An Anthology of African Music is a series of recordings of traditional music that was made for the International Music Council by the International Institute for Comparative Music Studies and Documentation (Berlin/Venice) and released on the Musicaphon label by Bärenreiter (Kassel/Basel/London). The series was directed by Paul Collaer.Taking the World for a Spin in Europe: An Insider's Look at the World Music Recording Business, René van Peer, Ethnomusicology 43, #2 (Spring-Summer 1999), pp. 374-384, .Review of "An Anthology of African Music. Nigeria III: Igbo Music" by David Ames and Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, review by Darius L. Thieme, Ethnomusicology 36, #1 (Winter 1992), pp. 137-140, . It was part of the larger and longer enduring UNESCO Collection series.

Recordings Music of the Dan — BM 30 L 2301p. 36, The UNESCO Courier, June 1973 Reissued as Rounder CD 5105.[ Anthology of World Music: Africa - The Dan], overview, Allmusic. Accessed on line November 24, 2010. Review by Adam Greenberg on Allmusic, []. Music from Rwanda — BM 30 L 2302 Reissued as Rounder CD 5106.[ Anthology of World Music: Rwanda], overview, Allmusic. Accessed on line November 24, 2010. Review by Adam Greenberg on Allmusic, []. Ba-Benzélé Pygmies — BM 30 L 2303 Reissued as Rounder CD 5107.[ Anthology of World Music: Africa - The Ba-Benzele Pygmies], overview, Allmusic. Accessed on line November 24, 2010.See Worldcat record Africa, the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies. Anthology of world music. Cambridge, Mass: Rounder Records, 1998. Sound recording, , and Worldcat record Arom, Simha, and Geneviève Taurelle. Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies. Unesco collection. Kassel: Bärenreiter-Musicaphon, 1965. Sound recording, . Review by Eugene Chadbourne on Allmusic, []. The three albums above (Dan through Ba-Benzélé Pygmies) were reviewed by David Rycroft in Journal of the International Folk Music Council 19 (1967), pp. 164-166, . Ethiopia I - Music of the Ethiopian Coptic Church — BM 30 L 2304 Ethiopia II - Music of the Cushitic Peoples of South-West Ethiopia — BM 30 L 2305 These two albums reviewed by Kurt Suttner in Ethnomusicology 14, #3 (September 1970), pp. 530-532, . Nigeria-Hausa Music I — BM 30 L 2306 Nigeria-Hausa Music II — BM 30 L 2307 Music of the Senufo — BM 30 L 2308 Chad Kanem — BM 30 L 2309 Musics of the Central African Republic — BM 30 L 2310 Reviewed by Alan P. Merriam in Ethnomusicology 15, #2 (May 1971), pp. 300-302, . Nigeria III: Igbo Music — BM 30 L 2311 Reviewed by Darius L. Thieme in Ethnomusicology 36, #1 (Winter 1992), pp. 137-140, . Sudan I - Music of the Blue Nile Province; The Gumuz Tribe — BM 30 SL 2312 (1986) Reissued as Auvidis D 8072.Worldcat record Gottlieb, Robert. Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Gumuz Tribe = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribu Des Gumuz. Unesco collection. France: Auvidis, 1996. Sound recording, , and Worldcat record Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Gumuz Tribe = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribu Des Gumuz. Unesco collection. Gentilly [France: Auvidis/Unesco, 1996. Sound recording, . Sudan II - Music of the Blue Nile Province; The Ingessana and Berta Tribes — BM 30 SL 2313 (1986) Reissued as Auvidis D 8073.Worldcat record Gottlieb, Robert. Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Ingessana and Berta Tribes = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribus Des Ingessana Et Des Berta. Unesco collection. France: Auvidis, 1996. Sound recording, and Worldcat record Sudan: Music of the Blue Nile Province : the Ingessana and Berta Tribes = Soudan : Musique De La Province Du Nil Bleu : Tribus Des Ingessana Et Des Berta. Unesco collection. Gentilly [France: Auvidis/Unesco, 1996. Sound recording, . The two albums above were reviewed by Cynthia Tse Kimberlin in Ethnomusicology 34, #2 (Spring-Summer 1990), pp. 349-352, . Ethiopia III - Three Chordophone Traditions — BM 30 SL 2314 (c. 1985) Reissued as Auvidis D 8074.Selected Publications, music-research-inst.org. Reviewed by Ashenafi Kebede in Ethnomusicology 34, #1 (Winter 1990), pp. 196-198, .

See also UNESCO Collection

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