An Anthology of African Music
{{Short description|Compilation album series}}
An Anthology of African Music is a series of recordings of traditional music that was made for the International Music Council by the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (Berlin/Venice) and released on the Musicaphon label by Bärenreiter (Kassel/Basel/London). The series was directed by Paul Collaer.[http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/worldrec.htm Taking the World for a Spin in Europe: An Insider's Look at the World Music Recording Business], René van Peer, Ethnomusicology 43, #2 (Spring-Summer 1999), pp. 374-384, {{JSTOR|852750}}.Review of "An Anthology of African Music. Nigeria III: Igbo Music" by David Ames and Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, review by Darius L. Thieme, Ethnomusicology 36, #1 (Winter 1992), pp. 137-140, {{JSTOR|852093}}. It was part of the larger and longer enduring UNESCO Collection series.
Recordings
- Music of the Dan — BM 30 L 2301p. 36, [http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0007/000748/074886eo.pdf The UNESCO Courier, June 1973]
::Reissued as Rounder CD 5105.[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=anthology-of-world-music-africa-the-dan-main-entry-r340020|pure_url=yes}} Anthology of World Music: Africa - The Dan], overview, Allmusic. Accessed on line November 24, 2010. Review by Adam Greenberg on Allmusic, [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=anthology-of-world-music-africa-the-dan-r340020/review|pure_url=yes}}].
::Reissued as Rounder CD 5106.[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=anthology-of-world-music-rwanda-r387931|pure_url=yes}} Anthology of World Music: Rwanda], overview, Allmusic. Accessed on line November 24, 2010. Review by Adam Greenberg on Allmusic, [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=anthology-of-world-music-rwanda-r387931/review|pure_url=yes}}].
::Reissued as Rounder CD 5107.[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=anthology-of-world-music-africa-the-ba-benzele-pygmies-r340021|pure_url=yes}} Anthology of World Music: Africa - The Ba-Benzele Pygmies], overview, Allmusic. Accessed on line November 24, 2010.See Worldcat record Africa, the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies. Anthology of world music. Cambridge, Mass: Rounder Records, 1998. Sound recording, {{OCLC|39370610}}, and Worldcat record Arom, Simha, and Geneviève Taurelle. Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies. Unesco collection. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Musicaphon, 1965. Sound recording, {{OCLC|25082397}}. Review by Eugene Chadbourne on Allmusic, [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=anthology-of-world-music-africa-the-ba-benzele-pygmies-r340021/review|pure_url=yes}}].
::The three albums above (Dan through Ba-Benzélé Pygmies) were reviewed by David Rycroft in Journal of the International Folk Music Council 19 (1967), pp. 164-166, {{JSTOR|942265}}.
- Ethiopia I - Music of the Ethiopian Coptic Church — BM 30 L 2304
- Ethiopia II - Music of the Cushitic Peoples of South-West Ethiopia — BM 30 L 2305
::These two albums reviewed by Kurt Suttner in Ethnomusicology 14, #3 (September 1970), pp. 530-532, {{JSTOR|850628}}.
- Nigeria-Hausa Music I — BM 30 L 2306
- Nigeria-Hausa Music II — BM 30 L 2307
- Music of the Senufo — BM 30 L 2308
- Chad Kanem — BM 30 L 2309
- Musics of the Central African Republic — BM 30 L 2310
::Reviewed by Alan P. Merriam in Ethnomusicology 15, #2 (May 1971), pp. 300-302, {{JSTOR|850481}}.
::Reviewed by Darius L. Thieme in Ethnomusicology 36, #1 (Winter 1992), pp. 137-140, {{JSTOR|852093}}.
- Sudan I - Music of the Blue Nile Province; The Gumuz Tribe — BM 30 SL 2312 (1986)
- Sudan II - Music of the Blue Nile Province; The Ingessana and Berta Tribes — BM 30 SL 2313 (1986)
::The two albums above were reviewed by Cynthia Tse Kimberlin in Ethnomusicology 34, #2 (Spring-Summer 1990), pp. 349-352, {{JSTOR|851708}}.
- Ethiopia III - Three Chordophone Traditions — BM 30 SL 2314 (c. 1985)
::Reissued as Auvidis D 8074.[http://www.music-research-inst.org/html/main/kimberlin.htm Selected Publications], music-research-inst.org. Reviewed by Ashenafi Kebede in Ethnomusicology 34, #1 (Winter 1990), pp. 196-198, {{JSTOR|852383}}.
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