Echos

1. Noise made with drums and trumpets for the rising of Nilus

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Trumpets

Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa

139 sounds

1. The Maḥmil procession in Cairo

Other tool > Procession

3. Qurʾānic cantillation and singing at the mosque

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

5. Drums beaten in front of the houses of the two amīrs of Mecca

6. Meccans' practice in regard to the Khutba and the Friday service

Other tool > Sword blown against the steps of a pulpit

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > farqaʿa

7. Meccans' practices at the beginning of the months

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > dabādib

8. Meccans' practice in the month of Rajab

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

9. The ʿUmra al-akamiyya

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > farqaʿa

10. The Meccans' practices in the month of Ramaḍān

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > dabādib (plur.)

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

11. Music in the rites and acts of the Pilgrimage

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > dabādib (plur.)

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

12. The Sharīf and the incidents caused by his use of drums

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭabl (sing.), ṭubūl (plur.), aṭbāl (plur.)

13. Ritual chants and dances of the Rifāʿiyya Sufi brotherhood

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > dufūf (plur.)

14. Fire dances of Ḥaydariyya Sufi Order

15. Tustar's Shaykh Noon Prayer customs

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > mazāmīr (plur.)

16. People singing merry songs at a funeral

17. Account of musical practices in Shīrāz sanctuaries

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.), aṭbāl (plur.)

18. The calling upon the "Expected Imām" al-ʿAskarī

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > būqāt (plur.), abwāq (plur.)

20. Travel customs of the Tatar King of Iraq

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > ṣurnāyāt / ġayṭa

21. Sultan of Delhi's customs when leaving for the hunt

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > ṣurnāyāt (plur.)

22. Friday audiences of the Sultan of Mogadishu

Instrument > aṭbāl (plur.)

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > ṣurnāyāt (plur.)

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > ṣurnāyāt (plur.)

23. Musical customs of the Zafar's sultan

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

24. Customs of the Akhiyya Brotherhood

25. Qur'anic cantillation for Akrīdūr's Sultan

26. Lamentations on the Sultan's dead son

27. Qur'anic cantillation, music and dances at an Anatolian zāwiya

28. ʿĀšūrāʾ celebration at a prominent zāwiya

29. Muslim travellers frightened by churches' bells

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > nawāqīs (plur.)

30. Musical performance during the Sultan's meal

31. Qur'ānic cantillation and prayers during Ramaḍān

32. Celebrations at the end of Ramaḍān

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > aṭbāl (plur.)

33. The Prince's company journeying towards Constantinople

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > ṣurnāyāt (plur.), ġayṭāt (plur.)

34. Reception in the camp outside Constantinople

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > aṭbāl (plur.)

35. Entry into Constantinople the Great

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > nawāqīs (plur.)

36. Custom for the king's guests to be paraded through the city

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > aṭbāl (plur.)

37. Hospitality at a zāwiya in Bukhārā

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > miqraʿa + jalājil (plur.)

38. Description of the Barīd (Postal service)

39. Musical performances during a journey on the river Sind

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > ṣurnāyāt (plur.) / ġayṭāt (plur.)

40. Widows' self-burning (Sati) in India

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > aṭbāl (plur.)

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > jaras (sing.)

41. The night bell for the victims of oppression

42. Drums beaten to announce an attack against the prince

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > ṭabl. (sing.)

43. The Sultan's Gates and the ceremonial observed therein

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > ṣurnāyāt (plur.)

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

44. ʿĪd al-aḍḥā (Feast of sacrifices) Sultan's exit from the palace

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > ṣurnāyāt (plur.)

45. How the Sultan holds audience on feast days

47. The marriage of the amīr Sayf al-Dīn with the Sultan's sister

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

48. How the Sultan killed the supporters of a rebel malik

49. Travelling with singers as entertainers

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > qarn (sing.)

51. Yogis sounding a horn at the end of their practices

53. The governor's custom of walking accompanied by music

54. Naval attack on Goa

55. Ifṭār celebration with the Wazīr

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > dunqura

56. An instrument for announcements in Maldives

57. Women dancing in front of a statue of divinity

59. What the sailors sing on the Pacific Ocean

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

60. Welcoming in Fozhou

Instrument > anfār (plur.)

61. Account of the great amīr Qurṭay

62. Celebrations for the death of the ill-favored king

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > ṭubūl (plur.)

64. Account of Mali's Sultan audiences in his cupola

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Musical instruments [ālāt al-ṭarab]

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > aṭbāl (plur.)

65. Ceremony taking place when Sultan reaches the audience hall

Instrument > 321 Lutes > qanābir (plur.)

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > ṭabl. (sing.)

66. What the Sultan did about the prayer on the Feast days

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones

Instrument > 3 Chordophones > qisiyy (plur.)

67. Account of the way griots (dyeli) recite poetry to the Sultan

Chronicles of al-Sūdān (Taʾrīḫ al-Sūdān)

20 sounds

1. The askia's messenger shouts during the prayer of imām al-Tuwātī

2. Tensions between Drum-lords

3. Askia Muḥammad Bonkana furbishes his court with music

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > gabtanda [kabtanda]

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > fotorifo

4. Punishment for those who sow discord in Timbuktu

6. The rebellion's leader reaches Gao sounding horns and drum

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > būq (sing.)

7. How a trumpet is used in the organisation of a plot

8. Drums are beaten on the rooftops of Timbuktu

9. The volume of voice in front of the askia

10. Parade and warning for an attempted assault

11. Sound of gunfire heard from a distance

12. Funeral prayer performed on the prayer-ground

13. Sound of gunfire and last battle of Maḥmūd Pasha

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > ġyāṭa (plur.)

14. The sound of horses trampling on a shield

Animal > Horses trampling

15. The time of the Prophet's praises

First travel of Diego Can

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > Timpani

1. Meeting the King of Congo with the sound of horns and timpani

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Buccine

Chronicles of Songhay Empire's Askyas (Kings)' reigns 1493-1599

19 sounds

1. The Askias orders the drums to be beaten for war

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > ṭabl. (sing.)

2. The land is worked to the sound of drums and flutes

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > dufūf (plur.)

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > mazāmīr (plur.)

3. The Songhanians obtain the kakaki from Ayar (Agadez?)

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > kakaki

5. The Askia's proclamation in the mosque of Djenné

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > [mazāmīr (plur.)]

6. The flautists play while the Askiya holds court

7. The sound of the kakaki announces the kanfāri's arrival

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > kākaki

8. The "drum of authority" played to announce the enthronement

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > ṭabl al-sulṭana

9. The drum of authority is sounded for the new askia

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > ṭabl (al-sulṭana)

10. Drums used for specific purposes in battle

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > ṭabl (sing.), ṭubūl (plur.)

11. The flautists from the caste of the blacksmiths

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > zāmirāt (plur.) [female players]

12. The Askia's proclamation in the mosque of Gao

14. The Moroccan soldiers praise God loudly

15. A specific drum is made for the "official of adultery" in Gao

16. The askia the drum to be beaten for leaving

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > ġyāṭ (sing.)

17. The askia is saluted with rifles and musical instruments

Instrument > 321 Lutes > rabāb (sing.)

