Collection : Music of the Ituri Forest

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Title
Music of the Ituri Forest
Document status
Published
Description
Recorded in the 1950s by prominent cultural anthropologist Colin Turnbull, Music of the Ituri Forest is a study in the lives and traditions of the BaMbuti, a nomadic people from the Ituri Forest of northeastern Congo. In a society with no chiefs or councils, the BaMbuti share responsibilities, including those of music-making. Each individual in a group sings one or two notes that, in circulation, build into melodies and harmonies. Instruments such as the likembe (thumb piano) accompany solo voice, while the mgungu gong (slit gong) helps ground mounting call-and-response choruses.
Recording context
Terrain
Recording period
Year published
1961
Access type
metadata
Corpus
Folkways Records et Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Geographic and cultural informations

States / nations
Congo -- COG
Populations / social groups

Legal notices

Recordist
Turnbull, Colin M. ; Chapman, Francis S.
Publisher
Folkways Records (1948-1987), New York, USA
Booklet author
Turnbull, Colin M. ; Chapman, Francis S.
Publisher reference
FE-4483
Legal rights
Restreint (enregistrement édité)

Archiving data

Code
CNRSMH_E_1965_001_023
Old code
DI.1965.001.023
Mode of acquisition
Achat (crédit CNRS)
Record author
A Voir (V/10)
Related documentation
10P. ANGL/; PHOTOS; DOC.
Secondary edition
A préciser (1957)
Comments
Record writer
Desprez, Monique
Last modification
Nov. 22, 2022, 2:57 p.m.

Technical data

Media type
Audio
Estimated duration
00:40:00
Collection size
0 bytes
Number of components (medium / piece)
20
Number of items
1
Archive format
Disque 33 t (3M) ; Ø 30 cm

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Livret
Description
Credits
Smithsonian Folkways

Items

Title Digitized Recordist Location Year of recording Code
Lukembi and Voice A01 Turnbull, Colin M. ; Chapman, Francis S. Congo -- COG CNRSMH_E_1965_001_023_001