad Z10 Ethiopie CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_010
Jesha Cult Song Z11 Herskovits, Melville Jean ; Herskovits, Frances Shapiro Brésil 1941 - 1942 CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_011
Cowherds' Festival Z12 Colombie CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_012
Worksong Z13 Courlander, Harold Haïti 1949 CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_013
Gallinita Toma Tu Maiz Z17 Alegría, Ricardo E. Porto Rico CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_017
Lucumi Song Z18 Courlander, Harold Cuba 1949 CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_018
Ajo Ajo Z19 Herskovits, Melville Jean Trinité-et-Tobago CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_019
What Shall I Do to be Saved? Z21 Courlander, Harold ; Courlander, Emma Alabama 1950 CNRSMH_E_1985_003_005_021