18. The incitements shouted by the leader of the Moroccan army

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburlo"

Travel of Domenico Trevisan

16 sounds

1. In Rosetta they welcome Trevisan with drums and trumpets

2. Trumpets at Trevisan's Cairo accommodation

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Nachere"

3. The audience at the Sultan's palace

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Cimbali grandi

4. Nightingales in the Sultan's garden

Animal > Nightingales

5. Music in the castle admiral's room to Domenico Trevisan

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Fiauti"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Cymbani"

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Brochieri di ferro"

6. Eight trumpeters sound at the front door

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Trompeta"

7. Eight trumpets play in the presence of Mr. Sultan

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Trombeti"

8. Shouts from the bell tower of the mosques

9. Music upon returning to Venice

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Trompeta"

Travel of Giovanni Battista Perotto

8 sounds

1. The different languages

2. Mass sings in Jerusalem

3. Listening to an offertory always at the new church in Jerusalem

4. The stone where the rooster sang when St. Peter denied Christ

Animal > Rooster

5. Different sounds during Easter celebration days

6. "Gloria in excelsis Deo" sung by the shepherds

7. Some houses are associated with prayers

8. Hear a Mass for the feast of St Mark

Travel of Filippo Pigafetta from Crete to Egypt and Sinai

57 sounds

1. Artillery shots at the departure of the galley

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Bastoni

2. Musical accompaniment and singing in the Coptic Mass

3. Call to prayer of the muezzin

4. Women's songs and dances in the gardens outside Alexandria

5. Sailors salute by singing Rosetta

6. Shouts of defense against thieves

7. Music and songs of the Nile flood festival

8. Dancers, players and singers in the Nile trench

Dance > Dance for the Nile flood festival

9. Sounds and songs of the peoples going to see the Nile's flooding

10. Sounds, chants and shouts preceding the cutting of the "Khalīj"

Animal > Horses

11. Shouts and chants of neighborhood watchmen in the night

12. Men shout in the street for garbage collection

13. The sound of donkey chains

Noise > Chains

14. Women's voices perform the zaġrūṭa

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Cimbali

15. Songs and dances of Bedouin women

Dance > Bedouin women dance with cymbals

16. Moorish and belly dance

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Cembalo

Dance > Moorish dance

17. Birdsong

18. The market, shouting and the art of negotiation

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campanelli

19. The camel bells of the procession to Mecca

20. Songs and sounds of the procession to Mecca

Dance > Jumps

21. The clamor of the people during the procession to Mecca

22. Poets and singers follow the caravan to Mecca

23. The sound of a burial at the Pyramids of Giza

Noise > Wall

24. The way of speaking

25. Military exercises on horseback with shouting

26. The use of the drums in war

27. The verses of camels

28. Song of the camel drivers

29. Singing of the Psalm of Mary

30. Camel drivers' songs around the fire

Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Chitara"

31. A comparison of the singing style of the Arabs and the Spanish

32. Singing, sounding of castanets and dancing of Arab females

33. The sound of Archibugi's gunfire

34. The friar's camel could no longer hear

35. The sound of castanets at specific hours

36. The songs of the sailors

Instrument > Struck Idiophones > Campana inversa, di piastre di ferro sottili, mazzuolo legno.

Description of Africa by Duarte Lopes and Filippo Pigafetta

4 sounds

3. War sounds and music produced by soldiers from Congo

Instrument > Struck Membraphones > nacchere grandi (legno d'albero, cuoio, magli d'avorio)

Instrument > Trumpets > "denti di Liofante cavati"

