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Cassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #302, Type of Music: Boyobi, Gano
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'GANO '91, 61'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-11: from a night of music 31 August 1991 at Mowba forest camp. This was a very small group. The evening began with Boyobi songs and then continued with gano. Among the storytellers: Ndima (m) (track...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'GANO '91, 61'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-11: from a night of music 31 August 1991 at Mowba forest camp. This was a very small group. The evening began with Boyobi songs and then continued with gano. Among the storytellers: Ndima (m) (tracks 1 & 2), Poli (f) (track 3), Aoka (f) (tracks 6, 8) and Mowooma (m) (tracks 7, 9). For an example of Boyobi from this group, see DAT 2...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'GANO '91, 61'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-11: from a night of music 31 August 1991 at Mowba forest camp. This was a very small group. The evening began with Boyobi songs and then continued with gano. Among the storytellers: Ndima (m) (tracks 1 & 2), Poli (f) (track 3), Aoka (f) (tracks 6, 8) and Mowooma (m) (tracks 7, 9). For an example of Boyobi from this group, see DAT 22. Track 4 also is a Boyobi song, as are tracks 10-11, which ended this night of music. Total time: 43 1/2m. Track times: 1) 4 1/2m. 2) 4 1/2m. 3) 5m. 4) 6m. 5) 3 1/2m. 6) 3m. 7) 2 1/2m. 8) 3m. 9) 4 1/2m. 10) 2 1/2m. 11) 4 1/2m, end Gano 31 Aug. '91 Mowba. Tracks 12-23: from Gano evening 8 Oct. '91 at Yandoumbé. The storyteller is Mowanja. Total time: 1h 15 1/2m. Track times: 12) 5m. 13) 8m. 14) 9 1/2m. 15) 6m. 16) 6m. 17) 5 1/2m. 18) 5 1/2m. 19) 6m. 20) 5 1/2m. 21) 8 1/2m. 22) 6m. 23) 4m, end Gano 8 Oct. 1991 Yandoumbé'
[Nb. Please also see DAT 22 which is 1997.21.2.263 - Noel Lobley 20/07/2010]
Show more Show lessCassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #303, Type of Music: Gano Boyobi
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'GANO '92, '93. 62'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-7: from Gano night 24 April '92 at Losi forest camp. Principal storyteller is Mowanja, and also Mokoko. Some of the tracks (3-7) were accidentally recorded at a very low level. This was a prett...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'GANO '92, '93. 62'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-7: from Gano night 24 April '92 at Losi forest camp. Principal storyteller is Mowanja, and also Mokoko. Some of the tracks (3-7) were accidentally recorded at a very low level. This was a pretty small camp, and some of these fables are scarcely more than hummed. Total time: 1h 02 1/2m. Track times: 1) 13m. 2) 11 1/2m. 3) 3m. 4...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'GANO '92, '93. 62'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-7: from Gano night 24 April '92 at Losi forest camp. Principal storyteller is Mowanja, and also Mokoko. Some of the tracks (3-7) were accidentally recorded at a very low level. This was a pretty small camp, and some of these fables are scarcely more than hummed. Total time: 1h 02 1/2m. Track times: 1) 13m. 2) 11 1/2m. 3) 3m. 4) 17m. 5) 5m. 6) 7 1/2m. 7) 4 1/2m, end Gano 25 April '92 Losi. Tracks 8-13: from Gano night 25 April '92 at Losi camp. With Mowanja & Mokoko. More softly spoken and hummed stories by the same group as in tracks 1-7. Total time: 34m. Track times: 8) 2m. 9) 11 1/2m. 10) 8m. 11) 4 1/2m. 12) 4 1/2m. 13) 3 1/2m, end Gano 25 April '92 Losi'. Tracks 14-18: from Gano daytime in forest behind Yandoumbé 7 April 1993. Principal storyteller Makuti. Only men & boys. Track 18, cut off at the end of the DAT is actually a boyobi song, as sometimes happens (boyobi, or limboku or other songs often get thrown into each other's contexts. Total time: 29m. Track times: 14) 2 1/2m. 15) 6 1/2m. 16) 3m. 17) 10m. 18) 7m, Gano 7 April '93 continues on DAT 63. END DAT 62'
