Collection : Batak Music : Tobak Batak Music Played by the Tihang Gultom Group

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Title
Batak Music : Tobak Batak Music Played by the Tihang Gultom Group
Document status
Published
Description
Sumatra, the second largest island of Indonesia, is home to many ethnic groups including the Batak. This album presents informal music from the Toba Batak group around Lake Toba in North Sumatra. Their folk music features interlocking polyrhythms of percussion instruments and melodies performed on flutes, kecapi (lute), and the double-reed sarune.
Recording period
Year published
1976
Access type
metadata
Corpus
Folkways Records et Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Geographic and cultural informations

States / nations
Sumatra
Populations / social groups
Batak : Toba

Legal notices

Recordist
Siagian, Toenggoel P. ; Pedersen, Peter
Publisher
Folkways Records (1948-1987), New York, USA
Booklet author
Siagian, Toenggoel P.
Publisher reference
FE-4357
Legal rights
Restreint (enregistrement édité)

Archiving data

Code
CNRSMH_E_1985_012_030
Old code
DI.1985.012.030
Mode of acquisition
Achat (crédit CNRS)
Record author
A Voir (V/90)
Related documentation
2P. ANGL., SOMMAIRE
Secondary edition
Non
Comments
Record writer
Monique Desprez, 1990
Last modification
Nov. 23, 2022, 11:29 a.m.

Technical data

Media type
Audio
Estimated duration
00:40:00
Collection size
0 bytes
Number of components (medium / piece)
8
Number of items
1
Archive format
Disque 33 t (3S) ; Ø 30 cm

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Title
Livret
Description
Credits
Smithsonian Folkways

Items

Title Digitized Recordist Location Year of recording Code
Introduction with Examples of the Instruments A01 Siagian, Toenggoel P. ; Pedersen, Peter Sumatra CNRSMH_E_1985_012_030_001