4. Dresses with bells of Mociconghi warriors

Instrument > Struck Idiophones > campanelle

Travel of Anonimo Veneziano

5 sounds

1. Painted in burial with musical instruments, dancing and singing

2. Carved drawings of dancers and players

Travel of Richard Jobson

15 sounds

1. Noises from the People of the River Gambra

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > war drums

2. War drums of the Kingdom of Cassan

3. Funeral of the Mary-brucke

Dance > Celebratory dance

4. The White Man's Thunder

Noise > shooting

5. Party at the house of Buckor Sano

6. Description of the instruments of River Gambia pt. 1

Instrument > 323 Harp Lutes

7. Description of the instruments of River Gambia pt. 2

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Ballard

8. Circumcision celebration

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > drummes

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Ballard

9. Description of the Ho-re

10. Roaring of the lion

Animal > Lion roaring

First travel of Romano Giovanni Francesco

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > tamburi

3. Natives of Congo dance

4. Description of instruments in Kingdom of Congo

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones

Travel of Ḥasan bin Aḥmad al-Ḥaymī

8 sounds

1. Muskets fired to frighten local nomads

2. Islamic congregational prayer and sermon in the town's cemetery

3. Elephants' noises and muskets firing

Animal > Drinking

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > naqqāra

4. Naqqāra beaten for a joyous occasion

5. Muskets fired to frighten local nomads called Gallas

6. Islamic congregational prayer performed in the village's square

7. Muskets fired against local nomads

Instrument > 422.2 Oboes > Pifferi

Travel of Michelangelo Guattini

9 sounds

1. Sounds of trumpets and flutes

Noise > Artillery Shots

2. Chorus of voices singing hymns

4. Fleet of ships in the harbor

Instrument > 321 Lutes > Viole

5. Liturgical chants

Instrument > 322 Harps > Arpe

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Cornetti

Travel of Dionigi de Carli

20 sounds

6. Description of the balafon

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones

Animal > Roar of one lion

7. Roar of lions

Animal > Roar of lions

8. Lion's roar

9. Celebration of a baptism

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Campana

10. Sound of a bell

11. Description of a bird

Animal > Cry of a bird

12. A choir of voices

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Campana

13. Some voices in the darkness

14. Laments

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Campane

15. A moment of celebration

Noise > Artillery Shots

16. An other typical day on the vessel

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Fischetto

17. An uproar of a prisoner

Noise > Uproar

18. Some cannonballs

Noise > Cannonballs

19. Winds

Natural > Storm

Travel of Giovanni Antonio Soderini

33 sounds

1. Terrible thunder is heard while it rains

2. The annoying cry of crows

Animal > Crows

3. The silence of the midges

Animal > Midges

4. Mention of Turkish muezzins

5. Songs and shouts of wonder with text the Kyrie

6. Presence of musicians at a wedding

Dance > Greek dances

7. Wedding dances

Dance > Dancing at a wedding

8. Cries of the Reis en route to Corfu

9. The sailors' confusion

10. The songs for the growth of the Nile

11. The guards' shouts at night

12. Janissaries shouting at two men who appeared to be thieves

13. Women's howls over a dead child

14. The shouts of the muezzins from the steeples

15. The times of the call to prayer of the muezzin

16. Dogs howl and make noise

17. Zaġrūṭa of women and saints' cries chanting "Hù Hù"

18. The saints sing "Hù Hù" in the sacred procession to Mecca

19. Drummers representing schools in the procession to Mecca

20. The announcement that the Nile has reached its mark

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Pifferi

21. Drummers and flutes accompany the cutting of the Khalīj

22. Funeral ceremony with dancing and singing

Dance > Dance of women at a funeral

23. Organ Music at Mass for St. Francis Day

Instrument > 412 Interruptive free Aerophones > Organo

24. Pedestal where the cock crowed that made St Peter repent

Animal > Rooster

25. The sound of a bell interrupts the prayer

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campana

First part of John Barbot's account of Africa

29 sounds

1. Sweet tone of parrots

2. Whistling language

3. Marriage customs

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > Lomlambe

4. Musical instruments in war

5. Musical instruments goods for trade

6. Superstition and whitchcraft

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Cutlace

7. Voices and sounds during funerals

Body > Beating feet on the ground

8. Sleeping, dancing and wrestling

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Calabash

Dance > Round dance

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Kettle

Body > Clapping hands

9. Ramadan and feasting

10. A visit paid to Conde, the Viceroy

11. Griot's musical instruments

Instrument > 32 Composite Chordophones > Lute

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Balafè

Instrument > 32 Composite Chordophones > Timbrel

12. Religion: using voice to ward off the devil

13. Singing during Muhammad's great feasts

14. Voices in John Baptists and other saints’s feast

15. The way kings adorn themselves

16. Musical instruments and voices at the burial of the king.

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > Hautboy

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > Flute

Second part of John Barbot's account of Africa

21 sounds

1. A public institution to learn performative arts

2. Justice with masked advocates

3. Killing a leopard

Other tool

4. Superstition about a bird

5. Singing flies

Animal > Flie

6. Naming ceremony for a newborn baby

Instrument > Musical instrument

7. Beating drums when someone is accused of misdemeanor

8. The arrival of the ambassador between dance and music

9. Spirits saving a man during hunt and the feast

10. The sect of the Belly: a school to learn also dance and music

Other tool > Noise with a scraper

11. Voices and noise during punishment of adultery

12. Men wearing jingling ornaments

13. Hearing voices during funerals

Noise > Noise of people

Third part of John Barbot's account of Africa

56 sounds

1. Sweet harmony of birds

2. Bird with hollow and piercing voice

3. Singing insects called ‘cigarras’

Animal > Cigarra

7. Degrees in Black society: presence of music in the ceremony

8. Musical instruments and special consecration customs

9. Elephant tusks as musical instruments

10. Smiths of Gold Coast

12. King’s drum and other types of drums

13. List of musical instruments drawn by the author

Instrument > 32 Composite Chordophones > Cittern

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > Flute

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Castagnet

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > Kettle

14. Women singing together

15. Instruments, musicians, voices, dance at the market place

Body > Snapping fingers

Instrument > 32 Composite Chordophones > Gittern

Body > Beating feet on the ground

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > Flute

Other tool > Wooden snapper

16. Feast made by the Danish general

17. Hearing voices and musical instruments during funerals

Instrument > Percussion

19. Arrival of the king

20. Music and war

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > National great drum

21. Voices during punishments

Instrument > Musical instruments

23. Music in their manner of worship

24. Begging success of idols

Body > Clapping hands

25. Voice of the priest consulting the idol

26. Worship in groves with drums

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > Timbrel

27. Singing, dancing, howling when they banish the devil

Fourth part of John Barbot's account of Africa

2. Dancing and singing around the grave

Travel of Girolamo Merolla

68 sounds

1. Girolamo Merolla sing the Rosario and Litanie during the voyage

2. Brasilian people sing Messa and Vespero

3. People cummunicate by whistles near Cape of Good Hope

4. Cannibals dance

5. In Loanda, Girolamo Merolla and population sing Te Deum laudamus

Body > clapping hands

6. Merolla reports a Te Deum laudamus accompanied by instruments

Instrument > Musici

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > campanello

7. Merolla uses a bell during a Mass

8. A witch in Soyo/Sogno announced by a drum

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > tamburo

9. Sings, sounds and dances for Simantamba

Instrument > suoni

10. The cock of Simantamba

Animal > cock

11. In Capuchin Missions friars have to sing the Litanie

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > sonaglio, campanella

12. Rattle-belt for babies growing

13. Another event for the singing of Litanie

Instrument > suoni, sinfonie

14. Celebrations for the victory of a dispute

15. Emperor Cassangi's Birthday party

Instrument > moltitudine de' musicali strumenti

16. Musical instruments accompanying the Count of Sogno

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Longa

Instrument > 13 Friction Idiophones > Cassuto

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > sonagli

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Ngamba

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Marimba

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > tamburi grandi e guerreschi

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Quilondo

Instrument > 321 Lutes > Nsambi

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Embuchi

Instrument > 42 Non-free Aerophones (wind instruments proper) > piffaro per soprano

17. Religious celebrations during festivals

Other tool > salve di moschetti

Instrument > più stromenti

18. White birds dancing

Animal > Geese dance

Instrument > stromento

19. The birds who sings the name of Christ

Animal > bird sings

20. The birds says honey

Animal > bird verse

21. How to ward off a tiger

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > tamburo

22. Easter with the Count of Sogno

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > tamburi

Instrument > istrumenti

23. Fights in the same city between bands

24. Meeting some women in Caginda Port

Body > clapping hands

25. Angry slaves want their pay

Body > clapping hands and slamming feet

26. Welcome while arriving in Lemba

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > trombe

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > trombe

27. Merolla at the Court of the King of Kongo

Instrument > strepitosi stromenti

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > timpani

Body > clapping hands

28. Singing the Rosario in Lemba

Instrument > strepiti delli variati istromenti

29. Honours for the Marquis of Mattari

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > trombe

Other tool > scoppio de' moschetti

30. Funeral party in the territory of Cacongo

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > tamburo

31. Collective sacrifice in the Kingdom of Benin

Instrument > suoni, e tripudj

Travel of Simon de La Loubère

1 sounds

1. Music in Siam and its characteristics

Travel of François Froger

14 sounds

1. Cannon shot

2. Feminine weeping over the burial of leading Marabours

3. Three cannon shots

4. Chaplains of the squadron sing the "Te Deum"

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Balafo

5. Description of the Balafo Instrument

6. Birds singing

Animal > Birds singing

7. Savages shouts

8. Funeral mass

Dance > unknown local dance

9. Procession du saint Sacrement and Jesuit mass

10. Seven cannon shots

11. Sermon of a french capuchin

Travel of Antonio Zucchelli

25 sounds

1. The tradition associated with crossing the Strait of Gibraltar.

2. Description of religious chants in Spain.

3. Prayers and religious chants on a Portuguese Ship.

4. Chants of people as they are being sold as slaves.

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > marimba

5. Description of the musical instrument marimba.

6. Marimbas and drums.

Instrument > 2 Membranophones

7. The arrival in Loanda of the ambassador from the Kasanze Kingdom

Instrument > 4 Aerophones

Dance > accompanying dances for the ambassador

8. Descriptions of chants of the people of the desert.

Other tool > Sound of muskets.

9. Group of musicians and musketeers

10. Prince of the County of Songo and his entourage

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > timpano

Other tool > Sound of muskets.

Body > Hand clapping

11. Funeral dirge called "Chioro"

Second part of the chevalier des Marchais' travel to Guinea

89 sounds

1. Salute cannon shots between vessels

2. Description of salute between vessels with cannon shot and voice

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flutes

3. Ocean noise

Natural > Ocean waves

4. Audience of a Grand (nobleman of Juda) with the King of Juda

5. The Grand leaves the audience with the King

6. The chevalier des Marchais greets the king of Judah

7. Announcement to the people of the King's coronation ceremony

8. Ceremony for the Serpent God for the coronation of the King

Other tool > Mortar shots

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flutes

9. The Grand of Ardres arrives at Xavier for the coronation

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flutes

10. Illustration of the coronation ceremony of the King of Juda

11. Description of the coronation ceremony of the king of Juda

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flutes

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flutes

12. The King's wives leave the royal palace

Instrument > 22 Plucked Membranophones > Tambours

13. When Company directors or ship captains meet the King of Juda

14. Announcement to the people of the new King

15. Announcement to the people of funeral of the deceased King

16. Songs and dances for the cultivation of the fields

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Gongon

17. Opening of the slave trade

18. Music on the ships that brought slaves to America

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Gongon

20. Sound of the gongon to decide on the punishment of a crime

21. Kidnapping of little girls to consecrate them to the Serpent God

22. Dances and songs taught to girls to honor the Serpent God

23. Marriage of the Serpent God with the consecrated girls

24. Procession in honor of the great Serpent

Body > Clap hands

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flutes

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flutes

26. Procession at the Eufrate River

27. Greeting ceremonies

Body > clap hands

28. Music in the war

31. Music during the cultivation of the fields

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flutes

32. Description of the birds of the kingdom of Juda

33. Description of the birds of the kingdom of Juda 2: parrots

Animal > Parrots

34. European Directors on the road

35. Black people pray to the Christian God

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Balafeu

Travels Into the Inland Parts of Africa by Francis Moore

4 sounds

2. Balafeu in Nackway

3. A particular moon eclipse and a strict tradition

4. The Priest of the Mosque

Travel of Vitaliano Donati

47 sounds

1. The muezzins of a Mosque

2. Governor of the Egyptian colonies plays the drum

3. The earthquake felt on February 13, 1756

Natural > Earthquake

4. The seductive singing of a young woman

5. The presence of drums in the procession

6. The singing of quails

Animal > Quails

7. The wall of the pyramid chamber rings like a bell

Other tool > Wall

8. The cry of a bird

9. Sounds, songs and dances of a wedding

Instrument > 422.2 Oboes > "Arzgun"

