Indian Music of the Upper Amazon

"The area designated by the vague term ‘Upper Amazon’ is actually incredibly extensive. The great Amazon system drains three million square miles of territory, or approximately half the South American continent. Some of its most remote tributaries, fed by melting glaciers in the Andes, originate less than eighty miles from the Pacific coast. Others extend upward into the highlands of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. This vast area, flanking the eastern slopes of the Andean chain, embraces a bewildering number of Indian tribes, an almost unbelievable number of unrelated languages, and a series of tropical forest cultures that range from exceedingly simple and primitive to highly sophisticated and complex..."

Harry Tschopik, Jr.

"A área designada pelo vago termo “Alto Amazonas” é em realidade incrivelmente extensa. O enorme sistema fluvial amazônico drena um território de três milhões de milhas quadradas, aproximadamente metade do continente sul-americano. Alguns dos afluentes mais remotos se originam oito milhas da costa do Pacífico e são alimentados pelas geleiras dos Andes. Outros vem das regiões altas da Venezuela, Colombia, Equador, Peru e Bolívia. Nesta vasta área há um número de tribos indígenas, com um inacreditável número de línguas distintas, e uma série de tradições tropicais que variam de extremamente simples e primitivas as mais sofisticadas e complexas..."

Harry Tschopik, Jr.

"El vago término ‘Alto Amazonas’ designa, en realidad, un área increíblemente extensa. El enorme sistema fluvial amazónico drena un territorio tres millones de millas cuadradas, aproximadamente la mitad del continente suramericano. Algunos de sus más remotos tributarios, alimentados por los glaciares andinos, se originan a menos de ochenta millas de la costa pacífica. Otros provienen de las tierras altas de Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia. Esta vastísima área abarca un inmenso número de tribus indígenas, una casi increíble cantidad de lenguajes independientes, y una variedad de culturas que abarcan desde las extremadamente simples y primitivas hasta las más sofisticadas y complejas..."

Harry Tschopik, Jr.

Track Listing

101	Fiesta Music	Drum and male voices	02:16
102	Fiesta Drum Music	Two drums, pan-pipes, male and female voices	01:45
103	Social Dance Music	Flute solo	01:57
104	Traveling Music	Bass drum, tap drum and flute	01:32
105	Girl's Puberty Rite	n/a	02:16
106	Public Work Music	Drum, flute, shouts, calls and whistles	02:49
107	Social Dance Music	Three drummers	01:22
108	Work Song	Solo male voice	01:22
109	Welcoming Drum Music	Solo drum	01:06
110	War Song	Solo male voice	02:27
111	Dance for Adolescent Girl	Drum, blowing tubes, bells, shouts and laughter	01:43
112	Lullaby	n/a	01:32
201	War Music	Two drums, pan-pipes, male and female voices	01:50
202	Drinking Music	Drum and female voices	01:14
203	Fiesta Dance Music	Solo on pan-pipes of thirteen tubes	01:08
204	Fiesta Dance Music	Solo on pan-pipes of five tubes	01:20
205	Game Lure Whistle	Game lure whistle	00:45
206	Social Dance Music	Bass and Trap drum performers with flute	02:20
207	Fiesta Drum Music	n/a	01:13
208	Social Dance Music	n/a	02:10
209	Social Dance Music	n/a	01:12
210	Fiesta Music	Drum, male and female voices	02:17
211	Public Work Music	Two drummers	01:23
212	Animal Sacrifice Music	Flute soloist	01:22
213	Funeral Music	Chorus of female mourners	01:30
214	Fiesta Drum Music	Bass and Trap drums performers	01:44