The Secret Museum of Mankind, Vol. 3: Ethnic Music Classics 1925-1948

by SECRET MUSEUM OF MANKIND 3 / VA

Overview

Volume Three is another eclectic sampling of vintage "ethnic" recordings taken from the storerooms at The Secret Museum of Mankind. A Rhodesian hymn of praise precedes a 1948 recording of an Uzbeki diva, while the serpentine melodic lines of a Greek clarinetist follows the contemplative resonance of a 1939 solo performance on the Chinese qin or chin (a plucked zither). Though one may think that the enormous musical breath of the CD might make listening to it a scattered and unsatisfactory experience, this is not the case. The historical context within these works presented -- worldwide recordings made between 1925 and 1948 -- give this and the other Secret Museum works a cohesion that allows for disparate musical examples to be placed side by side. All in all, this CD gives the listener a window into another time, when recording technology was young and Western popular music had not invaded every corner of the globe. ~ John Vallier

Product Details

Release Date:	07/23/1996
Label:	Yazoo
UPC:	0016351700629
Rank:	133450

Tracks

1. Indaba Yomkonto  -  Hope Fountain Native Girls' Choir
2. Dilbar  -  A. Mirzaeva
3. Flisak  -  Makowska Orkiestra Dzialowego
4. La Virgen de Covadonga  - "Cuchichi" Jose Menendez
5. Parting at Yang Kwan  - Wei Chung Loh
6. Ta Magia Sto Pegadi  - Georgios Trakis
7. Kidim¿¿nkaz¿¿ndi Kuna Ngombe  - Ngigi Leon Nkenkete
8. Inthakannananda  -  Vidwan Rajamanikkam
9. Vdol Po Piterskoi/Veisia, Veisis Kapoustka  -  Aristoff Choir
10. Bakmiyor ¿¿esmi Siyah  - Yahya Kemal Betyath  - Haci Arif Bey  - Hamiyet Yuceses
11. Yebitchai  -  Navajo Elders
12. Gunan Kor  - Chimiddorzh Ghanzhuryin
13. Buen Humor  -  Grupo Dominicano
14. Nalimbisi Yo  - Jean Kalafayi
15. Kamarinskaja
16. Mai Wanga Anadiuza  -  Kapiye
17. Moe Pau Ko Phan (Flower of Heaven)  -  Maung Su
18. Verr¿¿ Quel Di Di Lune... (The Day Will Come)  -  Canto Di Soldati
19. Byyatt Turk  - Iran Dowleh Helen
20. Running Set  - Elsie Avril
21. O Ju Male Me Debore  - Kendon Grupi
22. Soutsanenh  - Anon. Khene
23. Raks Fazani  - Khomais Ternan  - Mohammed Kadri
24. Lugger Song  -  Fly River Singers

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mohammed Kadri   Primary Artist
Kendon Grupi   Primary Artist
A. Mirzaeva   Primary Artist
"Canto Di Soldati"   Primary Artist
Maung Su   Primary Artist
Ngigi Leon Nkenkete   Primary Artist
Navajo Elders   Primary Artist
Chimiddorzh Ghanzhuryin   Primary Artist
Iran Dowleh Helen   Primary Artist
Fly River Singers   Primary Artist
Khomais Ternan   Primary Artist
Thayelo Kapiye Trio   Primary Artist
Hope Fountain Native Girls' Choir   Primary Artist
Vidwan Rajamanikkam   Primary Artist
Jean Kalafayi   Primary Artist
"Cuchichi" Jose Menendez   Primary Artist
Anon. Khene   Primary Artist
Grupo Dominicano   Primary Artist
Wei Chung Loh   Primary Artist
Elsie Avril   Primary Artist
Dominicano   Primary Artist
A. Dobrohotov   Primary Artist
Makowska Orkiestra Dzialowego   Primary Artist
Aristoff Choir   Primary Artist
A Mirzaeva   Primary Artist
Thayelo Kapiye   Primary Artist
Chimiddorzh   Primary Artist
Tain Native Girls' Choir   Primary Artist
Hamiyet Yueceses   Primary Artist
Georgios Trakis   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Pat Conte   Compilation Producer,Producer,Liner Notes,Series Editor
Joan Pelosi   Art Direction
Hamiyet Yueceses   Performer
Haci Arif Bey   Composer
M. Emory   Artwork,Illustrations
Yahya Kemal Betyath   Composer
Aristoff Choir   Performer
Eric Rosenberg   Composer
Richard Nevins   Remastering
Elsie Avril   Performer
Wei Chung Loh   Performer
Robert Vosgien   Digital Mastering
Georgios Trakis   Performer