Music of the Abelam : Papua Niugini / [recordings by Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin and Gerd Koch].

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta.

Koch, Gerd.

Series:

Music of Oceania

Language:

English

German

Papuan (Other)

Subjects (All):

Abelam (Papua New Guinean people)--Music.

Abelam (Papua New Guinean people).

Folk music--Papua New Guinea--East Sepik Province.

Folk music.

Songs, Abulas--Papua New Guinea--East Sepik Province.

Songs, Abulas.

Music.

Papua New Guinea--East Sepik Province.

Ethnic music recordings--Papua New Guinea--East Sepik Province.

Ethnic music recordings, Abulas--Papua New Guinea--East Sepik Province.

Local Subjects:

Ethnic music recordings--Papua New Guinea--East Sepik Province.

Ethnic music recordings, Abulas--Papua New Guinea--East Sepik Province.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.

12 in.

Other Title:

Title on container: Abelam of Papua Niugini

Place of Publication:

[Germany] : Musicaphon, [1987?]

Language Note:

The songs sung in Abulas.

System Details:

analog

33 1/3 rpm

microgroove

stereo

Contents:

Drum calls for the slit drum

Men's song

Antiphony to the ancestral spirits

Nocturnal songs

Introductory song to a speech

Concluding songs

Ocarinas and bamboo flutes

Antiphony for initiation

Men's song for initiation rite

Dance-song preceding the yam festival

Men's songs for the yam festival

Men's song to the ancestral spirits

Men's song at a death ritual

Songs at a wake.

Notes:

Folk music from East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Field recordings made in Sept. 1966 and at various times between Oct. 3, 1978 and Sept. 27, 1980.

Part mono., part stereo.

Notes in German by Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin and Gesine Haase with English translations ([18] p. : ill.) on and bound in album.

OCLC:

20761000

Publisher Number:

BM 30 SL 2704 Musicaphon