| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 141 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1979. |
| Summary |
A fascinating documentation of the traditional musical culture of the 'Are'are people of the Solomon Islands, in the South-Western Pacific. The three LP records published after a first one-year field-research in 1969-70 were a "phenomenal surprise" (Garfias) as they revealed a completely unknown music (outside of the Solomon Islands) of an exceptional beauty and complexity in its instrumental and vocal polyphonies. It seemed to the researcher an absolute necessity to document visually what had been published on sound recordings, showing in detail all the playing techniques, body movements of performers, and spatial coordination of music ensembles and dancers. The documentary consists of a comprehensive inventory of all the twenty musical genres of the 'Are'are people and is structured according to native classification, along with explanations by master musician 'Irisipau. Filmmaker: Hugo Zemp. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Areare (Solomon Islands people)
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Folk music -- Solomon Islands -- Malaita Province.
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Ethnomusicology -- Solomon Islands -- Malaita Province.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Zemp, Hugo, director.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1104090 Kanopy |
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