Collection : Music of Nias and North Sumatra : Hoho, Gendang Karo, Gondang Toba

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Title
Music of Nias and North Sumatra : Hoho, Gendang Karo, Gondang Toba
Depositor / contributor
Yampolsky, Philip (collecteur)
Document status
Published
Description
The Toba and Karo from North Sumatra developed complex instrumental traditions. The Toba, one of the few societies to use tuned drums to carry a melody, combine them with gongs and oboe-like instruments, creating dynamic melodies and rhythms. The Karo ensemble features expert drumming full of snaps and pops. The Ono Niha people from the island of Nias perform ornate choral songs called hoho, which use only four tones and embody their oral tradition.
Recording context
Terrain
Recording period
1990 - 1990
Year published
1990
Access type
metadata
Corpus
Folkways Records et Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Geographic and cultural informations

States / nations
Sumatra
Populations / social groups

Legal notices

Recordist
Yampolsky, Philip
Publisher
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, USA
Publisher collection
Music of Indonesia (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
Publisher serial number
4
Booklet author
Yampolsky, Philip ; Siagian, Esther L. ; Dachi, Calvin
Publisher reference
CDSF-40420
Legal rights
Restreint (enregistrement édité)

Archiving data

Code
CNRSMH_E_1994_019_022
Old code
DI.1994.019.022
Mode of acquisition
Don (de l'éditeur)
Record author
Trân, Quang Hai 94
Related documentation
22P.ANGL,PHOTOS;DOC.
Secondary edition
Sans indication
Comments
Record writer
Monique Desprez, 1994
Last modification
May 18, 2011, 9:47 a.m.

Technical data

Estimated duration
01:13:09
Collection size
0 bytes
Number of components (medium / piece)
16
Number of items
1
Archive format
CD, Ø 12 cm

Items

Title Digitized Recordist Location Year of recording Code
Music of Nias and North Sumatra : Hoho, Gendang Karo, Gondang Toba U01 Sumatra 1990 DI.1994.019.022U01