Volume 44 - 2012
Book Reviews
Lars-Christian Koch,. Sitar and Surbahar Manufacturing: The Tradition of Kanailal & Brother, Kolkata. Berlin: Ethnologisches Museum, 2011. 224 pp., photographs, bibliography, appendix. ISBN 9783-88609-719-7. - Lars-Christian Koch,. Rudra vīṇā: Die Herstellung eines indischen Saiteninstruments in der Tradition Kanailal & Bros. / Manufacturing of an Indian String Instrument in the Tradition of Kanailal & Bros. DVD. Berlin: Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2007. Museum Collection Berlin Audiovisuell, 2. Film, interviews, slide show presentations.
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Victor Grauer,. Sounding the Depths: Tradition and the Voices of History. Self-published via CreateSpace, 2011. xx, 294 pp., figures, musical examples, appendices, bibliography. ISBN 9781463741754.
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Africa
Audio Reviews
Congo: Polyphonies pygmées du nord-Congo / Congo: Pygmy Polyphonies from North Congo. 2011. Archives internationales de musique populaire 100. Disques VDE-GALLO VDE CD-1339. Recorded and annotated by Nathalie Fernando. 28-page booklet with notes in French and English. English translation by Isabelle Schulte-Tenckhoff. 2 colour, 5 b/w photographs. 1 compact dise: 23 tracks (73:02). Recorded in the field, 2005–8.
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Mauritanie / Mauritania: Coumbane Mint Ely Warakane. 2010. INEDIT / Maison des Cultures du Monde W 260139. Produced and with notes by Michel Guignard. 8-page booklet and 36-page PDF booklet with notes in English and French, including some lyrics in Arabic. English translation by Frank Kane. Booklets include 11 colour photographs, 1 diagram; 1-item bibliography, 4-item discography. 1 compact disc: 8 tracks (53:54) plus PDF booklet. Recorded in Mauritania in 2009.
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Stambeli: L'héritage des Noirs de Tunisie / Stambeli: The Legacy of the Black Tunisians, Featuring Salah el-Ouergli. 2010. Par les chemins productions PLC101. Recorded by Julien Hulard with additional recordings by Matthieu Hagene, Julien Hulard, Khaled Ben Younes, and Richard C. Jankowsky. Annotated by Richard C. Jankowsky. 48-page booklet with notes in French and English. French translation by Matthieu Hagene. 13 colour, 5 b/w photographs. 1 compact disc: 7 tracks (45:53). Recorded in Tunisia in 2008.
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Central America and the Caribbean
Audio Reviews
La India Canela: Merengue Tipico from the Dominican Republic. 2008. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW CD 40547. Recorded and mixed by Pete Reiniger. Annotated by Sydney Hutchinson. 32-page booklet with notes in English and Spanish. 3 colour, 9 b/w photographs, 1 map. 1 compact disc: 13 tracks (55:24).
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South America
Audio Reviews
Colombie: Adoration à l'enfant-Dieu (Département du Cauca) / Colombia: Adoration of the Christ Child (Cauca Department). 2011. Archives internationales de musique populaire 104. Disques VDE-GALLO VDE CD-1349. Recorded and annotated by Jérôme Cler. 28-page booklet with notes in French and English. English translation by Isabel Ollivier. 2 colour and 4 b/w photographs, 1 musical notation. 1 compact disc: 17 tracks (55:39). Recorded in 2010-11.
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Music from Aluku: Maroon Sounds of Struggle, Solace, and Survival. 2010. Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 50412. Recorded and annotated by Kenneth Bilby. 18-page PDF booklet with notes in English. 9 colour and 4 b/w photographs, 3 maps, various illustrations. 19-item bibliography, 16-item discography, 4-item filmography/videography. 1 compact disc (also available as a download in MP3 or FLAC format): 32 tracks (75:08) plus PDF booklet. Recorded in the field between 1984 and 1995.
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Central Asia
Audio Reviews
Rainbow: Kronos Quartet with Alim and Fargana Qasimov and Homayun Sakhi. 2010. Music of Central Asia, 8. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW CD 40527. Recording engineers: Joel Gordon and Scott Fraser. Annotated by Theodore Levin. 44-page booklet with foldout; notes in English. Translations of Azerbaijani song lyrics by Aida Huseynova and Anna Oldfield. c. 70 colour photographs, 1 map. 4-item discography, glossary. 1 compact disc: 6 tracks (65:39); 1 digital video disc with 2 films (9:54; 25:02), interactive glossary, map.
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Southeast Asia
Audio Reviews
Bali: Terompong beruh: Le gamelan de Bangle / Bali: Terompong Beruh: The Gamelan of Bangle. 2011. Archives internationales de musique populaire AIMP 99. Disques VDE-GALLO VDE CD-1331. Sound recording, editing, and mastering by Renaud Millet-Lacombe. Video recording by Janice Siegrist. Annotated by Patrik Vincent Dasen and Sarah Mouquod. 28-page booklet with notes in French and English. English translation by Catherine Dasen. 2 colour, 4 b/w photographs. 1 compact disc: 7 tracks (59:43), plus MOV film (5:23). Recorded in the field in 2009.
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Central Asia
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From Kuno to Kebyar: Balinese Gamelan Angklung. 2010. Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 50411. Recorded and annotated by Ruby Ornstein. 22-page PDF booklet with notes in English. 8 colour, 10 b/w photographs. 14-item bibliography, 4-item discography, glossary. 1 compact disc (also available as a download in MP3 or FLAC format): 13 tracks (73:41) plus PDF booklet. Recorded in the field between 1964 and 1966.
