An Anthology of African Music

An Anthology of African Music 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 Musicaphon label by Bärenreiter (Kassel/Basel/London). The series was directed by Paul Collaer.[1][2][3] It was part of the larger and longer enduring UNESCO Collection series.

## Recordings

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* Music of the Dan -- BM 30 L 2301[1]

Reissued as Rounder CD 5105.[4] Review by Adam Greenberg on Allmusic, [1].

* Music from Rwanda -- BM 30 L 2302[1]

Reissued as Rounder CD 5106.[5] Review by Adam Greenberg on Allmusic, [2].

* Ba-Benzélé Pygmies -- BM 30 L 2303[1]

Reissued as Rounder CD 5107.[6][7] Review by Eugene Chadbourne on Allmusic, [3].
The three albums above (Dan through Ba-Benzélé Pygmies) were reviewed by David Rycroft in Journal of the International Folk Music Council 19 (1967), pp. 164-166, JSTOR 942265.

* Ethiopia I - Music of the Ethiopian Coptic Church -- BM 30 L 2304[1]
* Ethiopia II - Music of the Cushitic Peoples of South-West Ethiopia -- BM 30 L 2305[1]

These two albums reviewed by Kurt Suttner in Ethnomusicology 14, #3 (September 1970), pp. 530-532, JSTOR 850628.

* Nigeria-Hausa Music I -- BM 30 L 2306[1]
* Nigeria-Hausa Music II -- BM 30 L 2307[1]
* Music of the Senufo -- BM 30 L 2308[1]
* Chad Kanem -- BM 30 L 2309[1]
* Musics of the Central African Republic -- BM 30 L 2310[1]

Reviewed by Alan P. Merriam in Ethnomusicology 15, #2 (May 1971), pp. 300-302, JSTOR 850481.

* Nigeria III: Igbo Music -- BM 30 L 2311[3]

Reviewed by Darius L. Thieme in Ethnomusicology 36, #1 (Winter 1992), pp. 137-140, JSTOR 852093.

* Sudan I - Music of the Blue Nile Province; The Gumuz Tribe -- BM 30 SL 2312 (1986)

Reissued as Auvidis D 8072.[8]

* Sudan II - Music of the Blue Nile Province; The Ingessana and Berta Tribes -- BM 30 SL 2313 (1986)

Reissued as Auvidis D 8073.[9]
The two albums above were reviewed by Cynthia Tse Kimberlin in Ethnomusicology 34, #2 (Spring-Summer 1990), pp. 349-352, JSTOR 851708.

* Ethiopia III - Three Chordophone Traditions -- BM 30 SL 2314 (c. 1985)

Reissued as Auvidis D 8074.[10] Reviewed by Ashenafi Kebede in Ethnomusicology 34, #1 (Winter 1990), pp. 196-198, JSTOR 852383.

## See also

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* UNESCO Collection

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k p. 36, The UNESCO Courier, June 1973
2. ^ Taking the World for a Spin in Europe: An Insider's Look at the World Music Recording Business, René van Peer, Ethnomusicology 43, #2 (Spring-Summer 1999), pp. 374-384, JSTOR 852750.
3. ^ a b Review of "An Anthology of African Music. Nigeria III: Igbo Music" by David Ames and Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, review by Darius L. Thieme, Ethnomusicology 36, #1 (Winter 1992), pp. 137-140, JSTOR 852093.
4. ^ Anthology of World Music: Africa - The Dan, overview, Allmusic. Accessed on line November 24, 2010.
5. ^ Anthology of World Music: Rwanda, overview, Allmusic. Accessed on line November 24, 2010.
6. ^ Anthology of World Music: Africa - The Ba-Benzele Pygmies, overview, Allmusic. Accessed on line November 24, 2010.
7. ^ See Worldcat record Africa, the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies. Anthology of world music. Cambridge, Mass: Rounder Records, 1998. Sound recording, OCLC 39370610, and Worldcat record Arom, Simha, and Geneviève Taurelle. Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies. Unesco collection. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Musicaphon, 1965. Sound recording, OCLC 25082397.
8. ^ Worldcat record Gottlieb, Robert. Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Gumuz Tribe = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribu Des Gumuz. Unesco collection. France: Auvidis, 1996. Sound recording, OCLC 421844755, and Worldcat record Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Gumuz Tribe = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribu Des Gumuz. Unesco collection. Gentilly [France: Auvidis/Unesco, 1996. Sound recording, OCLC 36569272.
9. ^ Worldcat record Gottlieb, Robert. Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Ingessana and Berta Tribes = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribus Des Ingessana Et Des Berta. Unesco collection. France: Auvidis, 1996. Sound recording, OCLC 421844776 and Worldcat record Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Ingessana and Berta Tribes = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribus Des Ingessana Et Des Berta. Unesco collection. Gentilly [France: Auvidis/Unesco, 1996. Sound recording, OCLC 36569586.
10. ^ Selected Publications, music-research-inst.org.