The Demonstration Collection of E.M. von Hornbostel and the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv

Although the study of music as an academic field dates back to antiquity, the field of comparative musicology (or ethnomusicology) came into its own with the advent of recorded sound. The invention of the phonograph in the late 19th century enabled scholars to make field recordings of various ethnic musics. Many of these early field recordings became part of the collection of the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv, now the Ethnomusicology Department at the Museum of Ethnology. This recording, a joint venture of the Museum of Ethnology and Indiana University, features 42 selections from the collection, providing the listener with an audio panorama of global music at the dawn of the recording era. The extensive liner notes, written in English and German, provide detailed background information about each recorded selection.

Track Listing

101	Old Rigi Yodel with Inserted Song Josef Felder	01:52
102	White Russians, Shawm Orchestra of Shepherds Shawm orchestra	01:59
103	Caucasus, Gurians Men in a prison camp, Guria, Georgia	01:38
104	The Lord Has Stolen 10,000 Reindeer Jakov	01:29
105	Spring Song Two women from Sintamovy, Salikamsk district	00:57
106	Tantine Rosalasaka	02:29
107	Two Tiktiri Pieces Snake-charmer from Hyderabad	02:02
108	Thai-oi-kamen (The Sad Departure) Thai court orchestra	02:05
109	Pwe / Maung Pathet Mingala-Aungbyun tribe orchestra	02:08
110	Song of the Rowers on the Dragon Boat Boat crew on the Yangtze River, 1912	02:13
201	Background Music to the Play "Tuan chi chiao tzi" Sheng (mouth organ) player	01:30
202	Ho-huan-ling Tze-hai, orchestra director of the Empress Dowager, Peking	01:59
203	Osazuma Theatre musician of the Kawakami Company	02:06
204	Lagu malim di Padang (The Magic Doctor in the Field) Shaman of the Kubu from Muara Bahar	02:15
205	Piece for a Shawm Malay double-reed player, Sumatra	02:12
206	Vocal Solo Bahau Dajak	01:54
207	Kapata (Song) for the Menari (Malayan Dance) Alfur man, Seram Island	02:21
208	Merge Nolo Chorus of Aboriginal youth, Beagle Bay Mission, Dampier Land	02:24
209	Men's Chorus Songs in Several Voices Male chorus, Papua New Guinea	01:47
210	Angi Vela Ukokia	01:58
301	Women's Dance Song Kuratunga, a woman from Kabatero	01:38
302	Bank bank moruko / Polyphonic Yodel Banoni people in the Naasioi language, Papua New Guinea	01:55
303	Atija Iletai / Rowing Song Singers of Savaiʻi Island, Samoa	01:48
304	Eskimo Song Inuit man, Canada	01:18
305	War Dance Song Plains Cree man, Canada	01:17
306	Lehal Song Nlaka'pamux (Thompson River Salish) man, Canada	02:43
307	Ghost Dance Song Nathaniel Mannington	01:36
308	Funeral Chant Hopi male singers recorded in Berlin	02:08
309	Song for Corn Roasting Wixárika (Huichol) man, Mexico	02:04
310	Song of Two Women Grating Manioc Macushi women, Surumu River, Brazil	01:45
311	Two Songs Tinininsk, a Selk'nam (Ona) man	01:56
401	Weeping Song Two Ewe men	01:36
402	Scale, Nine Flutes, Rattles, Drum Musicians from Cameroon	01:52
403	Drum Communication Josef Ayisi Ewondo	00:55
404	Nkan Ngi-Nkompfa and chorus	02:17
405	Boys' Dance Song Boys, Democratic Republic of Congo	02:03
406	Liembaethi Nganguela men and women	01:51
407	Belly Dance Song Sala	02:04
408	Pentateuch (?) A Catholic Jew from Spain	01:25
409	Rugindir (The Running Women) Abahutu women	01:44
410	War Chant of the Elmoran Maasai singers	02:02
411	Choral Song Women and girls, Lake Nyasa	01:44