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Moru sanza music by Timon Beri from Lui village in Moru Misa, Eastern Equatoria. Recorded by Patti Langton in South Sudan in 1979. Patti recorded Timon playing five distinct songs, and one of the songs tells of a boy and girl who want to marry, but the mother of the girl doesn't like the boy so he can't marry her.

The Patti Langton audio collection includes music, interviews and language lessons and is curated by the Pitt Rivers Museum, together more than 1000 fieldwork images and over 100 objects.

The image shows Timon Beri sitting on the steps of Lui school, Moru Misa, Eastern Equatoria and watched by a young boy [2008.78.1.26]. Timon is playing his sanza. Copyright the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. Please see the online catalogue entry for further information.

photographs.prm.ox.ac.uk/pages/2008_78_1_26.html

For more information about the Patti Langton archive, please visit

web.prm.ox.ac.uk/reel2real/index.php/patti-langton

Reel to Real project website and blog:

web.prm.ox.ac.uk/reel2real/
https://pittrivers-sound.blogspot.co.uk/

Moru sanza music from South Sudan by Timon Beri [1/5] [2013 1 11 A 1]

'South Pacific Pop’ (Clausen’s term) with full band:  guitar, tea chest bass, spoons etc., featuring the copra launch song.  This music is occurring on the beach, at the same time as the more ‘traditional’ music occurs on the dancing ground, so that the music from the dancing ground can be heard faintly in the background.

The Raymond Clausen audio collection of 525 reels of music and soundscapes from Vanuatu is curated by the Pitt Rivers Museum, together with over 2000 fieldwork photographs, 18 objects, and extensive manuscripts.

South Pacific pop music (Vanuatu, October 1962) [1993 6 167 3]

"Tu Paine" guitar song by Robert and Paul, recorded by Raymond Clausen on Vanuatu on 27th July 1962. The Raymond Clausen audio collection of 525 reels of music and soundscapes from Vanuatu is curated by the Pitt Rivers Museum, together with over 2000 fieldwork photographs, 18 objects, and extensive manuscripts.

"Tu Paine" guitar song by Robert and Paul (Vanuatu, July 1962) [1993 6 147 2]

Bamum girl singing religious song, recorded by Miss Lois Mitchison in Cameroon, 1958.

Lois Mitchison's 5 reel tapes of Bamum, Bom and Bayang music from Cameroon is part of a wider collection of musical instruments purchased for, and now curated by, the Pitt Rivers Museum. In 1958 Miss Lois Mitchison (Mrs Godrey) of Woodstock Road, Oxford, bought 41 Bamum objects from Fumban in French Cameroons, a French Mandate territory in present day Cameroon. Her audio collection includes ceremonial songs, and also examples of several Bamum instruments, including rattles, drums, and zithers, together with their local names.

Bamum girl singing religious song (Cameroon, 1958) [1959 9 B 41 22]

Bamum man playing a zither and singing, recorded by Miss Lois Mitchison in Cameroon, 1958.

Lois Mitchison's 5 reel tapes of Bamum, Bom and Bayang music from Cameroon is part of a wider collection of musical instruments purchased for, and now curated by, the Pitt Rivers Museum. In 1958 Miss Lois Mitchison (Mrs Godrey) of Woodstock Road, Oxford, bought 41 Bamum objects from Fumban in French Cameroons, a French Mandate territory in present day Cameroon. Her audio collection includes ceremonial songs, and also examples of several Bamum instruments, including rattles, drums, and zithers, together with their local names.

Bamum zither player (Cameroon, 1958) [1959 9 B 43 10]

Bayang men singing, recorded by Miss Lois Mitchison in Cameroon, 1958.

Lois Mitchison's 5 reel tapes of Bamum, Bom and Bayang music from Cameroon is part of a wider collection of musical instruments purchased for, and now curated by, the Pitt Rivers Museum. In 1958 Miss Lois Mitchison (Mrs Godrey) of Woodstock Road, Oxford, bought 41 Bamum objects from Fumban in French Cameroons, a French Mandate territory in present day Cameroon. Her audio collection includes ceremonial songs, and also examples of several Bamum instruments, including rattles, drums, and zithers, together with their local names.

