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Field Recordings of Dutch Ethnomusicologists 1938-2000
Published/distributed: Leiden, Netherlands : Bake Society ; Leiden, Netherlands : distributed by Pan Records, © 2003
Publisher number: AB 9103 Bake Society
Performer: Various performers
Archive Call Number: ARCD 2193

The Dutch Society for Ethnomusicology and World Music ‘Arnold Bake,’ produced this compact disc that contains nineteen selections, twelve of which were collected since 1990, three during the 1980s, and two during the 1970s. The disc’s first two excerpts feature Arnold Bake’s 1938 journey of India and Sri Lanka. Part of a Sinhala folk performance from Sri Lanka, “Kalamaitu” interchanges singing with a flute solo consisting of two alternating high pitches. Drums, and perhaps shell rattles accompany this selection. Bake (who taught my dissertation advisor Dr. Nazir Jairazbhoy) traveled to nearby Karnataka in Southern India where he recorded a ritual of a young girl that included “Hadaga.” A drone instrument accompanies her.

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October 30th, 2008 | by UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive | Tags: accordion, Afghanistan, Amazon, Arnold Bake, Asia, bell, bhajan, Buddhist, China, church music, clarinet, colonialism, complex meters, Cyprus, dambura, dustbin, Field Recordings, fishing songs, flute, ghazal, Greece, griot, guitar, harmonium, healing rituals, healing songs, India, Indonesia, Kalmyk, Karnataka, lamellophone, large ensemble, lauto, love songs, major mode, Malawi, malimba nyonga-nyonga, mbira, mixolydian mode, Moluccas, Mongolia, ngoni, Oceania, percussion, phonos, pitch bending, rap, sacred music, sanxien, singing, Sinhala, small ensemble, solo, South India, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Venezuela, violin, Vlach, Western music, yueqin, Yunnan | Category: Recording Reviews | Comments (3)

Just a little in advance of UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (27 October), we participated in the 3rd Annual L.A. Archives Bazaar, hosted at the Davidson Conference Center at USC. The Bazaar is a one-day gathering of local archives, special collections libraries, historical societies, authors, filmmakers, and other folks interested in the history and culture of greater L.A. — a town that, contrary to common belief, has plenty of both.

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October 27th, 2008 | by Aaron Bittel | Tags: L.A. as Subject, local culture, Los Angeles, USC, video | Category: Archive Initiatives, Events, Outreach | Leave a comment