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''An Anthology of African Music'' 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 Musicaphon label by Bärenreiter (Kassel/Basel/London). The series was directed by Paul Collaer.Review of "An Anthology of African Music. Nigeria III: Igbo Music" by David Ames and Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, review by Darius L. Thieme, ''Ethnomusicology'' 36, #1 (Winter 1992), pp. 137-140, . It was part of the larger and longer enduring UNESCO Collection series.


Recordings

* ''Music of the Dan'' — BM 30 L 2301p. 36
''The UNESCO Courier'', June 1973
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, []. * ''Music from Rwanda'' — BM 30 L 2302 ::Reissued as Rounder CD 5106. Review by Adam Greenberg on
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, []. * ''Ba-Benzélé Pygmies'' — BM 30 L 2303 ::Reissued as Rounder CD 5107. Review by Eugene Chadbourne on
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, []. ::The three albums above (Dan through Ba-Benzélé Pygmies) were reviewed by David Rycroft in ''Journal of the International Folk Music Council'' 19 (1967), pp. 164-166, . * ''Ethiopia I - Music of the Ethiopian Coptic Church'' — BM 30 L 2304 * ''Ethiopia II - Music of the Cushitic Peoples of South-West Ethiopia'' — BM 30 L 2305 ::These two albums reviewed by Kurt Suttner in ''Ethnomusicology'' 14, #3 (September 1970), pp. 530-532, . * ''Nigeria-Hausa Music I'' — BM 30 L 2306 * ''Nigeria-Hausa Music II'' — BM 30 L 2307 * ''Music of the Senufo'' — BM 30 L 2308 * ''Chad Kanem'' — BM 30 L 2309 * ''Musics of the Central African Republic'' — BM 30 L 2310 ::Reviewed by Alan P. Merriam in ''Ethnomusicology'' 15, #2 (May 1971), pp. 300-302, . * ''Nigeria III: Igbo Music'' — BM 30 L 2311 ::Reviewed by Darius L. Thieme in ''Ethnomusicology'' 36, #1 (Winter 1992), pp. 137-140, . * ''Sudan I - Music of the Blue Nile Province; The Gumuz Tribe'' — BM 30 SL 2312 (1986) ::Reissued as Auvidis D 8072. * ''Sudan II - Music of the Blue Nile Province; The Ingessana and Berta Tribes'' — BM 30 SL 2313 (1986) ::Reissued as Auvidis D 8073. ::The two albums above were reviewed by Cynthia Tse Kimberlin in ''Ethnomusicology'' 34, #2 (Spring-Summer 1990), pp. 349-352, . * ''Ethiopia III - Three Chordophone Traditions'' — BM 30 SL 2314 (c. 1985) ::Reissued as Auvidis D 8074.Selected Publications
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Reviewed by Ashenafi Kebede in ''Ethnomusicology'' 34, #1 (Winter 1990), pp. 196-198, .


See also

* UNESCO Collection


References

{{reflist African traditional music