10. The musical instruments of Egypt

Instrument > 314 Board Zithers > "Santir"

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Nay"

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Niffir"

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Sceibie"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tubbele"

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Tamr"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tubuli" or "Marsa el Pie"

11. The dancers want a coin for their dance

12. Dancers and their payment

13. The profession of dancers or singers

14. Musical instruments and dance, even in Ramadan

Instrument > 314 Board Zithers > "Sautir"

Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Rebabe"

Instrument > 422.2 Oboes > "Argun"

15. Music and dance in wedding processions

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburri"

Dance > Dancing at a wedding

16. Celebrations and dancing during the flooding of the Nile

Instrument > 422.2 Oboes > "Flauto a due"

17. Sword dance of two dancers

Dance > Male sword dance

18. Instruction in music, singing and dancing for boys and girls

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"

19. The musical instruments of the Ramadan procession

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Bacine di ottone"

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Trombette"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburri"

20. Music in the procession of the dowry to the groom's house

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Trombette"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburri"

21. Term dance in dictionary

First travel of James Cook

85 sounds

1. Ceremonies performed by a native on board

2. An expedtion through the country

3. Vociferation by natives

4. Dogs' bark

Animal > dog

5. Natives and ship's crew shouting each other

6. Mr. Banks make some noise

Other tool > firelock

7. Music performance

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > flutes

8. Natives shouting

9. A wrestling match

Dance > Men dance

Body > forearm strucked

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > flutes

10. The "heiva"

11. A prayer during a funeral ceremony

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > flutes

12. Travelling musicians

14. A girl's lamentations while getting tattoed

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > flute

15. Description of musical instruments

16. The "Pehay" (songs of the natives)

17. The "Timorodee" dance

Dance > girls dance

18. Funeral ceremonies in Otaheite: lamentations and prayers

19. Funeral ceremonies in Otaheite: prayers by the priest

20. A prayer by the natives

21. A gun fired frightens the natives

Other tool > gun

22. Signal by guns and musket firing

Other tool > guns

23. Native's dance

Dance > one man dance

24. Meeting with a company of dancers: description of the company

25. Defiance dance

Dance > defiance dance

26. Natives' prayers

27. Natives' voices

28. Natives singing

29. Voices from the shore

30. Natives on board singing and dancing

31. Sort of ceremony by four natives on a canoe

32. Natives' war-song

33. War-song

34. Natives performing the song of defiance

35. Defiance song

36. War-song

37. Natives sing the war-song

38. Performance of fighting by the natives

Dance > war dance

39. War-song by the natives

40. Natives sing the defiance song

41. Natives singing

42. Birds singing

43. Birds stop singing because of the rain

44. Description of the war-dance

Dance > war dance

45. Songs of the new zealanders

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > wooden pipe

46. The musical instruments

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > Triton's trumpet

47. Natives shout

48. A thunder

49. Voices of the natives

50. A native shouts in the dark

51. Shouting between natives and the crew

52. Natives hear a shot

53. The roaring of the surf

Natural > sea

54. Natives shouting

55. Natives shouting defiance

56. A storm with thunder and lightning

57. Rain and thunder

58. Frogs croak

59. Another ship salutes with cheers

60. Ceremony for crocodiles

61. Natives' songs and dances

Second travel of James Cook

54 sounds

1. Ice cracking

Natural > ice

2. Penguins noise

Animal > penguins

3. Ice cracking

Natural > ice

4. A woman dances

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > fife

5. Music from the ship

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > bagpipes

6. Blue peterels noise

7. A noise by the natives

8. Ducks noise

Animal > ducks

9. Noise heard from people and dogs

Animal > dogs

10. The reunion of the two ships

Other tool > guns

11. A lamentation for Tupia

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > bag-pipes

12. Some entertainment by the English

13. Natives dance

14. Dramatic play by the natives, the "heava"

15. A great noise from the shore

16. Natives pray and outcry

17. Performance of a "haeva"

18. Thunder

19. Acclamations by the natives

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > bagpipes

20. Some music by the English and the natives

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > flute

21. Musical diversions among the natives

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > drum

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > Doric pipe

22. Natives in a canoe playing a drum

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > drum

23. Penguins noise

Animal > penguins

24. Thunder, lightning and rain

25. Seeing the native warriors

26. Women lamenting

27. "Mididdij Harramy" play

28. Drums from the shore

29. Drums and dancing

Noise > oars

30. Volcano eruption

Natural > volcano

31. Muskets heard from the woods

32. Another eruption of the volcano

Natural > volcano

33. A noise from the woods

34. Navigation around Malakula and voices of the natives

35. Crowing of cocks

Animal > cocks

36. Report of the muskets

37. Sea lions noise

38. Animals noise

39. Geese noise

40. Natives howling

41. Voices of the natives

42. Natives talking

Travel of Georg Forster

225 sounds

1. Work songs and evening dances in Madeira

Instrument > 321 Lutes > Guittar

Instrument > 321 Lutes > Lute

2. Singing, dancing and playing the lute in Cape of Good Hope

3. Sounds of the storm towards the Antarctic Circle

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Bell

Natural > Storm

4. Water running through the night

Noise > Water

5. The jingling of a bell on the Adventure

Natural > Silence

6. Savage noise on Christmas day

Noise > Savage

7. Notes of the birds in Dusky Bay

8. Natives scream in the so called Indian Island

9. Dancing woman at Duck Cove

Dance > Woman dance

10. Shouting to the natives

11. The sounds of Cascade Cove

Natural > Cascade

Animal > Creepers

Natural > Wattle-birds

Animal > Thrushes

12. Birds singing at Cascade Cove

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > Bagpipe

13. A new meeting with the natives

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Fife

14. Petrels sounds

Animal > Petrels

15. The piteous howling of a dog

Animal > Dog

16. The silence of the lake up the hill at Dusky Bay

Animal > Common birds

Natural > Silence

17. Men's ritual ceremony at Dusky Bay

18. Shouting natives at Dusky Bay

19. Peace and friendship ceremony at Dusky Bay

20. The sounds of civilization at Dusky Bay

Noise > Works

Natural > Rivulet

21. The sounds of the storm at Wet Jacket Arm

Natural > Tree

Natural > Thunder-clap

Natural > Explosion

22. The reunion with the Adventure

Other tool > Guns

23. The effects of liquor on a young native

Body > Stamping with feet

24. Heiva dance at Queen Charlotte's Sound

Dance > Heiva

25. Teiratu's oration at Queen Charlotte Sound

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Trumpet, or tube of wood

26. Some musical instruments of the natives

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flute

Other tool > Firing vollies

27. Firing vollies and hearty cheers

28. Tayo welcome sound

29. Squeaking pigs at Whaï-Urua

Animal > Pigs

30. Animals noises

Animal > Clamours

31. Birdsong at Tiarraboo

32. Fabric manufacture in the woods

Animal > Small birds

Noise > Loud noise

33. Waterfall noise and whistling birds

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flute made of bamboo

Natural > Waterfall

34. Nose flute and voice in Tahiti

35. The first encounter with the king O-Aheatua 1

Other tool > Blows with a stick

36. The first encounter with the king O-Aheatua 2

