Australia-Songs of the Aborigenes

Australia. Songs of the Aborigenes and Music of Papua, New Guinea

Field recordings of Aborigines of Australia and Papua, New Guinea, by Wolfgang Laade, Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Univeristy of Zurich. Includes rare ceremonial and secular music of 2 regions: Cape York Peninsula and Elcho Island, Arnhem Land. The Arnhem Land material consists of didgeridoo solo and vocal reproductions as well as Gupapuyngu and Djapu song material, with didgeridoo accompaniment.



01. Malkari Song
02. Bora Song 'Tara Kuikui waru mapagu'
03. Bora song 'Wirru wirru'
04. Bora song 'Puipume malung inana'
05. Bora song 'Tike apuya'
06. Extract from Bora dance rehearsals
07. Extract from Bora dance rehearsals
08. Extract from Bora dance rehearsals
09. Antjali song
10. Malkari song
11. Women's Wungka dance songs
12. Women's Wungka dance songs
13. Women's Wungka dance songs
14. Man Ungginyu
15. Bora song 'Boala malu wutyuru'
16. Bora song 'Timbara lupu intyinawa'
17. Malkari song
18. Malkari dance song 'Centipede'
19. Song associated with Bora 'Ontoimo owa'
20. Women's Wungka dance song
21. Women's Owalapatanu song
22. Women's funeral dance song

Elcho Island, Central North Australia
23. Djadbangari Dance Song 'East Wind'
24. Karidyeri Dance Song
25. Didjeridu Solo a Trial And a Crying Child
26. Didjeridu Solo a Big Truck on the Mission
27. Bunggul Dance Song 'seagull' (djerag)
28. Bunggul Dance Song 'spider'
29. Bunggul Dance Song 'spider'

Traditional Music of the Gizra People of Papua, New Guinea
30. Jew's Harp
31. Song About a Bird
32. Dance
33. Flute
34. Two Flutes
35. Magician Song
36. Mourning Song


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