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Archive India

The original labelling of the rolls is "A" (for archive); according to the original documentation available, this is vocal and instrumental music. Reels 1-9 were recorded during a stay of the "Hagenbeck malabar troupe" in Berlin, reels 10-16 were made with a Parsi student living in Berlin. Reel 17 contains a vocal recording of a pastor ("Sri Raga"). Reels 8 and 9 were recorded as nos. 10 and 11 in Erich Moritz von Hornbostel's demonstration collection. Reel 4 no longer exists. Transcriptions have been published: Otto Abraham, Erich Moritz von Hornbostel: Phonographierte indische Melodien. In: Sammelbände der Internationalen Musikgesellschaft 5 (1903/04), 348-401, reprinted in: Sammelbände für Vergleichende Musikwissenschaft I (1922), 251-290.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Gujarati, Malabaren, Parsen, Tamil
Object type
Audio
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII WS 13

Provenance and sources

when
1902
where
Berlin
Asia [Kontinent]
India [Region]
who
Gujarati, Malabaren, Parsen, Tamil

who
Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv - Collectors

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