| Arrangement | The tapes are arranged as far as possible by the country of origin (International general; Gambia; Africa and South India; West Indies; India; Tibet; Greece; various). One of the recordings of Gambian traditional folk song and music also includes brief interviews of people by Charles Parker on China and the Revolution (MS 4000/5/1/20/9). Some of the recordings have been released on record labels such as Decca, Folkways and Ethnic Folkways Library or as BBC radio recordings and this has been noted in the title of each catalogue description.
The tapes are arranged as follows:
MS 4000/5/1/20/1-7 and 7a International song and music released by record companies, e.g. Decca, Folkways, Ethnic Folkways; and sea Shanties 1954-1956; 1964
MS 4000/5/1/20/8-10 Gambian traditional folk song and Music; interviews about China and the Revolution; English traditional music 1956; 1974-1975
MS 4000/5/1/20/11-14 African and South Indian song and Music, some released by record Companies 1963
MS 4000/5/1/20/15-19 West Indian music and song with the Stewart family of
Harborne, Birmingham 1963-1966
MS 4000/5/1/20/20-22 Indian music [ & extracts from radio ballad 'On The Edge'] 1966-1975
MS 4000/5/1/20/23-24 Buddhist and Tibetan chants 1968
MS 4000/5/1/20/25-26 Greek music and folk song 1963
MS 4000/5/1/20/27-28 Various: Vlachic folk song and East/West Dance Music; Group
music from various countries 1963; 1968
MS 4000/5/1/20/29 Byzantine Hymn n.d. |
| AdminHistory | This collection of recordings comprises a wide variety of examples of traditional music and song from across the world. |