36Ewe, is: "The hunter has wood, but he isvery cold. " However, the implied meaningof the text is: "A woman has borne manychildren but now no longer has a child. "First Lieutenant Smend was one of the membersof the colonial service who was alsointerested in ethnological research. Only afew items from this extensive and well documentedcollection of cylinder recordingshave been published. The recording reproducedhere was published in Marius Schneider'sGeschichte der Mehrstimmigkeit, I (Berlin,1934), as Ex. 2S4. It can also be found, inconsiderably altered transcription, in "Phonetischeund metrische Korrelationen bei gesprochenenund gesungenen Ewe-Texten, "Archiv fUr vergleichende Phonetik, VII (1943-1944), 44, by the same author.Preliminary announcement copied fromC-t, song from H-d; FB-lSO, FT-6KC;EB -S, ET -S; extreme surface noise;muffled quality; announcement and speechat end; light beats at end.Band 2. Cylinder 82. Ankermann, Cameroun--39 (SS; 1909; Barnum) Instrumentalmusic. a) Scale, b) Nine flutes, rattles,drum "nga." Bernhard Ankermann was arenowned ethnologist, a member of the staffof the Berlin Ethnological Museum, who contributedsignificantly to ethnomusicology withhis two treatises in this field: "Die afrikanischenMusikinstrumente," EthnologischesNotizblatt III (p. 1 ff., 1901); .. L'Ethnographieactuel de I' Afrique meridionale" VII, Lamusique, AnthroposI (p. 926ff., 1906).Two recordings from this collection havebeen published, but this one has not.Scale copied from H-c, instrumentalpiece copied from H-d; 188 rpm; FB-lSO,FT-IOKC; EB -3, ET -S; moderate surfacenoise; moderate wobble; moderate overmodulation;abrupt ending. [Difficult todistinguish rattle and drum. ]Band 3. Cylinder 84. Archive, Jaunde 2---(14; 1909) Drum communication [signaldrumming]. Text: "She has given birthchild male." a) Played on the drum threetimes, b) Spoken, c) Sung as a "long distance"call, d) Whistled. The recordingswere made in Berlin and none have beenpublished. All were recorded from oneinformant from Cameroun, Josef AyisiEwondo, fifteen years of age, from the clan,Edzo. The informant had attended the missionschool in Jaunde for three years. Hewas able to read and write in German andto sing European songs .•C-t; 244 rpm; FB-IOO, FT-6KC; EB -3,ET -4; pitch pipe 'A' and announcement atbeginning; extreme surface noise; slightovermodulation.Band 4 . Cylinder 86. Tessmann, Pangwe--19 (86; end of 1907; Station Bebai,hinterland of Bata, Spanish Guinea) Funeralchant, "nkan, " performed by Ngi-Nkompfawith chorus. Published by von Hornbostelas an appendix, "Musik," in the report onthe expedition by the collector, GUntherTessmann, Die Pangwe, II (Berlin, 1913) .The reproduced transcription, Ex. 4 , isfound on p. 338 of this volume.C-t; 144 rpm; FB-IOO, FT-6KC; EB -4,ET -2; preliminary announcement; extremesurface noise; moderate overmodulation.Band 2.. Cylinder 91. Laman, Congo II, 81(117; 1911; Madzia Station, 32 mileswest of Brazzaville) Boys' dance song withinstrument (marimba?). Sung by schoolboys in a Congo language. The missionary,K. E. Laman, made an earlier collection of61 cylinders in 1908. Marius Schneiderpublished sever al example s from both the1908 and 1911 collections in the Geschichteder Mehrstimmigkeit, I (Berlin, 1934).The recording heard here had previouslybeen published by von Hornbostel as No . 4in his "African Negro Music," Africa, Vol.I, No . 1 (London, 1928).H-d; FB-IOO, FT-8KC; EB -S, ET -S;pitch pipe' A' sounded; moderate surfacenoise; slight wobble; beats; sudden ending.Band 6. Cylinder 9S. Schachtzabel, Angola---27 (29; 1913; Mission station Kasindi)"Liembaethi," soloist and chorus of womenand men from Catoco, Ngangala tribe . Onlyone item from this collection by this ethnologistfrom Berlin, and not the one reproducedhere, has been published by Marius Schneiderin Geschichte der Mehrstimmigkeit, I(Berlin, 1934)-.-C-c; 188 rpm; FB-IOO, FT-6KC; EB -S,ET -S; pitch pipe' A' sounded; edge of cylinderchipped; extreme surface noise; slightover modulation; fade -out to cover bad ending.Band 7. Cylintier 98. Traeger, Tunisia 7--(16; Fall, 1903; Tunis) Belly dancesong [sic]. Very widespread in this region.Announcement: "Ho, ho, sokrana. Playedon the Fhal." The performing flutist wasan Arabian named Sala from Tebourba, a"professional musician who secures engagementsfor festive occasions (weddings, etc.),and probably pursues some other trade or
Ankermanns, des renommiertenEthnologen, derdem Berliner Museum fiirVolkerkund angehorte undmit zwei Aufsatzen einenwesentlichen Beitrag auchzur Musikethnologie geleistethat: .. Die afrikanischenMusikinstrumente"(Ethnologis che s NotizblattIII, S . 1 ff. , 1901);4. (P' h 0 n 0 g r. - N r. 19 = 48) nkan, Gesang beim Seelenfest. Vorsanger:Ngi-Nkompfa; Chor (Jiinglinge) unison, in 48. in Oktavcn (auJ3er inTakt 2).J-~ 3A Char ..-.... ..-.... B Char ..--.... Solo'11zi5(")~) (~)~ ~) (..)(l!) (.i)r-f~!r) (~) "~7 Fir c' m ; gt±b~l f+FHIhe - e - e he - e - e Ire - e - e he - e - e, he - e - e oa.. L'Ethnographie actuel : ;de I' Afrique meridionale"VII, La musique . (AnthroposI, S. 926 ff. , 1906),sind nur zwei Beispiele bearbeitet worden, nicht aberdas vorliegende.Tonleiter von H-ckopiert, Instrumentals tiickvon H-d; 188 rpm; FB-150,FT-IOKC; EB -3, ET -5;mas sige s W alzenr aus chen;massiges Schwanken;massige Ubersteuerung;Schluss abrupt. [Unterscheidungvon Rasselund Trommel schwierig. )1!~ mol--a mllom 1!a, oa II~ mol a mllom lIa, oa 1If:!!. mol a mllom l!U,9 10 Char 11 12 Vari.ulten~ ~;) ~1(19Anfan&')C ClioI' 1t:l (~)
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