Noise > Crowd

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > Bagpipe

37. The surprising noise of a watch

Noise > Clock hands

38. Bagpipe's uncouth music

39. Bagpipe playing for the king

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > Bag-pipe

40. Nose flute music and dances on the forecastle

Dance > Women dance

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flute

41. Dramatic dance performed by the sister of the king

Dance > Dramatic dance

42. Great noise on shore

Noise > Great noise

43. Shouting native

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > Bagpipe

44. The murmuring of the river

Natural > River

45. The bagpiper playing for the king

46. Rare barking of dogs in Huahine

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > Bagpipe

47. Native enjoyment for bagpipe music

48. Dramatic dance or heèva in Raietea

Dance > Heèva, women dance

49. Another heèva at the chief's house

Dance > Heèva or public dance

Dance > Graceful movement of arms

50. Detailed description of a Heeva

Dance > Heeva

Dance > Men drama

Dance > Frightful movement of mouth

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Drums of different size

Dance > Elegant gesticulation of fingers

Dance > Heeva - behind the scenes

51. The performance of another Heeva

Dance > Heeva

52. Behind the scenes of a heeva

53. Heeva dance at Tahà

Dance > Heeva or public dance

Dance > Pantomime drama

54. A pleasant song heard in Tonga

Body > Snapping second finger-thumb

55. Welcoming shouts of the natives

56. Twittering of birds and cooing doves

Animal > Doves

57. Joyful songs of the feathered tribe

Animal > Feathered tribe

58. The shrill cry of bats

Animal > Bats

59. Description of some new musical instruments

Body > Snapping fingers

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > New musical instrument

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flute of bamboo-reed

60. Noisy swimming of the natives

Noise > Swimming

61. Shooting at the thief

Other tool > Balls whistling

Dance > Dramatic type of dance

62. Women singing on the shore and native dances

63. Heeva or warlike dance

Body > Stamping with the feet

Dance > Heeva or warlike dance

64. The sounds of the storm in Cook's Strait

Noise > Rolling motion

Natural > Winds

Noise > Creaking timbers

Natural > Ocean

65. The sweet melody of the birds

66. The sounds of petrels on Long Island

Animal > Petrels

67. Croaking penguins

Animal > Penguins

68. Seabird screams at Easter Island

Animal > Seabirds

69. Heeva dance on board

Dance > Heeva

70. Observations on the amusements of Easter Islanders

71. Drums playing in St. Christina Island

72. Natives dancing on the deck

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Ship's bell

73. A powerful thunder

Natural > Thunder-clap

74. The ringing of the ship's bell

75. Women dancing on the Resolution

Dance > Women dance

76. Firing a cannon to salute Tahiti

77. Tahitian amusements

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flute

78. Arreoys amusements

79. Dramatic dance during the second stay in Raiatea

Other tool > Smack

Body > Vibration of the fingers

Dance > Dramatic dance

80. Another heeva in Raiatea

Dance > Heeva dance

81. Poyadua dance and Arreoys effects on the islanders

Body > Motion of the arms

Dance > Dramatic entertainments

Body > Contortions of the mouth

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flute

82. Women singing religious couplets

83. Salute guns

Other tool > Guns

84. Screaming natives on Savage Island

Noise > Tumble

85. Furious shouts on Savage Island

86. Wounded indigenous on Savage Island

87. The sound of the waves near the island of Rotterdam

Natural > Breakers

88. Gunshots to alarm

Other tool > Guns

90. Drumming and dancing on the shore

91. A musket fired from the Resolution

92. Drums beating as an alarm signal

93. Voices from a plantation

94. Squeaking pigs

Animal > Pigs

95. Drumming and dancing among the trees

96. Considerations on the music traditions of Mallicollo

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Whistles

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Pipes

97. Waves crashing

98. Smoking volcano

Noise > Deep rumbling

99. Volcano explosion on Tanna Island

Natural > Like Thunder

Noise > Rumbling

100. Dancing natives on Tanna Island

101. Musket being fired on the shore

102. Waves beating on the shore

103. Voices from the woods

104. Twittering birds

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Conchs

105. Loud volcano

Natural > Volcano

106. Blowing conchs as an alarm

107. Lamentation coming from the Island

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes

108. Thundering volcano

Natural > Volcano

109. Man cutting down a tree

Other tool > Hatchet

110. A musical exchange with the native people of Tanna

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Pipes of eight reeds

111. Purchases of musical instruments

112. Irromanga's man singing

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Conchs

Dance > Gesticulations

113. Unreachable volcano

Body > Blowing into hand

114. Musket fired on the beach

115. Singing to the natives

116. Work song on Tanna Island

117. Birdsong on Tanna Island

118. Approaching steps

Noise > Steps

120. Twittering birds

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Kind of whistle

121. A kind of musical instrument of New Caledonia

123. Sibiling meteor

Natural > Meteor

124. Birdsong on Norfolk Island

125. Feathered songsters choir

126. Some considerations and examples of New Zealand music

127. Lamentantion for the death of Topaya

128. Twittering birds

Animal > Female sea lions

129. Sea lion sound

Animal > Male sea lions

Animal > Sea lions' cubs

Noise > Sea lions

130. Captain Cook's possession ceremony

Noise > Rocks

131. Rocks creaking

Natural > Rocks creaking

132. Carts noise

Noise > Carts

133. Enchanting birdsong

Third travel of James Cook

122 sounds

1. Music in convivial moments

2. Birds singing

3. War song

4. How they cry for their deads

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > sort of flute

5. Kinds of musical entertainment

6. Sadness of two natives leaving their homeland

7. A noise from the natives

8. The natives perform a sort of song

9. Dance and fight exibition

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > drums

Dance > women dance

Body > hands clapping

10. Showing the power of firearms

Noise > gunpowder

11. Fight performances

12. Native's dance

13. A great dance show by the natives

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > pieces of large bamboo

Dance > men dance

Dance > dance with instruments

14. The English make some music

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > French horns

15. Poulaho's dance

16. A concert with bamboo drums

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > bamboo drums

17. An exibition of the "Haiva"

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > drums

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > naffa

Body > applause

18. The "bomai" or night dances

Dance > bomai dance

19. Lamentations of three women

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > French horns

20. An exibition by the English

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > fife

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > drum

21. Boxing and wrestling by the natives

22. The "mai" dances

23. Bats noise

24. The "tooge tooge" practice

Body > beating fists on body

25. Bird song

Animal > bird

26. Celebration of the "Natche": the start

27. Celebration of the "Natche": an oration

28. Celebration of the "Natche": the ceremony continues

29. Celebration of the "Natche": the second day

Body > applause

30. Celebration of the "Natche": a prayer

31. Celebration of the "Natche": the Chief Priest's prayer

32. Celebration of the "Natche": words repeated by the crowd

33. Celebration of the "Natche": the last procession

34. Celebration of the "Natche": a sort of singing

Instrument > 422 Reed Aerophones > reeds

35. Musical instruments of the Friendly Islands

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > flutes

36. The women's dances

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > flutes

37. Music of the flutes

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > conch-shell

38. A native blowing in a conch-shell

39. The natives say something all together

40. Meeting with a "Eatooas"

