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Modern Greek Heroic Oral Poetry
1959
African Music
1957
Folk Dances of Greece
1956
Music of the Magindanao in the Philippines
1955
Songs with Nenjenje lute from the Medje people of the Democratic Republic of Congo
1952
Dances and various songs from the Luba of the Democratic Republic of Congo
1957
Regimental and hunting songs and instrumental music from various Tswana groups
1959
Traditional Music of Peru
1958
Indian Music of the Upper Amazon
1954
Folk Music of Hungary
1950
Folk and Classical Music of Korea
1951
Music from South Asia
1957
Kurdish Folk Songs and Dances
1955
Folk Music of Japan
1952
Burmese Folk and Traditional Music
1953
Music of South Arabia
1951
Folk Music from Italy
1956
Indian Music of Mexico
1952
Folk Music of Yugoslavia
1952
Music of the Ukraine
1951
Arabic and Druse Music
1956
Folk Music of Pakistan
1951
Music of Equatorial Africa
1950
Music of Thailand
1959
Traditional Folk Dances of Japan
1959
Jamaican Cult Music
1954
Christmas Songs of Portugal
1955
Folk Music of the Mediterranean
1952
Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest
1992
Lyres, lutes, and drums accompanying songs of the Ganda from Busoga Province, Uganda
1952
Pipe dances with viyanzi flute and dance songs of the Zaramo people from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1950
The Topoke People of the Congo
1959
Songs for drinking and walking, drum rhythms and Nyele horns of the Valley Tonga people of Zambia
1957
Hanunóo Music from the Philippines
1953
The Baoulé of the Ivory Coast
1956
Songs and Dances of Turkey
1955
Vox Humana
1956
Songs and Dances of the Great Lake Indians
1956
The World in My Mail Box
Tony Schwartz
1958
The World's Vocal Arts
1955
Songs with Guy Carawan
Guy Carawan
1958
Africa: South of the Sahara
1957
Temiar Dream Music of Malaya
1955
Israeli Songs for Children: In Hebrew
Miriam Ben-Ezra
1958
Folk Music of Ethiopia
1951
Bulu Songs from the Cameroons
1954
Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue
Guy Carawan
1959
Music of the Ituri Forest
1957
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Lene Botzaris
Male Greek singer, lute player
1959
War Song
Tuareg singer, tehardent (lute) player
1957
Peratiano Dance Kalamatianos
Greek woodwind instrumentalist, lute player
1956
Sousta Rethymiotike
Greek lute player, violinist
1956
Where Go You Elene of an Evening
Greek male singer, woodwind instrumentalist, lute player
1956
The Bride's Dance
Greek lute player, violinist
1956
The Crow and the Battle of Valtetzi
Male Greek singer, flute player, lute player
1959
Mapalendad (Binalig Scale)
Kudyapi' (boat lute) player
1955
Pentozales Khaniotikos
Greek lute player, violinist
1956
Mapalankuno (Binalig Scale)
Kudyapi' (boat lute) player
1955
Nesiotike Gainda
Greek lute player, violinist
1956
Banutun (Dinaladay Scale)
Kudyapi' (boat lute) player
1955
Patundug (Dinaladay Scale)
Kudyapi' (boat lute) player
1955
Syrtos Kastellianos
Greek female singer, lute player
1956
Collas Dance Music
Singers accompanied by Andean notched flute, violin, charango
1958
Chiyabula
Group of Luba men with flute and mbira
1957
Kgokong
Modiseng leading flute ensemble
1959
Animal Sacrifice Music
Flute soloist
1954
They Are Playing the Bagpipe
Peasant man singing followed by flute variation
1950
Wedding Song (Pakistan Pushtu)
Group of female singers, a flute player, and drummers from Pakistan
1957
Man Pa Sik- Ah Ahk (Ten Thousand Waves Calm)
Korean flute player
1951
Dance Music
Kurdish drummer and flute player
1955
O Love, O Love
Man playing flute and singing
1950
Kagura-bayashi
Drummer, bamboo flute player, surigane player
1952
Pattala
Burmese male singer, xylophone player, flute player
1953
U Suli Sinni Va
Cobbler from Catania playing flute with guitar accompaniment
1956
Love Song
Male singer, flute player, and string instrumentalist
1951
Dance
Bedouin singer accompanied by flute and drum
1951
Yaqui- Pascola Dance
Yaqui musician simultaneously playing flute and drum
1952
Macedonia: Dance
Shepherd's flute player, Macedonia
1952
Wayno Music
Flute ensemble from the island of Taquile accompanied by drums
1958
Chunchus Pasacalle
Chunchus musicians playing flute and drum
1958
Hutsulka and Kozachok
Ukrainian string instrument players, flute players
1951
Bitchũ Kagura
Drummer, bamboo flute player
1952
Macedonia: Love Song
Female Macedonian chorus and flute player
1952
Folk Song
Solo male singer with chorus and flute (ney)
1956
Chunchus Tune
Chunchus musicians playing flute, charango, violin
1958
Folk Dance
Tabla player, flute player, Algōjā player
1951
Babinga Pigmy Chorus
Female Babinga chorus, flute player
1950
Song of Longing
Solo male singer with chorus and flute (ney)
1956
Palendag Tune
Palendag (bamboo flute) player
1955
Reed Orchestra (North Thailand)
Brass-reed flute players
1959
Tzotzil: Fiesta Song
Tzotzil trumpet and reed-flute players, drummer
1952
Memburyu
Large group of male dancers accompanied by drums, flute, and bells
1959
Laoduangdoen
Male singer and flute player
1959
Ashimori Ondo
Accordion player, bamboo flute player, shamisen player, drummer
1952
Folk Dance with Drum
Kurdish flute player, drummer
1955
Love Song
Male singer, flute player, and string instrumentalist
1951
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