The Source of Sound involves the material, the movement and the vibration of which music arises.
The Source of Sound 67 Amazon Indians
Tonight, we have an episode about the music of the Amazon Indians, whose land keeps getting threatened by profit-hungry criminals and companies. It seems that the genocide of the Indians that started more than 500 years ago when Columbus ‘discovered’ this land is carried on by the Brazilian president Bolsonaro, his golddiggers and executioners, and big companies like Chevron, Petroplus, and China National Petroleum.
In this episode, we’ll listen to recordings from the Amazon that were made 70 to 80 years ago. The 78 rpm records Musique Primitive Indienne, Mission Orénoque-Amazone, which was recorded by Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau in Columbia and Venezuela in 1949. We’ll also listen to a number of different releases from the Musée de l’Homme from Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru from the 50s. These releases showcase the unique music of the Amazonian Indians, which is now gone, just like the Indians themselves and large portions of the Amazon. The music is special thanks to its sounds and instruments like the large bamboo flutes and clarinet-like instruments, the many rattles and shakers, and the unusual voicings and harmonies. We’ll end this episode with a recent recording of the Wayapi from Frans-Guyana of all places, where their rights of natives are still acknowledged.
01 Musique de nuit 3’05
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 1 A
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, Sept.-Oct. 1949
Pairoa. Colombia. Above Orinoco, Caño Mataveni
02 Musique de nuit 2 3’06
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 1 B
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, Sept.-Oct. 1949
Pairoa. Colombia. Above Orinoco, Caño Mataveni
03 Musique de nuit 3 3’08
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 2 A
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, Sept.-Oct.. 1949
Pairoa. Colombia. Above Orinoco, Caño Mataveni
04 Musique de nuit 4 3’02
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 2 B
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, Sept.-Oct. 1949
Pairoa. Colombia. Above Orinoco, Caño Mataveni
05 Pour accompagner le râpage du manioc 1 3’22
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 3 A1
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, Sept.-Oct. 1949
Pairoa. Colombia. Above Orinoco, Caño Mataveni
06 Pour accompagner le râpage du manioc 2 3’13
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 3 A3
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, Sept.-Oct.. 1949
Pairoa. Colombia. Above Orinoco, Caño Mataveni
07 Cris de la foule durant l’épreuve 3’16
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 3 A2
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, Sept.-Oct. 1949
Pairoa. Columbia. Above Orinoco, Caño Mataveni
08 Fragments de chants rituels 2’12
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 3 B1
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, Nov. 1949-July 1950
Maquiritare. Venezuela. Above Orinoco, near the
09 Chant du prêtre pendant la nuit 3’06
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 3 B4
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, Sept.-Oct. 1949
Pairoa. Colombia. Above Orinoco, Caño Mataveni
10 Musique de nuit 5 3’14
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 5 A
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, jan 1948-dec 1950
Puinave. Colombia. Above Orinoco
11 musique de nuit 6 3’06
Musique primitive indienne, mission Orénoque-Amazone
Musée de l’Homme MH. 51, Disk 5 A
rec: Pierre-Dominique Gaisseau, jan 1948-dec 1950
Puinave. Colombia. Above Orinoco
12 Le Mayantu 3’41
LP Amazone Indiens Iawa et Bora
Musée de l’Homme LD-3. A1
rec: Bertrand Flornoy, 1952
Iawa, Peru, Loreto
13 Chant d’amour 1’14
LP Amazone Indiens Iawa et Bora
Musée de l’Homme LD-3. A5
rec: Bertrand Flornoy, 1952
Iawa, Peru, Loreto
14 Le chant du bois 1’08
LP Amazone Indiens Iawa et Bora
Musée de l’Homme LD-3. B1
rec: Bertrand Flornoy, 1952
Iawa, Peru, Loreto
15 Anduvé 4’33
Bresil – Musique Indienne vol.1
Musée de l’Homme LD-15, A1
rec: Simone Dreyfus-Roche, 1955
Kwikuru, Brazilie, Boven Xingu,
16 Flûte-à-bloc 3’07
Bresil – Musique Indienne vol.1
Musée de l’Homme LD-15, A4
rec: Simone Dreyfus-Roche, 1955
Yawalapiti, Brazil, Above Xingu.
17 Fête des morts 1’59
Bresil – Musique Indienne vol.1
Musée de l’Homme LD-15, B7
rec: Simone Dreyfus-Roche, 1955
Kaingang de Chapeco, Brazil, Above Xingu.
18 Danse et chœur autour d’une tête coupée 1’58
Jivaro. Equateur – Indiens Jivaro, Cayapa, Otavalo
Vogue Contrepoint, MC-20161, 1960, A1
rec: Philippe Luzuy,
Jivaro, Ecuador
19 Chant sur la guerre 3’53
Jivaro. Equateur – Indiens Jivaro, Cayapa, Otavalo
Vogue Contrepoint, MC-20161, 1960, B4
rec: Philippe Luzuy,
Jivaro, Ecuador
20 Le toucan 4’45
Wayapi de Guyane Une visage sonore d’Amazone
Le Chant du Monde, CNR-2741102, tr 8
rec: Jean-Michel Beaudet, April 1979
Wayapi, Frans Guyana
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