Catalogue description World Music
This record is held by Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
Reference: | MS 4000/5/1/20 |
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Title: | World Music |
Arrangement: |
The tapes are arranged as follows: MS 4000/5/1/20/1-7 and 7a International song and music 1954-1956; 1964 released by record companies, e.g. Decca, Folkways, Ethnic Folkways; and sea shanties MS 4000/5/1/20/8-10 Gambian traditional folk song and 1956; 1974-1975 Music; interviews about China and the Revolution; English traditional music MS 4000/5/1/20/11-14 African and South Indian song and 1963 Music, some released by record companies MS 4000/5/1/20/15-19 West Indian music and song 1963-1966 with the Stewart family of Harborne, Birmingham MS 4000/5/1/20/20-22 Indian music [ & extracts from 1966-1975 radio ballad 'On The Edge'] MS 4000/5/1/20/23-24 Buddhist and Tibetan chants 1968 MS 4000/5/1/20/25-26 Greek music and folk song 1963 MS 4000/5/1/20/27-28 Various: Vlachic folk song and 1963; 1968 East/West Dance Music; Group music from various countries MS 4000/5/1/20/29 Byzantine Hymn n.d. |
Held by: | Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
Administrative / biographical background: |
This collection of recordings comprises a wide variety of examples of traditional music and song from across the world. arrangement: The tapes are arranged as far as possible by the country of origin (International general; Gambia; Africa and South India; West Indies; India; Tibet; Greece; various). One of the recordings of Gambian traditional folk song and music also includes brief interviews of people by Charles Parker on China and the Revolution (MS 4000/5/1/20/9). Some of the recordings have been released on record labels such as Decca, Folkways and Ethnic Folkways Library or as BBC radio recordings and this has been noted in the title of each catalogue description. |
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