Start Over Unit Archives of Traditional Music

46. [Senegal, Futa Toro and Dakar, Fulahs, 1968-1969] (73:18:32)

Date:
1968
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Summary:
These tapes examine mainly the 19th century history of the Futa Toro. The recordings include more formal traditions, as in discussions with members of the hereditary classes of historians (awlube, ...

47. [Senegal, Kajor, Wolof, 1969] (2:12:24)

Date:
1969
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Summary:
This collection is excerpted from a larger one on the oral history of Kajor in the last 100 years of its independence, and "ranges over every political event in 18th and 19th century Kajor," concen...

49. [Somalia, Muqdisho, Afgooye, and elsewhere, 1987] (74:27:23)

Date:
1987
Main contributors:
Johnson, John William, 1942-
Summary:
This collection of Somali poetry includes recitations of a multitude of genre including religious music associated with Ramadan and recreational poetry and songs including churning, pounding, mat-w...

50. [South Korea, Seoul, ca. 1963] (1:05:43)

Date:
1963
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Summary:
Radio program includes folk songs, instrumental pieces, and court music. Original tape came from Yun Hong Sik (a Korean student at IU) who got it from Korean Broadcasting Company in Seoul, South Ko...

51. [Spain, Andalusia, Cadiz, 1973] (11:11:03)

Date:
1973
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Summary:
The information presented here about each recording in this collection comes from original documentation by the collector/depositor Jerome Mintz. Additions by archival staff for clarity are framed ...

53. [Ukraine, Cherkas'ka, Uman'; Jews, Ukrainians; Interviews, 2002-2008] (7:20:31)

Date:
2002
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include ghetto Bershad', Jewish food customs, gefilte fish recipes, Yiddish literature, Yiddish songs, Jewish life today, World War II military service, family, childhood memories,...