Archives West Finding Aid

Consulted Ter Ellingson and Robert Garfias; neither has any idea whose work this might be; 1966 acquisition number may or may not reflect year tapes came to archives.

OT analog reels digitized 2/2017 (48 kHz, 24-bit) - 66-23.1.wav (28:41), 66-23.2.wav (32:49), 66-23.3.wav (33:19), 66-23.4.wav (32:25).

Contents (Taken from handwritten notes):

66-23.1

1. (women) children unison singing; 2. same with clapping; 3. same no clipping [sic]; 4. singing with (clapping) ?stomping + 2 +tuned drums. women with men's shouts, unison with various solo voices; 5. women singing (clapping, stomping and drums as above) (splice in middle of this) also recorder seemed to stop and start at one point); 6. Flute (bad recorder sound); 7. 2 toned drums, female solo; 8. " " " . " . " unison, stomping, male single voice joins sometimes unison, sometimes countermelody?; 9. Instrumental 2 toned drums, reed? clapping; 10. Instrumental jews harp?, clapping; 11. same, adds drums; 12. children singing (short).

66-23.2

1. male + female (children?) unison vocal; 2. female vocal unison; 3. female vocal unison; 4. female vocal unison with stomp? or beat; 5. female vocal unison; 6. female vocal unison with 2 toned drums, male vocal interjection, clapping +stomping; 7. same with male joining on vocal unison sometimes; 8. (female) children vocal unison with clapping; 9. male vocal unison hand clapping recording trouble at end; 10. male unison, women unison one 5th apart, parallel 5th; 11. (female) children vocal unison.

66-23.3

1. children singing unison, male talking; 2. 2 children singing unison; 3. " " "; 4. " " " some conversation + giggling. Later begin stomping + clapping; 5. children singing unison; 6. Women singing unison. Very abrupt glottal stops. Followed an octave higher by children on same tune; 7. Women unison as in 6. alternate with children, almost as women are teaching songs to kids; 8. Ditto; 9. male? solo-vocal; 10. Kids singing unison imitating singing style of 9. with male? vocal interjections; 11. Kids vocal unison, same style as 10 + 9. Drum and gong acc; 12. Male vocal solo. Kids following along. Drum + gong in background; 13. Woman vocal solo. Female (child) vocal interjection; 14. Women vocal solo; 15. " " " acc. by resonant drum.

66-23.4

1. Children-song w/ drum; 2. "; 3. "; 4. "; 5. Children-song unacc.; 6. song - acc by drum; 7. "; 8. Song- chant- unacc.; 9. song w/ drum; 10. children - song - unacc.; 11. chant - unacc.; 12+13. Children-song-drum; 15. solo song-unacc.; 16. male solo song-unacc.

Documentation: Hand-written notes.