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The Demonstration Collection of E.M. von Hornbostel and the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv
1963
Folk Music of Kashmir
1962
Music of Indonesia
1961
Primitive Music of the World
1962
Music of the Jos Plateau and Other Regions of Nigeria
1965
Religious Music of Asia
1967
Bantu High Life
Moshe Sephula and Orchestra
1967
Music of !Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert, Africa
1962
Music of the World's Peoples, Vol. 5
1961
Folk Music of Ghana
1964
Songs of Aboriginal Australia and Torres Strait
1964
Music of Chad
1966
Songs and Dances of Nepal
1964
Anthology of Brazilian Indian Music
1962
Folksongs of Saskatchewan
1963
Indian Music of the Pacific Northwest Coast
1967
Folk Songs and Dances of Iran
1960
Music of Morocco
1966
Pete Seeger at the Village Gate
Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon
1960
Maritime Folk Songs: From the Collection of Helen Creighton
1962
Lullabies of the World
1963
Vocal and Instrumental Ragas from South India
Gayathri Rajapur, Harihar Rao, Dorothy Moskowitz
1967
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West Java: Mamaos (Comic Song)
Sudanese orchestra
1961
Male Solo
Panamanian male singer
1962
White Russians, Shawm Orchestra of Shepherds
Shawm orchestra of shepherds
1963
Santur Instrumental: A Love Song
Kashmiri santur player
1962
Religious Music
Male chorus and drummer
1962
Rua Rua Rua (Cock Crowing)
Moshe Sephula and Orchestra
1967
Beri-Beri: Xylophone Orchestra
Itinerant workers playing drum, xylophone near Gwong village
1965
Chinese Buddhist Nuns Chanting
Chinese Buddhist nuns
1967
Male Solo
Turkmen male singer
1962
Drum Communication
Josef Ayisi Ewondo
1963
Ataa Oblanyo
Ghanaian women singers
1964
Thumb (Played) Metal Instrument
San mbira player
1962
Bamboo Fiddle
San musician playing musical bow
1962
Southwest Africa: Female Chorus and Drum
Female chorus and drummer
1961
Byelorussia: Folk Song
Slavic female singer
1961
Vedda Tribe
Ceylon singer and drummer
1962
Men's Chorus Songs in Several Voices
Male chorus, Papua New Guinea
1963
Chila-Chila
Mahamat Mandara with singers
1966
Bora (Initiation Song)
Peter Creek and Furry Short
1964
Thumb Instrument
San musicians playing mbira and musical bow
1962
Choral Song
Women and girls, Lake Nyasa
1963
Asaaye (Women's Ritual and War Drums)
Asaaye ensemble
1964
Damyan Music
Prasad Tulachen
1964
Juruna
Juruna (Yudjá) singers
1962
Victory Song (Cree)
Mrs. Roderick Thomas
1963
Abantuana (Children's Song)
Moshe Sephula and Orchestra
1967
N'Gambaye Guitar of Mondou
Logone musicians
1966
Flame Shrine: Prayer Chant
Sumduch and Unabsong
1964
Shukarramãe
Male solo singer
1962
Thumb (Played) Metal Instrument
San mbira player
1962
Cradle Song, Ya Sella
Mungo Martin, Abaya Martin
1967
Coucouma
Amadou Coucouma
1966
Klague: Dance of Moissala
Dancers in M'Baye
1966
Shukarramãe
Male (Juparana) solo singer
1962
Zulu: Si Zinyoni (Evening Birds)
Edwin Mkize
1961
Ethiopia: I Beg You, Heart
Male voice with begena
1961
Nepal: Folk Song
Male singers, drummer, two pipe players
1961
Weeping Song
Two Ewe men
1963
Title Music: Instrumental Flute
Kashmiri flute player
1962
Varsaghi or Númze Jún
Singer from the Mazandaran Province
1960
Raghsé Chubi
Bakhtiari singer
1960
Busy Bee
Moshe Sephula and Orchestra
1967
Bamboo Fiddle
San musician playing musical bow
1962
Kapata (Song) for the Menari (Malayan Dance)
Alfur man, Seram Island
1963
Gourna De Fianga Dance
Young men from the district of Mayo-Kebbi
1966
Ahouache Dyal Telatenouss
Male performers at the Moussem of Mouley Ibrahim
1966
Bamé Boland
Singers from Shiraz
1960
A Song of Summer (Icelandic)
Olina Asgeirsson Struthers
1963
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