[Nb. continues on 1997.21.2.304 - Noel Lobley 20/07/2010]
Show more Show lessCassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #307, Type of Music: Enyomo, Musical games, Elanda,Boyobi, children’s Limboku
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Enyomo '96/ Musical games '86, '87, '92, '94. 66'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-3: from Enyomo late night 22 August 1996 at Batari (one of Yandoumbé's 3 small satellite vilages). This Enyomo was performed because of the death a day earlier o...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Enyomo '96/ Musical games '86, '87, '92, '94. 66'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-3: from Enyomo late night 22 August 1996 at Batari (one of Yandoumbé's 3 small satellite vilages). This Enyomo was performed because of the death a day earlier of a baby girl. I recorded fragments only. Total time: 19 1/2m. Track times: 1) 2m. 2) 11 1/2m. 3) 6m, end Enyomo 22 Aug. '96 Batari. MU...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Enyomo '96/ Musical games '86, '87, '92, '94. 66'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-3: from Enyomo late night 22 August 1996 at Batari (one of Yandoumbé's 3 small satellite vilages). This Enyomo was performed because of the death a day earlier of a baby girl. I recorded fragments only. Total time: 19 1/2m. Track times: 1) 2m. 2) 11 1/2m. 3) 6m, end Enyomo 22 Aug. '96 Batari. MUSICAL GAMES. Tracks 4-5: musical games evening 29 Jan. 1986 at Kenyé. Young teenagers mostly took part. After half an hour they switched to dancing elanda (See DAT 67). Total time: 21 1/2m. Track times: 4) 15 1/2m. 5) 6m, end games 29 Jan. '86 at Kenyé. Track 6: musical games late afternoon 27 Feb. 1987 at Kenyé. Young teenagers again. After ten minutes they switched to elanda (See DAT 67). Track time: 8m. Tracks 7-12: musical games night 11 Feb. 1992 at Yandoumbé. Young teenagers (mostly girls) and older children. Total time: 38 1/2m. Track times: 7) 8 1/2m. 8) 4m. 9) 7 1/2m. 10) 4m. 11) 7 1/2m. 12) 7m, end games 11 Feb. '92 Yandoumbé. Tracks 13-18: evening camp scenes 26 June 1994 at Boungingi forest camp. Children playing games (tracks 13 & 14). Track 14 is a villager (i.e. Bantu) game brought down from the small savanna 50 km to the north (a Catholic mission for Bayaka called Monasao) by a young teenage girl who moved with her family to Yandoumbé. Tracks 15-18 are boyobi songs and really belong on DAT 44, since they lead into the boyobi (tracks 1-4 on DAT 44). Total time: 16 1/2m. Track times: 13) 3 1/2m. 14) 4m. 15) 2 1/2m. 16) 1m. 17) 2 1/2m. 18) 3m, end camp scenes w/ children 26 June '94 Boungingi. Track 19: another evening camp scene, this one on 24 Oct. 1992 at Likimbi forest camp. The children (mostly girls) performing their own Limboku. Once again, their efforts were followed that night by a grand boyobi (See DAT 32). Track time: 7 minutes. Tracks 20-23: Forest scenes, noon and after 12 July 1994 in primary forest at Boungingi. Total time: 11m. Track times: 20) 1 1/2m. 21) 2 1/2m. 22) 3 1/2m. 23) 3 1/2m. END DAT 66'
[Nb. Please also see 1997.21.2.398 (DAT 67), and 1997.21.2.285 (DAT 44) - Noel Lobley 21/07/2010]
Show more Show lessCassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #313, Type of Music: Boyobi, Gano So
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Men at night '89 (part II) (part I on DAT 74)/ Men in forest '89 part I. 72'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-13: from Men at Night late Jan. 1989 at Kenyé. Late one night a group of older men sat in the mbanjo and sang these songs, taken from...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Men at night '89 (part II) (part I on DAT 74)/ Men in forest '89 part I. 72'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-13: from Men at Night late Jan. 1989 at Kenyé. Late one night a group of older men sat in the mbanjo and sang these songs, taken from various forms (boyobi, gano, so etc). They sang for several hours, but only my recording of the final 40 minutes survives - See DAT 74....
