Musical Sources is a series of recordings of traditional music that was made for the International Music Council by the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (Berlin/Venice) and released on the Philips label. Most of these recordings were later reissued on the Auvidis label. The series was directed by Alain Daniélou. It was part of the larger UNESCO Collection series. [1] [2] [3]
Name | Year | Index number (Philips) | Reissue (Auvidis) | Comments | |
I | The primeval cultures | ||||
I-1 | Fataleka and Baegu Music/Malaita, Solomon Islands | 1973 | 6586 018 [4] | D 8027 (1990) [5] | Recorded by Hugo Zemp. Review by Mervyn McLean in The Journal of the Polynesian Society84 (1975), #4, pp. 526–529 ; review by Laade Wolfgang in Journal de la Société des Océanistes 30, #45 (1974), pp. 314–315 . |
I-2 | Aka pygmy music | 1973 | 6586 016 [6] | D 8054 (1994) [7] | Recorded 1971 by Simha Arom. Review by Alan P. Merriam in Ethnomusicology, 20, #1 (Jan. 1976), pp. 166–167, JSTOR 850839. |
II | Ceremonial, ritual, and magic music | ||||
II-1 | Tibetan ritual | 1971 | 6586 007 [8] | D 8034 (1991) [9] | Recorded by Manfred Junius & P.C. Misra. |
II-3 | Shomyo-Buddhist ritual from Japan: Dai Hannya Ceremony-Shingon Sect | 1974 | 6586 021 [10] | D 8036 (1991) [11] | |
II-4 | Islamic ritual from Yugoslavia: Zikr of the Rufa'i Brotherhood | 1974 | 6586 015 [12] | D 8055 (1994) | Recorded in Kosovo. Review by Kurt Reinhard and James Porter in Ethnomusicology22, #1 (Jan. 1978), pp. 212–214, JSTOR 851384. |
II-5 | Ceremonial music from northern Dahomey | 1974 | 6586 022 [13] | Recorded 1973 by Simha Arom. | |
II-6 | Fidjeri/Songs of the Bahrain Pearl Divers | 1976? | 6586 017 [14] | D 8046 (1992) [15] | Recordings, notes and photos by Habib Hussan Touma. Review by Poul Rovsing Olsen in Ethnomusicology25, #3, Pacific Issue (Sep. 1981), pp. 557–558, JSTOR 851577. |
II-7 | Zikr : Islamic ritual Rifa'iyya brotherhood of Aleppo | 1975 | 6586 030 [16] | D 8013 (1989) [17] | |
III | The language of rhythm | ||||
III-1 | O-Suwa-Daiko: Japanese Drums. The Language of Rhythm | 1978 | 6586 029 [18] | D 8030 (1990) [19] | |
III-2 | Iqa'at: Iraki traditional rhythmic structures | 1979 | 6586 038 [20] | D 8044 (1992) [21] | Program notes and recordings by Habib Hassan Touma. |
III-3 | Rhythms of the Manding | 1979 | 6586 042 | ||
IV | Religious psalmody | ||||
IV-1 | Jewish music | 1971 | 6586 001 [22] | Recording and commentary by Amnon Shiloah. Review by Abraham Schwadron in Ethnomusicology17, #2 (May 1973), pp. 388–391, JSTOR 849919. | |
IV-2 | The music of the Syrian Orthodox Church | 1973 | 6586 014 [23] | D 8075 (1998) [24] | |
IV-3 | Liturgical Chants for Lent and Easter Chants (Plain, Gregorian, etc.) | 1975 | 6586 025 [25] | D 8015 (1989) [26] | Program notes by Alain Daniélou. |
VI | Modal music and improvisation | ||||
VI-1 | Iranian Dastgah | 1971 | 6586 005 [22] | ||
VI-2 | North India, Vocal Music, Dhrupad and Khyal | 1971 | 6586 003 [27] | D 8076 (1998) [28] | Review by Bonnie C. Wade in Ethnomusicology17, #3 (September 1973), pp. 584–585, JSTOR 849983. |
VI-3 | Arabian music: Maqam | 1971 | 6586 006 [22] | ||
VI-4 | Kurdish Music | 1974 | 6586 019 [29] | D 8023 (1989) [30] | |
VI-5 | Egypt: Taqsim and layali | 1972 | 6586 010 [22] | D 8038 (1991) | |
VI-6 | North India, Instrumental Music, Sitar, Flute, Sarangi | 1972 | 6586 009 [22] | D 8017 (1989) [31] | |
