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The photographs of Charles Duvelle : Disques Ocora and Collection Prophet / Charles Duvelle and Hisham Mayet.

Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center ML3798 .D88 2017
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Duvelle, Charles, photographer, interviewee.
Contributor:
Mayet, Hisham, interviewer, editor.
Department of Music Fund.
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Duvelle, Charles--Interviews.
Duvelle, Charles.
Ethnomusicologists--France--Interviews.
Ethnomusicologists.
Musicians--Africa--Pictorial works.
Musicians.
Folk music--Africa--Pictorial works.
Folk music.
Musicians--Southeast Asia--Pictorial works.
Folk music--Southeast Asia--Pictorial works.
Southeast Asia.
Africa.
France.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Interviews.
Sound recordings.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:
295 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm + 2 audio discs (4 3/4 in.)
4 3/4 in.
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Seattle, WA : Sublime Frequencies, [2017]
Language Note:
English and French in parallel columns.
System Details:
accompanying CD digital optical
Summary:
"Charles Duvelle's work is indisputably one of the most important contributions to the human understanding of he rich biodiversity of our planet's music and language. This fine-art photography book comprises an exhaustive collection of Charles Duvelle's field photography from 1959 to 1978, demonstrating that this master musicologist had an equally unerring eye for photography. It also contains an exhaustive interview by Hisham Mayet, detailing the history of field recording. Includes two full-length CDs of archival recordings, some of which have never been published"--Publisher's description.
Contents:
West Africa
Central Africa
Indian Ocean
South Pacific
SouthEast Asia
Interview = Entretien.
Notes:
Produced and edited by Hisham Mayet.
Includes illustrated Ocora/Charles Duvelle discography, 1959-1974 (pages 280-291).
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Department of Music Fund.
ISBN:
9780996678513
0996678514
OCLC:
1009134728
Publisher Number:
SF-110

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