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Indonésie: Chants de Biboki (Timor occidental) / Indonesia: Songs of Biboki (Western Timor). 2011. Archives internationales de musique populaire 102. Disques VDE-GALLO VDE CD-1351. Recorded and annotated by Philip Yampolsky. 36-page booklet with notes in French and English. French translation by Isabelle Schulte-Tenckhoff. 2 colour, 4 b/w photographs. 1 compact disc: 20 tracks (78:31). Recorded in the field in 2006.
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West Asia
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Turquie: La cérémonie des derviches de Konya / Turkey: The Ceremony of the Konya Dervishes. 2011. Archives internationales de musique populaire 98. Disques VDE-GALLO VDE CD-1324. Recorded by Radio Suisse Romande, Espace 2. Annotated by Sami Sadak. 32-page booklet with notes in French and English. English translation by Isabelle Schulte-Tenckhoff. 2 colour, 4 b/w photographs. 1 compact disc: 22 tracks (76:25). Recorded in 2009.
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Australia and Oceania
Audio Reviews
1909 • 1936 Walzenaufnahmen aus Patau, Mikronesien / Wax Cylinder Recordings from Palau, Micronesia / Chesols er a Belau, Micronesia el mlengai el ousbech a “wax cylinder.” 2011. Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv Historische Klangdokumente / Historical Sound Documents BPhA-WA 6. Original wax cylinders recorded by Wilhelm Siemer and Paul Hambruch; transferred and edited by Albrecht Wiedmann. Annotated by Birgit Abels. 98-page booklet with notes in German, English, and Palauan. Palauan translation by Sylvia Kloulubak, Masaharu Tmodrang, and Meked Besebes. 1 colour, 6 b/w photographs, 1 map. 15-item bibliography. 1 compact disc: 30 tracks (66:24). Original recordings made in Palau in 1909 and 1936.
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Europe
Audio Reviews
Invozho: Traditional Songs of Udmurtia. 2005. Global Music Centre GMCD 0510. Various performers. Recorded by Kari Hakala. Annotated by Irina Nurieva and Jarkko Niemi. 27-page booklet with notes in Udmurtian and English. Translations by Natal'ya Il'ina. 9 colour photos, 1 map. 3-item bibliography. 1 CD, 35 tracks (65:00). Recorded in Udmurtia (1993) and Helsinki (1996). - Syulgam: Traditional Songs of Mordovia. [2005]. Global Music Centre GMCD 0512. Various performers. Recorded by Kari Hakala. Annotated by Nikolay Bojarkin. 35-page booklet with notes in Russian and English; lyrics in Mordvinian. Russian translations by Nikolay Bojarkin and Ludmila Bojarkina; translation from Russian and Mordvinian to English by Jack Reuter and Olga Jerina. 11 colour photographs, 3 illustrations. 5-item bibliography. 2 compact discs, 19 tracks (48:49) and 19 tracks (54:02). Recorded in Mordovia in 1993. - Pajod: Pit'k Randaane: Lyydiläisiä Lauluja / Ludian Song. 2007. Global Music Centre GMCD 0714. Recorded by Kari Hakala and Ilpo Saastamoinen. Annotated by Obraman Fed'uun Miikul. 8-sided folding CD liner with notes in Finnish and English, 3 colour photos, 1 map. 56-page book with notes in Ludian, Finnish, and English, 9 b/w photos, 1 map, 24 musical notations. Lyrics transcribed into Ludian and translated into Finnish by Miikul Pahomov. Translation from Finnish into English by Veli Väisänen and Nicholas Mayow. 1 CD, 24 tracks (52:25). Recorded in Kuujärvi in 2003.
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Italie: Musique des Albanais de Calabre / Italy: Music of the Albanians of Calabria. 2011. Archives internationales de musique populaire 101. Disques VDE-GALLO VDE CD-1340. Recorded and annotated by Fabrice Contri with the collaboration of Anna Stratigó and Daniel Jouanisson. 32-page booklet with notes in French and English. Translation of song lyrics from Arbëresh to Italian by Anna Stratigò, and from Italian to French by Fabrice Contri. English translation of notes by Isabelle Schulte-Tenckhoff. 2 colour, 4 b/w photographs. 1 compact disc: 26 tracks (71:38). Recorded in the field in 2009 and 2010.
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Jewish Cabaret in Exile: New Budapest Orpheum Society. 2009. Cedille Records CDR 90000 110. Produced by James Ginsburg. Annotated by Philip V. Bohlman. 64-page booklet with notes in English and lyrics in German, Yiddish, and English. 2 b/w photographs, 3 illustrations, 2 music notations. 30-item bibliography. 1 compact disc: 25 tracks (78:58).
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Portugal: Musique de l'île de Porto Santo (Archipel de Madère) / Portugal: The Music of the Island of Porto Santo (Madeira Archipelago). 2011. Archives internationales de musique populaire 103. Disques VDE-GALLO VDE CD-1348. Recorded by Anne Caufriez and Michel Plumley. Annotated by Anne Caufriez. 28-page booklet with notes in French and English. English translation by Ikbal Utim. 2 colour and 4 b/w photographs. 1 compact dise: 13 tracks (53:54). Recorded in Porto Santo in 1982.
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Video Reviews
Music for a Goddess. 2007. Produced and directed by Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy and Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy. Narration in English with English language subtitles of Marathi and Kannada dialogue and song lyrics. Colour DVD. Narrated film, 72 minutes with an additional 106 minutes of bonus tracks. Distributed by Apsara Media for Intercultural Education, http://www.apsara-media.com.
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We Loved Each Other So Much: Stories of Beirut and the Music of Fairuz. 2003. Directed by Jack Janssen. Produced by Pieter van Huystee, PvH Film/IKON production company. In Arabic with English subtitles. 80 minutes. Colour DVD. Distributed by Icarus Films, http://www.icarusfilms.com.
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