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Men at night '89 (part II) (part I on DAT 74)/ Men in forest '89 part I. 72'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-13: from Men at Night late Jan. 1989 at Kenyé. Late one night a group of older men sat in the mbanjo and sang these songs, taken from various forms (boyobi, gano, so etc). They sang for several hours, but only my recording of the final 40 minutes survives - See DAT 74. Total time: 40m. Track times: 1) 5 1/2m. 2) 3 1/2m. 3) 2m. 4) 3m. 5) 3m. 6) 2 1/2m. 7) 1 1/2m. 8) 2m. 9) 5m. 10) 3 1/2m. 11) 3m. 12) 1 1/2m. 13) 3m, end Men at Night late Jan. '89 Kenyé. Tracks 14-42: from Men in forest, end Jan. '89. As on a similar occasion nearly two years earlier (See DAT 71, tracks 5-17). A group of young men from Kenyé took me into the forest for a day of games and music. Included many of the same fellows as on the earlier occasion. An addition from the previous time is a transversely-blown bamboo trumpet. One of the boys brought along a harmonica, too. Total time: 1h 22m. Track times:14) 12 1/2m. 15) 2m. 16) 1 1/2m. 17) 2m. 18) 1 1/2m. 19) 1 1/2m. 20) 1 1/2m. 21) 2 1/2m. 22) 1 1/2m. 23) 2 1/2m. 24) 2 1/2m. 25) 2m. 26) 1m. 27) 2m. 28) 4m. 29) 3 1/2m. 30) 2m. 31) 1 1/2m. 32) 3m. 33) 2 1/2m. 34) 3m. 35) 3m. 36) 2 1/2m. 37) 2 1/2m. 38) 5 1/2m. 39) 2m. 40) 1 1/2m. 41) 2 1/2m. 42) 4m, Men in Forest (end Jan '89) part II is on DAT 73. END DAT 72'
[Nb. please see 1997.21.2.315 (DAT 74) and 1997.21.2.312 (DAT 71) as noted above - Noel Lobley 21/07/2010]
Show more Show lessCassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #314, Type of Music: Limbok, Gano Boyobi, Spear Hunting games
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Men in Forest '89 part II/ Women in Forest '89 part I. 73'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-30: from Men in Forest January '89, part II (See DAT 72 for part I). Total time: 1h 15m. Track times: 1) 2m. 2) 3m. 3) 3m. 4) 2 1/2m. 5) 3m. 6) 2m. 7) 1...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Men in Forest '89 part II/ Women in Forest '89 part I. 73'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-30: from Men in Forest January '89, part II (See DAT 72 for part I). Total time: 1h 15m. Track times: 1) 2m. 2) 3m. 3) 3m. 4) 2 1/2m. 5) 3m. 6) 2m. 7) 1m. 8) 3m. 9) 4m. 10) 4m. 11) 3m. 12) 1 1/2m. 13) 2 1/2m. 14) 1 1/2m. 15) 2 1/2m. 16) 3m. 17) 1 1/2m. 18) 2m. 19) 1 1/2m. 20) 2 1/2m. 21...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Men in Forest '89 part II/ Women in Forest '89 part I. 73'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Tracks 1-30: from Men in Forest January '89, part II (See DAT 72 for part I). Total time: 1h 15m. Track times: 1) 2m. 2) 3m. 3) 3m. 4) 2 1/2m. 5) 3m. 6) 2m. 7) 1m. 8) 3m. 9) 4m. 10) 4m. 11) 3m. 12) 1 1/2m. 13) 2 1/2m. 14) 1 1/2m. 15) 2 1/2m. 16) 3m. 17) 1 1/2m. 18) 2m. 19) 1 1/2m. 20) 2 1/2m. 21) 3 1/2m. 22) 1m. 23) 1m. 24) 2m. 25) 2m. 26) 1 1/2m. 27) 1 1/2m. 28) 2 1/2m. 29) 2 1/2m. 30) 7m, end Men in Forest Jan. '89 part II. Tracks 31-41: From Women in Forest end Jan. '89 (part 1). Just as the men took me out into the forest for music, so a group of women wanted equal time to record their songs and we spent a day in the forest together accompanied by a young man and 3 or 4 teenage boys. They sang limboku songs, as well as gano, boyobi etc. Not only young women, a fair number of older women took part. Tracks 37, 38 & 39 are the actual spear-hunting games they played (gorilla, chimpanzee). Total time: 47 1/2m. Track times: 31) 12m. 32) 5m. 33) 5 1/2m. 34) 4m. 35) 4m. 36) 3 1/2m. 37) 3m. 38) 5 1/2m. 39) 1 1/2m. 40) 1m. 41) 2 1/2m. Women in forest Jan. '89 part II is on DAT 74. END DAT 73'
[Nb. continues on 1997.21.2.325 - Noel Lobley 23/07/2010]
Show more Show lessCassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #449, Type of Music: Boyobi, Gano
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'CSO 4'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Boyobi - 17.10.97, night (continued from CSO 3B)' [=2013.40.3] '(moon just past full), songs only.'