41. A council of the Chiefs of Otaheite

42. A human sacrifice: first day of the ceremony

Natural > bird

43. A human sacrifice: the second day

44. A human sacrifice: the prayer of the "maro"

45. The "heevas"

46. A sort of massage to captain Cook

Body > bones cracking

47. Celebration of a solemnity

48. Omai's prayers

49. Description of the songs of the natives

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > conch-shell

50. Tahitian habits

51. Natives pray and sing before going on board

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > child's rattle

53. The musical practice

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > hollow vessel

54. Natives singing and shaking a sort of rattle

55. A sort of ceremony before going on board

56. Native's songs from the canoes

57. Singing birds

Natural > bird

58. Some musical instruments of the natives

Instrument > cloak

59. Natives making orations

60. Description of their music

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > whistle

61. Noises made by the natives during the hunt

62. Natives singing

63. Musical instruments of Prince William Sound

64. An alarming noise

Natural > breakers

65. Noise producted by some animals

Natural > Walrus

66. Walrus noise and sea noise

Animal > walrus

Natural > sea

67. Noise of the sea

Natural > sea

68. Natives cry

69. Natives singing

70. Hard squalls with thunder

71. Thunder and lightning

James King completes Cook's third travel

56 sounds

1. Natives singing

2. Ceremony for captain Cook

Body > finger snapping

3. Another ceremony for captain Cook

4. Solemnities for captain Cook

5. The natives sing their hymns

6. Natives dancing

7. Boxing match

8. Burial of one of the crew

9. A native dances in a comic way

Dance > comic dance

10. The natives shout

11. Muskets fire

12. The marines fire

Other tool > weapon

13. Lamentations from the shore

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > conchs

14. Conchs blowing

15. Other lamentations

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > conchs

16. Conchs blowing again

17. Two natives singing

18. Cries from the shore

19. A native sing a song

20. A mourning song

21. A procession with drums

22. Natives laughing

23. Noise of some stones throwed

Natural > stones

24. Dances of the Sandwich Islands

Dance > men dance

Dance > women dance

25. Natives sing in parts

26. A rite with drums and singing

27. The "ava" ceremony

28. Funeral rites

29. Funeral rites for ordinary people

Instrument > 1 Idiophones > small bells

30. Dogs' howlings

Animal > dogs

31. Sledges little bells

32. Russian dance

Dance > russian dance

33. Kamtschadale dance

Dance > Kamtschadale dance

34. Leaving Bolcheretsk

35. Eruption of a volcano

Natural > eruption

36. Gull noise

Animal > gull

37. Walruses bellowing

Animal > walrus

38. The guns of the Discovery

Other tool > guns

39. Too much noise during the hunt

Body

40. A solemn service in the church

41. Bears' noise

Animal > bear

42. The cry of a kind of duck

Animal > duck

43. Buffaloes' roaring

Animal > buffaloes

44. Crowing of the cocks

Animal > cocks

45. Thunder and lightning

Travel of Louis de Grandpré - first book

14 sounds

1. Perception of the language of Congolese people

2. Angola's Coast inhabitants singing

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tambour Congo

3. Traditional dance and songs of Angola's inhabitants

Dance > Traditional

4. Analysis of a "mapou" violin

Instrument > 311 Bar Zithers > Violon fait d'un fruit de mapou

5. Wooden and ivory trumpets

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Trumpets

6. Prince's passage announcement by a bell

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > gongon

7. The "sanga" procession

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tambour congos

8. The "cabale" traditional judgement

Body > Clapping the hands

9. The "saquila" traditional salute

10. Congolese military forces dance at drums sounds

11. Mourning cryers

Body > Clapping of the hands

Travel of Mungo Park in Western Africa

33 sounds

1. Medina's court singing

Body > Striking hands against the forehead

2. Mungo Park attendant sings a loud song to thank the King

3. The Mumbo Jumbo

4. Wrestling match in Koojar

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Bells

Dance > Uses small bells and follows the rhythm of the drum

5. Singing man playing in Ganado

Instrument > 311 Bar Zithers > Bowstring

6. Sensual dances in Joag

Dance > Sensual dance

7. March of singing men in Moulinè

8. Kouniakary's inhabitants welcome back their fellow citizen

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Hollow piece of bamboo

9. Howling dogs in Solo

Animal > Dogs howling

10. The guides whistles with a bamboo stick

11. Prayer is announced by music in Guemou

Instrument > 4 Aerophones > Large elephant's teeth

12. Feast day in Dilly

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Sort of flute

13. Wedding in Bienou

Body > Moving tongue from side to side

14. Shots of victory in Diarra

Other tool > Firing guns

15. A family in Sego sings a song about Mungo Park while working

16. Roar of a lion in Saye

Animal > Lion roaring

17. Muslim cheer at the sight of the new moon

Body > Clapping of the hands

Other tool > Firing guns

18. Slaves snap their finger to show their pain

Body > Snapping of fingers

First travel of Marco Augusto Costanzi in Egypt

77 sounds

1. Cavalry accompanying them with drummers and fifes

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"

2. Military band plays drums and fifes in Aleppo

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"

3. Musical talents of the De Picciotto's daughter

4. Arabs speak out loud

5. Turks speak out loud

6. Jews as a raging torrent

7. The cries of the jackals

Animal > Jackals

8. The jackals in Alexandria

Animal > Jackals

9. Shouts of boys outside the mosque

10. Costanzi's hearing problem

Body > Deafness

11. The cafenè with dancers

12. Egyptians' love songs

13. Women and men sing and dance in Rosetta

14. Singing or whistling increases the pace of camels

15. The harmonic sound of young females in Cairo

16. Songs and music at the Baramos Monastery

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campanella

17. The bell of the Coptic monastery

18. The bell of the dè Soriani monastery

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campanella

19. Talking out loud moments

20. Music accompanying the procession of the bride on the camel

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > "Zampogne"

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Gnachere spagnuole"

21. Animal noises in Cairo

22. Dances and costumes of dancers in a Cairo neighborhood

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Piffari"

23. The musical instruments of the bridal procession

Instrument > 422.1 Reedpipes with retreating reeds or reeds with lateral/middle cut > "Zampogne a vento"

24. The bride's procession after she was led to the bathhouse

25. Music in the ceremony of circumcision of children

26. The cries that communicate the heights of the Nile

27. The sad songs of working men collecting water at the well

28. The echo of stones thrown into wells

Noise > Stone

29. Music and singing for the ceremony of circumcision of children

Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Liuti a vento"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Piccoli timpani"

30. The sound of the voice of Nubians and black slaves

31. The noise of the cannons caused the hippos to migrate

32. The costumes of the Thebaid females

33. Sound of Memnon's giants

Noise > Memnon's giants

34. The cry of the sheep and the noises from the beaks

Animal > Sheep

35. The bleating of the goats of the Saïd

Animal > Goats

36. The bursting of rifles troubling the crocodiles

37. Prostitute dancers in a Café

38. Arriving from the Kiaschef amid shouts from the audience

39. A saying of a bernian poet

Natural > Mountain reverb

40. The reverberation in the mountains

41. Ramadan eve procession

42. Entertainment during the eve of Ramadan

43. Farmers sing while working

44. Consul's daughter at the piano

45. Costanzi sings at the home of Consul Lazzari

Instrument > 321 Lutes > Mandolino

46. Costanzi sings accompanied by piano and mandolin

47. Entertainment at the home of Consul Lazzari

48. The departure amid the people's cries of gratitude

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"

