Musical Atlas 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 EMI/Odeon label. The series was directed by Alain Daniélou. It was part of the larger UNESCO Collection series. Most of the recordings were later re-issued on the Naive/Auvidis label.[1][2]
# | Name | Year | Index number (EMI or EMI/Odeon) |
Reissue (Auvidis) |
Comments |
1 | Bengal | 1972 | 3C 064-17840 | D 8077 (1998) | Recordings, commentary and photographs by Manfred Junius et al.[3] |
2 | Cambodia: Folk and Ceremonial Music | 1972 | 3C 064-17841 | D 8068 (1996) | Recordings, notes and photographs by Jacques Brunet.[4] |
3 | Ivory Coast: Baulé Vocal Music | 1972 | 3C 064-17842 | D 8048 (1993) | Recordings and commentary by Hugo Zemp. Review by René Ménard in Yearbook of the International Folk Music Council 5 (1973), pp. 222–223, JSTOR 767534.[5] |
4 | Portugal | 1972 | 3C 064-17843 | D 8008 (1988) | Recorded by Hubert de Fraysseix, Margarida Ribeiro and Virgílio Pereira; commentary by Alain Daniélou. Reviewed by James Porter in Ethnomusicology 20, #2 (May 1976), pp. 389–393, JSTOR 851030.[6] |
5 | Bali: Folk Music | 1972 | 3C 064-17858 | D 8003 (1988)[7] | |
6 | India: North Indian Folk Music | 1972 | 3C 064-17859 | D 8033 (1991) | Recording and commentary by Manfred Junius.[8][9] |
7 | Syria: Sunnite Islam | 1973 | 3C 064-17885 | Recorded by Jochen Wenzel; commentary by Christian Poche.[10] | |
8 | Greece: Traditional Music | 1974 | 3C 064-17966 | D 8018 (1990) | Recorded by Jacques Cloarec; commentary by Alain Daniélou.[11][12] |
9 | Hong Kong: Instrumental Music | 1974 | 3C 064-17968 | D 8031 (1990) | Program notes by Dale A. Craig.[13][14] |
10 | Japan: Semi-Classical and Folk Music | 1974 | 3C 064-17967 | D 8016 (1989) | Commentary by Shigeo Kishibe.[15] |
11 | Algeria: Sahara, Music of Gourara | 1975 | 3C 064-18079 | D 8037 (1991) | Recording by Pierre Augier. Reviewed by Carl Cowl in Ethnomusicology 21, #3 (Sep. 1977), pp. 533–535, JSTOR 850751.[16] |
12 | Thailand: The Music of Chieng Mai | 1975 | 3C 064-18080 | D 8007 (1988) | Recordings and commentary by Jacques Brunet.[17] |
13 | Rumania: Traditional Folk Music | 1975 | 3C 064-18120[18] | ||
14 | Niger: The Music of the Peuls | 1975 | 3C 064-18121 | D 8006 (1988) | Recording and commentary by Simha Arom.[19] |
15 | Dahomey: Bariba and Somba Music | 1976 | 3C 064-18217 | D 8057 (1994) | Recordings and commentary by Simha Arom.[20] |
16 | Chile: Hispano-Chilean Metisse Traditional Music | 1976 | 3C 064-18218 | D 8001 (1988) | Recordings by Jochen Wenzel. Program notes by Manuel Dannemann.[21] |
17 | Morocco: the Arabic Tradition in Moroccan Music | 1977 | 3C 064-18264 | D 8002 (1988) | Vocals and instrumentals by Abdeslam Cherkaoui. Recording and commentary by Philip D. Schuyler.[22] |
18 | Cameroon: Baka Pygmy Music | 1977 | 3C 064-18265 | D 8029 (1990) | Recordings and commentary by Simha Arom and Patrick Renaud.[23] |
19 | Pakistan: The Music of the Qawal (wandering minstrels) | 1977 | 3C 064-18266 | D 8028 (1990) |