Side B: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Late night, 17.10.97, Gano by Little Makuti.'
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'CSO 4'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Boyobi - 17.10.97, night (continued from CSO 3B)' [=2013.40.3] '(moon just past full), songs only.'
Side B: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Late night, 17.10.97, Gano by Little Makuti.'
Cassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #451, Type of Music: Boyobi, Gano
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'CSO 6'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'BOYOBI (continued from CSO 5B' [=2013.40.5]) '24.10.97. 1. Boyobi late afternoon (closing moments). 2. Gano interlude and afternoon (with Makuti & Geké), 24.10.97.'
Side B: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'CSO 6'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'BOYOBI (continued from CSO 5B' [=2013.40.5]) '24.10.97. 1. Boyobi late afternoon (closing moments). 2. Gano interlude and afternoon (with Makuti & Geké), 24.10.97.'
Side B: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'BOYOBI (resumed at night), 24.10.97 (continued on CSO 7)' [=2013.40.7]
Cassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #452, Type of Music: Boyobi, Yeyi
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'CSO 7'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'BOYOBI (continued from CSO 6' [=2013.40.6] 'night 24.10.97 (with glowing bobé).'
Side B: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – '1. BOYOBI (continued and concluded) (to about halfway). 2.Yeyi, night 2...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'CSO 7'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'BOYOBI (continued from CSO 6' [=2013.40.6] 'night 24.10.97 (with glowing bobé).'
Side B: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – '1. BOYOBI (continued and concluded) (to about halfway). 2.Yeyi, night 26.10.97. Moboi, beginnings, atmosphere, a few yodels.'
Cassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #497, Type of Music: Mandova Songs, Boyobi
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – '1999 9'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Night, 19 April at Kangabé. Mandova songs sung by a few women (less than 10. 3-4 Mokala women, 3-4 Kangabé women). * one song hear the end.'
Side B: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – '15 May, Ew...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – '1999 9'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'Night, 19 April at Kangabé. Mandova songs sung by a few women (less than 10. 3-4 Mokala women, 3-4 Kangabé women). * one song hear the end.'
Side B: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – '15 May, Ewunji's camp on middle Kenyé. Boyobi (star bobé). Continued on 10A' [=2013.40.52]
Cassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #512, Type of Music: Boyobi, Makuse, Yeyi, Gano Boyobi, Lingboku
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'MOTABA 11'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – '* 16 October night, 3rd & final camp out of Makao, BOYOBI ("star" bobé) (2nd song lovely with lots of bobé whistling) (small Boyobi, like chamber music)
Cassette of Bayaka Music and Sounds #512, Type of Music: Boyobi, Makuse, Yeyi, Gano Boyobi, Lingboku
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'MOTABA 11'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – '* 16 October night, 3rd & final camp out of Makao, BOYOBI ("star" bobé) (2nd song lovely with lots of bobé whistling) (small Boyobi, like chamber music)
Side B: L...
Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – 'MOTABA 11'
Side A: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – '* 16 October night, 3rd & final camp out of Makao, BOYOBI ("star" bobé) (2nd song lovely with lots of bobé whistling) (small Boyobi, like chamber music)
Side B: Louis Sarno's notes on liner card (ms ink) – '1.17 October 3rd Makao camo - GANO, c.35'. 2. 18 October, morning 3rd Makao camp. 2 or 3 short Lingboku sequences (c.3-4'). 3.* 18 October late afternoon, 3rd camp Makao: BOYOBI