28which also contained some texts. A limitednumber of these recordings have been published,but not the one presented here.C-t; 192 rpm; FT-lOKC; ET -5;moderate surface noise; extreme overmodulation,occasionally producing a glissandoeffect; preliminary announcement;fade-out.Band 7. Cylinder 39. Tauern, Indonesia 55---(87; 1912, Sawai in Ceram) Kapata(song) for the Menari (Malayan dance). sungwith drum accompaniment by an Alfure.[Ceram is the largest island of the Moluccas.The Alfure are mountain people of the island.]The collector, who had musical training,recorded also in Bali and in Misol. In hisbook, Patasiwa und Patalima, (Leipzig,1918). Odo Deodatus Tauern gives a detailedaccount of the dances and songs of Ceram'spopulation. He prints several dance rhythms,which he transcribed himself by ear, and fivetranscriptions from recordings by von Hornbostel.The recording presented here is notamong those transcribed.H-c; 160 rpm; FT-8KC; ET -3; extremesurface noise; slight overmodulation;interspersed conversation; abrupt beginningand ending; muffled quality.Band 8. Cylinder 40. Beagle Bay Mission,---N-;rthwest Australia 8 (31; 1910; Niolniol)"Merge Nolo, " chorus with handclapping.Announcement: "Song of the black men ofDampier Land (?)" The individual recordingsin the collection are very uneven in value.They were recorded at the Mission duringthe visits of a great variety of tribesmenand were never studied. Only one item hasbeen published, the one reproduced here,by Carl Stumpf in his Anfange der Musik(Leipzig, 1911), 122, Ex. 8. Stumpf believedthe clapping of the singers to be anaccompaniment by drums and rattles.H-d; FT-12KC; ET -3; moderate surfacenoise; very muffled quality; fade -outcovers extreme speeding up of recording atend. [Rhythmic accompaniment may bebeating together of boomerangs or sticks.Both are common in this area.]Band 9. Cylinder 43. Neuhauss, New Guinea--18 (139; 1910; Seleo near Berlinhafen)Men's chorus songs in several voices. Neuhauss,a physician of Berlin, brought backnumerous recordings from his travels inNortheast New Guinea in 1908-1910. In hiscommentary and in his three volume accountof the expedition, Deutsch-Neu-Guinea(Berlin, 1911). he gives special attentionto the questions of musical culture, andoffers numerous song texts. Unfortunately,this most valuable collection has neverbeen completely studied. Dieter Christensendoes make use of 51 of the cylinder recordingsby Neuhauss in his Die Musik derKate und Sialum (Berlin, 1957). Mariu-s-----Schneider published 22 transcriptions ofitems in the collection, including the recordingpresented here, in his Geschichteder Mehr stimmigkeit , I (Berlin, 1934).-- C-t; 228 rpm; FT-6KC; ET -4; moderatesurface noise; beats; moderate wobble; beginningand ending abrupt.Band 10. Cylinder 46. Kramer, Pacific--Ocean 58 (67; 1907; Truk Island,Carolines) "Angi, " love song to a marriedwoman. Sung by Ukokia, Vela. First thesong by the man, then the text is spoken inalternating lines in Truk and German. Thetext was probably invented by the singer."Do not speak of me;I send you a short lookFrom the boat, Leuota.But don't take it upThe word which I spoke to you,My eyes look at youFrom under a beautiful canopy."The Navy physician, Augustin Kramer, aparticipant in many expeditions, was judgedby Luschan to have" absolute mastery of theexpedition techniques, and an exceptionaltalent for dealing with people of all races .. . "(Zeitschrift fUr Ethnologie, XXXIX, 1907).Cylinders Nos. 45 through 67 were recordedin Truk. They were published by GeorgeHerzog in "Die Musik auf Truk," Ergebnisseder Sudsee-Expedition 1908-1910, Part II,Vol. 5 (Kramer, Truk). The reproducedtranscription of this recording by Herzog isEx. 21, p. 401.C-c; 184 rpm; FT-6KC; ET -5; preliminaryannouncement and pitch pipe • A';extreme surface noise; extreme overmodulation;speed irregular; speech atend; wobble in speech.DISC II, SIDE ABand 1. Cylinder 51. Thurnwald. Melanesia--13 (343; 1907; Herbertshohe, GazelleHalf-Island, New Britain). Women's dancesong from Nusafahrwasser [islands west ofNew Mecklenburg-now New Ireland]. Sungby Kuratunga. a woman from Kabatero.
291957) stutzt sich aber immerhin auf 51Phonogramme von Neuhauss und MariusSchneider ("Geschichte der Mehrstimmigkeit", I, 1934) publizierte 22 Ubertragungen,darunter auch die des vorliegenden Stuckes.C-t; 228 rpm; FT-6KC; ET -4; massigesWalzenrauschen; Klopfgerausch; massigesSchwanken; Anfang und Schluss abrupt.Band 10. Demonstrations-Sammlung Nr. 46.--Kramer, Sudsee 58 (67; 1907, InselTruk, Karolinen) "Angi", Liebeslied an eineverheiratete Frau, gesungen von Ukokis,Vela. Zunachst der Gesang des Mannes,dann, gesprochen, der wohl vom Sangerverfasste Text, zeilenweise abwechselndin Truk und Deutsch:"Sprich nicht von mir;Ich werfe Dir einen kurzen Blick zu ,Von dem Boot Leuota aus.Aber fasse es nur nicht aufDas Wort, das ich zu Dir sprach.Meine Augen blicken nach Dir,Unter einem schonenDeckhaus hervor. "Von dem Marine-Arzt Augustin Kramer, dermehrere Expeditionen durchgefuhrt hat, sagteGeorg Herzog veroifentlichte sie (" DieMusik auf Truk") in "Ergebnisse der SudseeExpedition 1908-1910", Teil II, Band 5(Kramer: "Truk"). Daraus hier Nr. 58als Beispiel 21 (S. 401).C-c; 184 rpm; FT-6KC; ET -5; vorausgehendeAnsage und Stimmpfeifen-A;~.ehr starkes Walzenrauschen; extremeUbersteuerung; Geschwindigkeit unregelmassig;am Ende gesprochener Text, mitSchwanken.DISC II, SIDE A---- ----Band .!: Demonstrations -Sammlung Nr . 5l.Thurnwald. Melanesien 13 (343; 1907,Herbertshohe, Gazelle -Halbinsel/NeuBritannien). Weibertanzgesang aus Nusafahrwasser[Inseln westlich Neu-Mecklenburg,heute Neu-Irland], vorgetragen voneiner Frau namens Kuratunga aus Kabatero .Richard Thurnwald, der weltbekannte,namentlich auch in den USA geschatzteMitbegrunder der soziologis chen Richtungder Ethnologie, bis zuletzt Professor ander Freien Universitat Berlin, gestorben1954, hat ausser in Melanesien auch noch21. (58) Liebeslied »engi~ (Miidchen).JI'r':}j26 KrAmer: TN"..... ....il; J Ihg J,ttlLeiter:I'I (\»r r.....dIMill#J ,....8 P!L! ;::igr' hID I~ .mit geringen Varianten....(./.)~~~ S'F(lh II,--,l~ J