Various - Traditional Music Of The Torres Strait (CDr, Album) (Mint (M))

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

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This varied recording offers examples of some songs whose melodies have remained virtually the same since they were first recorded in 1898. Dance songs and funeral chants from Murray Island with drum accompaniment comprise one side of the tape, and the other includes instrumental demonstrations and music from other islands of the Torres Strait as well as some Papuan material.

1. Secular Dance Songs And Preludes
2. Songs Of The Malu-Bomai Dances
3. Songs Of The Malu-Bomai Cult
4. Saibai: Secular Dance Songs
5. Darnley: Notched Flute, Pan Pipes, String Figure Songs And Jingles
6. Hammond Island Secular Dance Song, Western Papua Secular Dance Songs, Cape York Ceremonial Dance Songs

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Location : GRCDW4