VI-7 | North India Instrumental Music, Vina, Vichitra Vina, Sarod, Shahnai | 1974 | 6586 020 [32] | D 8021 (1989) [33] | |
VI-8 | Surynarayana Playing the South Indian Vina | 1974 | 6586 023 [34] | ||
VI-9 | Azerbaijani mugam | 1975 | 6586 027 [35] | D 8045 (1992) [36] | Instrumentals by Bahram Mansurov. Reviewed by Inna Naroditskaya in Asian Music28, #2 (Spring-Summer, 1997), pp. 141–145, JSTOR 834478. |
VII | Sung poetry (secular and mystic) | ||||
VII-1 | Sung Poetry of the Middle East | 1975 | 6586 024 [37] | D 8025 (1989) [38] | |
VII-2 | Jewish-Yemenite Diwan Sung Poetry | 1978 | 6586 037 [39] | D 8024 (1990) [40] | |
VIII | Art music from the Far East | ||||
VIII-1 | Korean music | 1972 | 6586 011 | D 8010 (1988) [41] | Review by Robert C. Provine, Jr., Ethnomusicology20, #2 (May 1976), pp. 394–396, JSTOR 851032 |
VIII-2 | South Vietnam Entertainment Music | 1975 | 6586 028 [42] | D 8049 (1993) [43] | Review by Tran Quang Hai in Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council 9 (1977), pp. 145–146, JSTOR 767339. |
IX | Art music from South-East Asia | ||||
IX-1 | Bali: court music and banjar music | 1971 | 6586 008 [22] | D 8059 (1994) [44] | |
IX-2 | Java: historic gamelans | 197? | 6586 004 [22] | ||
IX-3 | Royal music of Cambodia | 1971 | 6586 002 [22] | D 8011 (1989) [45] | |
IX-4 | Traditional music of Southern Laos | 1973 | 6586 012 | D 8042 (1992) [46] | |
IX-5 | Music from Sunda, West Java | 1976 | 6586 031 [47] | D 8041 (1992) [48] | |
IX-6 | Vocal art from Java | 1979 | 6586 041 [49] | D 8014 (1989) [50] | |
X | Theatre and dance music | ||||
X-1 | Balinese theatre and dance music | 1973 | 6586 013 [51] | ||
X-? | Hát chèo: Vietnamese traditional folk theatre | 1978 | 6586 035 [52] | D 8022 (1989) [53] | Review by Tran Quang Hai in Asian Music11, #2 (1980), pp. 134–136, JSTOR 834068; another review by Tran Quang Hai in Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council11 (1979), pp. 156–158, JSTOR 767579. |
XI | Pre-Columbian America | ||||
XI-1 | Amerindian ceremonial music from Chili | 1975 | 6586 026 | ||
XII | Instrumental and Vocal Traditions of Europe and the Mediterranean | ||||
XII-2 | Yodel of Appenzell, Switzerland | 1979 | 6586 044 | D 8026 (1990) [54] | Recorded by Hugo Zemp. Review by Dieter Christensen in Ethnomusicology28, #2 (May 1984), pp. 372–374, JSTOR 850783; review by Maguy P. Andral in Yearbook for Traditional Music 16 (1984), pp. 136–137, JSTOR 768221. |
XIII | Instrumental and vocal traditions of the Mediterranean [55] | ||||
XIII-1 | Meditation on the Ney: Turkey | 1979 | 6586 039 [56] | ||
XIII | Sources of European polyphony [55] | ||||
XIII-1 | Religious music of oral tradition from Rusiu, Corsica | 1977 | 6586 033 [57] | D 8012 (1989) [58] | |
XIV | Black Africa | ||||
XIV-1 | Banda Polyphony | 1976 | 6586 032 | D 8043 (1992) [59] | Recorded by Simha Arom. |
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Aboriginal Music From Australia | 6586 034 [60] | D 8040 (1992) [61] | |||
Inuit Games and Songs | 1978 | 6586 036 [62] [63] | D 8032 (1991) | Review by Beverley Cavanagh in Ethnomusicology25, #2 (May 1981), pp. 349–352, JSTOR 851295. | |
Islamic Religious Chanting from North Yemen | 6586 040 | ||||
Ainu Songs | 6586 045 [63] | D 8047 (1993) | Review by Linda Fujie in Ethnomusicology29, #1 (Winter 1985), pp. 132–133, JSTOR 852337. |
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