Drums of Haiti Folkways 1949 Binder 4 Disc Set
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Drums of Haiti Recorded in Haiti by Harold Courlander This is the original Folkways vinyl pressing of the Drums of Haiti field recording by Harold Courlander.
Believed to be 1949 release. Contains four 10" EP records and a paper liner note insert (which is taped to the inside of the set) Folkways EFL 1403
CONDITION: Records are excellent condition. Have very nice sheen. Set is housed in a hard cover folder / binder, which has some shelf wear, and tape on the spine - know this before you bid.
Front label shows writing on it.
Record 1428A : Vodoun Dance (played on 3 vodoun drums, the manman, moyen, and bebe)
Record 1428B : Ibo Dance (played on 3 drums and ogan iron percussion instrument)
Record 1429A(1) : Salongo Dance (played on 2 drums)
Record 1429A(2) : Juba Dance (2 players, one drum)
Record 1429B(1) : Petro Dance
Record 1429B(2) : Quitta Dance (goatskin drums)
Record 1430A(1) : Congo Payette Dance
Record 1430A(2) : Congo Larose Dance
Record 1430B(1) : Baboule Dance
Record 1430B(2) : Mascaron Dance (played on 2 drums and a basse)
Record 1431A(1) : Ganbos (played on bamboo stamping tubes, known as ganbos)
Record 1431A(2) : Vaccines (vaccines are simple bamboo trumpets, played in batteries of 3 or 4)
Record 1431B : Bumba Dance
NOTES: This set represents one of the earliest vinyl records ever pressed, and one of the first ever recordings of Haitian drum music. Beads of sweat roll from the brows of drummers who never tire. They play the manman, moyen and bébé drums of vodoun, an often misrepresented organized religious and cultural practice that values communion with the land and respect for the community. The rhythms are said to chofé (or heat up) players and listeners alike, inspiring increasingly impassioned drumming and dancing. Folklorist, ethnographer and ethnomusicologist Harold Courlander, known for his important early work documenting the “vast unwritten literature, dances, music” of the Haitian peasants, released these field recordings from the mountain villages of Haiti before nearly any other recordings were available. Harold Courlander (September 18, 1908 – March 15, 1996) was an American novelist, folkorist, and anthropologist and an expert in the study of Haitian life. The author of 35 books and plays and numerous scholarly articles, Courlander specialized in the study of African, Caribbean, Afro-American, and Native American cultures. He took a special interest in oral literature, cults, and Afro-American cultural connections with Africa. In 1939, Courlander published his first book about Haitian life entitled Haiti Singing. Over the next 30 years, he traveled to Haiti more than 20 times. His research focused on religious practices, African retentions, oral traditions, folklore, music, and dance. His book, The Drum and the Hoe: Life and Lore of the Haitian People, published in 1960, became a classic text for the study of Haitian culture. Courlander also took numerous field trips to the southern United States, recording folk music in the 1940s and 1950s. From 1947–1960, he served as a general editor of Ethnic Folkways Library (he actually devised the label name) and recorded more than 30 albums of music from different cultures (e.g., the cultures of Indonesia, Ethiopia, West Africa, Haiti, and Cuba). In 1950, he also did field recordings in Alabama later transcribed by John Benson Brooks.
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