Recordings by Heinz Wergelt et Habib Hassan Touma; commentary by Alain Daniélou.[24] |
20 | Viet-Nam: Ca Tru and Quan Ho | 1978 | 3C 064-18310 | D 8035 (1991) | Recordings and commentary by Trân Van Khê. Reviewed by Tran Quang Hai, Asian Music 11, #2 (1980), pp. 128–133, JSTOR 834067.[25] |
21 | North Yemen: Traditional Music | 1978 | 3C 064-18352 | D 8004 (1988) | Recordings by Jochen Wenzel; commentary by Christian Poche.[26] |
22 | Java: Sundanese Folk Music | 1979 | 3C 064-18369 | D 8051 (1994) | Recordings and commentary by Jacques Brunet.[27] |
23 | Bahrain: Traditional Folk and Ceremonial Music | 1979 | 3C 064-18371 | Commentary by Habib Hassan Touma.[28] | |
24 | Irak | 1979 | 3C 064-18370 | Commentary by Habib Hassan Touma.[29] | |
25 | Bolivia: Panpipes | 1981 | 3C 064-18528 | D 8009 (1987) | Commentary and recordings by Louis Girault.[30] |
26 | Bielorussie: Musical Folklore of the Byelorussian Polessye | 1981 | 3C 064-18565 | D 8005 (1988)[31] | |
27 | Turkey: Bektachi Music: Achik Songs | 1982 | 3C 064-18568 | D 8069 (1996) | Vocals and instrumentals by Ali Ekber Çiçek. Recordings by Kudsi Erguner; commentary by Bernard Mauguin and Kudsi Erguner.[32] |
28 | Mexico : music of Pre-Colombian origin | 1982 | 3C 064-18594 | Notes by Jacques Soustelle.[33] | |
29 | Greece II: Vocal monodies | 1983 | 64 1653841 | D 8056 (1994) | Recording and brochure notes by Tatiana Yannopoulos and Simha Arom; photos by Simha Arom.[34] |
30 | Bulgaria | 1983 | 64 1653891 | D 8019 (1990) | Notes by B. Mauguin.[35] |
31 | Central African Republic | 1983 | 1653901 | D 8020 (1989) | Recordings and program notes by S. Arom.[36] |
32 | Indian talas: The rhythmic art of north Indian music | 1984 | 1653911 | Recorded by Habib Hassan Touma. Brochure notes by Nikhil Gosh.[37] | |
33 | Antioch: Syrian Orthodox Church | 1984 | 1653921 | D 8039 (1992) | Recorded by Jochen Wenzel. Brochure notes by Christian Poche; photos by Jochen Wenzel.[37][38] |
34 | Vietnam II: Court theatre music | 1985 | 64 2602821 | D 8058 (1994) | Recorded by Tran Van Khe with the collaboration of the Institute of Musicology of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Brochure notes by Tran Van Khe. Review by Phong Th. Nguyen in Yearbook for Traditional Music 19 (1987), 151-152, JSTOR 767911.[39] |
35 | Canada: Music of the Inuit: The Copper Eskimo Tradition | 1986 | 64 2402781 | D 8053 (1994) | Recorded by J.F. and M. Le Mouel. Brochure notes by J.F. and M. Le Mouel. Review by Jean-Jacques Nattiez and Nicole Beaudry in Yearbook for Traditional Music 19 (1987), pp. 150–151, JSTOR 767910.[40] |
36 | Java: Music of the Theatre | 1985 | 64 2403201 | D 8078 (1999) | Recordings, text, and photographs by Jacques Brunet. Reviewed by Patricia Matusky in Ethnomusicology 32, #2 (Spring-Summer, 1988), pp. 159–160, JSTOR 852053. Reviewed by R. Anderson Sutton in Yearbook for Traditional Music 19 (1987), pp. 156–157, JSTOR 767914.[41] |