Noise > City

Travel of Giovanni Battista Belzoni

50 sounds

1. Arabs dance to the sound of the drum (original source)

2. Some customs of the Arabs (original source)

3. Dancers at the Pasha's palace (original source)

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"

4. A wedding celebration (original source)

5. Continuation of the wedding party (original source)

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"

6. The noise of pepper on the tray (original source)

Noise > Pepper on tray

7. Bedouin dance at an Arab festival (original source)

Dance > Women with daggers

8. Resonance of the metal alloy of a vessel (original source)

Noise > Metal object

9. Sound response of the walls (original source)

Noise > Wall's sound

10. Painting with dancers and instruments (original source)

Dance > Dance of 6 women

Instrument > 321 Lutes > Chitarre

Instrument > 322 Harps > Arpa a quattordici corde

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

Instrument > 322 Harps > Arpa a nove corde

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flauti

11. Arabs dance to the sound of the drum (italian translation)

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"

12. Some customs of the Arabs (italian translation)

13. Dancers at the Pasha's palace (italian translation)

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"

14. A wedding celebration (italian translation)

Dance > Dances of men

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

15. Continuation of the wedding party (italian translation)

Dance > Dance of two men

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"

16. The noise of pepper on the tray (italian translation)

Noise > Pepper on tray

17. Bedouin dance at an Arab festival (italian translation)

Dance > Women with daggers

18. Resonance of the metal alloy of a vessel (italian translation)

Noise > Metal object

19. Sound response of the walls (italian translation)

Noise > Wall's sound

20. Painting with dancers and instruments (italian translation)

Instrument > 322 Harps > Arpa a quattordici corde

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

Instrument > 322 Harps > Arpa a nove corde

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flauti

Dance > Dance of 6 women

Instrument > 321 Lutes > Chitarre

Travel of Sarah Parker-Brown

6 sounds

1. Daud Casheff's wife spoke in a low voice (original source)

2. Luxor women scold Sarah by shouting (original source)

3. Argument with a woman called the Deviless (original source)

4. Daud Casheff's wife spoke in a low voice (italian translation)

5. Luxor women scold Sarah by shouting (italian translation)

6. Argument with a woman called the Deviless (italian translation)

First travel of Girolamo Segato

3 sounds

1. Playful moments during the trip

2. Moments of singing after a banquet

First travel of Amalia Sola Nizzoli

40 sounds

1. Confusion in Alexandria

2. A funeral, a bride's court, the Imam chant and the dogs

Noise > Bride procession

3. Shouts and whistles in Alexandria

4. The confusion of an Alexandria building

Animal > Donkeys

5. The noise of animals at night

Animal > Donkeys

6. The sound of dogs at night

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

7. Music accompanying the return of Ibraim-pasha

Instrument > 422.2 Oboes > "Oboè"

8. Music in the military pump of Ibram-pasha

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Piattini

9. Dancers in Cairo

10. Music in the procession for Ibrahim-pasha

11. Shouts at the procession for Ibrahim-pasha

12. Singing of the Muezzin in Siut

13. Singing of the Muezzin in Cairo

14. Cairo dance party

15. Performance by a music academy

16. Gerue in Milan to become a dancer

17. Sounds and noises of a stormy sea

18. The ringing of bells in Livorno

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campana

19. The bell of St. Leopold's lazaret

Second travel of Girolamo Segato

9 sounds

1. Seven mortar rounds to give courage to a Turkish child

Other tool > Mortar fire

2. The evil eye ritual in Egypt

3. Songs and dances at the festival of Muhammad

4. Drums at the procession for the festival of Muhammad

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"

5. 100 or more inverted copper conical drums

6. Music at work in the city of Qualabseh

Second travel of Marco Augusto Costanzi in Egypt

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"

1. The second low-key farewell in Alexandria

Noise > City

2. A memory of a wedding in Egypt

Travel of Giovanni Battista Brocchi

194 sounds

1. Subterranean noises and rumblings in the Island of Meleda

Natural > Underground

2. Lyrical ditties in Ragusa

3. The "colende" sung in Ragusa

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Gheiz"

4. The shrill sound of the horn of one of the Turkish Dervis

5. The minarets: where there are those who cackle a prayer

Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Eud"

6. Some musical instruments in Alexandria

Instrument > 314 Board Zithers > "Ganun"

Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Camanghe"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tar"

7. Prayer hours shouted from minarets

8. Dogs barking in Alexandria

9. Chants of Arabs in boats and while working

10. One man's dance to the sound of a fife

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Piffero"

Other tool > Choir section in church

11. Choir section in the churches of St. Macario and St. Sergio

12. The pendulum clock with bells

Noise > Clock with bells

13. Mass sung by Franciscans

14. Women's screams over a theft

15. The screams of women

16. Crashes at the clash with a rowboat

17. Jackals howls

Animal > Jackals

18. The sound of village walls

Noise > Shards of wall

19. Cackling for sugar

20. Turkish soldiers

21. The sound of thunder

Natural > Thunderstorm

22. Larksong

Animal > Larks

23. Music, dances and the instrument of the lyre

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Piffero"

Dance > Acrobat

24. The sound of chalky granite

Noise > Granite

25. Departure to Qena

26. Pyrrhic dance and lyre playing

27. Voice of a Turkish man

28. The procession for St. Ibrahim Kenavi

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Piffero"

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Timpani

29. Prosecution of the procession for St. Ibrahim

30. Bell at the monastery door

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Campanella"

31. Nightingale singing in the monastery garden

Animal > Nightingales

32. Cicada sound

Animal > Cicada

33. Carpet delivery procession

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"

34. Carpet procession going to Mecca

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburetto"

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Piatti chinesi"

35. Camel verse description

36. Arabs' love songs

37. Arabian dancers

38. Payment of a singer

39. Description of the way Copts speak

40. "Gadri" and "Mauleui" sing their prayers

41. Auctioneers in the quarters of Cairo

42. Nile cutting party preparation

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburoni"

43. Nile cutting celebration

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Timpanetti"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburini"

44. During the Ramadan

45. An old man's account of the city of Cairo

Animal > Sheep

46. The chattering of the children of El-Arich

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Spranga di ferro"

47. The bells in Lebanon

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Piffero"

48. Use of dances and players from Lebanon

Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Chitarrino"

49. Muezzin singing in Lebanon

50. Damascus fur delivery to Emir

51. The bells of Zahlé's churches

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campanelli

52. The bells of the stick

53. Rite of greeting according to etiquette

54. The verse of the Chameleon

Animal > Chameleon

55. At the Mar-Hanna convent, they sing in Arabic

56. Use of the word interdict for the monks of the convent

Body > Gestures

57. Very harmonious sacred hymns

58. Monk Serafino Susceni was engaged in casting bells

59. Howls of the jackal

Animal > Jackal

60. Emir's entrance without musical accompaniment

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campanella

61. Monk rings the bell if you open the door of the convent

62. Birdsong brightening the atmosphere

63. The dances of the Sacred Fire function

64. Zaġrūṭa of women also told by Herodotus, Homer, and Virgil

Instrument > 314 Board Zithers > Clavicembalo

65. An Italian harpsichord master in Cairo

66. Dancers painted in the pyramid of Khafre

67. The honors usually given to the Bey

Other tool > Çavuş

68. Quote from Diodorus' description of the ancient Egyptians

69. Nedi's boys' night school

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"

