In memory of Professor Alain Daniélou (1902-1994), Rounder Records releases the fifty-album series "Anthology of world music" on CD. Daniélou was the founder and first director of the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation in Berlin. He was one of the initiators of the ethnomusicological documentation that resulted in the above series, which consisted of three
… parts: "A musical anthology of the Orient", "An anthology of North Indian Classical Music" and "An anthology of African music". The albums were published between 1968 and 1987. Four CDs are now available in this series, two in the series on Africa: "The Dan" and "The Ba-Benzélé pygmies". One with music from China and a double with music from Iran. The " some drums and a harp. The "Ba-Benzélé" pygmies (kex0466) live in the forests of Central Africa. Characteristic is the 'yodeling', the polyphonic singing and the flute, hindewhu. The CD "Iran" (kjx1465) contains recordings by kamantché player Ashgar Bahari, the singer Golpayegani and further from Teherani, Hussein Malek and others. The CD "China" (kjx1464) contains classical music on the four traditional instruments: qin, zheng, pipa and xiao. (GO) _ some drums and a harp. The "Ba-Benzélé" pygmies (kex0466) live in the forests of Central Africa. Characteristic is the 'yodeling', the polyphonic singing and the flute, hindewhu. The CD "Iran" (kjx1465) contains recordings by kamantché player Ashgar Bahari, the singer Golpayegani and further from Teherani, Hussein Malek and others. The CD "China" (kjx1464) contains classical music on the four traditional instruments: qin, zheng, pipa and xiao. (GO) _ (kjx1464) features classical music on the four traditional instruments: qin, zheng, pipa and xiao. (GO) _ (kjx1464) features classical music on the four traditional instruments: qin, zheng, pipa and xiao. (GO) _more
