Spirit of Melanesia.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Fanshawe, David, 1942-2010.

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Folk music--Fiji.

Folk music.

Folk music--Vanuatu.

Folk music--Solomon Islands.

Folk music--Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea.

Solomon Islands.

Vanuatu.

Fiji.

Ethnic music recordings--Fiji.

Ethnic music recordings--Vanuatu.

Ethnic music recordings--Solomon Islands.

Ethnic music recordings--Papua New Guinea.

Local Subjects:

Ethnic music recordings--Fiji.

Ethnic music recordings--Vanuatu.

Ethnic music recordings--Solomon Islands.

Ethnic music recordings--Papua New Guinea.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Folk music.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Wotton-under-Edge, England : Saydisc ; [New York] : Qualiton Imports [distributor], [1998]

Language Note:

Sung in various languages.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Sepik flutes Kanengara (2:30)

Pan pipes of Buma (1:05)

Club dance, Meke iwau (3:08)

Meke rara nakelo (1:55)

Meke seāseā : standing dance (2:36)

Vakamalolo : sitting dance (2:34)

Nabua Methodist Church Choir (3:02)

New Year celebrations (2:10)

Grog song Lakeba (2:23)

Singera string band (2:42)

Naghol land diving (2:28)

Lifou mouth pipes (1:12)

Spirit song U'ula (2:27)

Shell money making (1:24)

Spirit song "ia ia ia" (2:39)

Gilo stones (1:23)

Pan pipes "The awakening" (1:48)

Funeral song (1:27)

Karop pipes, mouth harp, dance (2:09)

Yule Island festivities (2:17)

Mount Hagan singsing (1:58)

Mendi girls chant Alipuli (:57)

Wagi Brothers bamboo band (2:15)

Rymoka string band (2:40)

Karawari initiation (1:54)

Sepik flutes Sangriman, Kamanibit (2:41)

Timbunke garamut drums (1:43)

Wundubu bangu ceremony (3:20)

Kanengara singsing apunivur (1:23)

Kanengara war dance (2:42)

Bisorio house building ; Kilao war party (3:31)

Singsing Bodif headhunting (1:48)

Waskuk yam harvesting (2:04)

Misa Yaroma Wewak (3:06)

Mariway flutes "Secret place" (3:48).

Participant:

Indigenous performers.

Credits:

Producer, Gef Lucena.

Notes:

Traditional music from Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, & Papua New Guinea.

Distributor from label on container.

Recorded in the Pacific between 1978 and 1994 by David Fanshawe.

Compact disc.

Program notes by David Fanshawe and notes on the ethnographer (23 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

OCLC:

40886994

Publisher Number:

5013133441829

789368811724

CD-SDL 418 Saydisc