70. Music at the palace from Mahu Bey

71. The bellowing of thunder

72. Another bellow of thunder

73. A big "tintimara" to figure out where they were

74. The croaking of the frogs in the village of Zaidab

Animal > Frogs

75. The bellowing of hippos

Animal > Hippos

76. The noise of the thunderstorm

77. The screams of a funeral

78. The quality of Arabic song lyrics

79. Dances with indecent movements

80. Oriental and Egyptian songs celebrate the night

Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Rabàba"

81. Song, music and dance of Arabs and Turks in comparison

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Delluca"

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Zumarra"

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Sufàr"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Nogara"

82. The noises emitted by two monkeys

Animal > Monkeys

83. Dog noises that attract crocodiles

Animal > Crocodiles

84. The outbreak of a thunderstorm and lightning strikes

85. A worm compared to the fourth string of the violin

Animal > Ferentit

86. The speaking in whispers during hearings

87. The shouts of the auctioneers

88. The thunder in the distance

89. Screams of witches and warlocks turned into animals

Animal > Hyena

Animal > More animals

90. Three verbs from the Ababdi Arabic dictionary

91. Badìa reads aloud a piece of the Koran

92. The cries of a child who has lost his mother

93. A particular language that is spoken in Dongola

94. Listen to understand the rules of pronunciation

95. Some terms from the Dongola language dictionary

96. The hyena verse said by "marafin"

Animal > Hyena

97. Pilgrims on their way to Mecca sing to the sound of a drummer

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"

98. The comparison between the hyena of Khartoum and the Sennaar

Animal > Hyena

99. The role of the arts in religious ceremonies

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Corni di gazzella

100. Nubah movements of the Sennaar infantry

Dance > Acrobatics

Other tool > Shield

101. The role of music in the war

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Nogarà"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Dinghil"

102. Poets, poetry and singers

Other tool > Lituo

103. Song, music and dance of Arabs and Turks in comparison

104. Birds sing in the woods

105. Dancing and singing at a wedding party

106. A drummer dies in the war

107. A surgeon's method of suturing thanks to the cries of a cat

Animal > Cat

108. The shackles of the miller crickets at night

Animal > Crickets

109. Using sound to understand coin composition

Other tool > Money

110. The owl's cry as a bad omen

Animal > Owl

111. The rooster's cry in the forest of Queen Senninar

Animal > Rooster

112. Music at night during Ramadan

113. The Sirocco fades the voice

Natural > Sirocco Wind

114. The sound of the hawk's cry from the minarets

Animal > Hawk

115. Small dictionary of the language of the dialect of Mahs

116. A bird quarrels with fellow birds over a place

117. The song of a shrill cicada

Animal > Cicada

118. Why does the music of Africans sound like that?

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > Flauto

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Timpano

Second travel of Amalia Sola Nizzoli

74 sounds

1. Comedy told by uncle

2. Night at the harbor of Naples

3. The noise of Cairo

Noise > City

4. Voices and sound of kettledrums from the minarets

5. Women in harem

6. The moment of prayer in the harem

7. The voice of prayer

8. Singing and dancing as a pastime of women

9. Music and dancers to please the groom

10. Singers and dancers entertain guests

11. Wedding party amid singing and dancing

12. Shouts outside the room

13. Singing and dancing at the thermal baths

14. The morning after Rossane's wedding

15. Musicians and dancers at Rossane's wedding party

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Cembalo"

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Trombette"

16. Music and attention to dancers

17. Dance with "castagnette"

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Castagnette"

18. Women's revolt over the payment of a tax

19. Music to complete a day

20. Music during the journey

21. Arab musical bands instructed by European professors

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > Campanello

22. The bell around the neck of the camel going to Mecca

23. Musicians in the procession of the sacred carpet

24. Camels with Arab musicians in the sacred procession

25. Music during the Nile flood

26. Players tread the waters of the river

27. Song and dance in the Nile flood festival

28. Flood rite at the Nile river

29. Music accompanies the Governor at the end of the celebration

30. Dancers during the Nile cutting ceremony

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tamburino"

31. Women's grief at a funeral

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > Tamburino

32. Anniversary of the death of a deceased

Instrument > 422.2 Oboes > Clarinetti

33. The clarinet manufacturer

34. The sticks with the bells of the Çavuş

Other tool > Çavuş

35. The use of the sea trumpet

Natural > Wind

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Tromba marina

36. A party with music near Smyrna

Natural > Sea

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Corno

Travel of Giovanni Miani towards the sources of the Nile

96 sounds

1. The sound of the shepherd's horn in the tribe of Giubba

2. The ox horn known as Sciofar

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Sciofar"

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Sofara"

3. The sound of Toski's rocks

Natural > Toski's rocks

4. The sailors' song of joy

5. Music, dancing and birdsong in a Dongola garden

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Mani di legno"

6. Dance of women to the sound of clapping hands and the lyre

Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Kosserki"

7. Women's dances, songs and movements

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Tarabuka"

8. Moment of dance and music

Dance > Dance of woman and man

9. Miani plays for Mr. Peney and his team

Instrument > 314 Board Zithers > Piano

Instrument > 412 Interruptive free Aerophones > Armonica

10. Communication between tribes with the "nugara"

11. "Adda-bitaa-el-Muraka" sings while she works

12. Moments of music and singing on a boat trip

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Campanelle"

13. Bells tied to the "Bun"'s belts

14. Music and dances from Sudan

Instrument > 2 Membranophones > "Tubo ricoperto da pelle"

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Nughara"

15. Shouts of women and soldiers

16. The cries of the hippos

Animal > Hippos

17. Dinka song with a reference to an Italian song

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Frutti di dom"

18. Dance and musical instruments of the Shilluk

Instrument > 321 Lutes > "Cetre"

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Conciglia bivalva"

19. The meaning of "nugara"'s blows

20. Other meanings of "nugara" strokes

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Gonnella armonica"

21. Sound of the skirts of the young girls and their dance

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Gran tamburo"

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Anelli di ferro"

22. The skirts of "Dor" women

Other tool

23. Dances and ivory trumpets of the Zande (ethnic group)

Dance > Dances for Nauer divinity

24. Dances in honor of the "Nuer" divinity

25. The song "Tan-majòk" that accompanies the elephant hunt

26. Three oxen venerated by the "Kic" and their priorities

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Corno

27. "Kic" and "Nuer" use the same song in elephant hunting

28. Ventrilopes

29. Songs and dances of "Scir" women

Instrument > 11 Struck Idiophones > "Kaffira"

30. Large drum in the Bôr ethnic group

Body

31. Bari clothing names the "kaffira" (skirt with iron pipes)

32. Sing, music and dance of the Bari ethnic group

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > "Trombetta"

33. A trumpet as payment for anchorage at the port

34. The "nugara" did not work as a call for help

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Piffero"

35. Commands given to soldiers with fife and drum

36. Dinner with choreographic and vocal accompaniment

37. Players and singers in the house of Miani

38. Moments of dance and song also witnessed thanks to a draftsman

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

39. Caravan with drums and fifes

40. Musical instruments announce the departure of the caravan

Instrument > 423 Trumpets > Corni

Instrument > 421 Edge-blown aerophones or flutes > "Pifferi"

41. Miani gets musical instruments and "kaffire"

Other tool > "Kaffire"

42. The noise of goats and lambs

Animal > Goats

Animal > Lambs

43. Music and dances welcome Miani to Gondokoro

Other tool > Albero del tamburo

44. "Tree of the drum" along the river

45. Sounds on departure from Sudan's capital

Instrument > 21 Struck Membranophones > "Nughare"

46. Bird sounds and other animals