Music of the world's peoples. [Vol. 1]
Series: Ethnic folkways library; Ethnic Folkways library
Publisher: Folkways Records
Published: 1951
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording]
Subjects: Folk music
Notes: Manual sequence.

Vocal and instrumental music recorded from the editor's collection.

Program notes by the editor in album pocket.

(cont) dead, chant.--United States: Pretty Polly (vocal, with banjo acc.)--Iceland: Song of greeting Hlidarendakoti, rymur.--Spain: Paternas, canto hondo (vocal, with guitar acc.)
Table of contents: title: Madagascar: Oay Lalay e; chant malgache (girl's chorus, African-type harp acc.); title: Ireland: Medley of reels [on] Drowsy Maggie, Scottish Mary, Flogging reel (Patrick J. Toohey, Uileann pipes); title: Georgia, Caucasian: Greek Orthodox Church choir.; title: Greece: shepherd clarinet-like pipes, kanun acc.; title: Japan.  Gagaku: Imperial sho koto chant (male singers accompanied by the koto and sho); title: Nigeria, Yoruba tribe: choral "singing" conversation, with signal drums.; title: India: sanai gath, raga kaphi, classical (sanai, tabla, and baya drums, drone)  Bombay orchestra (including esrai and jalatarang); title: France, Pyrenees: dance tune (musette, with accordion acc.); title: Russian gypsy: vocal, with harmonica acc.; title: Bali, Gender Wajang: gamelan orchestra of Koeta.; title: Arabia: vocal, with instrumental acc.; title: Tahiti: Maururu roa vu.  Riro mau.  Hah hah moorea. Tau tiri ita.  Ute upa upa.  (Vocal, with coconut drums acc.); title: Tibet: Lament for the