The Solomon Islands : the sounds of bamboo : instrumental music of the 'Are'are people of Malaita.

Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoBarre, VT : Multicultural Media, ℗1997.
Description1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Music--Solomon Islands. --Malaita.
Areare (Solomon Islands people)--Music.

Variant title Instrumental music of the 'Are'are people of Malaita
Portion of title Sounds of bamboo
SeriesMusic of the earth
Music of the earth. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Panpipe ensemble, 'au tahana : Ha'a'parasi nima = Music to raise the house ; Po'o ka hoe'hoe = Swine shrieks ; Mani nuu isuisu and ho'osia ritual = Love song piece ; Mani rikoriko = Parrot piece ; Kiu tarowaro = Mound bird -- Panpipe ensemble, 'au ripi : Suru 'au = Introduction piece ; Hahaketa na Haridata = Haridata's grief ; Anianita na Popora = Popora's weeping ; 'Ori pasu nai Darana = The frogs of Darana ; Roko 'au = Closing piece -- Panpipe ensemble, 'au taka'iori : Rihe piece ; Mani kinakina = Kinkina bird piece ; Anianita na wera = Infant's cry -- Panpipe ensemble, 'au keto : Mou siki = Stop and go ; Mani hakehake = Moaning piece ; Mani asuhe = Mice piece -- Stamping tubes, 'au kiro ni mako : Solo stamping tubes : Mani pora = Dove piece ; Mani asuhe = Mice piece ; Mani opiopi tani kahu = Sound of the river piece -- Stamping tubes, 'au kiro ni mako : Duet stamping tubes : Mani sisini = Bats piece ; Mani hitahita = Thunder piece ; Anianita = Lamentation ; Mani hata = Eagle piece -- Wooden slit-drum ensemble, 'o'o : Mani iiku = Tree roots piece ; Pepetari = Moths ; Wete = Rat ; Hita = Thunder ; Tetare kui = The dog ; Ho'oho'o'ana ma'ehunu = Sacred taro pudding to the wild man ; Kana = Divination song -- Sound play on water, kiroha : Kiroha demonstration -- Singing, nuu isuisuha : Kana = Divination song ; Amamata = Solo lament ; Amamata = Duet lament ; Amamata = Hummed lament ; Roro wera = Lullaby ; Nuu isuisu = Love song.
General noteInstrumental and vocal music.
General note"This recording is drawn from the 80-volume CD collection, i.e. Field-recorded Music of the earth: Fieldworkers' sound collections, originally released in 1992 in Japan under the supervision of Tomoaki Fujii by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) and Smithsonian/Folkways Records (USA)"--Notes, p. 19.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteOriginal field notes by Hisao Sekine and Ryūichi Tai, translated from the Japanese by Tokiko Nobusawa, including bibliography and discography (19 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Performer Various performers.
Date/time/place of a event noteField recorded Dec. 11-16, 1988, at the Ohio Cultural Centre of the 'Are'are, Ohio, Malaita Island.
LanguageVocal works sung in Areare.
UPC 0092930072
Publisher numberMCM 3007 Multicultural Media

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