Bayang men's songs (Cameroon, 1958) [1959 9 B 45 11]

Dimi Mint Abba - Old recording - Single

Dimi on BBC

Ait Hadiddu women singing with drum. Recorded at the I'hawd'in village square in Morocco in August 1961. A partial song translation is given as "The beautiful girl has to shoot me with her gun. Perhaps I shall die - perhaps not." 

Six reel to reel tapes of Berber music and soundscapes from the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains, recorded in August 1961 among the Ait Hadiddu people, were purchased by the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1963. The recordist and PRM source is currently unknown, but a related document gives some context and song translations.

Ait Hadiddu women singing with drum (Morocco, 1961) [1963 1 B2 4 3]

The sounds of Rabat Market, Morocco, recorded in August 1961. The soundscape includes a beggar singing for charity among the general sounds of market activity.

Six reel to reel tapes of Berber music and soundscapes from the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains, recorded in August 1961 among the Ait Hadiddu people, were purchased by the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1963. The recordist and PRM source is currently unknown, but a related document gives some context and song translations.

Market sounds (Rabat Market, Morocco, 1961) [1963 1 B2 5 4]

A Festival at Rich, recorded by Ralph Johnson in August 1961. Ait Izdek. A Lahadat man plays pipes (Lighita) and another beats a double-skinned drum (tabul) with sticks. Women dance around the musicians, and this dance occurs before the great annual market at Rich (August 30th).

Six reel to reel tapes of Berber music and soundscapes from the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains, recorded in August 1961 among the Ait Hadiddu people, were purchased by the Pitt Rivers Museum in 1963. The recordist and PRM source is currently unknown, but a related document gives some context and song translations.

Festival at Rich (Morocco, 1961) [1963 1 B2 6 3]

Man singing, with tabla, harmonium and drone.

The David Mowat collection of field recordings from India consists of ten audiocassettes recorded in Karnataka (South India), New Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh in 1987. The original recordings are held at the British Library (C350).

Indian field recording (man singing, with tabla, harmonium and drone, 1987) [1993 56 6 1]

Percussion and wind instruments.

The David Mowat collection of field recordings from India consists of ten audiocassettes recorded in Karnataka (South India), New Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh in 1987. The original recordings are held at the British Library (C350).


Indian field recording (percussion and wind instruments, 1987) [1993 56 1 1]

Men singing with harmonium and percussion.

The David Mowat collection of field recordings from India consists of ten audiocassettes recorded in Karnataka (South India), New Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh in 1987. The original recordings are held at the British Library (C350).


Indian field recording (men singing with harmonium and percussion, 1987) [1993 56 2 1]

Harmonium, wind and percussion instruments.

The David Mowat collection of field recordings from India consists of ten audiocassettes recorded in Karnataka (South India), New Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh in 1987. The original recordings are held at the British Library (C350).

Indian field recording (harmonium, wind and percussion instruments, 1987) [1993 56 2 4]

Woman singing, with percussion and harmonium.

The David Mowat collection of field recordings from India consists of ten audiocassettes recorded in Karnataka (South India), New Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh in 1987. The original recordings are held at the British Library (C350).

Indian field recording (woman singing, with percussion & harmonium 1987)[1993 56 5 13]

Stringed instrument and tabla.

The David Mowat collection of field recordings from India consists of ten audiocassettes recorded in Karnataka (South India), New Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh in 1987. The original recordings are held at the British Library (C350).

Indian field recording (stringed instrument and tabla, 1987) [1993 56 10 1]

Women and men sing call and response, with percussion and wind.

The David Mowat collection of field recordings from India consists of ten audiocassettes recorded in Karnataka (South India), New Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh in 1987. The original recordings are held at the British Library (C350).

Indian field recording (call and response, with percussion and wind, 1987) [1993 56 10 4]

Woman singing, with harmonium.

The David Mowat collection of field recordings from India consists of ten audiocassettes recorded in Karnataka (South India), New Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh in 1987. The original recordings are held at the British Library (C350).

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